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Category: Uncle Joe

  • He is risen, isn’t he?!

    Will bandaged ears become like crucifixes worn in His Name? Donald Trump showed himself to the nation last night 07-15-24 to hosannas from the multitude. No one poked a finger into his side but, Hark! His near-miss survival of a bullet to the head not quite three days (51 hours) earlier is heralded as a…

  • It’s time for a dark horse

    and whiskey for my men! A much younger and more cognitive version of the Head Groundskeeper watched in real time as Walter Cronkite told America the Vietnam War was unwinnable. LBJ knew then that he had lost America. Richard Nixon succeeded to the presidency. Today it can be said that when a Democrat loses Hollywood…

  • It’s not only the ‘elites,’ Mr. President

    who want you to step aside! You may have noticed a full-page advertisement in Sunday’s Wisconsin State Journal encouraging Joe Biden to stand down (but not stand by). “The current ticket is headed for a loss,” it warns. The all-text ad asserts “Trump wants to run against Biden,” which appears unassailable.  Not a party ‘elite’…

  • Blaska had a cold once, too

    Didn’t cause any more nonsense than usual! Back when your irascible bloggeur was gainfully employed (a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away), a co-worker announced over lunch — in stunned wonderment — that he had been told he had one year to live. Blaska took the check. Cancer, it seems, is cruelest…

  • The leader of the free world needs more sleep!

    Since when is that a winning message? THIS JUST IN: The Protasiewicz state supreme court reverses ban on ballot drop boxes! Now they’re allowed! Read & weep! Can any court do more to undermine voter confidence? Why give Election Deniers more ammunition? We’re old enough to remember how JFK pronounced the word “vigor” as “vig-ah,”…

  • It only gets worse

    We saw what we saw! Donald Trump would never have gotten away with all the lies he told at the CNN debate Thursday if Joe Biden had been there. — Bill Maher  President Biden is going to do a sit-down with former Clinton aide George Stephanopoulos on ABC News at 7 p.m. CST Friday to…