“THE SALES GIMMICK” by OPOVV, ©2019 (Oct. 10, 2019) — “Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the most popular show in its time slot, “The Pulse of the Nation.’ As you regular viewers can see, we’re back in Professor Zorkophsky‘s office here at the university where he used to teach and nowadays writes his […]
“YOU MAY KNOW HIM BY HIS SIGN” October 10, 2019 To the Editor: Several years ago, Michael Savage wrote that modern-day liberals (not the traditional definition of the word “liberal,” but by the actions and philosophy expressed by Democrats, that capture degrees of socialism, fascism, communism, and a broad range of glaring stupidity), were/are suffering […]
“WE ARE NOT GOING THIS ALONE” October 10, 2019 Dear Friends and Colleagues: Many in the media and some in the Congress are joining “ex-Pentagon” and “ex-State Department officials” complaining about the president’s decision to withdraw the tiny remaining US force from Syria. They make it sound as though President Trump has given the Turks […]
NOW THE DONALD’S TURN? October 9, 2019 Dear Editor, A cursory study of the Great Powers’ Middle-Eastern interference/domination history, from France’s 18th-century invasion of Egypt up until a century ago, reveals the Great Powers’ forced rearranging of historical Middle-Eastern borders. At least Greece was then liberated from 400 years of Turkish Ottoman-Empire subjugation. However, the […]
“SUBSIDIZING OUR OWN DESTRUCTION” by OPOVV, ©2019 (Oct. 9, 2019) — “Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to a place of composure, where brooks bubble, birds sing, and the welcoming sound of handcuffs clinking on deep-staters on their way to the ‘Big House’* is heard, we hope. As they say, the proof is in […]
“DISGRUNTLED, PROFESSIONAL BUREAUCRATS” October 8, 2019 Dear Friends and Colleagues: As someone who, more than 30 years ago, completed a 32-year career in “government” as an Air Force member, I remember when the “whistleblower” program began. Its purpose, in that misty past, and the “hotlines” that were established along with it, was to focus on […]
“IT ALL TURNS TO ASHES” by OPOVV, ©2019 (Oct. 7, 2019) — “Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to ‘The Pulse of the Nation,’ the place to go for those who want to know. Hello, I’m your friendly and popular Roving Reporter (RR), and I conduct street interviews right here on our corner, under […]
THE MAGIC LAND OF MAKE BELIEVE by Viv Forbes, Executive Director, The Saltbush Club, ©2019 (Oct. 7, 2019) — They planned the Land of Make Believe. They wanted water without building dams, cheap reliable electricity without using coal or gas or nuclear power, transport without using petrol or diesel, food without farmers or fishermen, employment […]
ADVERTISING’S UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES October 7, 2019 Dear Editor, For many years I said, “I can stay off the grog, give up the smokes, stay with the one woman, but food’s my problem!” One of those “problem” foods was KFC (I could rarely go past without buying something). Now, after being ambushed again and again by […]
MORE THAN JUST TIME-KEEPING by Contributor (Oct. 7, 2019) — Time is something that cannot be avoided, especially when you’re traveling. We are always under the control of schedules, buses, airplanes, opening times, and tours are always present to keep alert and ready, especially when it’s the appropriate time to move. Time rules everything we […]
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, President, NARLO, ©2019 (Oct. 7, 2019) — OLD GEORGE AND MABLE LAMENT TODAY’S AMERICA George: “You know, Mable, we’ve been married almost 60 years and I look around and nothing seems the same anymore. Oh, sure, we’re surrounded by the little things that we’ve collected over […]
“A STAIN ON ALL MANKIND” October 6, 2019 Dear Friends and Colleagues: For more than three centuries, people from all over the world came to that part of North America that morphed into the United States of America. Many came to make a new start in a land of opportunity and fairness. In earlier days, […]
“KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE GOAL” by Contributor (Oct. 6, 2019) — Starting your own business is incredibly exciting, but it can also be nerve-wracking. It’s not enough to have a great idea, but you need the tools to implement it. If you have an idea that has potential and you’re not sure quite how […]
“PLAYING THE VICTIM CARD”? October 6, 2019 Dear Editor, The vast majority of individual Victorian men and women portrayed as “aboriginal” Australians (as shown on the idiot box regarding Victoria’s proposed “First People’s Assembly” to usher in a treaty in Victoria) appear to me to be either “Snow White’s long-lost twin brother or twin sister”! […]
“SELFISH POLITICAL AMBITIONS” by Jeff Crouere, ©2019 (Oct. 5, 2019) — In 2012, Donald Trump considered entering the GOP presidential race. Eventually, he decided to forgo a campaign and endorse Mitt Romney. Undoubtedly, it boosted Romney’s campaign and helped him secure the GOP presidential nomination. In the 2012 general election, Romney had plenty of opportunities […]
“THE FACTS SPEAK OTHERWISE” by OPOVV, ©2019 (Oct. 5, 2019) — “Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to ‘The Pulse of the Nation,’ a daily broadcast of current events. Nowadays we have more readers than viewers, and we’re sad to see cable and satellite providers drop us from their lineup, but, all the same, […]
“I’M PREPARED” by OPOVV, ©2019 (Oct. 4, 2019) — “Things We Said Today” (2:35) Looking back on it, it had to be. I mean, really now, you couldn’t have written it any better than it turned out. As I was disposing of a couple of attackers, I distinctly remember that Marine Gunny saying, ‘Bleed in […]
“NEW-AGE MADNESS” Dear Editor, Good luckto non-dog-accompanied shoppers in Chapel St, which has now well and truly gone to the dogs by letting dogs go (accompanied by humans, I might add) into shops, hairdressers, etc! Having stood (thus stank, sank) in dog muck all over the place (including in restaurants!) in Italy, Spain and Austria, […]
WHO ARE “THE NOISY STREET CHILDREN”? by Viv Forbes, Executive Director, The Saltbush Club, ©2019 (Oct. 3, 2019) — Climate alarm has fractured western societies into four main groups – the Silent Majority, the Red Green-ants, the Noisy Street Children, and the Wise Elders. The Silent Majority do the work of the nation. They pay […]
“FREEDOM IS AN ADULT ENTERPRISE” by Linda Goudsmit, ©2019, blogging at Pundicity (Oct. 3, 2019) — The Humanitarian Hoax is a deliberate and deceitful tactic of presenting a destructive policy as altruistic. The humanitarian huckster presents himself as a compassionate advocate when in fact he is the disguised enemy. The humanitarian hoax of eternal childhood […]