My daughters were born 65 years ago yesterday. Debra Joyce Donlevy and Donna Leslie Cline shared the same birthday and were fated to have their lives changed forever on the same night. Debbie and Donna met in Phoenix in 1978. They became instant bff’s (best friends forever). Debbie was visiting relatives and Donna came with her to drive home to Carson City. Neither made … [Read more...]
Portents from the Terminator
“You know the world is going to hell when the best golfer is black and the best rapper is white.” -- Charles Barkley, 2003 Last Tuesday’s Reno Gazette-Journal front page made me think of that bit of wit from Sir Charles. His pop culture portent has proven all too accurate. “Pandemic Not Done” the RGJ reported with an article from the Kaiser Family Foundation. “People … [Read more...]
Control freaks and crackerjacks
The Orange Crusher’s presidential denial of COVID-19 danger caused somewhere between 200,000 and half a million needless American deaths. Now, Dr. T-Rump is favored to re-take the presidency. Politics is just a big tailgate party for the Red Team. Covid, RSV and Influenza are just liberal hoaxes. The Washoe County School District no longer requires vaccinations. Just sign … [Read more...]
T-Rump raps America
An eye for an eye, A tooth for a tooth Vote for me and I’ll set you free. Rap on, brother, rap on -- The Temptations 1970 Donald Trump’s campaign is going hip-hop. The legendary Barbwire investigative team, as always, has spared every expense bringing you this exclusive. The Trump advisors view the Orange Crusher’s increasing poll numbers among black and … [Read more...]
The greatest movie never made
It was the summer of 1947 and starving young Hollywood screenwriter Hymie Schwartz was pitching a film idea to rapacious MGM movie mogul Louis B. Mayer. This report is based on recently unearthed notes discovered by the vaunted Barbwire investigative team. As always, we have spared every expense to bring you the news you never knew you needed to know till now. “Thank you … [Read more...]
I Love Lucy: Open the Golden Door
“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free / The wretched refuse of your teeming shore / Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me / I lift my lamp beside the golden door” --Emma Lazarus Given the current state of current affairs, isn’t it sobering to note the poet’s last name? We can use a bit of resurrection. Of my America. And … [Read more...]
In the cocoon of our unhealthy cartoon
Singing satirist Tom Lehrer got it right: Satire died that day Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. (See below.) These days, we are forced to live within the cocoon of an endless cartoon loop that would dizzy even the Roadrunner and Wile E. Coyote. Instance in point: Health care is now dangerous to your health, physically and financially, not necessarily in … [Read more...]
Bonfire of the Vampires
“Capitalism without regulation is tyranny” -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. If wealth connotes wisdom, then Rupert Murdoch is easily one of the wisest men in the world. Especially the “con” part. “Americans are retarded,” he smarmed decades ago as he was customizing his money-vacuuming media machine. Zounds. The America which evolved after he said that has indeed lived … [Read more...]