Everybody needs just one whom they would unflinchingly trust with their lives. My guy was John Hanks. The driver of the great iron bird died early last Saturday morning in Lake Havasu, Ariz. A fall exacerbated his heart condition and, as he would say, he “bought the farm.” Cropduster pilots talk that way. I’ve collected enough Hanks quotes over the years to fill a … [Read more...]
Authentic fakes, blonde flaks & grumpy old men
Trump spinstress Kellyanne Conway’s alternative facts virus has gone viral. I just got a solicitation offering (oxymoron alert!) an “Extensive Range of Authentic Fake Documents.” Huh? “If you have lost or damaged your precious degrees or vital documents and lost every hope in life, we at Superior Fake Degrees can do something for you. We think that you’ll find something … [Read more...]
Trump converts flaming liberals into gunfighters
“War! What is it good for? Absolutely nothing.” - Edwin Starr, 1969 The great Motown singer was wrong. War is great for business and keeping dictators in power. Which brings me to one of few situations capable of converting me to six-gun solutions. “Gun control advocates have a point that ready availability of firearms is a very dangerous thing,” I wrote seven years … [Read more...]
The final Independence Day is on the horizon
Great Depression2 will arrive as no surprise but most PR people and politicians will say “nobody saw this coming.” As I bragged last week (boasting has gone mainstream in the Age of Tsar Donaldov), I accurately forecast a GOP November win in February of last year. It was not idle speculation but the result of studying the cycles of history as researched by eminent … [Read more...]
Flint Michigan, Sparks-Reno style
Scurrilous Barbwire predictions have a way of coming true, even some I regret. (See “History foreshadows a GOP November win,” 16 Feb. 2016. I did include a 2020 silver lining.) Sparks, Washoe County, the school district, UNR and the Catholic Diocese will get hit with massive class actions by aggrieved parents and former students within the next five to 10 years. By the … [Read more...]
One For the Books Under the Bus
Legislative Democrats threw their ATM under the bus in the 2017 Nevada legislative session. Republicans got $20 million for private/religious school vouchers. Senate Minority Leader Bulldog Roberson, R-Gomorrah South, has publicly bragged about the success of GOP immigrant bashing. Democratic leaders chirp about victories but mutter a “there-there” pat on the head to workers … [Read more...]
Condemned at birth
Beautiful little Hailey was bequeathed the entire family inheritance at birth. She was born with Type 1 diabetes, diagnosed at the ripe old age of four. The odds against it were perhaps in her favor but the DNA casino beat her. One of the few things I remember from Fresno State statistics class is how to make book on family diseases. If your mother’s side experiences a … [Read more...]
Nevada consumers consumed again
What Jane Mayer’s “Dark Money” is to the Kochtopus and follytix, Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal’s new “An American Sickness” is to the health care debacle. Subtitled “how healthcare became a business and how you can take it back,” the book is loaded with outrageous inside baseball about how the rich get richer by gaming the system and exploiting human misery for fun and profit. For … [Read more...]