Last February, I forecast Donald Trump’s election based on more than two centuries of history. The good news is that Trump’s election means the current liberal cycle is not over. He was just riding the horse in the direction it was already going. Alas and alack, we will be left to cure the indigestion. How? With good people doing good work. LAND OF THE GIANTS. We recently … [Read more...]
The Barbwire Billion-Dollar Cure for What Ails Us
If Donald Trump can make Mexico pay for a border wall, we can make the Oakland Raiders solve the state’s $400 million projected budgetary shortfall. The ghost of Al Davis has played Nevada like a streetcorner hooker, schmoozing, seducing, then stealing the working girl’s purse. It appears increasingly unlikely that the Raiders will move to Gomorrah South. What … [Read more...]
Toxins, Turkeys, Takeovers and True Nevadians
Last week, Reed and Damonte Ranch high schools played football on lead-laced, carcinogenic crumb rubber artificial turf at McQueen High. Damonte will play for the northern title at the same location. Nevada is infested with green plastic hazardous waste sites, including Manogue, Douglas, Carson High, UNR’s Mackay Stadium and Peccole baseball park. (Barbwire 8 Dec. … [Read more...]
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil 2
The developers waited until two whole days after the election. Last Thursday, Summit Engineering held a raucous mandatory neighborhood meeting inside the corpse of the now-defunct Garden Shop. (“Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil,” Barbwire 20 Sept. 2016) Following the letter but not the spirit of local Phariseean protocol, the pros only served notice to those … [Read more...]
If You Voted Early, Read this and Regret It
The above title also adorned the 2014 election day Barbwire. Welcome to déjà vu all over again. The 2014 column decried lack of transparency involving candidates endorsed by perennial candidate Sharron Angle’s local version of the National Federation of Republican Assemblies. They nuked that section of their website after I called. NFRA is not part of any elected body but … [Read more...]
Child Pawnography in the Year of Amorality
“Any system of prolonged political paralysis and failed liberalism vomits up monsters. And the longer we remain in a state of political paralysis - especially as we stumble toward another financial collapse - the more certain it becomes that these monsters will take power.” So warned commentator Christopher Hedges at NationOfChange.org on Oct. 17. He was not kind to … [Read more...]
Downtown Good Ole Boys Never Know When to Quit
Former Reno Mayor Bob Cashell has endorsed Victor Salcido for city council, which is all the information you need to vote against the young lawyer. BREKHUS BREXIT: BAD MOON RISING OVER CITY HALL. The good ole boys are still smarting over losing Reno City Hall. They have taken the first step toward repossession by hatcheting Councilmember Jenny Brekhus who upset one of their … [Read more...]
Psychotrump vs. Pantsuit: Vegetarian Confrontation
Last Sunday’s reality TV show was revealingly vegetarian. Sacred cows remained whole. No steaks were barbecued. To heal, you must first realize you have a problem. America’s is dietary. Both Mr. Trump and Mrs. Clinton avoided the red meat issues, our bloated military budget and the futile war on drugs. However, while tromping through the garden of defensive democracy, … [Read more...]