I don’t know about you but I can stand in a store and read every cute sign, cup, poster or printed note carried by a ceramic chicken tucked under one wing on a ceramic sign. I giggle at most of those little funnies. There are a few that I just scratch my head at. We all have minds that work independently. That’s what makes us all, us. That little bit if difference is the salt … [Read more...]
Biden won’t get younger, or better
David Axelrod, the brains behind Barack Obama’s rise to the presidency, spoke truth to power. It all went down last week as Mr. Biden celebrated his 81st birthday. First, Axelrod has been very public advocating Biden gracefully move aside and let younger candidates take a shot. Biden is then reported to have said: “David Axelrod is a prick,” to which Axelrod said: “I don’t … [Read more...]
Who will answer?
If the soul is darkened By a fear it cannot name If the mind is baffled When the rules don’t fit the game Who will answer? Never, EVER, play the other guy’s game. That sensible lesson resounds thru millennia from Sun Tzu’s “Art of War” down to Damon Runyon’s streets of New York. Alas and alack, that’s exactly what brought us to World War Three -- which … [Read more...]
Is this you? Reading the sign in signs
I don’t know about you but I can stand in a store and read every cute sign, cup, poster or printed note carried by a ceramic chicken tucked under one wing on a ceramic sign. I giggle at most of those little funnies. There are a few that I just scratch my head at. We all have minds that work independently. That’s what makes us all, us. That little bit of difference is the salt … [Read more...]
To get ‘the shot’… or not?
Last time I looked at the national numbers, about 3% of Americans had received a COVID shot. Federal health care folk characterized that as “on track.” Far be it for me to second guess the national health brainiacs who brought us ideas like one-way arrows on the floors of grocery stores, but I think we’re far from on track. I say this because last week I had my annual … [Read more...]
Last Chance Joe meets Sherlock Holmes
Little boxes on the hillside, Little boxes Made of ticky-tacky, little boxes, little boxes, little boxes all the same” -- Pete Seeger Just whose idea was it that all those apartments and high rises sprouting like weeds in this backwater boomtown should evoke the latest in minimum security prison chic? Gloomy places beget gloomy people. The ambient … [Read more...]
Upsy daisy Nevada crazy
A Carson City judge just nuked the state teachers union’s petition to place the Oakland A’s Gomorrah South corporate welfare stadium to a vote of taxpayers who will get stuck with the tab. Letting people vote? In Nevada? Outrageous. At the same time, a new union of sorts for renters was announced. One outta two ain’t bad. Said renters’ rights outfit is about half a … [Read more...]
Three destinations you should visit before the next Nevada Day
By David Colborne The Nevada Independent Last week in the Nevada Independent, I listed five locations in five of Nevada’s counties that speak to something unique and special about Nevada’s character and history. This week, I present to you three more destinations to consider visiting before the next Nevada Day passes you by — including the obligatory Basque restaurant … [Read more...]