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Marjorie Taylor Greene is a troll. Let’s just put that out there. Why else would this QAnon clown do this yesterday? Right now, there’s something going through the House called the Equality Act, a bill that would ban discrimination against people based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. It’s a bill that Congresswoman Marie…

At some point in time, Texas senator Ted Cruz is going to have to realize that he is an elected official in the State of Texas, and that he WORKS for the people of Texas. And right now, Texans are hurting. The recent snowstorms have overwhelmed the poorly-equipped Texas power plants, throwing millions of Texans…

So I had all sorts of plans yesterday. Date Night for Valentine’s Day, or at least the Saturday beforehand. But I had to make a stop beforehand. Which had nothing to do with Valentine’s Day, but had everything instead to do with helping a fallen police officer and his partner. Green Island Police Sergeant Joseph…

I told this story in the blog back in 2011, but with Larry Flynt’s recent passing, I thought I should tell it again. See, Larry Flynt, who died at the age from heart disease at the age of 78, was best known as the publisher of the adult magazine Hustler. And our paths crossed in…

I knew of Beverly Hills, 90210, but never really watched it. It wasn’t my vibe. I mean, maybe I wasn’t of that interest, I don’t know. But I am aware that the show has a deep and devoted fandom, so I just understand it peripherally and leave it at that. One of the characters on…

Background. In 2009, I had a little independent Blogger blog – wrote a few posts here and there, nothing major. Well, apparently a few of my blogs caught the attention of Mike Huber, the person in charge of the Times Union’s cadre of staff and independent blogs. He asked if I wanted to join up…

Four years ago, Donald Trump declared that trans men and women were not allowed to serve in the military. And although your Twitter account was shut down, your old Tweets are still visible in the blog post I wrote four years ago. I’m just glad we have a real President now, someone who can take…

By now you must have heard of Marjorie Taylor Greene. She’s the House representative from Georgia who essentially ran unopposed in her district. She’s the first House member to openly embrace the discredited QAnon conspiracy, and her short term as an elected official has been equal parts sensationalism and bombast. She’s like Lauren Boebert, only…

I don’t really know what to make of this. But what I do know is that I’ve been where Claudia Conway is now. And I totally understand her pain, and hope that she can get rescued from this. Claudia Conway is the daughter of George Conway (one of the founders of The Lincoln Project) and…

Case in point. My blog has a four-year hate-hate relationship with Kellyanne Conway. Conway, who advised Donald Trump on his way to winning the 2016 Presidential election, who then violated the Hatch Act on numerous occasions (using her position as White House Special Advisor to hawk products and spew “alternative facts”), is now suddenly “seeing…