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You gotta hand it to the Trump MAGA trolls. They go on social media and blather on about how wonderful their orange goblin leader will be for the country, and they’re not above – or below – pontificating with bold predictions. Now of all the usual “Trump MAGA trolls” out there that I could feature…

Let’s get one thing straight. Medhi Hasan is an incredibly brilliant and well-thought commentator. You may not agree with his arguments all the time, but you can agree that he has thoroughly researched every point of his argument and can defend every single one of his statements. Let’s get one more thing straight. Ryan Girdusky…

By now you’ve read the newspapers and discovered that North Carolina’s firebrand Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson, who is currently campaigning for North Carolina’s governorship, is – shall we say – going through a few things. CNN has reported that the controversial politician, who has espoused the return of slavery and the criminalization of transgender people,…

Normally, my Competition Season consists of five different state and county fairs and collectives, beginning with the Iowa State Fair, following with the local Altamont and New York State Fairs, and finishing with the Big E and the Durham Fair. Last year, I skipped the Durham Fair due to situations beyond my control. And this…

I have no respect for MAGA troll Laura Loomer. This (takes a deep breath to choose words carefully) woman is psychotic. I also have no respect for knuckle-dragging Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene. Trust me. Go through my blogging history. So when Laura Loomer was one of the Trump sycophants who accompanied Trump to his…

So last Thursday, after the horrific school shooting in Winder, Georgia that wounded four people, wounded a dozen more, and traumatized everyone in the area, we found out more about the shooter. We found out that he had received an AR-15 as a Christmas gift from his father, and that he developed a total hatred…

We live in a world where many of the products we use for convenience and food safety – everything from potato chip bags to shampoo bottles – are, surprisingly, not recyclable through normal means. Potato chip bags, for example, are actually made from a combination of aluminum and plastics, and separating those elements into recyclable…

True story. Many, many years ago, I did some freelance work for a minor league sports website called MinorLeagueNews.com. There was lots of promise of payment for my work, and all that “talk” amounted to nothing in my pocket. Apparently they also violated a few rules regarding reprinting photographs on their website without compensation or…

On Wednesday, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz gave an incredible speech at the Democratic National Convention. And in that speech, you could see shots of his family – his wife Gwen, his daughter Hope, and his son Gus. Gus Walz has some special challenges in his life. He has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, commonly known as…