Two Gents' Worth
November 22, 2024
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Ninety minutes is a long time for a sexagenarian and a septuagenarian to stand in one place without a potty break. But they both did Monday night at the first 2016 Presidential Debate. Hillary Clinton, 68 years old, and Donald Trump, at 70 the oldest person ever to run for President of the United States,…
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Mike Allen on the Hugh Hewitt radio program Monday morning: “(Donald Trump) is surging in the polls partly because he has all the right enemies.” Meaning, that the liberal “media armada” (another freshly-coined beauty, but by whom, I don’t know) is so lined up against him that Trump assumes the underdog mantle by default, and…
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On a sweltering September Sunday night two weeks ago, a cop sat at the head of the gurney inside a shrieking ambulance as it raced through the projects and slums toward Sutter Medical Center. The cop, a ten-year veteran of patrol, held the broken parts of a man’s skull in her two hands — like…
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The nurse who was kissed by an exuberant sailor in Times Square to celebrate the end of World War II passed away last week. Greta Zimmer was a 21-year old dental assistant on August 14, 1945, one of thousands of New Yorkers who streamed into the streets when they heard the news that the Emperor…
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[Editor: Dr. Scott Sturman is an anesthesiologist who has practiced for many years in Fresno. His assessment of Hillary Clinton’s medical condition, obviously viewed from afar, is the best we have seen. B.E.] By Dr. Scott Sturman One of the fittest nearly 60 year old women on the planet, who has climbed mountains over 19,000…
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There is a wonderfully creative television ad that’s running these days for Chase Bank. It’s that miniature pet pig prancing along the sidewalk to the music track of DiRealShaggy’s 1995 tune, “Boombastic.” The spot works on several levels. If you’ve seen it even once, you can immediately conjure in your head the heavily syncopated music,…
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I’m worried about my vote. And your vote. I’m worried that this mad rush to a universal electronic voting system will mean that someone other than “us” will decide who gets how many votes, and who wins the contest. Already, Georgia relies solely upon electronic voting using a software program that is more than ten…
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[Originally published March, 2015 Central California Life Magazine. This version is updated and revised.] The latest in a series of Central Valley Honor Flights will depart from Fresno later this month with a group of World War II military veterans anxious to visit the many war memorials built in their honor in Washington, DC. Of…
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Dear Jerry, We’re sorry we ever doubted you. That Water Train idea of yours is fantastic. Who knew your bullet train, the Twin Tunnels, the manufactured drought, and all the silliness about that little fish were just part of a colossal scheme to get some dependable water to the most productive agricultural district in the…
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