Two Gents' Worth
December 27, 2024
In recent days, friends in Ames, Iowa, have asked us what it’s like, living in California right now – given, among other things, our recent destructive wildfires that wiped out an entire town, burned thousands of homes and resulted in dozens of deaths. And let’s not forget – as if we could – that mass…
Read More about Two States of LivingMy buddy Bud and I got together yesterday at a Starbucks in northeast Fresno. Bud is the “other guy” whose picture you see on this blog. He and I had not seen each other for a couple of months, since my wife and I pulled up stakes in Fresno and moved to our retirement home…
Read More about Two Old Guys, TalkingIt was an amazing sight, indeed, early Friday morning — when Republican Sen. John McCain bucked his own party and voted “no” on the GOP’s last-ditch attempt to repeal at least part of Obamacare. It actually may have been more than amazing — it may have been shocking when McCain walked to the dais and…
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Gosh, how I hate to keep writing about Donald Trump. I mean, I’d much rather be discussing such things as Fresno’s increasing murder rate, Fresno’s hot weather, Fresno’s silly turning-the-Fulton-Mall-into-Fulton-Street compulsion — you know. something about Fresno. But no. The Donald Trumps — Senior and Junior — just can’t seem to stay out of trouble….
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Is President Trump a pig? That’s what conservative commentator Bill Kristol thinks. Was one of the president’s moronic tweets beneath the office of president, and did it represent what’s wrong with America? That’s what conservative Republican senator Lindsay Graham of South Carolina thinks. Is what Trump tweeted “not normal” and beneath the dignity of the…
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So here’s what we know after fired FBI director James Comey testified in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee today. We know that President Trump will still be President Trump – perhaps for a long time — because Comey had no smoking gun showing that Trump colluded with the Russians during last year’s presidential campaign….
Read More about Trump Survives ComeyThe public shaming of Representative Devin Nunes of California’s 22nd Congressional District some weeks ago might have been subterfuge, and well-played at that. It was never entirely clear why Mr. Nunes acceded so meekly to the shrill and obsequious hounding by the likes of Maxine Waters, Charles Schumer, and Adam Schiff to step away from…
Read More about Devin at ElevenSo here we are, after another incredibly bad week in the incredibly bad presidency of Donald Trump, and the question really has become: How much longer will Trump be allowed to occupy the Oval Office? To review this week that was: On Monday came word that Trump had revealed highly classified information to two Russian…
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As a public service — just in case you haven’t been able to keep up with Donald Trump in the past few days — here’s a recap of what our current president has been up to. He fired FBI Director James Comey, who was leading his agency’s investigation into possible collusion between Russia and Trump’s…
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