Two Gents' Worth
November 22, 2024
An aspect of divinity – the heavenly marshmallow-like white fudge candy my father always cooked up around Christmas time – is that it is very susceptible to changes in humidity and can sometimes flummox even those who have made it a hundred times. When it’s right, it’s indeed divine. One year in the mid-50’s –…
Read More about Divinity 1955Fresno mayor Lee Brand is off to ride the fast train in Spain. A couple of City Council members and others are with him on the fact-finding trip organized by the Fresno County Economic Development Corp., which will tour facilities in Barcelona, Madrid, and Ciudad Real. They are not the first. A story in…
Read More about The 701 to SacramentoIt’s obvious that a significant part of the American public simply cannot and will not accept, fathom or get over Donald Trump’s election as president. There won’t be any “uniting” or “coming together” for any kind of presidential “honeymoon.” No, Trump haters have decided he’s not their president — whatever that means — and that…
Read More about Electoral College StupidityWhen a police officer dies in the line of duty it is common for his or her fellow officers to place a strip of black tape across their badges, this is called a mourning badge and it usually stays on until the day following the funeral of the deceased officer. It is also common…
Read More about Black and Blue(Reprinted from several sources. BE 11/13/16) POLITICS BY AMY MORENO NOVEMBER 12, 2016 The New York Times, along with the rest of the North Korea-style propaganda media, made a mockery of journalism by shamelessly shilling for Hillary Clinton. Now that she has lost, the media is terrified that they’re doomed (they are) and are issuing apologies…
Read More about NY Times Issues Apology for Unfair Reporting“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants” — Thomas Jefferson, Nov. 13, 1787 I think the next ten days will be the most important ten days in American history. As we move toward the general election, keep in mind that never, no never, has…
Read More about The Blood of Patriots[This profile of Al Perry appeared in the December 2015 issue of Central California Life Magazine. It seems appropriate to present it again as the 12th Honor Flight visits Washington, DC with a contingent of 70 military veterans and their chaperones October 24-26. This will be Al Perry’s final flight. -BE] “I’ve got 63 World…
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If you want to get an idea about how low this year’s presidential campaign can go — how insulting and demeaning and dispiriting it might get — look no farther than Donald Trump’s recent actions. Trump — who, remember, has no governmental experience and who has shown no knowledge of foreign affairs — has decided…
Read More about Trump in the MuckNinety 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,…
Read More about Was That A Debate?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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