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I was around in the boys’ club days of the Air Force, when NCO and officers’ clubs would bring in strippers, hard-working women who earned every dollar we stuffed in their G strings while fending off our drunken attempts to grope them. Nothing but respect. But those days are over.
Phrases and brainworms stuck in my mind after skimming online news sites this morning: shooter on a scooter, half-Jewish Superman, how often should you poop. The last a question, not a recommendation. Comes to that, I think the answer is “when you have to.” And the scooter shooter? It must be near impossible to aim […]
AFAIC it’s remarkable Joe Biden made it all the way to 80 before starting to use a CPAP machine.
As for diving on the Titanic, I’m a member of Team Hell No.
My Father’s Day was lovely, as, I hope, was yours.
You probably think I’m being immature. Have you met any fighter pilots lately?
Journamalism these days!
Twitter was going downhill before Elon Musk bought it. I can’t put a finger on why, but it felt to me as if some of the spirit had leaked out of it. It was becoming less collegial, more angry. Maybe that’s the fate of any social media platform … as more and more climb aboard, […]