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More Ramblings from A Grumpy Old Man… Are you sick of the anti-Israeli protesters. I am. But honestly I have never thought much about pro-Israeli or pro-Palestinian groups. Those people have been fighting since 1882 when an Arab man was accidentally shot by a Jewish guard during a wedding. Every time you think the dust has settled there, a conflict springs back up. It’s beyond tedious. But, to par...

Congressional Deadbeats presently have an approval rating of 12%, about the same as dirt. Disgraced president Richard Nixon’s approval rating never got that low. Inept president Jimmy Carter’s rating never got that low. George Santos from NY was recently expelled from Congress. His 13% favorability rating was higher than the collective body tossing him out. Members of Deadbeat Nation are paid $174...

Respected journalist Mollie Hemingway and The Federalist has reported that Liz Cheney and her Cabal suppressed evidence during the sham January 6th committee proceedings. Turns out Trump requested 10,000 National Guard troops to be present for assistance at the Capitol for the gathering crowd. This information has been hidden from us for over three years. You may want to read that last sentence ag...

“Andy came to Shawshank Prison in early 1947 for murdering his wife and the fella she was bangin’. “ That was the famous line spoken by Morgan Freeman, aka Ellis “Red” Redman in the movie The Shawshank Redemption. How old were you when you found out that the movie was filmed at an Ohio State Reformatory rather than the fictional Maine prison the story led us to believe.  Did you also know the movi...

Webster tells us a scholar is a person who has done advanced study in a special field. It also calls a scholar a learned person. I’m going to show how that is not always true. Consider Webster’s words as you read the politically biased rubbish that 154 so-called-scholars unleashed for the liberal media to gobble and regurgitate last week. As gleefully reported by the main-stream media, “scholars”...

After being shot at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade the poor Lisa Lopez-Galvan had not been buried yet nor the family time to grieve before anti-gun zealots stomped all over her memory. The mother of two was the only person to die in the shootout. At least 22 other innocent people were harmed. As of the time of this writing, there have been three people arrested. One has been released and...

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you must be aware there are major issues at our southern border. At the same time, we are financing a war in Ukraine, fighting another war in the Middle East, struggling under Bidenomics, fearing China will glob onto Tawain, and evidently, white supremacists are plotting to take over the country. Thanks Biden voters.  To make matters worse, California is abo...

According to a 2019 Pew Research Center report, 38% of Americans claim to be Independent. However, only 7% of voters are actually really true Independents. But then I read further, you know, past the first paragraph. Turns out, of the 38% claiming to be an Independent, 17% of them nearly always vote Democrat. In full disclosure, I thought this number would be much greater. But then, it occurred to...

Ask yourself, are you better off now under Biden? A commentary appeared in a newspaper I also write for that bears mentioning – not so much for its journalistic excellence and insight, but for its lack of accuracy. This piece was so far left it could have been written for the Washington Compost or Russia’s Pravda. The piece I’m referring to is another hatchet job written about Donald Trump. Reader...

Ever hear of the “27 Club?” It’s not something you want to subscribe to, and given the demographics of my readership, the opportunity has long passed us by.  The 27 Club is a list of well-known musicians who “bit the dust” at the age of twenty-seven. The term took off in 1994 when Kurt Cobain of Nirvana shot himself. The drug-addled musician was depressed and obsessed he might lose his house.  At...

As a grandfather of eleven grandchildren, I cannot imagine a worse day than to be told one of them has cancer or some other catastrophic disease. In my opinion that’s the place whale dung sits on in the totem pole of life.. We have a grandchild mysteriously losing her hearing, which pales in comparison to cancer, but even that nearly drives me to tears.  I acknowledge life is precious to everyone,...

Next November 5th, I will be voting for Donald J. Trump for president. It will be the third time in nine years throwing my support his way.  Initially, I voted for Trump because he was not a politician. He’s a self-made, wealthy businessman without political baggage. I admire people who can start from nothing and make something of themselves. My father was like that. Given my disdain for most poli...

So, let me regale you this Christmas season with the rich history of this ballet.  Most people know the Nutcracker as a musical written by Tchaikovsky, the Russian composer, in 1892, and little else. In fact, Tchaikovsky only wrote the music; about nine months before the ballet, which was choreographed by Marius Petipa.  The original story, named the Nutcracker and the Mouse King, was written by E...

I have had a mild interest in the modern technology called AI, or artificial intelligence. With my limited knowledge of computers, I might know more about women than AI technology. And even though I have been married to a great woman for over 43 years, I do not have much of a clue about her either.  Wikipedia states AI is the intelligence of machines or software, as opposed to humanities intellige...

By now, you’ve probably heard of the efforts by certain states to remove Trump from the 2024 presidential ballot. Rhode Island is the most recent state to reject that effort. This rejection comes after similar dismissals from Florida, Colorado, New Hampshire, Minnesota, Michigan, and the District of Columbia. There are eighteen more states considering denying Trump on the ballot. The reason is Tru...

Not only do I not believe Biden will get the Democrat nomination, I also don’t believe the others running on the Democrat side will be the ultimate candidate. That would include Robert Kennedy Jr., Cornel West, Marianne Williamson, Dean Phillips, or somebody named Cenk Uygur.  (If you’ve never heard of Mr. Uygur either, he’s a Turkish-born politician, commentator, and media host. This begs the que...

It’s official. In the words of Buddy Guy, “Well I done got old.” In a moment of bitter sweetness, I got my first Social Security (SS) check this week.  I could have received it 4 ½ years ago, but decided to wait until full retirement age, 66 years, 6 months. For the rest of my life, I will get paid by the government on the second Wednesday of the month, minus Medicare insurance.  According to the...

Democrats, the dumpster fire that is the world right now is your fault.  With heartfelt apologies, perhaps it’s time we take a break from the wall-to-wall coverage of the death of Matthew Perry to address other issues going on in the world. I’m surprised the media hasn’t gotten around to asking Biden, Trump, and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu want they think of Mr. Perry’s demise.  The world see...

Perhaps they have picked their guy by the time you read this, but I’m doubting it.  The Republican party has failed miserably when it comes to naming a Speaker of the House. As of Tuesday, the country has been 20 days without a Speaker. This has become embarrassing and shows just how fractioned the GOP is and a time when the world seems on fire. 

How long will it be until we see the first billion-dollar player? Bleacher Report listed twelve major league baseball players who should get contracts of a hundred million dollars or more during the off-season. Sadly, for Cubs fans, Cody Bellinger is on that list, meaning he won’t be a Cub next year.  Last season, there were fourteen $100,000,000 contracts issued. Not one led the major leagues in...

Alan shares a story dating back to 1969 from his childhood in Chebanse, IL. Alan also touches on other subjects including Israel, Harvard University, Lowell Observatory, and more.

California senator Dianne Feinstein’s death last week was great fodder for the media machine, but highly inconvenient for the Democrats, and more particularly, California governor Gavin Newsome.  So, now all eyes are looking west to Governor Newsome as he has the task of naming a replacement to fill Feinstein’s seat for the next year until an election is held. This means Newsome will have to take...

Fox News recently reported Chicago’s plan for housing the recent influx of illegal immigrants. The report states there are currently about 2,200 illegal immigrants housed in 21 shelters in Chicago police stations and airports. Chicago has contracted with a private security firm named Garda-World Federal Services for a tent city to be erected at a cost of $29.4 million. It didn’t say where that mon...

Microsoft Bing recently listed their five greatest guitarists in history. I chuckled that they thought they were qualified of producing such a list. How bad was it? Eddie Van Halen was listed by his birth-name, Edward. Eddie wore short pants the last time that happened. The list got my juices pumping. First, in full disclosure, I can’t tune a guitar – and I own four! Those that knows me though wil...

They defy logic. Last Thursday, September 7th, CNN ran an article stating, “Biden’s defenders brush off concerns over his age and approval rating as polls show warning signs.”  While it’s difficult to trust CNN reporting, and their ratings would suggest most of America feels that way, it was the most recent article found concerning Biden’s polling numbers.  A CNN poll released the same day has Bid...