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BBR’s world headquarters are Texas-based.  Texas passed laws this week that allow virtually anyone to get a gun ASAP and virtually no one to get an abortion unless it’s ASAP. Because of that our staff had much to say about content this week and our monthly meeting ran long this AM.  It puts us precariously …

Guess what’s back in all of its pomp and circumstance?  College football.  Fans included. Guess who’s back for year four with all of her picking prowess and expertise?  Abby.  Her fans included. Abby and college football. Red beans and rice.  Our President and leadership.   Well, two out of three isn’t bad. Abby starts year four …

In June of 1971, shortly after a publication of a special message to the Congress on drug abuse, prevention, and control, the American media popularized the term “The War on Drugs.”  Richard Milhouse Nixon declared the problem, as he put it, “public enemy number one.” By 1973 our government was in such agreement with Nixon …

Seven is usually the lucky number.  But for President Joe Biden, the dice roll in month seven of his presidency has come up snake eyes. Major storm clouds gathered rapidly both internationally and domestically.  One storm was named the Taliban, the other Ida.  Both have had devastating effects. What could the man in the highest …

To vax or not to vax, or booster or not to booster, or mask or not to mask, those are but three of the questions Americans ask. And, now the workplace is emboldened.  Mandates commeth. Afghanistan?  Don’t even get us started. We need a good dose of the best medicine known to man(and woman)kind in …

Every episode except the very first of the critically acclaimed Showtime hit series Ray Donovan began with the screen dark and Liev Schrieber saying “previously on Ray Donovan.” And in the 30-seconds that followed very seldom was the recap that didn’t involve a bat to the kneecap, or a punch to the gut, or worse.  …

What do a botched departure plan, a George Stephanopolous interview, two disastrous press conferences, and a thrice interrupted vacation all have in common? That’s an easy one.  They’re all bad acts on the biggest international stage at a time that the brightest lights were shining and the world was watching.  And, they all occurred after …

Like Joe Biden, the BBR staff took the last several days off for vacation.  Biden went to Camp David, while BBR went through the deep and mid-south on a trip to nowhere.  Nuggets await you. Speaking of a trip to nowhere, American citizens yesterday were told in writing as a response to their formal request …

Back in the Stone Age, the word humdinger got a lot more run than it does today.  Have you never heard that word used? Humdinger defined is a noun used to describe a remarkable or outstanding person or thing of its kind. Baseball is a sport that some critics think still operates in the Stone …

Time to lighten it up a bit with the “you know what” hanging heavily on our minds again. Have an order of Ten Piece Nuggets-Sports to kick off your weekend early.   As usual, no two are alike and the heat comes at you from any direction.  Bill Belicheck need not worry about his financial …