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Once upon a time, there were a couple of dozen bowl games at year’s end.   Afterward, the “best” NCAA football team of the year was voted on by a bunch of 65-year-old dudes from around the country. Opinions mattered. The format changed around the turn of the century.   The BCS computer program determined the final …

The question is a simple one.  The answer is not. Can the 45th President, Donald J. Trump, become the 47th President of the United States? In 2016 it helped that he wore down a tired, old opponent who represented the swamp.  In 2020 an old, tired opponent who represents the swamp beat him. Now The …

Thanks to Al Gore and Bluehost, our beloved website is running again after a nine-day buzz-killing journey into the IT NeverAgainLands. To catch up we offer a much-needed Q and A. Q.  Why is 97% of all gun violence in the blue counties and 97% of all gun ownership in the red counties? A.  You …

“They” say that age is just a number. But, when you mumble your words, stumble on steps, and fumble policy decisions America takes notice.  And, make no mistake about it, last week was the worst of the Biden Presidency. He confused a deceased leader of a country for another after another and another. Then he …

Yesterday we asked why.  Then, later yesterday we found out what. That’s how DC works(if you call it that).  Remember Obamacare?  Old Nancy P. taught us that if you want to find out what’s in the bill you can read it after it’s passed.  Transparency be damned. And the “what” or “whats” in the Senate …

We know how.   Fill a backpack, pay a coyote, cross the river, and enter the US illegally.   In the game of Monopoly, pass Go, collect $200, and head for a street name that’s determined by a roll of the dice.    Illegal border crossing isn’t as dicey as Monopoly anymore and it’s way more lucrative …

Two months ago Gavin Newsom got taken to the woodshed by Ron Desantis in a FOX News Debate.   Even his staunchest supporters would agree. Two years ago Gavin Newsom and the Cali government took the old-school NCAA student-athlete no pay model to the woodshed.  Even his biggest detractors would agree. Pay-for-play from coast to coast …

It’s cold outside, but ten nuggets below will warm your innards and get the blood flowing.  Biden warned Iran and told us as much.  “Don’t.”  He paused.  “Don’t, don’t, don’t.”  They did.  Does he remember reinstating aid to them to the tune of $6 billion for “humanitarian purposes?”  Is the 160th attack on a US …

Good news.  We don’t have a crisis at the border anymore.  Bad news.   We have an open border. With each passing month unenviable records are broken time and again with hundreds of thousands of illegal migrants crossing into the USA.  What has changed to cause this record flow?  The US Government is overtly encouraging it …

Elon Musk isn’t busy enough with X, Tesla, and Space X.  Cars, tweets, and trips to Mars are on his plate. More than a few folks think he rescued free speech when he purchased Twitter, now X, and fundamentally changed the platform’s guardrails. So, yesterday, he flew across the Atlantic and was interviewed on stage …