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ROMEO, WHO ART THOU? JULIET DITTO PART 2
THIS ALL STARTED WITH MY VIEWING the 1936 flick Romeo and Juliet on TMC. Today in Part 2 we finally get down to Act I Scene 5 at a Capulet ball as well as other R&J tidbits. Act I Scene 5, the...
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ENOUGH OF THE TRUMPKRIEG!
TODAY, APRIL 5, 2025, MANY AROUND THE COUNTRY will express their objection to the chaos caused by the Trump administration. We have witnessed injustices heaped upon injustices, some so immense as to...
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TRUMP ON AUTOMOTIVE EMISSIONS
I CONFESS I KNOW LITTLE about politics. But I surely know about automotive emissions. I understand their evolution from tetraethyllead additives introduced in the 1920s, through the mid-1960s...
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MICROSOFT!
THE VERGE CELEBRATES MICROSOFT’S 50TH BIRTHDAY with “The 50 Best Things Microsoft Has Ever Made,” March 31, 2025. The Verge staff writes, “The company has gone through sweeping changes over that...
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THE ACTIONS OF A QUEENS FELON
SUCCINCTLY, THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES have elected a Queens felon to our highest office. He demands utter loyalty. (Read about Gen. Timothy D. Haugh below; recall James Comey.) He rules by...
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GEDANKENEXPERIMENTE TO EN ZED
HERE’S A WONDERFUL “THOUGHT EXPERIMENT,” albeit utterly impossible in the real world: tunneling through the center of Earth to the other side. BBC Sounds offers “What Would Happen If We Fell Straight...
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APRIL 5 PROTEST POSTERS
THIS PAST SATURDAY WAS A NATIONAL DAY OF PROTEST against the chaos of Trump and his administration. The New York Times, April 5, 2025, reported “Mass Protests Across the Country Show Resistance to...
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SKEPTICAL OF SUPERMAN??
HA! THIS BEGAN WITH A MOMENTARY SKEPTICISM of the Man of Steel, faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. Prior to performing...
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TRUMPIAN INANITITES
FOR A “VERY STABLE GENIUS,” OUR QUEENS FELON seems to be coming up with some lamebrain actions. Here are several. Image by abc7.com The Tariffs. Despite many learned economists professing otherwise,...
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OTHELLOS AND IAGOS WE’VE LOVED AND HATED PART 1
CULTURAL NAIF I’VE ALWAYS BEEN (Moby-Dick is about this big whale), Shakespeare’s Othello is a good-guy Moor, albeit prone to jealousy and homocide; Iago is a bad-guy all-around-conniving ensign....
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