Francis W. Porretto
Mount Sinai, NY USA
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Nov 11 2024
The Scapegoat Tarantella
Like I tell my boys at the J.O.B.: if’n ya fuck up, OWN IT. Shit’s gonna suck for a bit, but the respect you gain by owning up to it will balance in the end. (so long as no one died, right?) I’ve seen time and time again since I started paying attention to …
Nov 11 2024
For Armistice Day
“Weapons of mass destruction” go back further than 1945. Even in World War I, there were flamethrowers… and gas. Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge, Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs, And towards our distant rest began to trudge. Men marched asleep. …
Nov 10 2024
A Day To Remember
No, this won’t be about the sinking of the Titanic. The British call it Remembrance Day, and commemorate it with red poppy badges on the left of the chest. Americans call it Veterans’ Day, recite John McCrae’s poem to one another, and that’s about it. But it was originally called Armistice Day, in …
Nov 09 2024
What We Know Now
The fourth word in the title is the one to stress. There is much that we suspected – including a few things we were sure of but could not prove definitively – that we now know to be incontrovertible. The evidence is unimpeachable. The implications are unavoidable. (And ending three sentences in a row …
Nov 08 2024
Day Off
It’s been a long week, Gentle Reader. Political contests are wearing, and the one we just concluded was lots worse than average. I need to rest. I’ll hope to see you tomorrow. Meanwhile, enjoy the day.
Nov 07 2024
Quote Of The Day
“You can’t smack someone in the face with a hammer and then insist everyone calm down.” — John Daniel Davidson Exactly. Some folks must be made to feel the sharp edge before anything like normal civil and political life can be restored.
Nov 07 2024
The Questions Being Asked Now
Some of them are on my mind, too. As usual, Sundance at The Last Refuge puts the crux of the matter clearly and concisely: Now that we know the basic 2024 raw vote total, we are able to put a scale on the number of fraudulent mail-in ballots from the 2020 election. …
Nov 07 2024
Pet Gripes
Now that a second Trump presidency is in prospect – and with Republican majorities in both houses of Congress, at that – everyone and his halfwit Uncle Herman is stepping forward with agenda items for the new administration. Quite a few are “old favorites” with broad appeal: cut taxes; reduce federal spending; return to …
Nov 06 2024
Who Will Learn From His Mistakes?
There are quite a few citations on the Web of liberal pundits and editorial boards having “meltdowns” over the victory of Donald Trump and his favored legislative candidates. Those persons have made a lot of intemperate comments. I shan’t reproduce them here; they’re easy enough to find. And all schadenfreude aside, they tell a …
Nov 06 2024
It’s Over
And thank a merciful God for that. I have questions still, as I’m sure many Gentle Readers do. Foremost among them: Why did the Left’s vote-theft and vote-fraud efforts fail this time? Considering the Usurpers’ fears of Trumpian retaliation, they had to be as earnest as they were in 2020. At least the …
Nov 05 2024
Just In Case You’ve Forgotten
Gentle Readers in the Right: the “gentlemen of the press” hate you. They will do anything to smear you, the politicians, you support, and the ideals you uphold. But woe to anyone who dares to say anything to wound their enormous egos! Apparently, yesterday at President Trump’s campaign rally in Lancaster PA, he …
Nov 05 2024
A Day Without News
Do you know what day of the year – well, of the years, actually – is most frustrating to a public-affairs commentator? Election Day. *** The President shall be commander in chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the militia of the several states, when called into the …
Nov 04 2024
The Race To The Bottom
For a while, Biden appeared to be the front-runner with his “garbage” comment. Then Obama edged up on him with his “Republicans are divisive” speech. And of course we could never count Kamala Harris out of the race, with all her “fascist” and “danger to democracy” chanting. Mustn’t forget the Great Has-Beens Bill and …
Nov 04 2024
Patriots For Peanut And Fred
The heartless seizure and slaughter of Peanut and Fred from the caring home of Mark Longo is the World Wide Web today. No other single topic has nearly as much clout. That deserves some thought. Go to Mike Miles’ place and savor the memes. He’s collected a fine bunch, as always. They deserve …
Nov 03 2024
Awakenings
Yes, I’ve used that title before. Twice, in fact. But third time’s the charm, I hope. A word of warning, Gentle Reader. This one will get rough. Moreover, you may not sense it coming. But when it does, you’ll be in no doubt of it. If you can stand to have every …
Nov 02 2024
For Peanut And Fred
There should be a special circle in Hell for people who mistreat animals. The DEC bastards who “euthanized” Peanut the squirrel and Fred the raccoon — two fully domesticated animals – deserve an eternity of having their genitals gnawed by an assortment of God’s non-human creatures. But it’s odds-on that a year from now, …
Nov 02 2024
“What Happened To Him?”
Most of us prefer that our enemies be consistent. That is: we don’t want to discover that someone we thought an ally has turned into an enemy. It’s upsetting, among other things. When it happens, we grope about for an explanation. If we fail to find one, our distress is magnified. Which brings …
Nov 02 2024
Quote Of The Day
“The closing arguments have been made. It’s not really about persuasion now. It’s about turnout.” – GOP strategist David Kochel Well, yes… if, under the umbrella term turnout, we remember to include fraud. There’s copious evidence that the Democrat vote-fraud machine is already humming furiously. No margin is safe from the ability of …
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