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If "Right Wing Humor" were this good, we would be in a great deal of trouble!
Posted to Facebook by Jamie KennedyNo comment from me is necessary!
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"Keep it Straight, and Keep it Eighty"
Before dawn on a warm and clear Texas morning, several dozen motorcyclists left their chosen starting points. They each had but a single ambition; be in Georgetown, TX, before six pm with more points...
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You ain't nuttin' but a HoundDog .... but you Made My Day!
William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice, Act III Scene I (Shylock)Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions; fed with the same food, hurt with the same...
View ArticleChuck Todd ... This is How it is Done!
Recently MSNBC presenters have all fronted promo slots which, I guess, are designed primarily to promote the network first, and their roles on MSNBC.That cable channel is the nearest thing to "truth"...
View ArticleThe Daily Kos Community has some Choices to Face
It is usual following each and every mass shooting incident in this country, for there to be an out-pouring of emotion and calls to action. Indeed, were that not the case there would be something very...
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"A rose, by any other name ..." A progressive perspective on why names matter!
In the searing heat of a World Cup clash England, the reigning world champions met Brazil, a team determined to regain their crown.The match was played in Guadalajara, Brazil. The year was 1970.Leading...
View ArticleOn Matters "Constitutional"
There will doubtless be many thousands, nay millions of words published over the next few days and weeks, as there have been in the recent past, on decisions made by the Robert's Court.I have just a...
View ArticleNo Exemptions to Employment Law, for Anyone
Like most everyone here I have spent two days listening to folks blather on about this poor corporation, and its tender feelings.So I propose a solution to the Hobby Lobby and Eden Foods of this world...
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The 4th of July ...
... is my Birthday. Today I will reach fifty five, which sounds a great deal older than I feel.I actually feel this old:Although it is first my birthday, I have been conscious, since I was a child,...
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"You May be Right, I May be Crazy ..."
My readers here are veterans of my motorcycling Ride Reports, but for those unfamiliar with the format, a brief explanation.I belong to a group of motorcyclists who specialize in Safe, Long Distance...
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Whatever Happened to the American Dream ... and American Dreamers?
As a long time user of, and subscriber to this site, I find myself among the more thoughtful (mostly) examples of American Society.So involved and aware are they that it can become difficult to see...
View ArticleShorter President Obama ...
"My Fellow Americans, So badly did we break Iraq, so egregious were our actions, that Iraq can no longer function as a country.Our leadership in the world is necessary, and a force for good, yet even...
View ArticleRick Smith (Socratic Method) 1948-2014
It falls to me, at the request of Rick's family, to pass on the news that Rick died peacefully following a long illness.You knew him as Socratic Method, founder of the Group "Personal Storytellers",...
View Article"Atheists are Inhuman" - A Response From an Atheist
This morning, a Front Page writer on this blog posted the following comment. I am not linking it nor providing the name of the commenter, if you want to know, go look it up.If ive ever met any person...
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Cowardice!
While President Obama is busy welcoming Congressional support, and asking for additional authority and resources, what is Congress doing?I'll give you a clue:Senators and Congressmen, from across the...
View ArticleJust an Everyday Tale of Ordinary People
Mrs Twigg and I are the eponymous "Ordinary People".We both work fulltime at skilled and necessary jobs. We have a modest home in a cheap state, a home we have been fighting Bank of America over for...
View ArticleThe "Victim Blaming" Has to Stop!
I read the brief Diary on the latest round of Celebrity Nude Photos here:http://www.dailykos.com/...It was as I suspected before clicking the link .... More pictures that prove, beyond all reasonable...
View ArticleGovernor Mary Fallin (R (what else?) - OK) Haz A Sad
Following the hoped-for, but unexpected decision by the Supreme Court to refuse to hear an appeal from the 10th Circuit, five states, including (snigger) Oklahoma, just embraced marriage equality.This...
View Article"How Many Stages Are There, Steve?"
As my step-son came through the dining room on his way out for some fresh air, he was leaving his sobbing sisters in the girl's bedroom.He stopped when he saw me, this thirteen-year-old boy who I have...
View ArticleThe Future is Bright - Plumes and Music
With the assaults on education becoming a fashionable part of mainstream political agenda, good things can be hard to find. While we rightly criticize the cuts and the growing drive for private profit...
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"Tasteless, Offensive, Inflammatory"
The title does not refer to the St Louis Rams who simply voiced the feelings of a broad spectrum of American society, but to the St Louis Police Officers Association, who described their actions...
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Today We Made Our First Mortgage Payment for Five Years
As a couple, Mrs Twigg and I are keen to take on only commitments we can manage, and thereafter meet those obligations. One such commitment was a mortgage to buy a family home back in early 2008. It...
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F*ck Cancer!
Dear God it's only ten weeks since I wrote this awful DiaryThis morning my wife and I had to tell those three beautiful children that their Daddy died last night.Fuck Cancer!
View ArticleI Have No New Year Resolutions But ...
From Melissa Harris-Perry I offer this:"The struggle continues ... Daddy"Happy, Prosperous and Successful New Year to all our friendsThe Twigg Family
View ArticleOklahoma - Determined to be First at Something
There are many lists produced annually, ranking states in merit order for a variety of topics.When it comes to the good ones, Oklahomans don't start at the top of the list looking for our state,...
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Riding With Reagan - Part I
In many areas of human pursuit, that which gladdens our hearts and fills our spirits with joy can also bring the greatest of sadness, often when least expected. This was the case for my wife and I when...
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Riding with Reagan - Part II
When we left our intrepid hero he was somewhere in darkest Texas, asleep at a Loves gas station. The day is long, and the night short. Yesterday he covered one thousand and fifty miles in a variety of...
View ArticleSo What if Bernie Does Win the Nomination?
I've been quiet for a while. After this some may well conclude that they were the good months. Months without Twigg, months of calm political discussion, months where progress was made ...Unfortunately...
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Wal-Mart Issues Arrest Warrants for "Abuse of Express Lanes"
Owasso, OK:- In a bid to reduce the reckless behaviour of criminal shoppers, Wal-Mart has begun seeking the arrest and prosecution of those who are unwilling or unable to count."Our Express Lanes are...
View ArticleSo You Think You Are Worth More Than Me?
I find the whole "Primary Process" tiring. It was this way last time, and the time before. We eat our own before coalescing around a chosen Nominee.I imagine that even with the kinder, gentler...
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How the West Was Won - 2015
Pushing fast through the New Mexico desert, the FJR1300 making it's own music beneath me as Cracklin' Rosie is beamed into my crash helmet from space, I am forced to wonder ... Does it get any better...
View ArticleWhy Community Spotlight Should Stay Right Where It Is
From time to time the thorny subject is raised concerning the prominence of the Community Spotlight on the Front Page of Daily Kos. The latest to open this discussion is OPOL, a well respected...
View ArticleRefugees: Should We or Shouldn't We?
Let’s ask The Hollies:xYouTube Video It’s a no-brainer, or at least it is if you are not a GOP Governor skeerdicat.We are Democrats. We live in the “Home of the Brave”. Our national bird is an Eagle,...
View Article"If It Were Up To Me, I'd Take Away The Guns"
I’ll let the inimitable Cheryl Wheeler tell you why, and even she could hardly have predicted the current situation.xYouTube Video I’m tired of all the death, just tired of it.Take them away.Take them...
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Oklahoma Committee Votes to End Public Education SB1187
Currently making its inglorious way through the rancid pile of poop that is the Oklahoma State Legislature is a little doozy innocuously entitled Senate Bill 1187.This is being promoted under the...
View ArticleMy 17-Year-Old Daughter "Feels the Bern" in Tulsa
Before she left for school this morning, Mackenzie made me promise I would cook Shepherd’s Pie for supper. It’s one of her favorites and I’m all about keeping the kids happy.Later this morning she...
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Spiking the Ball
One of the key points of Markos’ now infamous Diary was an entreaty to refrain from gloating.In November, should Secretary Clinton be the Democratic Nominee, she is going to need all the votes she can...
View ArticleMany Congratulations to Hillary - Keep Fighting for Us, Bernie!
As much as I can I have stayed out of this Primary squabbling. I don’t like it when my friends fight among themselves. It’s counter-productive, unhelpful and not a little childish. So I have restricted...
View ArticleO'Hare today ... Gone tomorrow!
I am asked, regularly by non-believers, how I/we do it. How do you stay on a motorcycle so long, and ride so far, and do so safely?There is no easy answer to this, because unless you have experienced...
View ArticleIn Oklahoma, the Worms are Turning.
In deepest Oklahoma, something unusual just happened. When I say “unusual”, what I mean is a shift that is big enough to knock the planets out of alignment, and I am not talking here of just another 5+...
View ArticleWhat Do You Write, the Week Your Dad Dies?
I have often wondered, as I have seen friends and other family members lose a parent, what that must feel like. Not that I have ever been in a hurry to find out, because who is? That would be weird to...
View ArticleThis Is Why We Said "Not Today. Motherf*#kers!"
When the news of the contentious Executive Order broke, I was as appalled as any believer in freedom, justice and the pursuit of happiness could be. To add a certain poignancy to my personal feelings,...
View ArticleSenator Al Franken
Dear Senator Franken,It has been brought to my attention that you might be considering resigning following the withdrawal of the support of several Democratic Senators.I implore you not to do it. Do...
View ArticleMerry Christmas Mr President
I can’t claim credit for the picture but it’s too good not to share.Add your own Seasonal Greetings to the President in the comments … Don't hold back, he deserves it all.
View ArticleOklahoma Teachers: This is Your Time. Make It Count!
Unless you have been comatose for the last few days, it cannot have escaped your notice that something deep and fundamental is stirring in God’s own free country, Oklahoma.Yes, Oklahoma, you heard that...
View ArticleOklahoma: The Good, The Bad and the Moronically Ignorant
Unless you have been living under a rock for the last two weeks, you know by now that Oklahoma Public Schools have been in almost complete shutdown. After ten successive years of cuts to the common...
View ArticleI'm Staying!
I have been reading of the disquiet felt by many at recent developments on the Supreme Court, and in other places. It seems that however logical we think our arguments are, that there is a constituency...
View ArticleWe cannot get to Social Democracy from here, but Joe Biden can get us closer
As a Daily Kos writer, I went into semi-retirement quite a while ago. Part of that was from choice, but part was because this blog moved and it moved away from me.When I arrived on these shores some...
View ArticleThis is why I got vaccinated ... and so should you!
A rare Diary from me, but I feel strongly about this …This is for all those who are sensible, and really don't like being stabbed with sharp objects.I'm with you, all the way. I don't have tattoos, if...
View ArticleDon't tell me there is nothing you can do!
President Biden,You are President of the United States of America.You are the most powerful person in the world, and a life-long Democrat. There have been a few bumps along the way but we cheered when...
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