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Friday, June 05, 2026

It's Pride Month, and the ignoranti are out in force

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Sensitivity warning: This post contains explicit information about male naughty bits. We're now well into June, and although I recently ...
Sunday, May 31, 2026

Damn, I miss having a real president

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He has been out of office for nearly nine and a half years now, but I still miss Barack Obama. Every day that some brand new atrocity is com...
Thursday, April 30, 2026

Let us prey: Cheeto Jeezus wants to save the soul of 'Murica

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I can't run no more With that lawless crowd While the killers in high places Say their prayers out loud ~ Leonard Cohen, "Anthem...
Tuesday, March 31, 2026

March marches into history and the Whirled marches on

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Trump just couldn't stay away from something that was about him... Once again, I missed tons of opportunities this month to hold forth h...
Saturday, February 28, 2026

February out, March in, and the Whirled will come back to life

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Damn, Feb flew by. Well, it is a short month, after all... But enough with the excuses. Once again another month has gone by with little of ...
Saturday, January 31, 2026

Belated happy new year

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The new(ish) year is off to a roaring start, but I am not — not yet, anyway. But soon. I just wanted to keep my commitment to posting at lea...
Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Goodbye and good riddance to 2025

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It has been a very rough year for me, and very possibly for you too. For many if not most of us, 2025 sucked even harder than 2024. But we s...
Friday, November 21, 2025

In from the wild: moving on

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I am getting ready to make a big move -- from out in the sticks back to “civilization.” It’s actually a very scary step for me but it is so...
Thursday, October 23, 2025

Meet me at the wrecking ball: Trump's gaudy gilded dance hall is more than just a metaphor, it's a warning

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  If you thought that #NeverWasMyPresident Donald John Trump's tarting-up of the Oval Office with garish gold gew-gaws was THE metapho...