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When angry, count four; when very angry, swear.
    —     Mark Twain
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On This Day In:
2022 Do Good Works
2021 We Like To Believe So, Anyway
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2020 I’m Older Now
2019 Why #45 (#LazyDonald) Was Destined To Be A Failed Presidency
2018 Easter In Liverpool
Star Guides To Destiny
Growl
2017 Decisions
2016 Along The Path
2015 Make Mine Rare, Please
2014 Passion Flooding
2013 On Purpose
2012 Sans Gall Bladder, Day 4
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2011 It’s Hammerin’ Time!!
Convenient Auxiliaries

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Education:  that which reveals to the wise, and conceals from the stupid, the vast limits of their knowledge.
    —     Mark Twain
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On This Day In:
2022 The Edge Of Today
2021 Why I’m Wrinkled With Age
Is There A Generic Available?
2020 I Feel Noblesse Oblige
2019 Live For Something
2018 My Dogs Beat ‘Em Up
Is Your Sky Falling?
2017 Unseen Here, Too
2016 Criticized Anyway
2015 Sometimes The Truth Hurts
2014 All Agreed, Say “Aye”
2013 Two Books, Two Movies
Just Because
2012 God’s Requirements
2011 Greater Purity

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I did not attend his funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.
    —     Mark Twain
Today it was announced that as of last Friday (21 April 2023) Tucker Carlson has been “fired” from his evening “opinion” host gig at Fox (Faux) News.  He has now joined a growing list (Lou Dobbs, Glenn Beck, Bill O’Reilly, Ed Henry, and Roger Ailes) of senior staff who’s presence has poisoned cable “news” for decades.  In fairness to Beck, he was removed for “erratic” behavior, while the latter three were removed for alleged sexual “misconduct” / harassment.  Carlson (like Dobbs) was removed because the network is trying to avoid further legal liability from his repeated misstatement of “facts” (his opinions as if they were facts) and his on-air promoting of former President Trump’s lies about losing the 2020 election due to computer / voting fraud.  Carlson knew these statements were false and repeated them on-air anyway, because they buoyed up his show and his network’s ratings.
Now, before was all start celebrating Carlson’s “fall from grace”, let us remember Carlson has been getting paid millions over the last decade or so, and he will undoubtedly be enjoying his current unemployment by laughing all the way to the bank – or at least until one of the computer companies wins a civil suit against him and he has some financial penalty imposed on him for his (apparently) knowing disregard for the truth.
The Murdoch’s (the owners of Fox) will pay their penalty and go back to poisoning the minds of 15-20% of Americans who continue to believe their lies and misrepresentations – after all, they are an “entertainment company”, not a “news network” – and profit, not truthfulness is what matters at Fox.  As an aside, we don’t “really” know why Dobbs was cut from the network.  Fox has only said they do periodic reviews and change programs (and hosts) as they deem necessary.  Dobbs was shown the door shortly after Dominion (the voting machine company which recently settled with Fox for over $750 million) filed their liable / damages civil suit against Fox.
American “Conservatives” deserve better than Hannity, Carlson, O’Reilly, and Fox et. al.  In my opinion, although the current Republican Party does not represent or promote “Conservative” ideologies, there is a real need for those principles to be stated in the market place of ideas.
I was raised to honor and respect the Constitution, the “rule of law”, “equal justice under the law” and the general judicial policy of “stare decicis”.  Without a rational conservative minority to balance the vox populi, we risk a social anarchy as negative in its long term consequences as that proposed by the current religious / fascist / totalitarian Republican party.
In my opinion, Tucker Carlson’s firing is a small, tentative step towards the return to a rational, conservative Republican party.  And, I applaud it…
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On This Day In:
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2021 Adding Spice
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2020 Mo, Cilla, Mushy Peas And Rain
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2019 An Epitaph For #45 (#LyingDonald)
2018 Before And After
2017 Verbs
2016 Not Too Tidy
2015 Little Understanding
2014 Open Early
2013 Movies And A Lifetime Of Lyrics
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2012 Cheaper To Hold
2011 Resistance Is Futile
One Great, One Enjoyable, One Terrible…
Unfortunately, No Approval Is Required

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With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble.  Courage is the foundation of integrity.
    —     Mark Twain
[I believe integrity is the foundation of courage.    —    kmab]
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On This Day In:
2022 If That’s What You Mean
2021 Awakening The Glow
I Remember
2020 Golden Eagle
Like #45: Incompetent Donald
2019 #45: Who Lost By Three Million Votes
2018 Torn Between Two Loves
A Girl And A Boy
2017 I Think They Are Starting To…
2016 Living There
2015 Bookin’ West
Beyond My Reach
You Never Call Anymore…
2014 Winning?
2013 Still Inventing
2012 Motivated
2011 Waiting In Line At Starbuck’s

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All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.
    —     Mark Twain
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On This Day In:
2022 Guitar Music
Yesterday
2021 Maybe Faith Is Based On Hope
I Want To See You Smile
2020 Thank You (To Those Who Serve)
Hanging In There
2019 Her Job, Too
2018 Just Another Song I Like
Earlier Still
2017 Ten To Go
2016 Unstable Emergence
2015 88
2014 Some One-Liners Are Too Easy
2013 Greatness
2012 Memories Of Arlington
2011 Wake Up

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Out of the depths of my happy heart wells a great tide of love and prayer for this priceless treasure that is confided to my lifelong keeping.  You cannot see its waves as they flow toward you, darling, but in these lines you will hear…  the distant beating of its surf.
    —     Mark Twain
[Happy Valentine’s Day, Hil!!  You are my priceless treasure…
All my love,
Always,
Your Kev
XXX
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On This Day In:
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2021 Happy Valentine’s Day – 2021!!
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Backyard Narcissus
2020 Happy Valentine’s Day – 2020!!
2019 Happy Valentine’s Day – 2019!!
2018 Happy Valentine’s Day – 2018!!
2017 Happy Valentine’s Day – 2017!!
2016 Happy Valentine’s Day – 2016!!
2015 To My Special Lady
2014 Awakening
2013 Drowsy In Comfort
2012 Happy Valentine’s Day
2011 Own Your Bible

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If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.
    —     Mark Twain
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On This Day In:
2022 Slow Down And Don’t Break Things
2021 How Many Democracy Loving Conservatives Are In The Senate?
The Fighter Still Remains
2020 Love And Charity
2019 Tomorrow Is Valentine’s Day
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2018 Still More Prejudice
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2017 …And With It Civilization
2016 Just Like My Mother
2015 All Omissions Are Mine
2014 Precise Order
2013 Uh, No. Not Really…
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2012 A Pre-Valentine’s Day Message
2011 Easy Like Sunday Morning
May I Have A Little More, Please…
2010 Valleys and Peaks

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The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.
    —     Mark Twain
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On This Day In:
2022 Going Beyond
2021 Shapely Ankles
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2020 Skyin’
2019 I Hope He Has A Lot Of Room Down There
2018 What Time Is It?
2017 Gifts
2016 30 Seconds
2015 Success
2014 Create The Fact
2013 Overpowering Curiosity
2012 On Planning The Invasion Of Iraq…
2011 This And That
I’m Bettin’ On The Bible

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Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.
    —     Mark Twain
[Why do viewers watch a channel that’s been demonstrated to lie to them.  Oh yeah…  Because they (the viewers) want to believe the lies.  Why does Faux do it?  …To laugh all the way to the bank.    —    kmab]
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On This Day In:
2021 Living At The Edge
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More Sounds (Guitar Review)
2020 Poor Proof
Right From The Start
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2019 I Wish This Were More True
2018 Used To Rejection
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2017 Tonight
I Rejoice
2016 Conscientious Courage
Speaking Of Which…
2015 The Beautiful Snow
2014 Nurtured By The Voices
2013 Précis
2012 Fear And Understanding
2011 Just Being Human

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The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
    —     Mark Twain
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On This Day In:
2021 Is Your Life Rich?
Until Then…
2020 Reincarnation Or Groundhog Day?
Any Sunny Afternoon
2019 Four Days To Go
2018 No One Man
Day 15: Tired (Again)
2017 Strongly Convinced
2016 Me, Myself & I
2015 God, Give Us Men!
2014 Got Any Bezzy Mates?
2013 On Being A Nerd – Awesome
2012 Writers Write
2011 And History Has Proved This Correct
2010 Fascinating Discontinuity
Tasted Bacon?

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Do not discourage yourself with what you haven’t done, encourage yourself with what you will do.
    —    Neale Donald Walsch
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
    —     Mark Twain
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On This Day In:
2021 The Joy Of Retirement
Needles And Pins
2020 Too Frightening For Too Many
Down At The Pub
2019 Just One
2018 And Not Be Just Vain, Greedy And Dumb
Day 6: Tickin’ Badly
2017 The Soul Of Victory
2016 Getting Furrowed?
2015 Pretty Good So Far
2014 Still Learning?
There Ain’t No Thing Like Me, ‘Cept Me!
2013 Little Lives
2012 Evolution
2011 Excellence At Performance = 10,000 Hours
2009 A Brief Poem…
Crater Lake Trip with James

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God created war so that Americans would learn geography.
    —    Mark Twain
[Just over a week ago, I was discussing the Ukraine (at that time the Russian threat of invasion) with someone who said, he didn’t want the U.S. to get involved in the problems of some “tiny, insignificant country in Europe that I can’t even point to on a map”.  I replied Ukraine is bigger than California (almost twice the size) and just smaller than Texas (roughly 90%), and you probably can’t find it because it was part of the U.S.S.R. when you were studying world geography.  I added the Ukraine President is the guy who stood up to #45 when he (#45) tried to extort them into a announcing a bogus investigation of Joe Biden in exchange for military funding for Ukraine’s defense.  The funding had already been authorized by Congress and #45 was withholding the funds to try to “buy” the U.S. election with a made-up scandal.  Maybe Twain was only part right.    —    kmab]
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On This Day In:
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2021 I Welcome The Questions
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2017 He’s Keeping The Light On For Us
2016 The Results Of Trying Too Hard
2015 Make Me Look
2014 Fresh Drink
2013 Good Business
2012 Unsure Spirit
2011 A Lost Valuable

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It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.
    —     Mark Twain
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On This Day In:
2022 Support For Ukraine Independence
2021 Right Up Until Armed Insurrectionists Attack Congress
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2020 Sometimes Human Nature Stays The Same
2019 Sometimes Too Subtle
2018 A Lot Like Teaching
2017 Wake Up
2016 I Like Dreaming
2015 Importance
2014 Unearned Humility
2013 Science Is Trial And Error
2012 Franklin’s Creed
2011 First Steps
2010 Home Ill…

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Schoolboy days are no happier than the days of afterlife, but we look back upon them regretfully because we have forgotten our punishments at school and how we grieved when our marbles were lost and our kites destroyed – because we have forgotten all the sorrows and privations of the canonied ethic and remember only its orchard robberies, its wooden-sword pageants, and its fishing holidays.
    —     Mark Twain
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On This Day In:
2022 Putin Invades Ukraine To Recreate The Old Soviet Union
2021 Even If It’s A Nice View
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2019 Hearts Torn In Every Way
2018 Recently Seen On A T-shirt:
2017 Rhythmical Creation
2016 In The Beginning
2015 False Gods
2014 But Sometimes Careers Choose People
2013 Pretty Sure Of Uncertainty
2012 Face Reality
2011 Intelligent Luck

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Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.
    —    Mark Twain
[Found at one of the blogs I follow:  “A Pondering Mind
The site is located at:  https://aponderingmind.org/
The specific post is at:  https://aponderingmind.org/2020/05/17/politicians-and-diapers-must-be-changed-often-and-for-the-same-reason-mark-twain/
Please visit the original site if you have a spare moment.   —   kmab]
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On This Day In:
2022 Full Of It
2021 I’m Still Learning To Play
What Are You Looking For?
2020 All You Can
2019 No Wall And Not One Dollar
‘Cause It Makes Me Scratch
2018 Mirror, Mirror
2017 Keep On Keeping On
2016 Reflections
2015 Is It Time Yet?
2014 Ask Any Follower
2013 Cornered Or Surrounded?
2012 Escape
2011 Achievement
Not Unreasonable Enough

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