Author Archives: oddmanout215

From out of the blue, new realities

Posted on March 23, 2020 by oddmanout215

I was reading to Swamp Rabbit from Albert Camus‘s The Plague: Everybody knows that pestilences have a way of recurring in the world; yet somehow we find it hard to believe in ones that crash down on our heads from … Continue reading →

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Is social distancing here to stay?

Posted on March 18, 2020 by oddmanout215

Photo by GETTY IMAGES I read aloud from a Washington Post story about our reluctance to maintain social distance from fellow humans during the coronavirus crisis: Hermits aside, humans are social animals, even what some call “ultra-social.” For millennia, survival … Continue reading →

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High anxiety goes viral

Posted on March 12, 2020 by oddmanout215

Swamp Rabbit was reworking his coronavirus song today. Last week it was a bossa nova, but now it’s a blues sung to the melody of “Corrina, Corrina”: Corona, Corona Gal, you’re on my mind Corona, Corona Gal, you’re on my … Continue reading →

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Big day for the ‘anybody but Bernie’ mob

Posted on March 4, 2020 by oddmanout215

The “anybody but Bernie” movement shifted into high gear Monday when two underperforming presidential hopefuls, Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar, quit the race and endorsed good soldier Joe Biden, the ultimate establishment Democrat. The announcements moved Swamp Rabbit to get … Continue reading →

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The Bernie dilemma spelled out

Posted on February 28, 2020 by oddmanout215

After the South Carolina debate I cautioned Swamp Rabbit against getting into a “Bernie Sanders or nobody” state of mind, because establishment Democrats are determined to sink Bernie’s candidacy and we might have to settle for a “centrist” Dem to … Continue reading →

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The anti-Bernie blitzkrieg

Posted on February 26, 2020 by oddmanout215

https://twitter.com/NicholasIvanoff/status/1231781040211013632 We were talking about last night’s so-called debate, which was like last week’s debate but even nastier. A bunch of wrinkled old hustlers (except for young hustler Pete Buttigieg) shouting each other down, desperate to sell themselves in South … Continue reading →

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Battle royale in Vegas

Posted on February 20, 2020 by oddmanout215

Warren came out SWINGING at Bloomberg pic.twitter.com/3D8bnvvm4m — Pod Save America (@PodSaveAmerica) February 20, 2020 Swamp Rabbit dropped by my shack last night toting a couple of stolen TV dinners with the brand name DEVOUR. Fittingly, we ate them while … Continue reading →

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An American ‘Parasite’? That’ll be the day.

Posted on February 11, 2020 by oddmanout215

I was urging Swamp Rabbit to go see the Academy Award-winning Parasite, a dark satire that should appeal to Bernie Sanders fans everywhere. He rolled his eyes and asked what a foreign-language movie directed by a guy named Bong Joon-ho … Continue reading →

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Bimbo pop, then back to the bogus trial

Posted on February 6, 2020 by oddmanout215

“What a week!” Swamp Rabbit said. “On Sunday the Super Bowl. On Monday and Tuesday, the Iowa caususes and the State of the Union address. On Wednesday them Republican weasels acquit Trump. That’s four different reasons to get drunk.” “Four … Continue reading →

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GOP: He’s guilty, so what, let’s acquit

Posted on February 1, 2020 by oddmanout215

Swamp Rabbit said he was worried about me. I wasn’t working today, and I hadn’t even ventured outside my swamp shack to pick a fight with someone. “Stop watching that impeachment trial,” he said. “It’s turning you into a nut … Continue reading →

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