Author Archives: oddmanout215

Big media still trying to bury Bernie

Posted on August 31, 2019 by oddmanout215

I was discussing the 2020 election with Swamp Rabbit. “Bernie Sanders can win,” I said. “Wake up and smell the coffee.” This was a bad choice of cliches. Swamp Rabbit was sipping Wild Turkey from a dented flask and not … Continue reading →

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Dissing Mother Nature and other nasty women

Posted on August 23, 2019 by oddmanout215

Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen hurt Donald Trump’s little feelings this week when she told him Greenland wasn’t for sale. She said the idea was “absurd.” Trump called her “nasty,” his favorite word for women he can’t bully, and canceled … Continue reading →

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The endangered includes humans, too

Posted on August 14, 2019 by oddmanout215

Rick Wilson’s book Everything Trump Touches Dies came to mind yesterday when I read that the Endangered Species Act is in danger: New rules will allow the administration to reduce the amount of habitat set aside for wildlife and remove … Continue reading →

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Thoughts and Prayers

Posted on August 10, 2019 by oddmanout215

here’s what bugged me most abt debates this wk and how they were framed by moderators: if you didn’t know better, you’d think Mitt Romney or Jeb Bush was President. i.e. there was so little acknowledgement that we have mad … Continue reading →

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Oh, Baltimore!

Posted on August 2, 2019 by oddmanout215

I was trying to convince Swamp Rabbit that there was nothing new about Donald Trump’s style of racism, that Randy Newman sang about it long before Trump became president. I told him that Republican Richard Nixon, running for president in … Continue reading →

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The special counsel underwhelms

Posted on July 25, 2019 by oddmanout215

Swamp Rabbit and I went on the road yesterday to work a hick-town event and were stuck in traffic for a long while before we got back to my shack to watch the highlights of the Mueller hearings. “You were … Continue reading →

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Is Mueller an enigma or just a Republican?

Posted on July 23, 2019 by oddmanout215

I got back from the vet — one of the swamp cats needed hyperthyroid medicine — and found Swamp Rabbit at my shack, complaining about how badly the mainstream media had handled news of the Mueller report even before the … Continue reading →

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Al Green’s impeachment song is a flop

Posted on July 17, 2019 by oddmanout215

I was in the little shack behind my main shack, rooting around for a rusty old window fan. Swamp Rabbit was in the main shack, watching the rerun of a cable news story from last night. “It’s Al Green, check … Continue reading →

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Dems have one job. Will they screw it up?

Posted on July 12, 2019 by oddmanout215

We were on the porch at my shack in the Tinicum swamp. “Swine was all I could swipe at the SuperFridge,” Swamp Rabbit said as he placed a few hot dogs on my hibachi. “Couldn’t even steal no sardines.” I’m … Continue reading →

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The Fourth of July as a campaign event

Posted on July 6, 2019 by oddmanout215

“Did you see this story?” I asked Swamp Rabbit before reading aloud from the online Washington Post: Unlike [Barack Obama’s] Clean Power Plan, which never took effect because of a Supreme Court decision, the Trump administration is not setting specific … Continue reading →

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