Category Archives: mainstream media

Fool me once… OK, now fool me again

Posted on May 9, 2018 by oddmanout215

The race is on. In one lane we have Donald Trump using false evidence from Benjamin Netanyahu as an excuse to scuttle the Iran nuclear deal, a first step in drumming up support for another Mideast war. In the other, … Continue reading →

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Emotional weather report for April

Posted on May 6, 2018 by oddmanout215

…High tonight, low tomorrow, precipitation is expected. – Tom Waits Nature was at war with itself last month – solitary balmy days sandwiched by cold snaps with gusty winds, the sky still bright at 7:30 pm, but with temps in … Continue reading →

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Rabid Rudy just won’t fade away

Posted on May 4, 2018 by oddmanout215

In 1951, Douglas MacArthur, grand poobah of the armies and supreme egomaniac, announced his retirement by telling Congress, “Old soldiers never die, they just fade away.” That was then. Nowadays, old soldiers and politicians and grifters and lawyers fight to … Continue reading →

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Correspondents celebrate failure to do their jobs

Posted on May 1, 2018 by oddmanout215

I heard comedian Michelle Wolf interviewed on the radio today. She made news Saturday at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner by tweaking chronic liars Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Kellyanne Conway, but one of her best lines was directed at the … Continue reading →

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Starbucks helps widen the great divide

Posted on April 22, 2018 by oddmanout215

Headline from an opinion piece by a lifelong black resident of Philadelphia: “Starbucks wasn’t created for black folks, it was made to push us out.” The piece appeared this week in response to the widely reported arrest of two young … Continue reading →

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Trump has nothing to lose

Posted on April 11, 2018 by oddmanout215

Reporters and White House insiders seemed to agree yesterday that Donald Trump was “losing it” I wondered what they were talking about. Did they mean his ability to put aside personal problems and focus on the welfare of others? Was … Continue reading →

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From Iraq to Trumpland

Posted on March 19, 2018 by oddmanout215

Tom Engelhardt marks the 15th anniversary of the start of a war that seems more disastrous with each passing year: In an act of pure wizardry, bin Laden drew out of Bush, Cheney, and company their deepest geopolitical fantasies about … Continue reading →

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We’ve got a long way to go, baby

Posted on March 5, 2018 by oddmanout215

Last week Johnnie Walker Black Label, the scotch company, introduced “The Jane Walker Edition” in an effort to persuade women to drink more scotch and …to coincide with Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day celebrations. In a multi-faceted attempt … Continue reading →

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‘Your people I do not understand’

Posted on February 6, 2018 by oddmanout215

On Sunday night the Eagles won their first Super Bowl and there was joy in Mudville, a.k.a. South Philly. I could hear the revelers from my bedroom window, hooting and honking car horns, breaking glass, rejoicing. Reminding the world that … Continue reading →

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A big victory for vile-but-discreet

Posted on December 21, 2017 by oddmanout215

Last week, after Roy Moore lost the race for a Senate seat in Alabama, I wrote “Old-guard Senate Republicans don’t like over-the-top vile. They like guys who are vile but discreet.” In other words, they prefer colleagues who are like … Continue reading →

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