Author: leeduigon(patty)

I have lived in Metuchen, NJ, all my life. I have been married to my wife Patricia since 1977. I am a former newspaper editor and reporter. I was also the owner-operator of my own small business for several years. I wrote various novels and short stories published during 1980s and 1990s. I am a long-time student of judo and Japanese swordsmanship (kenjutsu). I also play chess, basketball, and military and sports simulations.

Putin, Russia Outlaw Fake News

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“Are you showing disrespect to me??”

As America’s politicians gnash their teeth for envy, Vladimir Putin’s compliant Russian legislature this month has outlawed “disrespect” and “fake news” (https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2019-03-19/putin-passes-law-punishing-fake-news-and-content-insulting-or-disrespectful-to-russia).

The Russian government–that is, Mr. Putin–will decide what is fake news. And if they bust you for it, you’ll face fines and/or a prison sentence.

As for “disrespect,” that’ll be punished pretty harshly, too. Just to keep people on their toes, they haven’t defined “disrespect” or declared which public figures are to be immune from it. Here in America, that would be all Democrats and their clients.

We are unable to confirm reports that the Democrat National Committee has sought Putin’s advice in drafting the party’s 2020 platform.

 

‘The People’s Climate March (Can I Wake Up Now, Please?)’ (2014)

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More proof that John Calvin was right about Total Depravity

Why does everything promoted by liberals sound like it came out of Red China, circa 1960?

They had to hurry with this one, though, because in 2014 they were still predicting that New York would be mostly underwater by the end of 2015, and have a climate just like that of Daytona Beach.

The People’s Climate March (Can I Wake Up Now, Please?)

As a general rule, any public event that includes a poetess is rubbish.

And notice how quickly the “organizers” jump from Climbit Chainge to solving Income Inequality while they’re at it. Hey, the two go together like ski poles and manhole covers.

P.S.–The whole thing fizzled.

‘The Old Rugged Cross’

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This hymn always used to make me cry, when I was a little boy. It still moves me today. The Old Rugged Cross, sung by Alan Jackson: we don’t forget.

Critters Galore

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There are some valuable insights to be gleaned from this video. Here are three of them.

Rats don’t always have good table manners. This counts against them.

The Hound of the Baskervilles would have seemed louder if he had been kept indoors.

There are times when it’s necessary to coerce your tail to follow you.

Authentic and Bona Fide Centaur Footage!

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Hi! Mr. Nature isn’t here today, so it is I, Dr. Credulous, presenting overwhelming and undeniable proof that centaurs are really real!

Video doesn’t lie!

All right, I admit one of these five centaurs does look a little hinky, there just might be something about it that’s not 100% kosher. But the other four!

It is believed that Climate Change and Income Inequality have contributed to the increase in centaur sightings. And that makes perfect sense to me–because… I’m Dr. Credulous!

By Request, ‘Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?’

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Requested by Phoebe, sung by Johnny Cash–a traditional gospel hymn, Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?

These images (from Jesus of Nazareth, I believe) are strong medicine, and hard to bear. Crucifixion was an ugly way to die. I have to fight a need to avert my eyes. But this was the atonement for all the sins of all the world–for our sins–with the penalty paid by God Himself in the person of His beloved Son. Paid for all time. This is the very core of our Christian faith.

Prayer Request: Our Friend’s Friend

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Phoebe tells us her friend Susan has Parkinson’s Disease, which has taken a turn for the worse, and has requested our prayers. Please join in.

O Lord our God, have mercy on Phoebe’s friend, Susan, and restore her health, as you have all power to do. Please, Lord: you know it’s hard for us to bear, when our friends and family members fall ill. In Jesus’ name, Father, please help your servant, Susan. Amen.

Placebos Are Better Than Ever!

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This is weird science news: apparently, placebos–pills and potions that are basically inert, not supposed to do anything, used as a yardstick against which to test the effectiveness of a new drug–have in recent years been getting stronger.

This strange phenomenon is discussed in a long article which I had probably better not try to paraphrase.

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-weird-power-of-the-placebo-effect-explained

Placebos shouldn’t do anything for the patient, and yet they do. Mind over matter? You truly believe the pill you took will help you–and it does make you feel better, even though it’s not really medicine but only a harmless placebo.

This gets weirder and weirder. Why are placebos now roughly three times as “effective”–pseudo-effective: is that a word?–as they were in the 1990s? What if you know your “medicine” is only a placebo? Does it still work anyway?

And how many horror movies have you seen about a voodoo curse that kills the victim only because he believes it will? Sort of an anti-placebo.

This brings us closer to that shadowy, shifting border where science ends and woo-woo stuff begins.

Hey, Where Is Everybody?

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Come on now–where did everybody go?

Ever since daylight saving started, the viewership numbers around here have tanked. And that’s too bad, because we have an abundance of things that ought to be discussed. I mean, the political scene alone offers enough material for several whole conferences of both psychiatrists and exorcists.

Of course, if you’re not here, you aren’t reading this exhortation. But if you are here: first, thank you very much for being here! Second, dive right in with a comment. And third, share one of these posts on your Facebook page or something, or pass the word to someone else–anything to bring ’em in.

Dem Presidential Wannabe: $1,000 a Month for All

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Next!

Nobody’s afraid to blurt out a lot of wacko sh** anymore–especially if they’re Democrats who want to run for president.

The newest kook in the kookery is “New York tech entrepreneur” Andrew Yang, whose plan is to pay $1,000 a month to every adult in America (it depends on what “in” is), no questions asked (https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/SF-meets-Andrew-Yang-a-presidential-candidate-13693316.php). He proposes to pay for it by “taxing the tech companies.”

Let’s see… Round off the population to 300 million, although it’s actually several million more… At a thousand bucks a month, that would be 300 thousand million: that is, a cost of $300 billion a month… Times 12 months a year… And that’s a cost of $3.6 trillion a year. All on the tech companies’ dime. In return for which, they get… nothing.

Now, why do we want to do this, Mr. Yang? He explains:

“We need to reconstitute meaning for many, many Americans… This is very much about human empowerment.” We’re going to empower people by making them totally dependent on the government.

Glad he cleared that up.

And as if that weren’t enough, Mr. Yang’s potlatch politics also includes free universal health care, a billion dollars for “local journalism,” and wages for college athletes.

Now we’re waiting for the next Democrat to come along with an offer of even more free stuff.