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Frank Alexander 16-Aug-2025
The Trump administration's removal of the accomplishments of the code talkers from official history and websites is, just as the origin of...
Susan Parker 15-Feb-2025
Nothing much. Just angst, fear, and more angst. Did I mention angst?
Ferd Borkelmeyer 21-Dec-2024
New admonsteration to take office, what could possibly go wrong?
Rees Clark 12-Oct-2024
Half a million surplus deaths from Covid-19 and Hannibal Lecter piloting spaceships built by Elon Moosk. What's not to like?
Rash Limbaugh 21-Feb-2024
Walmart calls Kool-Aid "food" in its ads and catalog. l.facebook.com
Amicus Scrupulus 21-Feb-2024
Despite decades of warnings about "drinking the Kool-Aid*, GOP reps in the House have opted to quaff the Smirnov.
Apparently allegory is...


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rees - Oct 26, 2025, 4:48 PM
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Just deify me now to save time
The USA seems to have a president who wants to be our ruler, unencumbered by law or by a desire to reconcile justly the inevitable conflicts that arise among citizens of a free republic. One cannot but conclude that he thinks of himself as the modern model of the Roman emperors and the inheritor of the mantle of great Christian leaders, so let's look at the... Continues...
Just deify me now to save time


Inside SSG: Commentary

MTG: If the shoe fits, run away home
Before you watch CBS "60 Minutes" tonight and sit weeping at Marjorie Taylor Greene's sad tale of... Continues...
Making up law as one goes along...
One J. Sweeney commented this week on a Farcebook post regarding Pres. Tr$mp's recent high dudgeon... Continues...
A piece of a prize
The idea that The Donald should get the Nobel Peace Prize is at best premature.
1. The fact that... Continues...

Inside SSG: News

TrumpRx — Another scam a'borning
Dear True Believers: If you think DJT has only your best interests at heart, consider the response to the following AI-assisted query.... Continues...
Local Citizens Terrified by Seasonal Display
Shrieking and running away in terror, residents of one local community...
Last Code Talkers Await Sunset
Rob Picheta, writing at CNN, advises that only two Navajo Code Talkers remain alive. They want America to remember.

Thomas Begay and... Continues...

Inside SSG: Not News

Ear patch's ancient origins fabled in song and story
An old (2008) post-war movie in French and German titled ("Women of the Shadows") about WWII spies... Continues...
Original 2nd Amendment Text Extends Weapons Ownership Rights

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Tr$mp to Sue Christianity for $1 Trillion
IN A DEVELOPMENT that has surprised many of his supporters, Donald Tr$mp will sue Christianity over... Continues...
 

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