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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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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

Don't hold your breath for action on health care
Once again the House of Rs is today dinking with trivia concerning public health.

Meanwhile, it... Continues...
The Epstein Files May Dominate Trump Legacy
Jeffrey Epstein's famous island lies within the US Virgin Islands, giving the US absolute... Continues...
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...

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

Greenland Ground Grab Grows Gradually
The White House has not denied that Steven Miller is circulating a plan to relocate the roughly... Continues...
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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