Welcome back to the scuttlebutt, Movie review time, I’m giving everyone including myself a break from politics (well, mostly…) So let’s go to the movies! First, lets talk about 1917. Here’s where politics slips in, because the Motion Picture Academy never disappoints. For the last twenty years, they have reliably fucked up in…
Welcome back to the scuttlebutt, Oh hell, hit the fridge, or the liquor cabinet, and let’s talk. Welcome to Campaign 2020. Do yourself a favor and get snot slinging drunk now, and stay that way until November. If you fail to do this, don’t come crying to me about “oh my gods, these…
Welcome back to the scuttlebutt, Pour a cuppa, and let’s talk. So, Shibboleth… It’s an odd word, a very old word. The Christian and Hebrew bibles tell a story of the word, (actually the ancient Hebrew word Shibbolet, and that’s not quite right, because I don’t know how to get my computer to recreate…
Welcome back to the scuttlebutt, Here, have a seat, the bar’s open, what’s your pleasure? In the last week, I’ve had several experiences that have echoed the same theme, so I thought I would discuss it here. First, let me do a follow up on the post last week and the “state of…
Welcome back to the scuttlebutt, Have a cup of coffee and pull up a chair, this is not a booze moment, this is dead serious stuff. See that map up there? The counties or cities that have county like status in the Commonwealth of Virginia in various shades of green have passed “second…
Welcome back to the scuttlebutt, Welcome back, here have a shot, (unless you have the duty, in which case I owe you one) So Soleimani is dead. Good. The man was a cheap rip off of Henrik Himmler, crossed with Iron Felix. Taking him out was at least as significant as taking out…
Good Morning and welcome to the scuttlebutt. Hey, it’s a brand new year, let’s take a look at some of the stuff the old guy handed off to the baby to enact! (in other words, stuff that had passed to become law, effective Jan 1 2020. California has a new red flag…