America
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Conspiracies Do Happen
If everybody over the age of five has a birthday party on their birthday, on any particular day of the week, there will be 16,438,356 birthday parties. If 1% of those parties are surprise birthday parties and 90% of those surprise birthday parties are pulled off successfully, that will amount to 147,945.2 successful conspiracies pulled…
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Lies and the Alpha Male Gorilla
There are two theories of history that I want to talk about. There is the social view of history, and then there is the monetary view of history. The social view of history says that humanity changes in response to social events and social inequality. The monetary view of history says that humanity changes in…
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The Value of Honor
Right now, right at this moment, I am watching a ceremony on television that I watched as a child when I visited Washington, DC. I am at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and soldiers are walking through the ceremony. The soldiers are immaculately dressed, and they perform admirably. It is a beautiful ceremony, but…
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Waukesha
To the people of Waukesha. I’m sure you would like to punish the people responsible for this Christmas parade calamity. It would be good to start with Darrell Brooks. But don’t stop there. Don’t forget to punish the people who are responsible for creating people like Darrell Brooks. Naturally, of course, if you have read…
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Baseball Belongs to You
So what do you think about the tomahawk chop in Atlanta? Rob Manfred, the Commissioner of Baseball has weighed in on this issue. Danger, Will Robinson. Baseball belongs to you. What do you think? Is the tomahawk chop insulting to Native Americans? Has there ever been one Native American who has fallen into a state…
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Gangs
Why do gangs exist? Why does organized crime exist? Gangs thrive when economic conditions are poor. When people can’t earn money legitimately, they turn to crime. Many social ills arise when economic conditions are poor. Child abuse and spousal abuse go up. Vagrancy goes up. Crime goes up. Drug use goes up. Gambling goes up.…
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Kensington Avenue
Have you seen the videos on YouTube of Kensington Avenue in Philadelphia? I was truly shocked. It’s something out of a science-fiction movie. No matter how bad you thought the homeless situation was in the United States, Kensington Avenue is far worse. Of course, I always knew that it was a challenged area. Even when…
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Gabby’s Mysterious Text
What do you make of Gabby Petito’s penultimate text to her mother. This is what she texted on August 27: “Can you help Stan, I just keep getting his voicemails and missed calls.” Gabby’s mother said that the text was odd because Gabby rarely referred to her grandfather as Stan. Other sleuths believe that Stan…
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My Lawn, My Rules
Imagine you are a protester outside the Laundrie house. Imagine you are standing on the Laundrie yard. The other day, two protesters from across the street where Brian and Gabby lived tacked up a sign for Gabby on the Laundrie yard. The sign said: “Remember me? I lived with you.” There was a picture of…
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Brian Laundrie’s Mental Health
I have a theory. Suppose that Brian Laundrie is delusional. I don’t mean that in a casual sense. I mean that in the very specific psychiatric sense of the word. Suppose he’s truly experiencing a psychotic crisis. If so, he needs help. Perhaps Gabby Petito was starting to realize that before Brian killed her. Brian…