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Good morning kids. As you can see and you could have guessed the overwhelming majority of the links this morning are analyses and opinions about the absolute disaster that was the midterm elections. For those of us old enough to remember them, past elections came and went and win lose or draw, we mostly shrugged…

Good morning kids. Well, here we are and after yesterday about the only kernel of normalcy I can offer is that being a midterm election it’s not unexpected and indeed usually the norm that the party in power generally loses the majority in Congress. Although 2006 was a huge exception to that notion. Besides that, at…

Good morning kids. And so today is Election Day. As we have been discussing for at least the past couple of weeks if not longer, the direction if not the ultimate fate of whatever remnants of America as founded that still remain is at stake. I know that the phrase “the most important election of…

Good morning kids. Hope you all had a relaxing and fun Halloween weekend. But as we all know tomorrow is it, unless you can still vote early wherever you may be you can cast your ballot today.  the big story is that Haley Stevens, a Michigan Dem has come out now and officially endorsed Republican…

Good morning kids. Unfortunately we’ll start things off on a sad note as we have learned that the iconic actor Patrick Stewart has passed away. Of course he is probably best known for his role as Captain Jean-Luc Picard on Star Trek:the Next Generation.  But my first recollection of seeing him was in the visually stunning John…

Good morning kids. Lots of ground to cover this morning so let’s dive right in.  First up, as if Spain doesn’t have enough madness and bloodshed to contend with these days, on top of it all there was an absolutely horrific train crash there yesterday. Several Americans are believed to have been injured in a high-speed…

Good morning kids.  While there is certainly some good news out there to take heart in and cheer about. Firstly despite some of the savagery that we read about here on a frequent basis, there’s this story: The cause and effect are obvious: The Trump team made fighting crime a top priority — a reversal from…