It’s the oldest trick in the book: Keep their eyes on the spectacle while your hands perform the steal. In my emerging Political Distraction Theory, the President was not so much the King as a powerful Rook serving the interests of even more powerful players on the political chessboard. A pawn is expendable. A Rook…
Mia Kluckka! The Kitties Go to Rome My friend, Danny, was particularly offended when I couldn’t but laugh as he tried to hypnotize me using his newly procured hypno-specs, convincing himself of their immediate effectiveness. I guess the ad did its job—in putting Danny under its spell. Mia Kluccka! Kindle, Paperback, and Hardback—Now Live on…
Released on International Cat Day, August 8th, 2026 Slinkk and Stinkk: The Kitties of Sky Village Present “The Nine Lives of Donovan Kluckk!” On Amazon! A Story 59 Years in the Making Rooted in Real Life The Chinaberry Treehouse Café grew from the chinaberry trees my brother, Gary, and I climbed from about ages six…
The Kitties of Sky Village Slinkk and Stinkk: The Kitties of Sky Village Books I, II and III (the Pawlogy collection of all three), available now on Amazon. Sometimes you write a story. But cats tell the best stories. The latter was the case with Slinkk and Stinkk: The Kitties of Sky Village. The cats…
A canal beneath the conflict In watching the body count rise, along with the risk of WWIII in the U.S.’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, I offer this concept of an asphalt-lined subsurface oil and gas canal and corridor. The asphalt based tunnel overcomes steel pipeline engineering problems by using an oil based product…
Though we are insured with an excellent insurance carrier, at times I like to get a quote for our home and auto coverage. As a retired commercial and personal lines insurance adjuster, I am somewhat familiar with coverage exposures and coverages. Today we discuss a personal experience with AI in insurance and some key information…
Jesus Christ was tortured in a notorious Roman prison, was crucified and died. On the third day he rose from the dead. Even today Jesus appears and extends his love to the darkest prison, where no prisoner is beyond His reach, even to us. He is Risen! No prisoner is beyond the reach of God’s love….
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Inspired by True Events Deported to Havana After a Life in the U.S. Abuelo arrived in Miami, Florida as a 10 year-old political refugee from Havana, Cuba, fleeing with his family the terror of Castro. From age 10 to 20, Abuelo picked citrus 10 hours a day, loading crates that weighed more than he. Unable to…
In God We Trust; It’s Our Neighbor We Can’t Stand The Justice of Injustice In a Texas courtroom Monday, 25 migrant children lined the pews — a 6-year-old pretended to fly an airplane, a 3-year-old played with the mic, and a teen girl tried to make eye contact with a friend. The judge reminded everyone…
“Oh, Magoo, You’ve Done It Again!” The Magoo Phenom The Magoo Phenom is not limited to the MAGA movement; it provides equal-opportunity short-sighted leadership to those not prepared for its arrival. We’ve all watched Mr. Magoo’s wacky travels in his Baker electric car as he mistakes mops for ladies with a, “Pardon me, madam.” Not…
Coming Soon … a discussion of political self-sabotage. Promises of restored greatness even when the resulting policies work against interests they themselves say matter. JPB
A Texas politician was accused of selling his soul to MAGA for one vote.“That’s outrageous,” he said. “I turned down a yacht, a helicopter, and a private island.”“So what changed your mind?”He looked down, ashamed.“Roasted pecans from Buc-ee’s.”In Texas, even the men who sell their souls know enough to go nuts first.- Jim Butler
