Plan B Forum

As as far as I can tell, the great sailor, Chris Columbus, never visited any place that is now part of the Nation/state of USofA. Not any of the 50 states, not a territory, not a protectorate. So just what is the reason our stable genius leader wants the stature on his front porch? Did Columbus perh...

There is the rub, of course,. What the did was not illegal. Once upon a time, in another century, It was important for American politicians to not just not break the law, but not cross the bounds of immorality. As an American Statesman once said when he was a president under impeachment, it all depe...

TACO. Trump always chickens out. Today I head him say 'We tried to negotiate but it didn't work so we will go back to bombing their little hearts out." What is the general wisdom about continuing a particular failing activity, expecting a different result? It makes me smile, until I remember I am sm...

I grew up at the Corner of 20th Street and Overton Avenue. I tried but was never able to discover who Overton was in Jackson County Missouri. There are many towns named Overton, but who knows? Given time this all fades. The High School athletes get their names in the local paper, but few are remembe...

Ray's birthday is soon. I will post a reminder on that date. With some kind of comment on tha ambience of his last address.

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In the fall of 1972 I was working 12 hour shifts five days a week, from noon to midnight, with a 25 mile commute each way. Once I left the company parking lot at Glasgow, Delaware about 1am, headed for Rt 40 South to Maryland. Suddenly I saw the lights of the tolls both at a bridge in Perryville, Ma...

IMNSHO, Mrs DJ Trump is incredible. I give her no credit for anything, beyond perhaps, being a human being.

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I moved to Delaware in 1972. I learned that here the legal age for a woman to get married was 14, with parental consent. I was told this had been recently changed from 12. In that kind of legal environment, I cannot imagine what 'statutory rape' might have been,. I did become friends with a woman be...

I have had training in how to train--both people and dogs. The commonality is that pain is a useful lever. But love is more efficient if one is looking for long-term results. If learning is defined as changed behavior, the student must be convinced that the pleasant or unpleasant experience is the r...

Thank you, MajGenl. Succinct and on point as usual.

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Costco at Christiana, DE is $3.29 this morning. it is just under 5mi from my home. I try to manage my trips so I buy fuel there while on my way to/from someplace else.

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I have a pair of those Florsheim's, after more than 20 years they still look good and actually fit properly. I paid $49 for them. They have lived in my closet, mostly untouched since I retired. I rarely wear them because I rarely wear a suit and tie any more. Sometimes for a funeral, but then I pref...

"I understand he's a navy seal," If by he you mean our Secretary of War, You are badly miss-informed. Hegseth served in the military but all Army. He began in the National Guard but did time with the 101 Airborne division. After time in the sandbox, he returned to Army National Guard/Reserves when h...

HL Menken must be proud of America. The CinC declares we might bomb again, just for fun. The Secretary of War affirms there is no 'Rules of Engagement;' and we will Give no Quarter, No Mercy,. This is all self confession of War Crimes Against Humanity, and Hegseth is in violation or our own military...

I agree that they are important questions. Let me take a crack at the 80 year question. I just finished reading a recent book called "Family of Spies" by Christine Kuehn. It is 'true' and about a German family with ties to the very highest leaders of the Nazi government and that family participation...

Have not seen any of them. Based on remarks here, I went to Wikipedia to read about Eddington. I like a quote there from Brian Tallerico: Brian Tallerico of RogerEbert.com gave the film two and a half stars out of four, saying that the film was "not just about the divisiveness of 2020; it's designed...

I do believe American has been killing Palestinians, Kurds, Armenians, and many others, for decades. Please note that the last legally elected democratic government in Iran was deposed by America and the autocratic Shaw installed.

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‘This cannot be sustainable’: The U.S. borrowed $50 billion a week for the past five months, the CBO says" That puts the ballroom, the Trump Arch, right up there with the Trump Atlantic City Casino. Will the Yellowstone National Park be included in the bankruptcy sale? Sure glad the GOP is the party...

Oh for the good-old days when Sugar Creek Missouri was the geographic center of Midwest Crystal Speed. The constant smell from the Standard Oil refinery in Sugar Creek covered up the smell of meth cooking and the only problem was the occasional clumsy chemist blowing up the dilapidated 20's former c...

Stop spread of Nuclear weapons? Why would one think the present USofA Commander in Chief can be trusted with them?

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