Author: Jim Flanigan

McConnell’s Unbearable Acts of Kindness

~ Jim Flanigan

Mitch McConnell has a busy day planned today. He plans to unleash the latest Senate version of Trumpcare onto the unsuspecting American public today. Then he has a variety of other activities planned today like pulling legs off bugs, delivering foreclosure notices to widows, roasting ants with a magnifying glass, pulling scholarships from some area college students, peeing in a public pool, and cutting the ribbon on a new orphanage with workhouse attached, so there’s no daily commute for the kids! How thoughtful! Finally, he plans to meet with representatives from ADAPT, the national group of activists on behalf of people with disabilities. Hey, that last one actually sounds constructive.

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Get Twitter Right!

~ Jim Flanigan

There is a lot of incorrect stuff on Twitter, but this is a mistake that could have easily been avoided through some updating …

Mafia Crime families

That should read “… 5 out of 6 NY crime families: Bonanno, Gambino, Genovese, Colombo and now Trump.”

Fox News Unintentionally Hilarious

~ Jim Flanigan

Once again, Fox News gets it wrong in a tweet, but in a delightfully hilarious way …

 

Fox News Gitmo

I do believe that Trump officials will be headed to federal prison, not Gitmo.

Vacation Realization

~ Jim Flanigan

Last week was my vacation week. We hosted friends on the 4th, and then headed out to a lake house for a few days. I came back exhausted. My wife told me that one day I was in the water swimming or on the water in a kayak, canoe or pedal boat for at least 6 hours. Whew! It took me a day to recover from my vacation.

Yesterday, we dropped our little 9 year old daughter off at camp for a week, and were so distraught that we went directly to have a nice lakeside dinner at a resort town. Although I have to work this week, we have made plans for every night while our daughter is away. I don’t have to schedule my pool time around when she and her friends are not splashing in it. I can watch R-rated movies anytime I want on the family room TV. I don’t have to respond to hearing “Dad” 50+ times a night. Is it wrong to feel that this is actually my vacation week?

Orange Thing

~ Jim Flanigan

The owner of the vacation house we stayed in this past week is a collector of Volkswagen vehicles. We didn’t see all of them, but we did get to see his orange Volkswagen Thing that came over from Germany in the 70’s.

Orange Thing

Although it looked to be in pretty good shape, it made me sad.

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Don’t Take My Pane Away

~ Jim Flanigan

We recently ordered new double pane windows for our house, and my wife advised me that she ordered them with Low-E Argon Gas inside them, and paid a premium price for that. What the what? How will we ever be able to tell? Maybe if the gas was purple, then we could be sure they actually filled them. But a clear gas? However, I am willing to move on from that error in judgement on her part because it gave me an idea that will help mankind and secure a fortune for retirement.

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Bearly a Post

~ Jim Flanigan

While important things are happening world-wide, I continue to idle away on holiday. If I spend another hour in water today, I think I will officially reach saturation point and may have to be wrung dry. The place where we are staying, Bear Cave Lake, is decorated in a rustic, fun way with lots of kitschy, humorous signs. In an effort to log another blog post with virtually no effort, here are some of the funnier signs …

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I saw no signs of bears at Bear Cave Lake, but did not venture into the Bear Cave which also appears not to exist. Whatever happened to truth in advertising?

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Sunsets Rising

~ Jim Flanigan

I’m taking a short vacation, so I’ve put my blogging on auto-pilot for a couple days. I know, you can’t tell the difference. In some prior blog post I promised not to foist my recently rediscovered musical career and songwriting onto my blog audience. I lied. I am pleased to present to you our website with our first song. You can stream our first song for free, or you can purchase it for $0.99, or you can invest that $0.99 in something worthwhile like 1/2 of 1% of a share of Apple stock or a crappy plastic whatchamacallit from the Dollar Store. I don’t expect anyone to purchase it, but I also didn’t expect anyone to read this blog nonsense. Anyone who does purchase the song gets automatic consideration for Follower Of The Year. Without further ado, experience the musical magic of Sunsets Rising …

http://www.sunsetsrising.com/

Summer School Multi Media Project? Done!

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Lil’ Donnie Trump finished his middle school multi media video project and proudly posted it on Twitter today. (For non-Twitter users, he really did post this, making this part of the presidential record) Here is a YouTube Link in case you missed it …

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My Review Of Concerts I Did Not See

~ Jim Flanigan

My concert weekend was a big mixed bag of good and bad, and I didn’t even go to one.

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Obscene Tweet

~ Jim Flanigan

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Now that the National Enquirer is back in the news briefly, I spotted this pic on Twitter of Donald Trump and David Pecker, CEO of the National Enquirer and other sordid rags. Frankly, I was shocked. I was not aware that Twitter would allow a pic of two peckers rubbing together.

Yes, I realize this was a cheap, middle school level joke. It fits at least one of those pictured. As for the other one, all I know is his last name is Pecker.

I Spy A Spy

~ Jim Flanigan

I was thrilled to hear that the Trump Russia investigation has expanded to include former Trump campaign adviser Boris Epshteyn. Well, about freakin’ time. He is obviously a Russian spy. How do I know? Well, he’s named Boris, which is a classic Russian spy name. Just think about any Boris that you may have heard of before.

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