Donnybrook Debate

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https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/CN10012020realone.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsAtlanta       What a fiasco! This was no debate.  This was a barnyard brawl.  Once it was over the question was not whether Joe Biden had won, but how much Donald Trump had lost.  Maybe Trump’s base liked his bullyboy show, but it hardly matters at one …

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Trump Life:  Death, Yes, Taxes, No!

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https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/CN09282020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans     I had an elementary school teacher whose constant rejoinder was that “the only thing certain in life was death and taxes.”  At a tender age, neither absolute means much.  What are taxes?  When is death?  As we age, we find out way too much …

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Conspiracies Cut Both Ways in Retarding the Vote

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https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/CN09272020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts Pearl River      The gonzo journalist Hunter Thompson used to have a patented expression as he wrote about everything from Las Vegas to political conventions.  He would write, “…and then it got weird” in his fear-and-loathing reports.  One thing we can truly say about this election …

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