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From the “Sheriff Buford T Justice Would Understand Completely!” Dept:
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From the “Sheriff Buford T Justice Would Understand Completely!” Dept:

After decades of inspections that were ten minutes and forking over some cash, the emissions testing regime for this year has been an exercise in frustration and stress beyond belief. At least the Traverse has finally passed for another year and hopefully the emissions testing will go the way of the dodo in Wake County before next year's renewal season!

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02 Aug 2025
Episode 5 – From the “Quelle Surprise, Lowe’s. Quelle Surprise!” Dept:
Harrowing Tales of Customer Service

Episode 5 – From the “Quelle Surprise, Lowe’s. Quelle Surprise!” Dept:

Two days of "management" considering an appeal of their initial settlement offer and they managed to come up with...the exact same figure I already had from Ms Kayla at the Knightdale Lowe's store. That seems to be an argument that there's a whole bunch of people in Mooresville who need redundancy notices in the worst way...

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01 Aug 2025
Episode 1 – From the “Lowe’s Most Spectacular Appliance Installation Failure Ever!” Dept:
Harrowing Tales of Customer Service

Episode 1 – From the “Lowe’s Most Spectacular Appliance Installation Failure Ever!” Dept:

What should have been a simple installation of a new refrigerator turned into the stuff of nightmares all because the installation technician Lowe's sent round couldn't be bother to shut the valve to the water supply to the refrigerator prior to disconnecting the existing hose. And then their warehouse supervisor as well as offshore outsourced "customer service" made the situation far worse... :(

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26 Jul 2025
From the “The Prince of Darkness At Centre Ice!” Dept:
Those Are The Mad Notes!

From the “The Prince of Darkness At Centre Ice!” Dept:

On the day Ozzy Osbourne left us, that night would find me in the scorer's booth spinning the tunes for Ironclad. It may not have been the set I was intending that night but there was no way we weren't going to celebrate his music all night long...

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22 Jul 2025
From the “The Guadalupe River’s Other Name” Dept:
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From the “The Guadalupe River’s Other Name” Dept:

From pleasant memories of tubing on the "What a Loop, Eh" River to the horrific news that the Guadalupe lived up to it's more sinister nickname of "Flash Flood Alley" that has claimed many lives including several young girls who were at Camp Mystic. May their memory be a blessing to others... :(

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06 Jul 2025
From the “¡Feliz Día de la Independencia!” Dept:
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From the “¡Feliz Día de la Independencia!” Dept:

Who knew that the memory of Richard Dawson on "Family Feud" would become the defining way on how I'd come to view being able to actually celebrate Independence Day this year in spite of the deplorable activities of our current government?

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04 Jul 2025
From the “So Much For The Other 49 States!” Dept:
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From the “So Much For The Other 49 States!” Dept:

Senator Murkowski in a rare moment of unintended honesty after being the vote that allowed Trump's evil budget bill to go back to the House made it clear her vote was for sale to whoever would exempt Alaska from the pain this bill will cause the rest of us. :(

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02 Jul 2025
From the “Brave, Brave Sir Thom! He Bravely Ran Away…” Dept:
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From the “Brave, Brave Sir Thom! He Bravely Ran Away…” Dept:

Much as I respect Attorney General Jeff Jackson, I can't in good conscience agree with his assessment of Senator Tillis announcing he was standing down from the Senate. After years of ignoring consistent majorities of North Carolinians, he's decided to chicken out of standing in the mid-terms and let the voters have their say about his extensive records of political flip-flopping and inability to stand his ground against a threatened primary opponent in the 2026 election. Sir Robin has forgotten more of courage than Senator Tillis will ever know... :(

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30 Jun 2025
From the “We’ve Got Spirits, Yes We Do!” Dept:
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From the “We’ve Got Spirits, Yes We Do!” Dept:

When Israel started attacking Tehran and Iranian nuclear weapons sites, the only question was *WHEN* the US would be asked to bring in the B-2 Spirit and it's two GBU-57 MOP (Massive Ordinance Penetrator) bombs to really ruin the day at Fordo and Natanz.

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22 Jun 2025
From the “That’s The Fact, Jack!” Dept:
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From the “That’s The Fact, Jack!” Dept:

For all of the hullaballoo about President Trump's "birthday parade" and the comparisons to authoritarian regimes it evoked, the blatant politicisation of the event back home at Fort Bragg two days prior and apparent erosion of the standard of the military being professional and apolitical when on duty is far more terrifying than the tanks rolling down Constitution Av.

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18 Jun 2025
From the “Those Who Do Not Learn From History…” Dept:
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From the “Those Who Do Not Learn From History…” Dept:

History is replete with examples of why an effective government needs a professional and apolitical civil service to faithfully execute the laws and defend the Constitution. President Jackson's disastrous implementation of the spoils system of patronage is exactly why the Trump administration's desire to implement Schedule F's successor is a dreadfully dangerous idea at best... :(

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07 Jun 2025
From the “Suspend Habeas Corpus Rights? Yours First, Mr President!” Dept:
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From the “Suspend Habeas Corpus Rights? Yours First, Mr President!” Dept:

The Great Writ of habeas corpus is a fundamental right derived from centuries of legal tradition and one that should not be taken lightly or suspended by fiat. The ability to challenge one’s detention by the state and force them to provide evidence as to why your liberties should be curtailed is a right no citizen of a democratic society should be deprived and we shouldn’t let the current administration even progress it past the informal proposal stage!

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05 Jun 2025
From the “Shocking Abuse of Power!” Dept:
Those Are The Mad Notes!

From the “Shocking Abuse of Power!” Dept:

Sometimes it's nice to be the one whose hands are on the turntables and volume controls as well as the scoreboard prior to the first game's warmup session. There was no way the news of a couple of days ago wasn't going to find it's way into the set... :)

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03 Jun 2025
From the “Are You Feeling A Bit Minnesotan? Uff da!” Dept:
What's For Dinner?

From the “Are You Feeling A Bit Minnesotan? Uff da!” Dept:

There's about as many variations on the Minnesota hot dish as there are lakes in the state. This more Minnesotan variation on American Chop Suey is certainly one of my favourites even if it doesn't have tater tots or Lutheran Binding! :)

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03 Jun 2025
From the “Love It When Good Things Happen To Awesome People!” Dept:
Those Are The Mad Notes!

From the “Love It When Good Things Happen To Awesome People!” Dept:

If there was anyone that was truly deserving of a happy ending for what she has given the world, it was Taylor Swift. And now she's finally repatriated the original masters of her first six albums giving her complete control over her music for the first time. It couldn't have happened to a better human being... :)

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01 Jun 2025
From the “There’s a Time And A Place!” Dept:
A sign reading, “silence and respect” sits near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery, May 6, 2015, Arlington, Va. (U.S. Army photo by Rachel Larue)
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From the “There’s a Time And A Place!” Dept:

It should be the easiest speech a President ever delivers on a solemn occasion where we honour those who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our country. It is not a partisan political speech nor should it be self-aggrandising. Sadly, this was not the case... :(

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27 May 2025
From the “Remembering WHY They Made The Ultimate Sacrifice!” Dept:
ARLINGTON, VA - MAY 26: A member of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment places flags at the headstones of U.S. military personnel buried at Arlington National Cemetery, in preparation for Memorial Day, on May 26, 2022 in Arlington, Virginia. Nearly 1000 service members entered the cemetery at pre-dawn hours to begin the process of placing a flag in front of more than 260,000 headstones. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
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From the “Remembering WHY They Made The Ultimate Sacrifice!” Dept:

There's certainly a temptation to take the easy way of being embarrassed to be an American citizen in these trying times. But that would cheapen the sacrifice of those who have served to preserve and protect our country and our Constitution and that's a line I can never and will never cross!

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26 May 2025
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