The Adventures of Roberta X

     Recent ICE shootings (or is it CBP?  There are a lot of armed TLAs under DHS and they're not making it easy to keep track) are all ...

     Colds don't get easier as you get older.  This one keeps sneaking up on me.  Yesterday, I felt a lot better in the morning, got som...

     There's a war of words between the federal government on one hand and Minnesota state and Minneapolis local officials on the other ...

     I feel better until I start to cough, at which point my temperature spikes, I get dizzy and I start to black out.      Haven't man...

      Or maybe it just feels that way.  I've had bad cold symptoms since the weekend, which seemed to be a former cold returning.  Maybe...

     A failed coup, followed by a return to power a few years later?  Check.      Make-believe economics?  Check.      A number of scapego...

     If you were one of the people who muttered when the evil Emperor got back onstage at a plot-convenient time,* you'll know exactly h...

     I really tried to ignore it all day.  But will someone please explain to the bulging brains of the Executive Branch that real life does...

     I'm watching the Trump administration press conference about their special military operation, and the lies and distortions have co...

     Every day, a new distraction.  Unless you live under a rock, by now you know about Mr. Trump's special military operation:  U.S. fo...

     Smoke, mirrors and an unceasing firehose of crap.  The news cycle was threatening to slow down, and what was coming out wasn't look...

     Okay, it's a "miracle" in the Adam Smith sense, anyway.      I was looking around for blackeyed peas starting last week,...