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The 2018 Trenchie Awards
I’m sorry that I didn’t get these posted yesterday as I was feeling under the weather. That’s a weird phrase. Aren’t we always under the weather? Anyway, on with the show. Best Movie: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. I looked more forward to this then I did Avengers: Infinity War. Even though I’m a DC Comics…
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Thank you Steve Ditko for creating me
It was reported yesterday that comic book legend Steve Ditko passed away at the age of 90. Most of his online tributes talk about how Ditko was the co-creator of such legendary comic book icons like Spider-Man and Dr. Strange. Others will talk about how Ditko shunned notoriety and just wanted to draw comics. Even…
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A night in Topeka with Bill Kurits
I’ve been a fan of journalist Bill Kurtis for some years now. Not only has he hosted many investigative crime shows but as a journalist he covered some of the most infamous crime trials of all time, like those of Charles Manson and Richard Speck. A few months ago I moved to Topeka, Kansas. What…
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Jade Helm goes out not with a bang but a whimper
When the military exercise codenamed Jade Helm 15 was first announced some citizens of Texas went nuts with conspiracy theories of martial law and the confiscation of guns. They caused such a clamor that the Governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, actually promised these whackjobs that the Texas Guard will watch over the exercise. Well, guess…
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Jade Helm should stay out of Texas but not for conspiracy reasons
I originally posted about military exercise code-named Jade Helm 15 here. The short version is that a crazy vocal minority in Texas think that the exercise is actually some kind of secret government operation to either declare martial law in Texas or to take their guns or both depending on which crackpot you’re talking to.…
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Texans lose their minds over military exercise Jade Helm 15
Almost around this time last year, I posted about how not only were the conspiracy nuts taking over but they were now dictating public policy. In that year it’s gotten significantly worse. The U.S. military is about to undertake something that it’s done since the beginning of when this country had a military, military exercises.…
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Trenchcast 3: The anniversaries of tragedies
Trench discusses the American media fascination with the anniversaries of tragedies. Download Audio (Right Click, Save As) RSS feed for Trenchcast Add to iTunes TR logo designed by MT Marketing Get the podcast early by becoming a Patron.
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The conspiracy nuts are winning
The Plots to Destroy America: I was just going to post a link to this article on my Facebook page and be done with it but I felt it requires me to expound on it a little more. The article from Newsweek that I linked to makes both a sobering and depressing argument that the…