By the way ... I knew this .... I graduated in 1981 ... I had Mr. Christensen for Social Studies, Mr. Jockety for Government, and Mr. Chido for Civics class.
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Wednesday, April 15, 2026
CAN YOU ANSWER THE QUESTION?
By the way ... I knew this .... I graduated in 1981 ... I had Mr. Christensen for Social Studies, Mr. Jockety for Government, and Mr. Chido for Civics class.
THESE POOR WOMEN ....
I feel so bad for these women ... at first I was all "well why would you continue to work for them if they did that to you?" - and it's a legitimate question.
BUT - today, Lonna in CA came our and gave a very legit story ... account of her experience.
Do I think Swalwell - current Senator for CA, was the leading candidate for CA governor (he dropped out this last weekend) - well, he has 5-6 woman claiming he did it ... some worse than otherers ... Lonna was terrible, hers is the only one I have heard thus far.
But as easy as it is to go "lynch him" or worse ... I think I should take a breath.
Did he do this?
In the court of Law, he still has his day coming.
In his married life - I hope she divorces him
In his political life - I'm going to guess that, like Franken, he's done.
And, yes, I guess I do believe these women ... unlike those accusing Bill Cosby, or Donald Trump - they didn't wait for decades to come forward. ALTHOUGH - it makes you wonder why they did wait so long ... I've heard NDAs might be an issue - that he had those working on his campaigns sign them, and told these ladies that the acts were covered by the NDA ...
which is does NOT, btw.
Just remember that ... no NDA, nor Waiver ... will EVER exclude acts against the law .... a Felony ...
I think that's about all I have to say for now ... this will be interesting to watch, but I feel for these gals.
And as horrid as it is to say - I am glad it's a democrat this time ... It's kind of like "now the shoe is on the other foot" time.
And, yeah, I know .... there's a case in TX where a senator had an "affair" with a woman (that's what he said) and the gal later committed suicide .... this will be another one to keep a close eye on.
His marriage? I'm guessing that's completely over. His career in politics? God I hope it's over ... and while I don't know his political party, being since he is from TX, I'm going to guess he's a republican.
Saturday, April 11, 2026
MAN ON THE RUN! uu
So, here's a story from yesterday's news .... I almost missed it, I wasn't going to watch the news after 20/20 (ABC) but changed my mind ... and I saw a story about a man who has fled the state, even though the court was warned about his flight potential.
His name? I'll take a stab at it but I will probable spell it wrong ... Saib Sheik Shieb, maybe? (UPDATE: turns out his name is Abi Shieb sied
He is a a native of kenya - he has a wife and child there ... the court has been told ... so the judge? what did he do?
He gave TWO bonding options:
1)$50,000 with the surrender of his passport
or
2)$150,000 unconditional ...the prosecutor wanted tis amount to be $1 Million ... well, he was being convicted of being part of a $1Million+ fraud scheme ... he to the unconditional bond ...
and did not show up for his hearing!
They don't have records of him having gone on any flights out of MSP international airport, but it's only 8 hrs to Chicago's international airport - and since he likely wasn't on any "Do Not Fly" lists yet, it is likely he went back to Kenya.
And if he didn't ... well .... let's hope he is still drawing breath someplace.
But - as it turns ut ... this two bonding options are required in the state of Minnesota ...EXCEPT OF CASES OF "SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCE" SUCH AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
bOND HAS BEEN SURRENEDERED AND a nation-wide warrant has been issued for his arrest ... problem is, how many OTHER people are out thee doing the same thing?
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UPDATE:
they do know he fled the country, BUT they do NOT know which country he went to .... hmmm, I'm going to guess either Kenya or the UK (they are having an immigrant crisis of their own)
Monday, March 16, 2026
CHICAGO DOPES
SOUNDS LIKE MN .... BUT IT'S NEW YORK ... CITY!!!!
IF YOUR GONNA QUOTE - GET IT RIGHT!!
I have real issues with ABC news - I used to think it was just one particular news person, who used to work for a former administration, that I had issues with - I openly admit it, I wouldn't trust him if he said that water was wet!
But, I just got around to watching yesterday's This week with .... (ABC) and I think I just have issues with news people who can't get their quotes straight.
Martha Radits (I have not idea how to spell her name, for a second I thought she was Diane Sawyer) substituted on the show this weekend, and was speaking to Patrick Henry (Fmr. Congressman from NC) about the War with Iran ... not "in" Iran, they used the word "with" interesting choice, I thought ... but anyways ...
She "quoted" President Trump, but she got it WRONG, so wrong - it totally CHANGED the meaning of what he said.
According to her Trump said "I'm not going to get you into any wars"
No - what his said was like, "I don't believe in long-term wars" ... LONG TERM ... like when we went into Iran and wound up staying for, what, 20 years? Something like that.
This is aking to what the BBC did with Trump's speech on Jan. 6th -- you can NOT simply change things to what you want because it suits your narrative better, or because it will direct the person you're interviewing to get the answer you want.
Journalism - and despite what anyone thinks, this is not an opinion type show - knows the rules on quotes as one of the PRIMARY rules ... you can use as many quotes as you'd like, but you've got to get it right - you've got to be clear - a quote is what they said, exactly as they said it, no more, no less.
So - take your foot out of his mouth and put out a statement CORRECTING yourself .... before you all get a close up look at his Florsheim's as he prepares to kick your .... I'm not got to finish that thought.
Saturday, March 14, 2026
WAITING FOR THE BLIZZARD ... AND CRACKING UP!
FACTS OF LIFE: THE RULE OF TWO
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
THINKING OUT LOUD: NANCY GUTHERIE KIDNAPPING
So, I have been doing some further reading on the case ... okay, it popped up on my news feed today ... but I was reading it when something it said jumped out at me. Now I'm rethinking things.
So - they were talking about a neighbor who says that just "days before" she had seen a "stranger" near Nancy's house. Chuckle alert.
She said she has a picture window IN her ... I had to reread this a few times, I couldn't believe it ... in her BATHROOM ... I kept thinking I misread that, bedroom I can see - I have one ... but no ... she has it in her toilet!
Apparently she spends a LOT of time in the bathroom because she said she sees EVERYONE who goes for a walk past her house ... wow.
Here's my new thoughts:
In the article, they republished the "new" timeline which included the guy who took Nancy's camera. Um ... they said the person was 5foot 9inches, or there abouts. You know who's also 65foot 9inches?? Savannah Gutherie!

