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A Brief Bio… Richard David Kennedy Richard David Kennedy (December 5, 1948) is an American novelist, philosopher, publisher, poet, littérateur, humanist and sometime provocateur (social satirist). His most recent works include the novels The Profit (2014) and Lucky And Lucy (2016). All of his works have been self-published. Since his first novel, Simon, was rejected by publishing companies, he…

K-BOO M! IRAN! HANDS DOWN.

In exchange for lifting the sanctions which involves releasing millions (probably billions) of dollars that will now pour into the Iranian economy, we have their “promise” not to build a nuclear bomb.  Right.  A promise that isn’t worth 5 pounds of cow dung at a diamond auction. And what do you suppose they are going to do with all of that money?  Build a freaking bomb…

“Sanctuary Cities” was a term unknown to me until a few days ago. I must have been living under a rock. That notwithstanding, it made me furious to think there are actually enclaves like this in the United States– legally, I mean, because it can’t be legal.  No city ordinance, no county canon, no state legislation can or should be able to trump the law of the land, the federal government.  Ah,…

I shall begin first by saying I’m a much a patriot as anyone, to keep the far right carnivores from calling their sniper buddies and other do-gooders to tell them they’ve got a new “favor” that needs to be taken care of yesterday.

For 239 years this country has been the paradigm of a democratic republic, and it still is, but something has gone awry.  And that something is the disturbing shift in…

        SOMEWHAT IMPACTFUL PRESSED RELEASE…I can promulgate this now because this unofficial, official “inquiry” is schedule to end on April fool’s day 2025…

FACE BOOK—A SECRET STUDY OF HUMAN NATURE AND SOCIAL DEVIANCE AND DEVOLVEMENT BEING CONDUCTED BY THE FBI, THE CIA, THE AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, HOMELAND SECURITY, THE NATIONALL ASSOCIATION OF COMEDIANS, THE SCREEN WRITER’S GUILD,…

Indubitably one of the greatest inventors of all time– one of the greatest minds of all time, who had a staggering imagination and easily, comfortably belongs in the same breath as Einstein, Galileo, Copernicus, Edison, Hubble, et al. of their caliber.  Before his death in 1942, he had almost 700 patents to his credit, but was “black-balled” by the likes of JP Morgan and his fellow physicists…

Buddha teleports himself across a flooded Yangtze River that is almost a mile wide and racing at 70mph in the blink of an eye; the “legendary” King Arthur (5th/6th AD) becomes the savior of Briton with the help of Merlin, The Magician, who is the product of the rape of his mother by an incubus, but is nonetheless able to shed the demonic traits he should have inherited and pave the way for the…

QUORA, April 15, 2015

Depends on where they might “migrate” from there, literally.  Even so, probably not in most states; only a definitive census– if there can be such a thing, would be able to reckon that. It would, however, affect party demographics, if one can believe the amount of flame-throwing that’s been going on between the two parties (Democratic/Republican) since the matter became a…

To the naïve mind disappointments, disasters and just about everything else in life are in the hands of Providence and faith therein to right the wrongs and succor the aggrieved. To the realistic mind there is no such thing; wrongs are made right, disasters are dealt with and disappointments surmounted by the sheer strength of will and of character of the individual man. One does not turn to a…

FANTASTIC NEWS, STIFTERS & SISTERS...

I’m getting married again today! Ayup. That’s right…I’m going down for the 6th time in this championship fight called life. Not real the sure I’ll have enough time left to break Lizzie’s (Taylor’s) record, but you know what they say– “It ain’t over till the fat lady sings,” so I’m not inviting anyone to the JP’s farm! Instead I’m taking a manikin along and a couple of songs I taped on my DVR.…

CNN News: A Rag Is A Rag Is A Rag Is A Rag

It has been SEVEN days now since the tragic crash of flight 2595 in the Alps & CNN is STILL micro-scrutinizing– now quoting another tabloid in the GDR, every little scrape of rumor and speculation it can dig up. In other news, NASA has sighted a 12 mile wide asteroid headed on a collision course with the earth that will obliterate all life on this planet on Easter Sunday– at High Noon, wouldn’t…

For the first time since Desert Storm– since the Iran-Iraq War, a sovereign Middle East nation (Saudi Arabia)  is about to invade another (Yemen) without US combat boots on the ground for the expressed intention of stopping the spread of Jihadist extremism , although tangential US support will be provided. This is a majorforeign policy success for the President and the Obama administration and…

GOD OR NOT GOD?

In mathematics and logic there are premises known as “assumptions.”  In order to investigate or test a hypothesis one initially assumes it to be correct or valid and then goes about the business of proving or disproving it by the mechanisms of that discipline. Whenever this particular question is posed, however, there are no “proofs” as such on either side of the proposition.  Ironically,…

Why do some people love to be alone while some always need company? Some say that solitary people make geniuses, is that true?

I’ve preferred my company to that of others pretty much most of my life; the exception being when in a relationship, and even then I needed my “alone” time.  Being a writer since my late teens has had everything to do with it.  It is in deed and in fact a solitary occupation. That said, I’m also sure it’s part of my genetic makeup, that and my cumulative life experiences. The downside is of…