As most of you know, there are no ads on Docudharma and The Stars Hollow Gazette. The are several reasons for that but the prime reason is that I hate ads. Today I’ve been running later than usual because this morning I was busy helping my family deliver the leftovers from yesterday feast to the …
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Nov 23 2017
The Real History of Thanksgiving
This about sums up the real history of Thanksgiving. Yes, Jeff Jeffries made that sound funny. We pay attention when it makes us laugh. That said, this is the story that should be repeated at every Thanksgiving table. We are all immigrants, Native American’s are not. They deserve our profound apology and better respect than …
Nov 21 2017
An Anthology of Turkey Day Helpful Hints and Recipes
Republished from November 18, 2012 because it’s that time of year again. Over the last couple of years I’ve shared some of the recipes that I served at the annual Turkey Feast. There have also been diaries about cooking the bird, whether or not to stuff it and suggestions about what to drink that will …
Nov 19 2017
Rant of the Week: Seth Meyers – Sexual Harassment in Congress
NBC’s “Late Night” host Seth takes a closer look at a new sexual harassment allegation against Senator Al Franken and more women coming forward to accuse Roy Moore of sexually assaulting them as teenagers.
Nov 18 2017
What’s Cooking: Turkey Technology
I don’t think I’ll ever stop wondering where the year went but here we are again five days before Thanksgiving. If you are going to tackle cooking a turkey for the first time or the umpteenth time, these instruction on Turkey Technology from Alton Browne should become your bible. The method is not only simple …
Nov 12 2017
Rant of the Week: Lewis Black – How to Honor Veterans
It’s 99 years since the war to end all wars ended on November 11, 1917 on a rail car in in the forest of Compiègne, France. Veterans Day, known originally Armistice Day, which began in 1919 and became a legal holiday in 1938. It was after WW2 when a campaign was started to change the …
Nov 05 2017
Rant of the Week: Stephen Colbert – Restoring Democracy Spanish Style
Catalonia is a triangular region of Spain that borders on France and the Mediterranean. It is a prosperous region and, in October, it held a referendum declaring its independence from Spain. Needless to say the Spanish government did not react kindly to this and took action to squash the vote by declaring it null and …
Oct 31 2017
Samhain: The Thinning Of The Veil
Samhain is one of the eight festivals of the Wiccan/Pagan Wheel of the Years that is celebrated as the new year with the final harvest of the season. It is considered by most practitioners of the craft to be the most important of the eight Sabats and one of the four fire festivals, Imbolc, Beltane …
Oct 29 2017
Rant of the Week: Joy Behar – ‘F*ck Your Kumbaya!’
In her interview with Bill Maher on HBO’s “Real Time,” Joy Behar, co-host of ABC;’s “The View,” didn’t hold back. She let Democratic strategist Van Jones and Democrats in general for being too nice. Former First Lady Michelle Obama was famous for saying “When they go low – we go high,” but Behar said that …
Oct 22 2017
Rant of the Week: Bill Maher – Salt In The Wound
During his opening monologue, Real Time host Bill Maher chastised Trump and his defender, chief of staff Gen. John Kelly, for the debacle following his “condolence call” to the widow of Sgt. La David Johnson earlier this week.
Oct 15 2017
Rant of the Week: Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart – Equal Time
Donald Trump complained that he was being treated unfairly by the late night talk show hosts and he wanted equal time. So CBS’ The Late Show host Stephen Colbert and the former host of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show Jon Stewart attempted to grant Trump his wish. Needless to say, it didn’t go well.
Oct 08 2017
Rant of the Week: Bill Maher – The Party of Poopers
In his “New Rules” segment on Friday night, Bill Maher tells Democrats to stop attempting to childproof the world with regulations, and instead to save their battles for important issues like gun control, bank oversight and climate change. Truly, America needs to focus on more important issues. While the deaths of children left in hot …