Julie explores life with curiosity, creativity, and connection. I share observations with humor, offering perspective on the world and how it shapes us—lightening life’s complexities along the way.
Dear Friends, While America’s nuclear missile silos—some built during the Eisenhower administration—crack, corrode, and literally rust into irrelevance, Donald Trump has decided the real national security threat… is an outdated private jet. Yes, that’s right. Instead of directing urgently needed funds toward maintaining our nuclear triad—
Warning, serious stuff ahead: WASHINGTON, July 27, 2025 — After months of high-stakes negotiation and looming trade threats, President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced a landmark agreement reducing proposed punitive tariff rates. While Trump had threatened 30% tariffs on most European goods, the final deal
The Cowardice of Compliance: How “Going Along to Get Along” is Empowering Trump’s Dangerous Return There’s a chilling silence sweeping across the country. It’s not the calm before the storm—it is the storm. That silence you hear? It’s the sound of decent people ducking, deflecting,
"You’ll forgive the candor, but I’ve seen this particular opera before. The overture is dissonant, the soprano’s drunk, and someone has barricaded the emergency exits. What we’re witnessing is not an explosion. Not yet. It’s pressure. The kind of pressure that builds slowly in
Dear Friends, Let’s face it: the world has gone slightly off its rocker. The news cycle is a nonstop anxiety buffet. Politics, climate, prices, noise—everything’s screaming for our attention. It’s like trying to sip tea during a tornado. And while we’re all out here doing
Dear Readers, Donald Trump—Distractifier in Chief—has once again fired up the smoke machine, pointing his stubby little Twitter finger at Barack Obama like a magician screaming, “Look over there!” What’s he trying to hide? Oh, just his years-long cozy connection with convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. But
Breaking: Trump Rediscovers Every Culture War Issue Ever in Quest to Make You Forget Epstein Files Exist (Oh look, there’s a squirrel) Dear Patriot, Peasant, or Poor Soul Just Trying to Keep Up, Ah, July in America—heat advisories, overpriced lemonade, and the pungent scent of political desperation wafting
From Alt National Park on FB “Why would you need 1,000 federal employees to sift through 100,000 pages of Epstein files just to find Trump’s name? You wouldn’t, unless the goal isn’t truth, but control of the narrative. According to Sen. Dick Durbin, that’s
An 82 year old man was taken by ICE at a green card replacement appointment. His family was never informed where he was or how to get ahold of him until he was in a foreign hospital... despite the fact that he was a permanent legal resident of the US.
Saw this post and it reminded me of the time I owned a couple pet bantams. “This is not my chicken, but she thinks she is. My neighbor owns chickens, I don't. She came over one day and won't leave. She's very sweet and
A Cautionary Tale from the Cubicle Trenches of Anthem - years ago when I was a computer programmer there. Back in the days when flip phones were cutting-edge and computer programs were written in languages only three people in the building understood, we had a young programmer named Mike. Mike
I intended to send you this BEFORE sending the sequels. Hey, stuff happens! 😳 ENJOY Once upon a time in the year 2026, the nation was teetering between reality and absurdity. Donald J. Trump, after somehow returning to the White House by convincing just enough people that gravity was fake and