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BDI Votes Marine Le Pen into Office!

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The French Connection Election:

Saturday afternoon, The Greek Goddess and I strolled over to the French Consulate on Fifth Ave & 75th Street so that BDI could exercise his fellow Frog voting rights. We were intent on taking a few pictures in order to mark and record the decidedly important occasion.  I had determined that my better half should snap the images, as I surmised that it might be a dicey proposition to take photos inside the consulate during the scrutinized voting procedures, an attractive distinguished blonde would likely have a better shot at getting away with it than a thick-headed ticked-off tadpole. (more…)

Response to a Reader

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I recently received an email from a reader who has been on Slope for nearly a decade and very politely asked me to lighten up on Trump. His letter was well-crafted, well-reasoned, and courteous. I wrote him back, and after doing so, I thought I’d share my thoughts with you, since it doesn’t cross any privacy lines. I wouldn’t want to waste all that typing without making a post out of it. So here goes:

It’s good to hear from you, and I appreciate your readership all these years.

Slope isn’t a political blog, but there is some political talk from time to time, and I certainly use it to express my own point of view.

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Jean-Clown Drunkard for Dinner

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Jean-Claude Juncker: “In Europe, the choice is to eat what’s on the table or not come to the table at all.”

You sure about that, Jean-Creep Druncker?

Certainly, the choice in Europe is to eat the EU baloney sandwich.  However, we could cook for ourselves, or we could eat elsewhere, or we could order take-out, or we could get someone else to cook for us, or we could go to a fast food joint, or we could microwave a TV dinner, or even go on a diet………etc. (more…)