Friday, August 21, 2026

NOSTALGIA FROM AN OLD BUZZARD

 





 

There was a time, before TV, when newspapers carried a ‘funny paper’ page, the predecessor to the graphic novel.

People looked forward to the next chapter of their favorite funny paper characters.  

Dick Tracy was one of my favorites.  I still today often find myself using the phrase ‘Okey Doky Niki Hokey.’   





It seems more and more, as I age, that memories from the past overlay the present.   Things I haven’t thought of in decades come back as vivid memories. 

 

In the 1960’s the name Niki Hokey resurfaced with the Cajun singer, P. J. Proby.








Laissez les bons temps rouler

the Ol'Buzzardr


Wednesday, August 19, 2026

WHAT'S WITH THIS COMPLAINING ON THE ABRAHAM LINCOLN CARRIER?

 




A SIX-MONTH DEPLOYMENT EXTENDED TO NINE MONTHS...

 

You deploy for six months on an aircraft carrier.  You leave your wife and kids – you are totally helpless if there are problems at home while you are away.  

 

Halfway through your deployment, you find yourself in the Middle East, and the ship goes into combat mode.   You work around the clock; there is no time off.   Six months come, and the deployment is extended.  Seven months, eight months, nine months, and no one knows or can tell you what your relief date is…

 


  

Donald Trump says it’s no big deal.  President Bone Spurs says the deployment is not long enough.

 

So what is life like on a carrier for the enlisted crew?   





Your comfort takes second place to your job; and on a carrier, your job is your whole life, and in the Navy, you do your job.






The dangerous conditions you work under become even more dangerous with the fatigue of an extended deployment.


Abraham Lincoln would not be scheduled for relief even now if it weren’t for the news media’s outcry over conditions aboard the ship.

 

In the Trump administration, the lack of planning and support for the men on ships at sea is the result of Hegseth forcing out most of the experienced senior-ranked flag officers.

 

Trump has never respected military personnel and veterans.  He doesn’t understand the military.


Getting us into the Iran war was a disaster, and the handling of the war demonstrates total incompetence and a dereliction of duty. 


the Ol'Buzzard

 




Monday, August 10, 2026

BOOGIE WOOGIE TO LIGHT UP YOUR DAY

 



Turn up the volume, kick off your shoes, get naked, and dance around the house; guarantee you will feel better



the Ol'Buzzard

Saturday, August 8, 2026

DOES HUMAN EVOLUTION CONTINUE?

 


We are all black and Africans. 


People seek their genealogy back to notable progenitors, to gain bragging rights or membership in an organization or clan. 


However, tracing our genealogy back to its origins, we find our roots in the continent of Africa.   




Evolutionary difference required isolation, and that is most visible in Australia.   





People, as well as other animal species, were totally dependent on their environment, and variations occurred as a result of their ability to adapt to varying conditions in different parts of the world.




In the past, evolutionary changes occurred over long time periods, almost imperceptible, because environmental changes took eons.





With the ease of world travel, we are moving toward homogenizing culture, but we could also be moving toward a homogeneous race, sometimes in the distant future.


Today, cultural accommodation appears to have a greater impact on biological adaptation than the environment.





Social evolution has become more visible than physical evolution.   People are becoming increasingly distant from each other due to the prevalence of technology.  




Now people are performative. Their interactions consist of comments on their social media page.


  

What will human adaptation look like in the next century?


With humans no longer tied to an agrarian, hunter-gatherer dependency, you might think the physical evolution of humans was a fait accompli – finished. But we are moving into a brave new world of AI and Crispen.  


 What humanoid existence lies in our future?




the Ol’Buzzard


Sunday, August 2, 2026

THE DEMOCRATS ARE SNATCHING DEFEAT FROM VICTORY.

 



 

 The Dumbocrats  - Jesus Christ, I’m now sounding like Donald Trump -  are doing it again.

   

After finding the wind in their sails and being almost guaranteed to take over the House, they are setting themselves up to lose a large population of the undecided voters by not publicly separating themselves from the Democratic Socialists of America Party.

  

The newly formed Democratic Socialist of America Party is nuts, and the Democratic Party should deny any affiliation.


The DSA Platform:

·       To abolish the Senate, the Electoral College.

·       To abolish all borders.

·       Replace the President and Supreme Court with leaders chosen by Congress.

·       Rewrite the U.S. Constitution.

·       Abolish Capitalism: placing all major industries, including health care and energy, under government control.

·       Eliminate all private debt, including mortgages and health care, placing it under government control.

·       Abolish the Pentagon and the prison system.


It is all right to claim you are the Big Tent party, but there are some groups you should step away from – publicly.


Some of the people calling themselves Democratic Socialists, in the tradition of Bernie Sanders, are not members of the DSA party.  If they are to run under the Democratic banner, they should clearly distinguish themselves from the DSA's platform. 

 


 

Or else we will look back at the 2026 election and shake our heads and say: fucking democrats, they did it again.


REPUBLICAN PARTY'S ELECTORAL DREAM



the Ol'Buzzard