This is the regular post, but I wanted to take a minute to thank our friend Mindful for the comment he made yesterday. He said that for a time he was a comic book critic. That brought back memories of hopping on my J. C. Higgins bicycle and riding off to the nearby drug store. As you walked in the door the first thing you saw was the comic book rack. The high point of the month was when the newest comics came out. I’d take a dollar and buy 4 or 5 10-cent comics, a 10-cent bottle of Nehi strawberry soda and a bag of penny candy. Then it was off to find a shady spot to read, drink, and sink into a sugar-induced coma.
When I started school we had something called phonics, which was a method of learning to read by learning the sounds each letter made then sounding words out. I was a champion speller and was reading at 9th grade levels when I was 8 years old. About that age my interests ran toward books like these:
I also favored Woody Woodpecker and had a really bad crush on Betty from the Archie scribes.
Then I got into (what else) western comics (Granny always called them funny books).
Then I matured and started collecting Marvel comics.
For reasons I can’t justify, my favorite was Sgt. Fury and The Howling Commandos. I had the entire series from issue #1 to the last issue, all numnbered in sequence and boxed. After I went off to college, Granny took some of the hundreds of books I had and gave them to the local barber shop to be destroyed by rowdy juveniles and the rest she simply threw away. I really wsh she hadn’t. I got this scan off e-bay of issue #40,the seller is asking $140.00.
I bought comics as the price went from a dime to 12 cents, to 15 cents. When they reached 25 cents they became too expensive for me. Now they’re a couple dollars for 8 pages of artwork and 14 pages of advertising.
Still and all, it was great fun remembering when my biggest concern was what comics my friends would have to trade. That’s how we rolled back then.
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ABC’s ‘The View’ to Huckabee: Iran Deal Statements ‘Dangerous,’ ‘You Don’t Have to Be Trump’
HUCKLEBERRY MADE THE COMMENT THAT THE IRAN DEAL WAS LEADING THE JEWS TO THE DOOR OF THE OVEN.hE HAS DEFENDED THAT COMMENT IN THE MEDIA.IT’S HIS WAY OF GETTING ANY KIND OF ATTENTION SINCE HE HAS NO CHANCE WHATSOEVER OF WINNING THE NOMINATION.
AT LEAST SHE STOPPED DEFENDING BILL COSBY
Tuesday on ABC’s “The View” co-host Rosie Perez reacted to Republican presidential candidate former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee saying the Iran nuclear deal was Obama leading Israelis to the “door of the oven” and said it was “dangerous,” to comparing the Obama administration and other world leaders to “Nazis and Hitler.”
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2015/07/28/abcs-the-view-to-huckabee-iran-deal-statements-dangerous-you-dont-have-to-be-trump/
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Hillary Clinton’s $600 haircut
MY HAIRCUTS COST 8 BUCKS…BY A BARBER.HE EVEN TRIMS MY NECK WITH A STRAIGHT RAZOR.(SHHH….ITS AGAINST HEALTH DEPARTMENT RULES)
Hillary Clinton put part of Bergdorf Goodman on lockdown on Friday to get a $600 haircut at the swanky John Barrett Salon.
Clinton, with a huge entourage in tow, was spotted being ushered through a side entrance of the Fifth Avenue store on Friday.
REMEMBER,SHE’S FOR THE COMMON PEOPLE
http://pagesix.com/2015/07/28/hillary-clintons-600-haircut-puts-bergdorf-on-lockdown/?_ga=1.73500754.1707639054.1428203973
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Fox News opens early debate to those lowest in the polls
SANTORUM?PATAKI?GRAHAM?WAIT!I WANNA RUN FOR PRESIDENT.I CAN PROMISE YOU’LL REMEMBER ME…ONE WAY OR THE OTHER
Fox News will expand its lower-profile debate to all declared candidates outside of the top 10, instead of reserving the stage for only those polling at least 1 percent nationally.
Michael Clemente, Fox News’s executive vice president, first told Politico in a statement that the network made the decision based on “overwhelming interest” and will include any candidate “consistently being offered to respondents in major national polls, as recognized by Fox News.”
“Everyone included in these debates has a chance to be President of the United States and we look forward to showcasing all of the candidates in the first primary event of the 2016 election season,” he said.
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/gop-primaries/249560-fox-news-opens-early-debate-to-those-lowest-in-the-polls
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THIS IS THE OFFICIAL TRAILER FOR THE NEW MOVIE THIRTEEN HOURS…IT LOOKS AMAZING
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Historic revolt: Boehner faces sudden mutiny
Motion filed to oust speaker of the House
I READ AN ARTICLE THAT SAID 97% OF GRASSROOTS CONSERVATIVES WANT BONER GONE….WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE OTHER 3%?
It’s the first time in 105 years in the House of Representatives: A Republican congressman filed a motion Tuesday to remove House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, from his position.
Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., filed a “motion to vacate the chair” Tuesday evening, saying Boehner “has endeavored to consolidate power and centralize decision-making, bypassing the majority of the 435 Members of Congress and the people they represent.”
http://www.wnd.com/2015/07/unprecedented-boehner-faces-sudden-mutiny/#RZMi9UQg6EEXI7hD.99
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Loved your memoir, Pete … except WAHHHHH your collection!! Reminds me of the time a miniature enthusiast told us about the day she went out to run errands while her new husband cleaned. When she came home, he proudly showed her the already burned pile of “trash” … the dollhouse her grandfather had lovingly made for her when she was little was still identifiable, but unsalvageable. I still grieve for her loss … and hope her husband realizes how lucky he is to still be alive and whole!
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IKR? Issue one of the Howlies, omg, I weep!
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Read the Letter Planned Parenthood Sent News Outlets Warning Them Not to Air Undercover Videos
“CMP has used footage obtained through deceit and unlawful behavior, including possible violations of state recording laws, federal tax laws and falsified state identification. Then, they concoct wildly false stories through selective editing,” the letter alleges.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/07/28/read-the-letter-planned-parenthood-sent-news-outlets-warning-them-not-to-air-undercover-videos/
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Clinton Climate Plan Winners Include Supporters’ Clients, Employers
Solar goals align with Podesta Group clients and donors to Clinton Foundation, Center for American Progress
PODESTA IS A FLEA-RIDDEN,GUTTER RAT CLINTONISTA EAGERLY WAITING TO GET BACK INTO POWER
Leading solar panel manufactures and installers have donated to the Democratic presidential candidate’s family foundation, employed members of her inner circle, bankrolled a group providing policy advice to her campaign, and enlisted the services of lobbying and public relations firms run by her top supporters.
The solar industry will see a major boost if Clinton is elected and enacts her newly unveiled climate and energy policy plan. Released on Monday, the plan calls for a seven-fold increase in solar power capacity by 2020.
http://freebeacon.com/politics/clinton-climate-plan-winners-include-supporters-clients-employers/
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Scarborough slams ‘arrogant’ Obama for saying he hasn’t heard any good argument against Iran deal
OOOHHH…SCARBOROUGH THE REAGAN CONSERVATIVE!(SARC.)
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‘Hillary must NEVER become President’, says the woman who exposed Bill’s affair with Monica. Former Clinton West Wing assistant Linda Tripp says Democratic contender is a liar who treats the public with contempt
Linda Tripp, now 65, was a civil servant who had a ringside seat during Clinton’s administration with office directly adjacent to Hillary’s
She exposed President Clinton affair with Monica because it was the culmination of years of so much corruption
Although she was vilified for her role in the scandal, she breaks years of silence to tell Daily Mail Online she would do it again
During the bimbo eruptions Hillary ‘destroyed women so that their stories never saw the light of day,’ Tripp says
She went from being a lackluster First Lady with unimpressive approval numbers to First Victim
Hillary will stop at nothing to achieve her end – the Presidency – and see the public as plebians easily seduced into believing her, says Tripp
REMEMBER HOW SHE WAS VILIFIED IN THE PRESS? MOCKED BY FATASS JOHN GOODMAN ON SNL?
DESPISED BY MONICA,EVEN THOUGH HAD TRIPP NOT CONVINCED HER TO KEEP THE DRESS WITH BENT PENIS’ SPECIAL SAUCE ON IT SHE’D HAVE BEEN CRUCIFIED?
THAT WAS THEN:
THIS IS NOW…HAPPILY MARRIED WITH A CAREER AND SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3176621/Lies-cover-ups-corruption-Linda-Tripp-West-Wing-assistant-outed-Monica-Lewinsky-s-sexual-liaison-Bill-Clinton-talks-time-Hillary-tells-never-President.html#ixzz3hIZVjfv0
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Obama Pal Ayatollah Khamenei Ranting Against “Deadly” Jews . . . Again…
And people wonder why Obama is so cozy with Khamenei.
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Obama Pushing For ‘Largest Gun Grab In American History’: NRA
The Obama administration is pushing to ban Social Security beneficiaries from owning guns if they lack the mental capacity to manage their own disability payments — a move the NRA is calling the “largest gun grab in American history.”
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jul/27/obama-pushing-for-largest-gun-grab-in-american-his/?cache
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U.S. Rep. Fattah indicted, allegedly took illegal $1 million loan
SCREW PUBLIC SERVICE…ELECTIVE OFFICE IS SEEN AS A LICENSE TO STEAL
U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah and four associates were indicted Wednesday on racketeering conspiracy charges stemming from several alleged schemes to misuse campaign funds and hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal grant money to further their political and financial interests.
The five schemes include accepting a $1 million illegal loan for Fattah’s failed 2007 mayoral campaign from a “wealthy supporter” and then repaying some of it using “charitable and federal grant funds” that passed through a nonprofit founded and controlled by Fattah, U.S. Attorney Zane David Memeger said at a news conference.
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/20150730_Fattah_indicted.html#x04z4mGcHVMVmgFB.99
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Democrat Jan Schakowsy “Concerned” That Group Behind Planned Parenthood Videos Is Not Being Investigated
Today on MSNBC’s Alex Wagner- Guest is far-left lib Jan Schakowsy. The discuss the 3rd undercover video that was released today
THE LATE DON WADE USED TO HAVE THIS MOONBAT ON HIS SHOW SOMETIMES.SHE REPRESENTS THE NINTH SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF ILLINOIS.THE PHONES ALWAYS BLEW UP WHEN SHE STARTED SPEWING HER VENOM
Oh yeah—
Planned Parenthood is on video talking about the sale of baby body parts for profit.
But the Center For Medical Progress may have used fake drivers licenses when they conducted their undercover videos – And that my friends, is criminal. So she has asked the DOJ to investigate. She says Justice is now reviewing the undercover videos.
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‘You’re Not Answering My Question’: Megyn Kelly Grills Daily Beast Reporter Over Controversial Story
Fox News host Megyn Kelly on Tuesday pressed the reporter who penned a controversial story about rape allegations Donald Trump’s ex-wife made against him nearly 30 years ago.
Tim Mak, senior correspondent for The Daily Beast, was grilled by Kelly over whether his story on the allegations made by Ivana Trump during a divorce proceeding were relevant. Ivana Trump on Tuesday had blasted Mak’s story, saying it was published “totally without merit.”
WRETCHED LITTLE PUKE GETS HIS ASS KICKED NINE WAYS TO SUNDAY
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/07/29/youre-not-answering-my-question-megyn-kelly-grills-daily-beast-reporter-over-controversial-story/
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I remember buying that Sgt. Fury. And that FF. Silver Surfer. Heh.
It was reading Sgt Fury that I was impressed that WW2 was really not that long ago. (My parents’ generation didn’t talk about it, of course.) At the time, we were closer to the end of WW2 than we are today to the GHW Bush years. If that makes any sense. And they were still picking up the pieces in Europe back then.
When my comics collection got ripped off, it included a friend’s complete Sgt Fury collection which had been entrusted to me. Almost worse than losing my own collection. Almost.
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