Hamilton County Fair Queen

A belated congratulations to the 2016 Hamilton County Fair Queen, Shelby Cline.

John McLaughlin

Blogging isn't Cool mourns the loss of John McLaughlin, host of the McLaughlin Group TV show for 34 years. He was 89.
The roundtable political discussion show was insightful, fun, and at times, aggravating as hell.
It was the basis for Bill Maher's show, Politically incorrect and the local cable show in Cincinnati, The McRotherberg Group.
Over the years the panelists included:
Fred Barnes
Michael Barone
Tony Blankley
Pat Buchanan
Tim Carney
Eleanor Clift
Monica Crowley
Susan Ferrechio
Jack Germond
Paul Glastris
Al Hunt
Katty Kay
Michael Kinsley
Rich Lowry
Morton Kondracke
Chris Matthews
Robert Novak
Lawrence O'Donnell
Clarence Page
David Rennie
Tom Rogan
Mark Shields
Mort Zuckerman

Dr McLaughlin's online memorial & guestbook here

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The Flat Earth Reality

Happy 456, Erzsebet !

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Hey! and a happy 140 to you, too, Mata Hari!
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Happy Birthday Betty

Johnson & Weld

Happy Birthday Traffic Light

After roadway fatalities rose 800% due to the introduction of the automobile, Cleveland installed the first traffic signal on August 5, 1914.

Read more at the History Channel

More Proof of the Disintegration of the GOP

Amidst the craziness & corruption at the GOP, who recently nominated a sociopath to run for president, on a more local level, the Chairman of the Hamilton County GOP has blocked a life long Republican from his Twitter account.
More skullduggery, back room deals & general psychotic shit from the madhouse known as The GOP.
How much longer can they hold on?

Build Your Own Celebrity Sex Robot

Ricky Ma, Dude who made the celebrated Scarlett Johansson robot, has made a manual for DIY perverts. Could a merger of Radio Shack & Frederic's of Hollywood be in the future?

Read more at the Daily Mail

Rehash of a Rehash

Will Hollywood notice? Our major political parties don't seem to get it.
But Nightly Business Report reports that sequels just ain't getting it. Especially bad sequels.

There are a lot of sequels that do very, very well. It may just be a quality problem. If the movie doesn’t resonate, if it’s not a good movie, it may not be a — that people are biased against sequels, they may just be biased against bad movies.

So, try this, Hollywood - try being original.

Sarah Silverman for President

Jill Stein Ad

A Jill Stein Ad. Not terribly informative. The audio from the rally isn't very polished technically. Overall pretty positive, but nothing that's going to break her through.

Happy Birthday Virgil Finlay

Portman Folding for Trump

Watching people go into contortions over the yam is just amazing.

Happy Northwest Ordinance Day !

In 1787 the Congress of the Confederation of the United States passed the Northwest Ordinance that established the organization of the states north of the Ohio River & east of the Missouri making the midwest the White Castles of American states.
When people talk about the sameness of the midwest, it's a major contributor.
It called for the surveying of the territories & the establishment of counties & townships.
Read all about it

The Rolling Stones 7/11/72

Genuine lofi® from the swank Akron Rubber Bowl

Tell Your Dog to STFU

People shoot off fireworks on the 4th of July as the founders intended and maybe a couple other days each year.
Nowadays, our fragile eggshell minds can't take it &, especially our mutts can't take the break in the serenity of their lives. Back in the founders day, dogs were real men.
My beef is that I am constantly badgered by my neighbors dog whenever I set foot out of my house. Incessant barking 24 hours a day is OK but fireworks a couple nights a year is some sort of sin?
Fuck off prissy dog owners - teach your mutt to man up.

C'mon, Ted

This is a really bad ad. It's juvenile & amateurish. There's also a couple versions with one saying he abandons the constitution & another saying he works for the wealthy. Dunno why, variety is the spice of life?

Dear Mrs Clinton

In your recent speech in Cincinnati's Union Terminal, you cited Mayor John Cranley for making Cincinnati's power supply 100% green. That was really the work of the last mayor & particularly vice mayor Roxane Qualls.
Actually, John Cranley looked into dismantling that work.
He also sought to stop an electric passenger rail project in Cincinnati which would have cost us millions. Furthermore, he has worked to build pointless roads.
As far as that repurposed train station? It's still a train station and a lot of people would like to see more train service there.

Northside's 4th of July Festivities Need YOUR Help

The organizers of Northside's 4th of JUly festivities are running into higher than normal fees & such. A double whammy thanks to John Cranley & John Kasich.
So, this year they have set up a GofundMe account to raise some cash.
When posted on facebook, cincinnati councilman, Chris Seelbach posted that, instead of placing hurdles, the city should be helping residents put on events.
I'd agree.
But on the GofundMe site there is no contribution listed for Mr Seelbach. There is a contribution from Vice Mayor David Mann.....