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I was in college in Wisconsin when I met the music of Phil Upchurch thru an album titled “Feeling Blue”. I found it at WUWM, the college’s FM station where I was often on the air. Bang! I loved that 1968 Milestone LP. Upchurch died today. Tonight I’ll pour a little wine & toast him. Play on, Phil.
December 13, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I was in college in Wisconsin when I met the music of Phil Upchurch thru an album titled “Feeling Blue”. I found it at WUWM, the college’s FM station where I was often on the air. Bang! I loved that 1968 Milestone LP. Upchurch died today. Tonight I’ll pour a little wine & toast him. Play on, Phil.
MONEY Money money! For Drumpf, it is ALWAYS about the money. Money that Drumpf will receive today, tomorrow or next week, but always, as Dire Straits sang 40 years ago, money for nothing. Read the story of Drumpf’s pals, the convicted fraudsters, freed by pardons.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/n...
Fraudster’s Victims Are Seething After Trump Commuted His Sentence
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
MONEY Money money! For Drumpf, it is ALWAYS about the money. Money that Drumpf will receive today, tomorrow or next week, but always, as Dire Straits sang 40 years ago, money for nothing. Read the story of Drumpf’s pals, the convicted fraudsters, freed by pardons.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/n...
Who could’ve predicted that Senate Republicans would block Dems effort to extend the Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies? Today the GOP made it certain that millions who depend on the ACA will see their COSTS GO UP. “Drumpf’s solution? Please. Just die.” (See photo of Drumpf Family Reunion)
December 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Who could’ve predicted that Senate Republicans would block Dems effort to extend the Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies? Today the GOP made it certain that millions who depend on the ACA will see their COSTS GO UP. “Drumpf’s solution? Please. Just die.” (See photo of Drumpf Family Reunion)
No wondering why Drumpf is so focused on Venezuela. He's learning from "the best". As The Times of London pointed out (in 2019), Maduro’s feared Special Action Force —think ICE— acts outside the law as a death squad, roaming the streets in blacked-out cars. . . .
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Venezuela: UN details how Maduro retains power with regime of executions and torture
The United Nations has issued a scathing report on the human rights situation in Venezuela, accusing President Maduro’s state security of “shocking” abuse, including extrajudicial executions and tortu...
www.thetimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:53 PM
No wondering why Drumpf is so focused on Venezuela. He's learning from "the best". As The Times of London pointed out (in 2019), Maduro’s feared Special Action Force —think ICE— acts outside the law as a death squad, roaming the streets in blacked-out cars. . . .
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Women don’t like Mike Johnson? Perhaps he’s not conscious of his gender bias & is “just” a natural misogynist. GOP women in Congress say he “failed to listen to them or engage in direct conversations on major political and policy issues.” (NYT). What he meant to say: 'get back in the kitchen. . . .'
December 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Women don’t like Mike Johnson? Perhaps he’s not conscious of his gender bias & is “just” a natural misogynist. GOP women in Congress say he “failed to listen to them or engage in direct conversations on major political and policy issues.” (NYT). What he meant to say: 'get back in the kitchen. . . .'
Gotham Update!
Meanwhile, in the Bat Cave, Batman and Robin now know who the terrorists really are.
“Holy Hell Batman. Jesus, Joseph and Mary are missing! It looks like ICE was here.”
Robin is correct. Drumpf imprisons or deports everyone he deems unworthy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...
Meanwhile, in the Bat Cave, Batman and Robin now know who the terrorists really are.
“Holy Hell Batman. Jesus, Joseph and Mary are missing! It looks like ICE was here.”
Robin is correct. Drumpf imprisons or deports everyone he deems unworthy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...
Massachusetts Church Keeps Anti-ICE Nativity Scene, Defying Diocese Leaders
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Gotham Update!
Meanwhile, in the Bat Cave, Batman and Robin now know who the terrorists really are.
“Holy Hell Batman. Jesus, Joseph and Mary are missing! It looks like ICE was here.”
Robin is correct. Drumpf imprisons or deports everyone he deems unworthy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...
Meanwhile, in the Bat Cave, Batman and Robin now know who the terrorists really are.
“Holy Hell Batman. Jesus, Joseph and Mary are missing! It looks like ICE was here.”
Robin is correct. Drumpf imprisons or deports everyone he deems unworthy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...
Drumpf wants you to die. A KFF study warns that health insurance premiums in the ACA marketplace will likely double in 2026. That’s exactly what Drumpf and the GOP are planning. Less healthcare at higher cost. Washington Monthly warned us back in February.
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/02/28/m...
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/02/28/m...
Make America Sick Again
How much longer can Republicans survive politically and literally if they keep killing voters with anti-vax quackery?
washingtonmonthly.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Drumpf wants you to die. A KFF study warns that health insurance premiums in the ACA marketplace will likely double in 2026. That’s exactly what Drumpf and the GOP are planning. Less healthcare at higher cost. Washington Monthly warned us back in February.
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/02/28/m...
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/02/28/m...
Is it just me or does the Northern Giant Hornet sound like an authority figure we've become familiar with?
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/s...
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/s...
When a Murder Hornet Becomes a Tasty Meal
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Is it just me or does the Northern Giant Hornet sound like an authority figure we've become familiar with?
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/s...
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/s...
Drumpf is (a) functionally illiterate and (b) a bigot.
The latter: His bigotry is ongoing as seen/heard with Drumpf's recent unhinged rant against Somali-Americans.
The former: On display daily! Drumpf's public pronouncements confirm his ignorance. (See recent rant on "affordability".)
The latter: His bigotry is ongoing as seen/heard with Drumpf's recent unhinged rant against Somali-Americans.
The former: On display daily! Drumpf's public pronouncements confirm his ignorance. (See recent rant on "affordability".)
December 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Drumpf is (a) functionally illiterate and (b) a bigot.
The latter: His bigotry is ongoing as seen/heard with Drumpf's recent unhinged rant against Somali-Americans.
The former: On display daily! Drumpf's public pronouncements confirm his ignorance. (See recent rant on "affordability".)
The latter: His bigotry is ongoing as seen/heard with Drumpf's recent unhinged rant against Somali-Americans.
The former: On display daily! Drumpf's public pronouncements confirm his ignorance. (See recent rant on "affordability".)
Remembering the late Steve Cropper.
Almost every kid who had a guitar in the ‘60s knew the name. Or should have. He died this week, and all of us “wannabe Steve Croppers” will take a moment to remember the great man. Thanks Steve. You were THE Soul Man.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/a...
Almost every kid who had a guitar in the ‘60s knew the name. Or should have. He died this week, and all of us “wannabe Steve Croppers” will take a moment to remember the great man. Thanks Steve. You were THE Soul Man.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/a...
Steve Cropper, Guitarist, Songwriter and Shaper of Memphis Soul Music, Dies at 84
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Remembering the late Steve Cropper.
Almost every kid who had a guitar in the ‘60s knew the name. Or should have. He died this week, and all of us “wannabe Steve Croppers” will take a moment to remember the great man. Thanks Steve. You were THE Soul Man.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/a...
Almost every kid who had a guitar in the ‘60s knew the name. Or should have. He died this week, and all of us “wannabe Steve Croppers” will take a moment to remember the great man. Thanks Steve. You were THE Soul Man.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/a...
It’s Not Pretty. . . .
Since January 20, taxpayers have shelled out nearly $71 million for Sleepy Drumpf’s golf hobby. That’s $6.5 Mil each month. HuffPost estimates it will total $300 million before this 2nd term ends.
BTW, he ain’t looking any healthier for all that “exercise”.
Just Sayin'.
Since January 20, taxpayers have shelled out nearly $71 million for Sleepy Drumpf’s golf hobby. That’s $6.5 Mil each month. HuffPost estimates it will total $300 million before this 2nd term ends.
BTW, he ain’t looking any healthier for all that “exercise”.
Just Sayin'.
December 3, 2025 at 11:17 PM
It’s Not Pretty. . . .
Since January 20, taxpayers have shelled out nearly $71 million for Sleepy Drumpf’s golf hobby. That’s $6.5 Mil each month. HuffPost estimates it will total $300 million before this 2nd term ends.
BTW, he ain’t looking any healthier for all that “exercise”.
Just Sayin'.
Since January 20, taxpayers have shelled out nearly $71 million for Sleepy Drumpf’s golf hobby. That’s $6.5 Mil each month. HuffPost estimates it will total $300 million before this 2nd term ends.
BTW, he ain’t looking any healthier for all that “exercise”.
Just Sayin'.
How Drumpf Protects Americans From Cocaine.
1. Ex-Pres. of Honduras Hernández, convicted of Flooding America With Cocaine.
2. Hernández sent to prison for 45 years.
3. Drumpf receives letter from former President Hernández.
4. Drumpf pardons & frees the former Honduran President
Well done, Donny!
1. Ex-Pres. of Honduras Hernández, convicted of Flooding America With Cocaine.
2. Hernández sent to prison for 45 years.
3. Drumpf receives letter from former President Hernández.
4. Drumpf pardons & frees the former Honduran President
Well done, Donny!
December 2, 2025 at 5:58 PM
How Drumpf Protects Americans From Cocaine.
1. Ex-Pres. of Honduras Hernández, convicted of Flooding America With Cocaine.
2. Hernández sent to prison for 45 years.
3. Drumpf receives letter from former President Hernández.
4. Drumpf pardons & frees the former Honduran President
Well done, Donny!
1. Ex-Pres. of Honduras Hernández, convicted of Flooding America With Cocaine.
2. Hernández sent to prison for 45 years.
3. Drumpf receives letter from former President Hernández.
4. Drumpf pardons & frees the former Honduran President
Well done, Donny!
Lessons On Pleasing Drümpf.
Offer him a “classic” salute, and shout “All Hail” when he walks into a room.
Then add the classic “Yes, Dear Leader” in response to everything he says. . . .
Remember. . . .too much love is better than not enough love
Offer him a “classic” salute, and shout “All Hail” when he walks into a room.
Then add the classic “Yes, Dear Leader” in response to everything he says. . . .
Remember. . . .too much love is better than not enough love
November 30, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Lessons On Pleasing Drümpf.
Offer him a “classic” salute, and shout “All Hail” when he walks into a room.
Then add the classic “Yes, Dear Leader” in response to everything he says. . . .
Remember. . . .too much love is better than not enough love
Offer him a “classic” salute, and shout “All Hail” when he walks into a room.
Then add the classic “Yes, Dear Leader” in response to everything he says. . . .
Remember. . . .too much love is better than not enough love
I thought today I'd change the subject. Ignore the chaos for a day.
I probably flew 2 or 3 million miles between 1975 and 1995. (FYI, those are actual miles, not bonus miles.) In any case, this article seemed a welcome diversion from "real life".
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/t...
I probably flew 2 or 3 million miles between 1975 and 1995. (FYI, those are actual miles, not bonus miles.) In any case, this article seemed a welcome diversion from "real life".
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/t...
Sean Duffy Longs for the ‘Golden Age’ of Air Travel. What Was That Like?
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I thought today I'd change the subject. Ignore the chaos for a day.
I probably flew 2 or 3 million miles between 1975 and 1995. (FYI, those are actual miles, not bonus miles.) In any case, this article seemed a welcome diversion from "real life".
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/t...
I probably flew 2 or 3 million miles between 1975 and 1995. (FYI, those are actual miles, not bonus miles.) In any case, this article seemed a welcome diversion from "real life".
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/t...
Liars Lie!
Treasury Secretary Bessent offers a list of creative justifications (lies) to defend Drumpf’s economic collapse.
The reality is Higher Unemployment, Tax Cuts for Billionaires, Shrinking of Affordable Healthcare, Hungry Americans.
Liars are always gonna LIE! Drumpf must go.
Treasury Secretary Bessent offers a list of creative justifications (lies) to defend Drumpf’s economic collapse.
The reality is Higher Unemployment, Tax Cuts for Billionaires, Shrinking of Affordable Healthcare, Hungry Americans.
Liars are always gonna LIE! Drumpf must go.
November 26, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Liars Lie!
Treasury Secretary Bessent offers a list of creative justifications (lies) to defend Drumpf’s economic collapse.
The reality is Higher Unemployment, Tax Cuts for Billionaires, Shrinking of Affordable Healthcare, Hungry Americans.
Liars are always gonna LIE! Drumpf must go.
Treasury Secretary Bessent offers a list of creative justifications (lies) to defend Drumpf’s economic collapse.
The reality is Higher Unemployment, Tax Cuts for Billionaires, Shrinking of Affordable Healthcare, Hungry Americans.
Liars are always gonna LIE! Drumpf must go.
RE: Sedition.
There was no sedition. Cadet Hegseth and President Bone Spurs missed the part where all 6 people in the video said military personnel must defy ILLEGAL orders. They probably believe Lt. Calley's ordering the massacre of civilians at My Lai was OK.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
There was no sedition. Cadet Hegseth and President Bone Spurs missed the part where all 6 people in the video said military personnel must defy ILLEGAL orders. They probably believe Lt. Calley's ordering the massacre of civilians at My Lai was OK.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
Pentagon Opens Inquiry Into Senator Mark Kelly Over What Hegseth Calls ‘Seditious’ Video
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
RE: Sedition.
There was no sedition. Cadet Hegseth and President Bone Spurs missed the part where all 6 people in the video said military personnel must defy ILLEGAL orders. They probably believe Lt. Calley's ordering the massacre of civilians at My Lai was OK.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
There was no sedition. Cadet Hegseth and President Bone Spurs missed the part where all 6 people in the video said military personnel must defy ILLEGAL orders. They probably believe Lt. Calley's ordering the massacre of civilians at My Lai was OK.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
Just read the an article about Kashyap Pramod Patel’s government perks. When do the rest of us begin getting use of those limos, security details, SWAT teams, free meals, and jets, to fly friends & family around the country & internationally . . . .
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
Patel Under Scrutiny for Use of SWAT Teams to Protect His Girlfriend
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Just read the an article about Kashyap Pramod Patel’s government perks. When do the rest of us begin getting use of those limos, security details, SWAT teams, free meals, and jets, to fly friends & family around the country & internationally . . . .
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
Just read Tatiana Schlossberg’s (New Yorker) essay, “A Battle with My Blood”. It’s simultaneously difficult and uplifting.
It also reminds me of the ruination of public health by RFK Jr., a thoughtless, know-nothing idiot—is that redundant?
Thank you, Tatiana.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
It also reminds me of the ruination of public health by RFK Jr., a thoughtless, know-nothing idiot—is that redundant?
Thank you, Tatiana.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Just read Tatiana Schlossberg’s (New Yorker) essay, “A Battle with My Blood”. It’s simultaneously difficult and uplifting.
It also reminds me of the ruination of public health by RFK Jr., a thoughtless, know-nothing idiot—is that redundant?
Thank you, Tatiana.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
It also reminds me of the ruination of public health by RFK Jr., a thoughtless, know-nothing idiot—is that redundant?
Thank you, Tatiana.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
DRUMPF & THE COAST GUARD SIDE WITH HITLER.
New US Coast Guard policy says to display a swastika is not HATEFUL. Really? Ask every American family whose son or daughter was in Europe, 1941-45. Ask families of the millions of Jews & Gypsies gassed and shot by Nazis.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
New US Coast Guard policy says to display a swastika is not HATEFUL. Really? Ask every American family whose son or daughter was in Europe, 1941-45. Ask families of the millions of Jews & Gypsies gassed and shot by Nazis.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
Coast Guard Says Swastika and Noose Displays Are No Longer Hate Incidents
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:54 AM
DRUMPF & THE COAST GUARD SIDE WITH HITLER.
New US Coast Guard policy says to display a swastika is not HATEFUL. Really? Ask every American family whose son or daughter was in Europe, 1941-45. Ask families of the millions of Jews & Gypsies gassed and shot by Nazis.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
New US Coast Guard policy says to display a swastika is not HATEFUL. Really? Ask every American family whose son or daughter was in Europe, 1941-45. Ask families of the millions of Jews & Gypsies gassed and shot by Nazis.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
There was clearly a (not so) little piggy in the room. And it wasn't one of the reporters. Drumpf always finds a way to go as low as possible. And then even lower. He's such a disgrace.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/b...
Trump Berates One Reporter and Tells Another,‘Quiet Piggy’
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:56 PM
There was clearly a (not so) little piggy in the room. And it wasn't one of the reporters. Drumpf always finds a way to go as low as possible. And then even lower. He's such a disgrace.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/b...
Remember this past summer's big ugly tax giveaway, courtesy of Drumpf & the GOP? They cut $1 trillion from Federal health care so the wealthy could get another tax break. Get Ready! Rural & urban hospitals that serve the poorest among us are bracing for the worst.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
When the G.O.P. Medicaid Cuts Arrive, These Hospitals Will Be Hit Hardest
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Remember this past summer's big ugly tax giveaway, courtesy of Drumpf & the GOP? They cut $1 trillion from Federal health care so the wealthy could get another tax break. Get Ready! Rural & urban hospitals that serve the poorest among us are bracing for the worst.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
Another not shock.
Cleaning lady María Florinda Ríos Pérez de Velásquez, 32-year old mother of 4, knocked on the wrong front door and was shot & killed by the Indiana homeowner. He ASSUMED she was there to kill him. As you do.
"Welcome" to Drumpf’s Amerika.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...
Cleaning lady María Florinda Ríos Pérez de Velásquez, 32-year old mother of 4, knocked on the wrong front door and was shot & killed by the Indiana homeowner. He ASSUMED she was there to kill him. As you do.
"Welcome" to Drumpf’s Amerika.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...
Man Charged in Shooting of Cleaning Woman Who Arrived at Wrong House in Indiana
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Another not shock.
Cleaning lady María Florinda Ríos Pérez de Velásquez, 32-year old mother of 4, knocked on the wrong front door and was shot & killed by the Indiana homeowner. He ASSUMED she was there to kill him. As you do.
"Welcome" to Drumpf’s Amerika.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...
Cleaning lady María Florinda Ríos Pérez de Velásquez, 32-year old mother of 4, knocked on the wrong front door and was shot & killed by the Indiana homeowner. He ASSUMED she was there to kill him. As you do.
"Welcome" to Drumpf’s Amerika.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...
The Catholic Bishops’ vote is in: 216-5
[A] “We are disturbed when we see among our people a climate of fear and anxiety around questions of profiling and immigration enforcement.
[B] We are saddened by the state of contemporary debate and the vilification of immigrants.
Nice going, Drumpf!
[A] “We are disturbed when we see among our people a climate of fear and anxiety around questions of profiling and immigration enforcement.
[B] We are saddened by the state of contemporary debate and the vilification of immigrants.
Nice going, Drumpf!
November 16, 2025 at 10:27 PM
The Catholic Bishops’ vote is in: 216-5
[A] “We are disturbed when we see among our people a climate of fear and anxiety around questions of profiling and immigration enforcement.
[B] We are saddened by the state of contemporary debate and the vilification of immigrants.
Nice going, Drumpf!
[A] “We are disturbed when we see among our people a climate of fear and anxiety around questions of profiling and immigration enforcement.
[B] We are saddened by the state of contemporary debate and the vilification of immigrants.
Nice going, Drumpf!
Here Comes Drumpf’s Big Distraction.
Early next year, Drumpf will green-light war with Venezuela. He will NOT call it “War”, but war it will be. He’ll wait until after Christmas to avoid it being called “Drumpf’s Christmas War.” The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford is already nearby. Get ready!
Early next year, Drumpf will green-light war with Venezuela. He will NOT call it “War”, but war it will be. He’ll wait until after Christmas to avoid it being called “Drumpf’s Christmas War.” The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford is already nearby. Get ready!
November 15, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Here Comes Drumpf’s Big Distraction.
Early next year, Drumpf will green-light war with Venezuela. He will NOT call it “War”, but war it will be. He’ll wait until after Christmas to avoid it being called “Drumpf’s Christmas War.” The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford is already nearby. Get ready!
Early next year, Drumpf will green-light war with Venezuela. He will NOT call it “War”, but war it will be. He’ll wait until after Christmas to avoid it being called “Drumpf’s Christmas War.” The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford is already nearby. Get ready!
Drumpf’s War On Fishermen
“Alejandro Carranza, a Colombian fisherman who, his family said, had long plied the Caribbean in search of marlin and tuna, called his teenage daughter. He told her he was going fishing, she said, and would return in a few days. He never made it back.” (NYT)
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“Alejandro Carranza, a Colombian fisherman who, his family said, had long plied the Caribbean in search of marlin and tuna, called his teenage daughter. He told her he was going fishing, she said, and would return in a few days. He never made it back.” (NYT)
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November 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Drumpf’s War On Fishermen
“Alejandro Carranza, a Colombian fisherman who, his family said, had long plied the Caribbean in search of marlin and tuna, called his teenage daughter. He told her he was going fishing, she said, and would return in a few days. He never made it back.” (NYT)
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“Alejandro Carranza, a Colombian fisherman who, his family said, had long plied the Caribbean in search of marlin and tuna, called his teenage daughter. He told her he was going fishing, she said, and would return in a few days. He never made it back.” (NYT)
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