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By Mike Bibb

"For what shall it profit a man, if he shall steal the whole world, but gets blown to bits in the process?" — Mapk 8:36, New Revised Russian Bible, King Pootin Version.
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It's no secret the country of Russia, and whatever name it's been known by, has been involved in various conflicts for hundreds and hundreds of years.

Seems like they're always fighting someone — even themselves. Numerous rulers and strongmen have tangled with neighbors, perceived enemies and wannabe internal bosses ("Rukovoditel" - I think is the term).

Now-a-days, the Numero Uno Dude is called President.

Or, his friends may simply say "Vlad" — the ones he hasn't tossed through open windows of a 30-story building.

By Mike Bibb

Ordinarily, one would think living in southeastern Arizona for over the past seven decades a person should be acclimated to the climate.

That a little heat wouldn't be a big deal, especially for a guy who's spent a large part of his working career bumping around in a dark brown UPS delivery van on a balmy 109-degree mid-July afternoon. 

Which means it was about 137F inside the cab.

Practically fall-like temps.

By Mike Bibb

National Flag of Eswatini
From the files of "You Can't Make This Stuff Up," how many people out of a thousand know what an Eswatini is — or where it is?

Here's a clue; it's about the size of Catron County and the above picture is its national emblem.

No, it's not a suburb of Miami, Florida or a delicacy served at a French restaurant in San Francisco.

Nor is it a famous car race — the "24 hours of Eswatini."

It is, however, soon to be the home of a notorious Salvadoran drug dude.

Reignition Of An Old Discussion

By Mike Bibb

The assassination of Charlie Kirk in Utah a couple of weeks ago as reignited an old discussion — "Should the Death Penalty be allowed in some states?"

As in most things involving human interaction, there is always at least two sides of a story; the passionate and less passionate, conservative and liberal, factual and nonfactual, the yin and yang.

Continued debate over the necessity of the death penalty in certain criminal cases is no different.

Some say yes, while others are vehemently opposed.

By Mike Bibb

"We hit some new lows over the weekend, with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them, and doing everything they can to score political points from it." — The Jimmy Kimmel Show, ABC, Sept. 15, 2025.
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In typical Hollywood fashion, self-anointed "expert-on-everything" — talk show host Jimmy Kimmel — informed us recently on his program that the assassin of Charlie Kirk in Orem, Utah was done by a member of "the MAGA gang."

His show was almost instantly cancelled by the Walt Disney Company and ABC.

Should Charlie Kirk's Shooter Get the Death Penalty?
By Mike Bibb

"They can kill the messenger, but they can't kill the message." — William Shakespeare, "Henry IV, Part II," 1598.
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Seems obvious to me — from available information — that the young shooter who shot and killed college conservative commentator, Charlie Kirk, 31, did so with malice and intent to stalk, get into position, shoot, flee the area and travel several hundred miles to avoid apprehension.

He didn't count on photo identification or his own family turning him in.

As a result, it's more than possible he will be indicted, tried and convicted of the crime.

Is It Time to Bring Back Public Hanging?

By Mike Bibb

"Instead, let him dwell on what it's going to feel like when the last thing he hears is the trap door of the gallows swinging wide, the weight of his own sins pulling him through the opening as his Adam's apple and larynx are instantly crushed and his neck snaps at the end of the hangman's rope.  His near lifeless body jerks and twists until his lungs give up the last bit of oxygen. Afterword, he can explain his motives to Jesus and see if he thinks he's innocent."

The last public hanging in the United States took place on August 14, 1936 in Owensboro, Kentucky. Rainey

Bethea was executed for robbing, raping and murdering a 70-year-old woman named Lischia Edwards.

By Mike Bibb

"The notion that rights don't come from laws and don't come from the government, but come from the Creator—that's what the Iranian government believes. It's a theocratic regime that bases its rule on Shi'a law and targets Sunnis, Baha'is, Jews, Christians and other religious minorities. They do it because they believe that they understand what natural rights are from their Creator. So, the statement that our rights do not come from our laws or our governments is extremely troubling." — Sen. Tim Kaine (VA-D) remarked during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Wednesday, Sep. 3, 2025.
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