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Have I talked about this subject before? I may have talked about this subject before and if I have, please forgive me. They say that as you grow older, your memory is the second thing to go. I don’t remember… READ MORE

Gallup just came out with a new poll of the most popular figures in the world opposed to the most unpopular figures in the world [ and before you ask, no, I don’t know why Vladimir Putin isn’t on the… READ MORE
I run into two kinds of gay people online who drive me BONKERS! Grrr! The first is the kind who say, “Ugh! Politics are icky! I don’t want to get involved.” I hate to say it but their existence has… READ MORE

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I had a very unhappy MAGAt leave a comment on one of my videos that read: “We will find you.” I guess he thought he was Liam Neeson in “Taken.” I meant to ask if he had a particular set… READ MORE

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I suppose by now you’ve heard about yesterday’s awful jobs report. Only 73,000 jobs were created in this country for the month of July. You usually want that number to be around 150,000. For context, the last full month that… READ MORE

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Hurricane Helene struck the Big Bend area of Florida in 2024 with winds of 140 mph. As the storm made its way through Georgia, the Carolinas and Kentucky, it claimed the lives of 252 people and caused almost $80 billion… READ MORE
I got a message from a fellow who asked if I could talk about things other than politics. He said the politics are getting old. I told him I talk about politics for two reasons – No. 1 that, obviously,… READ MORE

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I walk 3 miles every day. I start at a local park, but then I branch off into the adjoining neighborhoods and end up at a local shopping center, where I stop to edit my videos. Yesterday was a real… READ MORE

This was the scene on Sept. 23, 1973, as Hurricane Eloise struck the Florida panhandle. This photo was taken by my father, Del Stone Sr., from the kitchen window of our house in Fort Walton Beach.
We are entering the heart of hurricane season. Statistically, August and September are the months most likely to see tropical cyclone formation. And we still don’t know if the various weather-forecasting services are going to be up to the job…. READ MORE