Two thousand and twenty-three is all but out of the door. It’s time for our fearless prognostications for 2024. January Shortly after the New Year’s Eve ball falls so do the Washington Huskies and the Alabama Crimson Tide. Joe Biden holds a presser on The Capitol steps on Jan 6 calling the “Resurrection of 2021 …
The NFL New England Patriots are so bad this year that they spend little to no time in the end zone from game to game. It’s unfortunate for a couple of reasons. One, it’s why they stink. But, more importantly, two, they rarely get a chance to read their own “writing” at the back of …
It all started when Paul Reviere took a midnight ride in 1775. Thirteen colonies severed their political connections with Great Britain in 1776 declaring independence. They were unhappy with laws that collected taxes but did not give them a say in government. It was expensive to not be heard. Later, George Washington and his troops …
Now it’s time to play BBR readers’ favorite game, Is It True? Is it true that in a classified briefing in the House yesterday Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said that if we don’t appropriate more money for Zelensky, “we’ll send your uncles, cousins, and sons to fight Russia?” Is it true that Zelensky has eliminated …
There are nuggies (remember them in high school?) and there are nuggets. Florida State University’s football team got a nuggie from the NCAA Playoff Committee Sunday. Ten nuggets follow pointing out the hypocrisy of it all. The committee proved that the phrase “winning isn’t everything” is correct. FSU, a Power Five conference champion beat everyone …
Happy birthday to our nation’s leader, President (in name only?) Joe Biden. Old Joe from Scranton is 81 today. He’s done the people’s business for a long time. He’s also told us that he’s taught college classes, was arrested for advocating on behalf of Black people, conducted an Amtrak train, and driven an 18-wheeler. Heck, …
Remember the good old days when you went back to school and your second-grade teacher had you write about what you learned on your family vacation? Didn’t you at least once want to write a single word, “Nothing,” and turn it in? Remember the good old days when presidential debates actually meant something? If you …
The House took three weeks off to make up their minds about a new Speaker. BBR took three weeks off to give the staff some much-needed rest as well. Wednesday the new Speaker Mike Johnson and at least 25 of his House Republican Representatives sat down for a town hall with Republican blowhard cheerleader Sean …
Did it all start with God creating Adam and Eve? Or, did humans naturally evolve over the course of millions of years? Do you believe in a superior being or do you believe in the Big Bang Theory? Regardless of your beliefs, do you believe that the beginning of mankind was(somehow) a singular event? You would …
The first bad actor in the latest play on the world stage was Russia. Their yearlong and counting Act One has been expensive to watch (120 billion or so and counting as well). You don’t even get to see it anymore, you just hear about it. Enter Hamas(spelled I.r.a.n.). Their brutal sneak attack on Israel …
