Author: The Captain

Funny Stuff / The ORIGINAL Adventures of Capt. Eddie

The Lighter Side of Three Mile Island (aka The Fake News Follies)

- by The Captain

Well, it’s that time again — March 28th, the anniversary of the Three Mile Island nuclear accident. The worst commercial nuclear accident in United States history. When it happened, it was the worst commercial nuclear accident in everyone’s history. The fact that it has since been surpassed in “worseness” — a couple of different times — should tell you something right there.

Normally when I post in this blog about Three Mile Island (like here…

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Random Thoughts

A Quote Not Written by a 2020s Liberal Socialist…

- by The Captain

Not really going to comment much on this except to say that the document this quote comes from makes fascinating reading in light of the current situation in the United States.

The document, entitled A Psychological Analysis of Adolph Hitler: His Life and Legend, was published in 1943 by the U.S. Office of Strategic Services, which was the predecessor to the Central Intelligence Agency. A scan of the document itself is found on the …

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Anti-facemask propaganda
Italy / La Maddalena / Living in Italy / Sardegna (Sardinia)

For All You People in the U.S. Whining About Wearing a Mask…

- by The Captain - 2 Comments.

They say a picture is worth 1,000 words, and we’ll get to that in just a little bit. First, though, let me tell you a story about how some things went down here in Italy recently.

Early on in the coronavirus thing, Italy became one of the world’s hotspots. Cases here were surging. There were thousands of new cases a day. Hospitals were overwhelmed. Hundreds of people were dying — every day. It all …

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Jim Beam Kentucky bourbon
Living in Italy / Random Thoughts

The Only Reason You Need…

- by The Captain

A couple of years ago, before we moved here to Italy, I wondered aloud (well, at least on Facebook) if I would be able to find my favorite drink, Jim Beam Kentucky bourbon, after we got here. I had no idea what kind of alcohol they sold or enjoyed in Italy — well, except good wine and Peroni beer, of course — so I was a little apprehensive that my bourbon cravings might no longer …

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Policeman in action
The ORIGINAL Adventures of Capt. Eddie

Captain Eddie Streaks His Way to Fame

- by The Captain

When I lived in Gandhi Hall at St. Joe’s in Philly in the early 1970s, there were no cell phones. Instead, we had a single pay phone on the wall in the hallway, shared among 20-some guys.

Let’s stop right here and explain to the youngsters: A “pay phone” was a large, bulky telephone with slots for coins so you could insert money to pay for your phone calls. A local call cost ten cents, …

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