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Farewell, Typepad (2003 — 2025)

Today, we gather in the quiet glow of our screens to remember Typepad, a digital companion that has been with us for over two decades. On September 30, 2025, this beloved blogging service closed its doors, leaving behind a legacy written not just in code, but in stories, thoughts, confessions,

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Police officers and protesters demonstrating during a political protest by onecitizenspeaking.com for increased security and civil rights issues.

California’s SB 627: Because Nothing Says “Leadership” Like Regulating Masks

Good news, Californians! Your state government has finally solved homelessness, crime, drug overdoses, and collapsing infrastructure. Just kidding — they’ve decided to ban cops from wearing masks. That’s right. With great fanfare and zero self-awareness, Governor Gavin “Hair Gel” Newsom has signed Senator Scott “Twitter’s Most Active Gay Legislator” Wiener’s

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California’s Leadership Collapse: How Newsom and the Uni-Party Legislature Are Leaving Residents to Pay the Price

Refinery Closures: A Self-Inflicted Crisis California’s oil refining industry is in free fall. Once-reliable refineries are shutting down, citing soaring operational costs, suffocating regulations, and declining in-state production. Instead of stepping in to protect energy security, Governor Newsom and the uni-party legislature have remained largely silent, leaving Californians to face

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New York Politics: From Bad to Worse, From Corruption to Communism

Democrats Never Offer a Decent Candidate—Just a Forced Choice Between Bad and Worse, Corruption and Communism Has anybody else noticed that Democrats never seem to produce a truly decent candidate? It’s always a menu of mediocrity, corruption, or outright radicalism. Instead of leadership, voters are handed a Hobson’s choice: horrible.

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Thank you for visiting with us today. — Steve 

 

“The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.” — Marcus Aurelius

“Nullius in verba”– take nobody’s word for it!
“Acta non verba” — actions not words

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About Me

I have over 40 years of experience in management consulting, spanning finance, technology, media, education, and political data processing. 

From sole proprietorships to Fortune 500 companies, I have turned around companies and managed their decline. All of which gives me a unique perspective on screwing and getting screwed.

Feel free to e-mail me at steve@onecitizenspeaking.com

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