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6 days ago | 
victorygirlsblog.com | Darleen Click
Mimosa, Bloody Mary, nice flute of champagne — or maybe a favorite tipple in your coffee. Make yourself one and join me at our own Algonquin Round Table, the spirit of Dorothy Parker abides. Happy Sunday, dear friends! Behold, the banquet awaits your consideration. I’ve loaded up on all our favorites and leaned into the best of the summer fruits now available. I’m partial to strawberries, myself. This has been another week of watching Leftwing desperation and having some successes of our own.
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6 days ago | 
victorygirlsblog.com | Darleen Click
June 21, 2025 Cry-baby Padilla Puts On New Performance by Darleen Click in politics Post Comment Gavin Newsom, Mad Maxine Waters … is it something in California water that has its Democrat politicians do anything for media attention? Junior Senator Alex Padilla is sure anxious to extend his 15 minutes of fame. Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., responded to Vice President JD Vance calling him “Jose” during a press conference in Los Angeles on Friday, which led to major backlash from Democrats...
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1 week ago | 
victorygirlsblog.com | Darleen Click
One of the banes of social media is that it can take just one blockhead in charge of an institution’s X or Facebook account to post something that not only makes one question not just who is running the place, but how they run it. It appears every government department, from Feds right on down through city fire and police departments have official social media accounts. The Sheriff’s Department of San Bernardino County in California is no exception.
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1 week ago | 
victorygirlsblog.com | Darleen Click
A quote: “Come away, O human child: To the waters and the wild with a fairy, hand in hand, For the world’s more full of weeping than you can understand.” ~~ William Butler YeatsI’ll start with a story …***********************As only heir and with no pending prospects of success, going back to Ireland to run Grandah’s pub seemed doable. Customers are cool. The oldest farts have some interesting tales, even if you need subtitles because of accents and BAC. James is different.
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1 week ago | 
victorygirlsblog.com | Darleen Click
June 15, 2025
Sunday Morning Cafe Cocktails
by Darleen Click
in Victory Girls
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Mimosa, Bloody Mary, nice flute of champagne — or maybe a favorite tipple in your coffee.
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2 weeks ago | 
victorygirlsblog.com | Darleen Click
In the early hours of June 14, two lawmakers and their spouses were shot in what appears to be a targeted spree. Two are dead, two in the hospital and breaking news demonstrates ties to immigration and “No Kings”Melissa Hortman (DFL) and her husband Mark Hortman were fatally shot and, in a separate incident, John Hoffman (DFL) and his wife Yvette were shot but have survived after undergoing surgery. The suspect is still at large.
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2 weeks ago | 
victorygirlsblog.com | Darleen Click
Nothing wads the Left’s britches like American pride. What with the United States gearing to celebrate its Quarter Millennium next year, this year sees the US Army’s birthday along with Flag Day. That it is also President Trump’s birthday has really upped the portside hysteria with the usual deep-pocket suspects funding “protests” with more than a wink wink nudge nudge to violence.
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2 weeks ago | 
victorygirlsblog.com | Darleen Click
June 13, 2025 Friday Fiction: 200 Word Challenge by Darleen Click in Victory Girls Post Comment A quote: “Every crag and gnarled tree and lonely valley has its own strange and graceful legend attached to it.” ~~ Douglas Hyde I’ll start with a story … *************************** Mike knew he was a cliché. Burned out, big city detective takes cop-job in small, rural town. Blue Pine’s town manager had hired him on the spot as they ate lunch together in Del’s Diner. The Diner’s hardcore 50’s...
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2 weeks ago | 
victorygirlsblog.com | Darleen Click
Mimosa, Bloody Mary, nice flute of champagne — or maybe a favorite tipple in your coffee. Make yourself one and join me at our own Algonquin Round Table, the spirit of Dorothy Parker abides. Happy Sunday, dear friends! It certainly has been a week! I’ve shredded more than one 2025 Bingo card, dears. Clash of the Titans? And the spinoff? Los Angeles is burning again, this time with the mayor feeding the flames.
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3 weeks ago | 
victorygirlsblog.com | Darleen Click
June 6, 2025 Friday Fiction: 200 Word Challenge by Darleen Click in Victory Girls Post Comment A quote: “We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.” ~~ Robert Louis Stevenson I’ll start with a story … *************************** The 1990s, the week before school was out for the summer. All my friends were excitedly sharing the exotic locales where their families would go on vacation. Pam’s family was doing three weeks...
