PYRRHIC Victory

Th 2020 presidential election has given the world quite an insight into US “democracy” and all of its many defects. Any system which allows the loser to be the winner is seriously flawed. There is an immediate need for an independent electoral commission to prevent the anti-democratic antics we are currently seeing, including voter suppression; […]

FALLOUT

People experiencing the fallout from COVID-19 are just learning what poor people in America have known for quite some time: that they are totally expendable. Not only to their government, but to their friends, co-workers and neighbors who managed to hang onto their jobs. Many folks were forced to return to unsafe workplaces rather than […]

RADIO GAGA

One of the things I miss about growing up in the Los Angeles area in the 70s was the quality of FM RADIO. The music played daily by legendary DJs like B.Mitchell Reed, Jim Ladd and Rodney Bingenheimer was the soundtrack of my youth. Before corporatization, Los Angeles was home to several groundbreaking radio stations […]

Dis-Unity

Folks who live in Missouri can’t decide whether it’s pronounced “Missouree” or “Missourah.” Unfortunately, they’re BOTH WRONG. The correct pronunciation of “Missouri” is “MISERY.” Whatever you call it, it must be said that Missouri is one of THE MOST fucked up states in the Union. It is certainly one of the most corrupt, unethical and […]

THE BEFORE TIME

Post Nixon, the country took a turn to the left politically. Following Richard Nixon’s impeachment and the gross incompetence of the Ford Administration, America – during the administration of Democratic President Jimmy Carter – was a very different place. The humiliation of Viet Nam turned the majority of the nation against war in general, and […]

DEATH OF A NATION

Several years ago a pivotal study by Professors Martin Gilens and Benjamin Page looked at more than 20 years’ worth of data to answer one simple question: does Congress represent the will of the people? To no one’s shock, the answer was a resounding NO. Their study, Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, […]

Dumbest people on earth!

Any logical, critically thinking human being must draw the conclusion that Donald tRump wants as many people to die from coronavirus as possible. Based on the current kakistocracy’s refusal to issue any nation-wide directives to help prevent the spread of the virus – let alone track it or trace it – we must come to […]

A message from Your Rulers

Greetings! Speaking on behalf of your rulers, thank you for at least trying. But try as you might, you just can’t win. As you can imagine, the last thing we want are any more violent uprisings involving major property damage. That will not be tolerated, as civil unrest can have a negative effect on global […]

glorifying violence

I fully support the Black Lives Matter protests springing up all over the country, but as someone who has seen this sort of indignant outrage flare up time and time again, only to sit back in disgust as public interest peters out while the news cycle moves on to some other manufactured crisis, all I […]