It’s a pattern historians have seen many times before: It starts with the quiet dismantling of oversight and the abolition of regulations, and it ends with institutions that serve only those in power. The US used to have strong institutions and a vigorous vocal opposition; but seeing these government watchdogs being summarily dismissed should make […]
WHEN I SEE LIVE MUSICI WANT A BAND PERFORMING LIVETOGETHER AS ONEIN THE SAME ROOM;SO CLOSE YOU CAN HEAR THE PLAYERSBREATHING ON EACH OTHER I WANT TO HEAR THE SOUND OFMICROPHONES SQUEALING ANDTUBE AMPS SIZZLING LIKE GREASE ON A GRILLOVER-DRIVEN, OVERLOADEDDOUBLE BASS THUMPING LOUDLYSNARE DRUM BUZZING LIKE A KING BEE RATTLE SNAKE SHAKERATTLE AND ROLL!NO […]
I’ve always been a fan of American football. Ever since I was a kid, we never went to church – so Sundays meant football. Football was my dad’s favorite sport so he would lay in bed all morning watching the game. He’d come out of the bedroom in his white briefs – and not much […]
No doubt 2025 will be another banner year of record profits for the US weapons makers and multinational oil companies. Even though US troops aren’t currently engaged [officially] anywhere, the war machine still raked in trillions of dollars in profits supplying military operations in Israel and Ukraine. Apparently there is no power in heaven or […]
[It is sad and ironic that I posted this blog mere weeks before former president Jimmy Carter’s passing. He will be sorely missed…] It’s a darn good thing Jimmy Carter is still alive, otherwise he’d be spinning in his grave right now. Carter recently celebrated his 100th birthday! Proof that only the good DON’T die […]
ENGLISH PEOPLE LIKE SONGSABOUT THE PEOPLEIN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODAND THEY LIKE TO SING ALONGAND CLAP THEIR HANDSAND THEY PUSH THE PERAMBULATORNOT A BABY CARRIAGE AND THEY LIKE TO RIDE THE TUBETO THE MARBLE ARCHSO THEY’VE GOT TO MIND THE GAPAND WAIT IN THE QUEBUT THEY LIKE TO RAVE ALL NIGHTIT’S JUST WHAT THEY DO ENGLISH PEOPLE […]
The USA was birthed as a genocidal White male Christian society. It remains so today. That is the DNA of this nation. It was never a true democracy, and the USA has struggled to embrace women’s equality or civil rights. That’s the root of what MAGA is all about: a desire to return to the […]
The disgusting, racist jokes made by supposed comedian Tony “pinch a loaf” Hinchcliffe at Donald tRump’s Nazi rally Sunday night at Madison Square Garden have been widely condemned by all living beings on Earth, while the Republican Party simply doubles down on the hate. In front of the assembled GOP, Hinchcliffe insulted Puerto Ricans [for […]
MY THOUGHTS AREOF AN OBSESSIVE KIND;VITAL SIGNSMISLEADINGCLOUDING THE VISIONIN MY MIND –BUT MY EYESARE NOT BLEEDING PAIN TURNS TO ANGERANGUISH INSPIRESA LUST FOR DEATH;EMOTION BECOMES PAINALL THE WHILEI KNOWI’LL NEVER SEEYOUR FACE AGAIN
I’VE BEEN WAITINGWAITING HERE SO LONGNOTHING LEFT TO DOBUT WRITE ANOTHER SONGFEEL LIKE A PRISONERHELD AGAINST MY WILLTEARS KEEP FALLINGLIKE RAIN UPON MY SILL I’VE BEEN TRYINGTRYING TO GET A CLUEWHEN I STOP AND THINKOF ALL THE THINGSTHAT WE COULD DOLOVE IS ALL AROUND YOULIKE THE SHELTERING SKYIF I AIN’T DEAD ALREADYYOU KNOW THE REASON […]
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