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We Get the World We Deserve.”

–Rust Cohle, True Detective, Season 1 Soundtrack for this entry:  The Handsome Family I can’t believe I’m posting this, despite seriously considering going to the next BLM protest in Chicago.   But it’s still my most dominant feeling.  Paraphrasing, until I get a chance to re-watch the first season of True Detective. Rust:  “I’m a pessimist.”Continue reading “We Get the World We Deserve.””

Late Update: David Simon’s Work and Today’s World

Soundtrack to this Entry:  Way Down in the Hole I’ve been reading a piece by Jordan Hoffman about how The Wire anticipated, even partly explained the protests.  In it, he quoted Wendell Pierce, who played Detective Bunk, who tweeted about the show’s applicability.     Please read the article, published in Vanity Fair.         YouContinue reading “Late Update: David Simon’s Work and Today’s World”

“In twenty years, the word, “trump” will have evolved into a verb that means, “to ruin something beyond repair.” The World War Two generation often used its synonym: SNAFU.”

–Araceli Elizabeth Perez, Winner of two consecutive Phineas Gage Awards for political writing. Letters to the Editor: Soundtrack for today’s entry:  Listen Dear Sirs: When I wrote about the meat packing industry, I didn’t realize how viscerally people would react to runaway disease in a meat packing plant.  Instead of emphasizing that people’s Spam contained dissolvedContinue reading ““In twenty years, the word, “trump” will have evolved into a verb that means, “to ruin something beyond repair.” The World War Two generation often used its synonym: SNAFU.””

Fear and Loathing in America: 2020, the Reign of President Caligula, and Bottomless Pinheadery 101.

New Feature:  Soundtrack for today’s entry: RevCo I’m getting tired of documenting what happens in this world now.  Pay for a decent, reputable news source, and get real news.  I’m still something of an Anglophile, so I read the U.S. edition of The Manchester Guardian and the BBC.  This is  what’s on my mind. ExhibitContinue reading “Fear and Loathing in America: 2020, the Reign of President Caligula, and Bottomless Pinheadery 101.”

This really is an awful virus

Soundtrack for this entry:  When, when, when…. Back when the pandemic first began to spread, Wifey had to accompany her sister to fetch her son from NYU.  It was at that time already a hot spot.  She came back a few days later, and even though we were cautious I still picked it up. I wasContinue reading “This really is an awful virus”

Black Box

I never pay attention to my instagram. I cannot believe that 401 years after black people first entered this country as slaves that I still have to do this.  This means that black people first arrived here 124 years before  Sally Hemings’ owner was born. So, here is my black box.  I don’t think thisContinue reading “Black Box”

“…Only in America…”

–Asinine American Adage Only in America (or perhaps Syria, Yemen, or Afghanistan) or any other war torn country, would it be necessary for me to dust off my firearms, clean them, and watch the news with trepidation.  If you haven’t been paying attention, the Right Wing wants this war more than anything. Oh, and oneContinue reading ““…Only in America…””

I’m not sure how this is going to turn out…

–Mister Thrope, 2020 This entry will have little to no sarcasm, and  it is about something I’ve never had the need to talk much about, given the choices I’ve made in life.  In my experience, black people, out of necessity, know more about white people than white people know about black people.  Between explicit andContinue reading “I’m not sure how this is going to turn out…”

Does my 13 year old realize how morally repugnant these men are?

The Failure of Vlad, Jair, and Donald’s Populism This is worth a read.  I hate to say it, Jair, Don, and Vlad, but you’ll  have to do some  actual work for once, that is, if you want this dissidence  to go away. One can scapegoat until the end of time. But popular support ultimately comesContinue reading “Does my 13 year old realize how morally repugnant these men are?”