Note the Following: 1. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/7-people-found-dead-oklahoma-shot-head-apparent-murder-suicide-authori-rcna82773: Defendant on trial for child porn kills teens 2. https://abcnews.go.com/US/ny-man-charged-murder-shooting-woman-wrong-driveway/story?id=98655167 : Small town resident shoots woman who accidentally drove into his driveway. 3. https://www.npr.org/2023/02/17/1158003226/mississippi-shooting-deaths-arkabutla : Gunman kills ex-wife, stepfather and four other people. And just for the record, https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/map-gun-death-rates-lower-cities-than-rural-counties-rcna81462. : Two decades of data indicate that gun deaths have been higher in rural towns thanContinue reading “They Tried It in a Small Town”
Category Archives: 4th Civil War
Trump and his Ilk
He is the Id of the American White Male. This group of people see how Black, Latino, Asian, Gay, non-Christian, and female people are so much more VISIBLE than they were in the 1950’s. That’s it. That’s all of it. From this paranoid fixation, combined with demographic realities we have 70 million mostly armed malcontentsContinue reading “Trump and his Ilk”
If We Just Take Their Bullsh*t…
When the Republican Fear Manufacturing Commission declares with zero evidence that gay people and drag queens are all exclusively responsible for child molestation in this country and we say nothing…independents will start to believe them. Moreover, saying nothing officially makes us all look like feeble pushovers. We have to give it back to them andContinue reading “If We Just Take Their Bullsh*t…”
Why the U.S. is Becoming Unlivable
A) Women’s rights are drying up more quickly than Lake Meade. This process has been catalyzed with Republican support for the kind of misogynistic myths that would warm the heart of Phylis Schlafly. Examples include “women should remain in violent marriages,” and “A rapist should have access to children born from his attack.” Margaret AtwoodContinue reading “Why the U.S. is Becoming Unlivable”
Are We Coming to Our Collective Senses?
What I have always found so frustrating about the rise of Trumpism is not that he was such a revoltingly bigoted and ignorant grifter, but that he had so many mindless followers who were praying for him to shoot someone on Fifth Avenue so that they could ignore it. It appears, mercifully, that the crestContinue reading “Are We Coming to Our Collective Senses?”
3:10 to I am Legend?
Republicans Dust off their most outrageous slur: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/20/republicans-2022-campaigns-00018591 The slur is the acronym “RINO,” or “Republican In Name Only. Frankly, I was expecting the N-Word; or Immigrant;” or the anti-gay “F-Word,” or “Communist,” or practically any hateful word at this point. There is not a caliper accurate enough to measure my indifference to Trump-inspired kvetching.Continue reading “3:10 to I am Legend?”
Moral Leadership in RNC: Right Wing Cockroach Shares a Walter White Moment
It took close to thirteen months, but former Vice President Pence declared without reservation that he had no right to overturn the election last January 6th. https://www.wsj.com/articles/cheney-kinzinger-face-rnc-censure-vote-as-trump-rift-widens-11643993140 . One can never underestimate the political fall out of refuting cherished American myths. Every Fox-Drone who has lamented losing Santa Clause, the Tooth Fairy, and supply-side economicsContinue reading “Moral Leadership in RNC: Right Wing Cockroach Shares a Walter White Moment”
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”
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…””
Bittersweet Abattoir 