Category Archives: Racism

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”

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.”

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…”

Letters to The Editor IV

Dears Sir/Madame: Look, we’ve been saying this stuff for years.  A balanced diet, substituting tofu for beef and including corn regularly, will be a complete protein, and is much more healthy.  Now, with meat processing becoming more expensive and even dangerous, it is the perfect time to become sandle-wearing, long-haired, tofu eaters.    I know,Continue reading “Letters to The Editor IV”

“Okay, yes, he is a man. That is, if you also believe that Jan Brady, Paris Hilton, and Veruca Salt were all men.”

–Galina Lada Fedorov, Russian model, former Trump Mistress      Why do working class white men forgive Trump’s unmanly behavior?  Tom Nichols asked this question at the beginning of this piece, and writes some accurate insights regarding a question that I have had throughout this political horror show.  Rather than dispute his explanation, I wouldContinue reading ““Okay, yes, he is a man. That is, if you also believe that Jan Brady, Paris Hilton, and Veruca Salt were all men.””

“It’s just like he said to me once: seat belts cause accidents. I’m glad people are finally following Donnie’s logic.”

–Wade Purvis Spencer, The President’s half brother by his father’s former mistress, Cody Lee Spencer With the exception of the above quotation, what I describe in this post happened. I tested positive for Covid-19 on March 25th of this year.  I was fortunate, in that I had a light case of it that was goneContinue reading ““It’s just like he said to me once: seat belts cause accidents. I’m glad people are finally following Donnie’s logic.””