Selling Fascism
The Traveling Carnival Fascist Fairground Henry Monnier, 1828 Fascism has become a marketable product again. And a very profitable one to boot. Fascism is now being sold through a series of Traveling Carnivals both in th
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Kaddish
For David Franklin née Queen 04 04 1944 – 24 03 2024 You suffered much in your life. Being you was not an easy task. There was so much more to you than that outwardly jolly fellow who couldn’t stop telling jokes and who when we talked turned into a straight man for my remarks. […]
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When Nothing’s Sacred Anymore
I recorded a new version to go with the video. Originally from the album Raw. with pepper spray, CS gas and stun grenades in fists armored men in black confront those fools who will resist batons at the ready, helmets on
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DAVID
The joke David told me on Saturday before he died was, he claimed, a true story. It went like this: A Republican congressman was questioning a doctor during the Covid-19 hearings. The question he asked the doctor was the
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Mashhad to Tehran
Part 2 Bus travel is always interesting. You sit in a vehicle with a community of strangers and yet you are separated from them, in your own seat, next to the window or next to the aisle, sometimes with someone sitting b
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The Zone of Interest
The Zone of Interest is a film that every German child should be shown at the age of 15. Yes, they will not understand why the screen is black for so long at the beginning, and they might get a little restless because there are no chase scenes. But the longer they watch, the more […]
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EVERYTHING WILL BE OK
YOU GOTTA CHANNEL ALL THAT ANGER INTO CREATIVE ENERGY WRITE A POEM, LEARN TO PAINT MAYBE MUSIC WILL SET YOU FREE DON’T PICK UP A KALASHNIKOV A PITCHFORK OR AN AX AND STAY AWAY FROM THE MANSIONS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO PAY NO
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The Naked Conservative
Ambrose Bierce in the Devil’s Dictionary: “Conservative, n. A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others.” The High Priest of people who like to
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COMPLAINTS
It’s time to get stuff off my chest and just complain out loud, which is what I hear so many people around me do all the time. WeatherAs the sun heads towards its zenith, summer up here in the northland comes in fits and spurts (30°C yesterday, 15°C today). In Hamburg we hardly ever get […]
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Letter to Thomas
Dear Thomas, As I mentioned before, I like it when you use the term “fantasies” with the word “conspiracy.” I discussed this with some linguist friends and they agree that when one allows “theories” to be used, legitimac
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Early Onset Stupidity (EOS)
Also as Connected to Plot Failure in Film & TV Many articles and discussions center around Early Onset Dementia (EOD) and how devastating it can be for family and friends, not to mention for the person actually debilitat
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QAnon and The Puntinesque Rightists
The new breed of fascistic right-wingers are like good circus dogs. They bark and dance on their hind legs and jump through fiery hoops whenever their master holds his whip high. Their master. Who is their master now? De
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Nut Job? Me?
Covid-19 (one of its variants, obviously) came to visit me two weeks ago and only yesterday did I finally test negative again. It was hell. Seriously. No light flu-like version because of protection offered by my four va
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Insurrection 2.0
Kill Lists, Kill Teams, and the Bloodthirsty Horde of Ignoramuses “The difference between willful ignorance and true self-deception is subtle, but important. Willful ignorance tends to be more adaptive than self-deceptio
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An Open Letter To The American People
Exercise your brain! [Keep it short, like their attention span!] Dear Americans, A rather important election is going to take place in the U.S. during a time when about 50% of Americans are miseducated, drug-swillers, wa
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Baseball, Buddhism & Capitalism Ltd.™
When I was a kid growing up in Los Angeles, the Dodgers came to town. It was a life-changing experience for me. The Hollywood Stars and the Los Angeles Angels were our teams before the Dodgers arrived. The old Hollywood
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BASED ON LIES
Words are in the video which begins at 3:48 WORDS & MUSIC DANNY ANTONELLI
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WW III: The War Against Democracy
Authoritarians On The Rise Authoritarians on the rise: world map from Freedom House This world map from Freedom House illustrates the trends around the world toward more democracy or less democracy. Interesting enough is