And so…
2009 There was a firm knock on the door. The only entrance to the 800 square foot ‘loft’ apartment that four of us were living in was through the small kitchen. It was a converted warehouse behind a disused storefront on Central Avenue in downtown Albuquerque, just half a block from the famous Dog House, […]
Senate Democrats Bet on All of Us In Fight for Survival
Senate Democrats Bet on All of Us The Senate Democrats have a strategy that must surely be something like this, fairly simple, but potentially highly risky gamble. The American people have the fortitude and focus to sustain and grow a visible resistance movement for the next two, to four, years. If congressional Democrats, chiefly in […]
Has Putin Already Won?
As President Elect Donald Trump faces the press for the first time since July 2016, questions remain about exactly what the motives behind the, now almost certain, Russian hacking of US assets, including the Democratic National Committee and John Podesta. But hasn’t Putin already won? The US has found itself in a unique position in […]
Hitler finds out Trump is losing Florida
What might happen when Hitler finds out Trump is losing Florida! A little fun with the YouTubes capgen
Always and Forever – Rod Temperton and His Music
We’ve lost some pretty high profile artists this year. Rod Temperton shouldn’t be left out. Rod Temperton 1949 – 2016: I love contemporary music. Really most of it! As those who know me know. Apart from my devotion to David Bowie, I appreciate immensely the poetry of Hip-Hop, the captivating rhythm of dance, of EDM, the […]
The Soldier
If I should die, think only this of me: That there’s some corner of a foreign field That is for ever England. There shall be In that rich earth a richer dust concealed; A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware. Gave, once, her flowers to love, her ways to roam, A body of England’s, […]
Four Full Years, Four Full Years!
Justice Scalia Dead at 79 With the passing of US Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, the race to the bottom has, within hours started. To me, there is one cogent and overbearingly true fact. The President of the United States is elected for 4 full years. He takes office at 12:00pm on January 20, […]
Should This Be The Biggest Story in America Right Now?
Michigan Governor Suspends Democracy! | “Emergency” Manager Takes Over Detroit. Its a familiar news item. Elected leader of a small, failing state declares that the results of the most recent election are invalid and that the voters who elected their fellow citizens to run things can’t really be given that sort of responsibility, and he […]
Crime and Punishment
Last night my friend Adrean mentioned that in Finland, and in Denmark also, traffic fines are levied according to the income of the offender. I’ll let that sit for a bit… Like me you probably went through a few reactions that. In America, readers will probably have thought about a devotion to the notion of […]
Birther of a Nation’s Leader
Now that President Obama has been forced to take extraordinary and unprecedented steps to attempt to quell the distracting and ridiculous ‘Birther’ rumors that he was not born in Hawaii, the smear goes on. According to White House Communications Director, Dan Pfeiffer’s statement, “The President directed his counsel to review the legal authority for seeking […]