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Know why older politicians really hate Iran?

Hey, kids. Whenever I hear older (gen x and the walking boomer) politicians bitching about Iran, rattling their swords and tossing threats, I know why they really hate Iran and it has little to do with whatever they might be saying to justify that hate today: Wanna know why? 1979 and the Ayatollah. (I’m gonna dumb the following down a bit, just so that I can stay on task.) This bit of…

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#Peace

Hey True Believers, Believe it or not, Peace used to be a good thing. When I was but a wee lad back in the 1970s, I think that I learned the peace sign before I learned how to flip the bird. Vietnam, you know? Everyone had had enough of that ordeal. They didn’t care about winning or losing people just wanted it over. Peace. There’s so much war going on and I was walking with Rigby (the little…

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In Maine, It's Legal for Adults to have sex with sixteen Year Olds! Yup.

Hey, True Believers. (Here’s a grotty one for you.) You hear a lot of controversies on-line where someone, a YouTuber or a podcaster, comedian, etc. has been accused of contacting, or even engaging in sexual activities with under-aged girls. They’ll state things such as: “And she was only 17!” or “She was under-aged, only 16!” And I always think: “Things must be different in Europe and Canada…

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On Grief and the Meaning of True Love

Hey, True Believers! So. On my most recent experience with griefand the meaning of true love. This last year, since Maggie crossed over, has been more challenging than I imagined it could ever be. I woke each morning with panic attacks that lasted at least three hours, often lingering throughout the day. Like, every morning I would crawl out of bed, sit down, sip coffee and wait for the initial…

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It's Maggie's birthday today, so we're dancing at 4pm (just 10 seconds.)

Hey, True Believers, Today would have been Maggie’s 32nd birthday and at 4pm, I’m going to dance for her, for ten seconds. It’s something we do when we want to do something but we aren’t quite sure what to do: we dance, Why for only ten seconds? Because anyone can dance or jiggle or wriggle for ten seconds. When we (Peregrine Starr and I) first started this practice, and then Maggie, we were…

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"Goodbye Blue Sky (the Gaza edit)

Yeah, so… Love and rockets, Rage

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Why I'm not allowed to possess a fire arm. Ever!

(Howdy, folks. I thought that I’d repost this one – from May ’22 – due to Mr. Trump’s felony and the differences between a poor and a wealthy felon. Enjoy!) True Believers! I thought that you’d get a kick out of this one, which in a way illustrates where we’re at. I’m not allowed to possess a fire arm, ever, because back in my younger years (after many AA meetings but before Naltrexone) I…

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From 2021: "the Weekend at Bernie's" Presidency.

(I originally scribbled this piece back in September, 2021. ) Hey, true believers. I don’t have a lot of faith in US corporate journalism, you know? During the last administration they were persecuted yet fearless in pursuit of truth, and now they seem to be a bit.. well, selectively blind. The same way that those who elected Mr. Trump chose to be (again, a few years ago, if you were getting…

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Therapist or Rent-a-friend? Todays state of Psychological counseling

Hey True Believers. You know i’m a wee bit mental, yeah? That and the alcohol addiction and then the brain injury and blah blah blah, right? So, you could assume and rightly so that during my career in the machine I’ve had a gaggle of therapists. I wanted to share my wisdom concerning this as old folks do. Ready? Here we go. There are two types of therapists out there right now: the paid guide…

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On Citizens United vs FEC and why we've lost the ability to make an informed choice.

Hey, True Believers, Here’s my Citizens United vs. the FEC piece. I was going to throw in a lot of background, you know, history, and Andrew Jackson selling positions in the government for money, etc., but, I won’t. This is, after all,  a land of “career politicians,” and what the hell is that about except making money and garnering status and influence? Instead, I’ll start with documentary…

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"This is what you shall do." Again, a reminder from the ghost of Walt Whitman.

“This is what you shall do; Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence toward the people, take off your hat to nothing known or unknown or to any man or number of men, go freely with powerful uneducated…

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Does power corrupt or not? On the lack of term limits for Members of the US Congress

Power corrupts, yes? I mean, is that just one more American-meaningless aphorism, or is it true? Is it something which you, true believer, agree with? That was the rationale behind the 22nd Amendment to the US Constitution, which formalized the two term limit on holding the office of president of the United States – too much time in office equals too much power. Prior to Franklin Delano…

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The problem with voting for the lesser of two evils

Hey, true believers, Here’s a short one for you. The problem with voting for the lesser of two evils is that the lesser evil is still evil. Shake that one up and bang it. Love and rockets, Rage By the way, my dogs wrote this one – thanks Grammarly! (I’m just kidding. I can read and write.).

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Again: What Pisses US voters off for just a week every four years? The Electoral College!

“A small number of persons, selected by their fellow-citizens from the general mass, will be most likely to possess the information and discernment requisite to such complicated [tasks].” – Alexander Hamilton, describing the founding fathers’ vision of the Electoral College ~ [I was going to do a piece on Citizens United vs. the Federal Election Commission, the reason why you have to suck some…

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Back in 2020, re: Biden's nomination, I scribbled this one: "Mr. Trump must be secretly delighted!"

“When I have a difficult subject before me and can see no other way of teaching a well-established truth except by pleasing one intelligent man and displeasing 10,000 fools I prefer to address myself to one man and take no notice whatsoever of the condemnation of the multitude.”  – Rabbi Moses Maimonides, 12th Century Yes, True believers, I believe that Mr. Trump must be secretly delighted that…

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On Dark Nights of the Soul and Where I've been and on and on.

Hey, kids. Sorry that it’s been a long, long minute. I gotta tell you, Maggie’s death really cut deeply. Knocked me far off of my board, left me shattered and so, so sad, and so so furious. When I got the call that she’d been found dead, I danced for her (per a previous agreement that I’ll talk about at some point) I recall thinking, “I hate the grieving process. Bad timing, Maggie.” When she…