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May 01 2018
Allez le Barricades!
The Internationale Arise ye workers from your slumbers Arise ye prisoners of want For reason in revolt now thunders And at last ends the age of cant. Away with all your superstitions Servile masses arise, arise We’ll change henceforth the old tradition And spurn the dust to win the prize. So comrades, come rally And …
May 01 2018
Loyalty Day
(O)bserved on May 1 in the United States. It is a day set aside for the reaffirmation of loyalty to the United States and for the recognition of the heritage of American freedom. The holiday was first observed in 1921, during the First Red Scare. It was originally called “Americanization Day,” and it was intended …
Apr 30 2018
Why I Use LGBT
Each letter speaks to a specific sexual orientation or identification. Lesbian. Gay. Bisexual. Transgender. “Q” means “Queer”. Now I myself am “Queer” in the sense of being unusual or eccentric but I have no exotic fantasies of erotic activity beyond that required to satisfy the desires of my partner. “Are you through yet?” I mean, …
Apr 30 2018
Gonzo Journalism
In the War Against Rebellion And Slavery there were at least 360,000 Union dead. Those who died in defense of Rebellion And Slavery go unremarked by me, as they justly should for their treason. Knowing the cost, should we have not had this war? Should we have been content that people be enslaved, beaten, and …
Apr 29 2018
White House Correspondents Dinner (Updated!)
You know, this is supposed to be funny, funny stuff. Why do I listen to it and hear a litany of failure? Michelle Wolf 2018 Hasan Minhaj 2017 Larry Wilmore 2016 Cecily Strong 2015 Joel McHale 2014 Conan O’Brien 2013 Jimmy Kimmel 2012 Seth Meyers 2011 Jay Leno 2010 Wanda Sykes 2009 Craig Ferguson 2008 …
Apr 28 2018
River City
Tom Brokaw’s letter– It is 4:00 am on the first day of my new life as an accused predator in the universe of American journalism. I was ambushed and then perp walked across the pages of The Washington Post and Variety as an avatar of male misogyny, taken to the guillotine and stripped of any …
Apr 27 2018
Maybe I’m Finally Purged
It’s a source of satisfaction to me that outside of dK (twice, under my own handle, not everyone can say that) and Open Left (not so open and not so left) I’ve never been booted from a web site (well, one other and it’s complicated and a story for another day) though there are plenty …
Apr 27 2018
Without Comment
Because, really, what can you say? Faux and Fiends Avenatti on MSNBC Trevor Stephen Seth Bonus Chris Hayes on Seth Oh, except this. Wow! Alright! Fantastic!
Apr 26 2018
About 14 Hours
I haven’t forgotten you, any more than Larry Wilmore. Second Episode Yeah, you’re finished That’s Right Bill Cosby Found Guilty of Sexual Assault After Years of Accusations By GRAHAM BOWLEY and JON HURDLE, The New York Times APRIL 26, 2018 On the second day of its deliberations at the Montgomery County Courthouse in this town …