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Third Parties Are A Joke
Here in the good ol’ US of A, people are always saying how they wish we had third parties. But we have lots of them. A couple dozen in fact, even more if you include various State specific parties. But … Continue reading
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Tagged 3rd parties, 3rd party, elections, electoral system, green party, independents, no-labels, politics, protest vote, ranked choice voting, third parties, third party, US, Vote, voting
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McCarthyism 2: Israeli Boogaloo
Memba McCarthyism? You know, when people (usually left-leaning) were accused, publicly smeared, and investigated of being communists. Remember, when various state and private institutions used harassment, intimidation, threats of unemployment, and even arrests to silence dissent and opposition? Against child … Continue reading
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Tagged Authoritarianism, censorship, conflict, free speech, Gaza, Israel, McCarthyism, Palestine, war, War Crimes
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Maybe The Response To War Crimes Shouldn’t Be More War Crimes
It seems like no matter what you’re take is, if it’s about Israel and Hamas it’s gonna be a hot take. In one corner, we have Hamas, a piece of shit, religious extremist terrorist organization that targets civilians at concerts … Continue reading
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Tagged Apartheid, Collective Punishment, free speech, Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Palestine, religious extremism, Terrorist, US, war, War Crimes
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7/99: Require Subject Literacy In Congress
We had so many problems back in 2012 I decided to compile a list of them, then briefly explain and propose solutions to each issue. I found inspiration in the Occupy Wall St. Movement and Martin Luther’s “95 Theses,” specifically … Continue reading
4/99: Pay College Students
We had so many problems back in 2012 I decided to compile a list of them, then briefly explain and propose solutions to each issue. I found inspiration in the Occupy Wall St. Movement and Martin Luther’s “95 Theses,” specifically … Continue reading
1/99: Implement Holistic Education
We had so many problems back in 2012 I decided to compile a list of them, then briefly explain and propose solutions to each issue. I found inspiration in the Occupy Wall St. Movement and Martin Luther’s “95 Theses,” specifically … Continue reading
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Tagged 99 percent, 99 problems, 99 theses, alternative education methods, american education system, education, fixing education, holistic education, how to fix education, learning styles, modern teaching, occupy wall street movement, occupy-wall-street, politics, pro-student, pro-teacher, teaching
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The Royal Harvest And Other Updates
As this Long Night continues, especially now as more than half of each day is consumed in darkness and still drawing shorter, as cold winds howl in the night, I find it difficult to continue existing amidst constant adversity, financial … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropological, Political
Tagged aluminum casting, aluminum ingots, cooperative, gardening, harvest, recycling, revolution, self-sufficiency, upcycling, urban farming
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The Gaslit Generation
Never before in human history has a generation experienced gas lighting on the scale millennials have. Our parents and teachers told us we had go to college and that everyone has to take out some loans, but we’d get a … Continue reading
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Tagged c;imate change, capitalism, college debt, debt, economics, gas lighting, gaslight, gaslit, millennials, police state, tax cuts, trickle down
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What Are We Going To Do?
What are we going to do when the car breaks down again? How will we make the commute that’s literally shaving time off our life expectancies? Will we be able to pay for the gas? Will we have to choose … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Political
Tagged bills, college debt, college loans, energy costs, financial stress, food cost, gas, healthcare, late capitalism, medical costs, money, pay, prescriptions, rent, retirement
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Traitors And Illegitimate Judges
Brett Kavanagh, an overtly partisan and hostile man who lied under oath and misrepresented evidence, a man who threatened revenge against his political enemies, a man with the belligerent and overly emotional temperament of an abuser playing the victim, after … Continue reading
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Tagged Brett Kavanagh, Confirmation, hell, Illegitimate, police state, political hit, Republican, Resist, Senate, supreme court, Traitors, treason
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The Iron Astrolabe 