A Missouri Senator by name of “Hawkeye” Schmitt, Said Jack Smith was a dirtbag and so full of it. But his dumb gotcha script then was suddenly flipped, And the real “Show Me” dirtbag was left slack-lipped — Reputation a punchline and a model half-wit.
While ICE Makes People Disappear For Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez & the others So now ICE makes them disappear, Like death squads in tyrant lands severe. They shrug & chuckle, say, “They’re not here — And who knows if they’ll reappear? Who cares? — But don’t dare interfere.” While ICE makes more kids disappear. . … Continue reading While ICE Makes People Disappear – A Talking Blues
So, I don’t typically write about my personal finances online. I’m retired, not affluent, but getting by, living pretty low on the hog, usually no complaints. BUT. My solvency rests on a couple of pillars that I have in common with many millions of Americans. Three pillars, really: – Social Security. – Medicare. And . … Continue reading The Big [BRUTAL] Bill Came Due For Me TODAY. (Are You Next? Likely.)
Friday, September 18: Power went out early this pm. Not all at once: flickered a couple times, went dark, back on, then soon off again. After 5pm it was still off. Lordly Duke Power sent out an email, which made it all official. Area: our neighborhood. Cause: unknown. Time til power’s back on: unknown. It … Continue reading The Outage & The Power Gods
Prelude In the 1850s, Maysville was a town in slaveowning Kentucky, on the watery border with free state Ohio, just across the busy Ohio river. This border was hotly contested in those years: numerous abolitionists had settled nearby around Aberdeen and Ripley on the Ohio side. Many enslaved people made for the town, to attempt … Continue reading 3-D Quakerism, Lucretia Mott— Stirring Up Trouble?