Maxing Out
“The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.” — Fyodor Dostoevsky There’s no better way to relax than to look back upon good times. And, I’ve found just the solution by remembering my stay in an upstate New York prison…
Gulag
“Crime doesn’t pay. Unless you work for a corrupt politician in the Hamptons” — Anonymous Those of you who’d like to know what prison is like after the criminal justice system works you over, here’s an outtake from my five volume work entitled Gulag. This was what it was like in Riverhead jail before being…
Prisoner of the Hamptons
“Never trust a writer who hasn’t been indicted or imprisoned.” — Donald Clark MacPherson If you have sympathy for the NY Times journalists who’ve been served by the DOJ let me tell you that there are worse things. Such as a search warrant, an indictment by a grand jury operated by a criminal (like former…
War & Peace
“Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity.” ― George Carlin Don’t worry, it’s all under control. Not ours. But it is under control. Maybe. The problem is — few want to face the fact that we now live in a faded democracy. And, the only solution, for this moment, is to fend for yourself. We…
Nothing Works II
“Do what you love and let it kill you” — Henry Bukowski Since the Pedophile-in-Chief has a green light (and a green reflectging pool) to do anything including rig markets, lie, cheat, steal, murder — it is instructive to pay attention to that old homily by Tip O’Neill which stated that “All politics is local.”…
The Epstein War
“Do what you love and let it kill you.” Charles Bukowski As the hostilities play out, I’m reminded of my childhood in Brooklyn where the gangsters would hang out on the corner in suits and fedoras discussing business. It was 1957 — before the Appalachin meeting to pick a new Capo di tutti capi Vito Genovese,…
Agent Provocateur
“If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.” — George Washington Try telling the Truth and see what it gets you. Let me tell you. Not much. I’m reminded of it every morning when I put my hands in my pockets looking for change…
The King Needs (a) War(s).
No, you can’t always get what you wantYou can’t always get what you wantYou can’t always get what you wantBut if you try sometime, you’ll findYou get what you need. — The Rolling Stones
Oligarchs and Orwellian Democracy
“A lie told once remains a lie, but a lie told a thousand times becomes the truth.” — Joseph Goebbels Hitler was not happy with the relationship between Goebbels and Czech film star Lida Baarova but was otherwise a Goebbels fan — they had a close relationship. And it was fascist heaven. What we are…
Pedophiles and Politics
“Forgive your enemies but remember their names.” — John F. Kennedy While all of this Epstein shit is swirling stupid shit is still going on — like the petty action of the government in removing the flag commemorating the Stonewall rebellion in Greenwich Village. But what is now spilling out raises some interesting questions. While…
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