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Meanwhile, if anybody from MAGA or elsewhere is looking for a new cult, I found one for you
The MAGA protesters outside the Miami courthouse looked fairly pitiful, in numbers and in actions. I got the feeling some of them have been deflated down to the ground. Where was the weaponry, f’instance? Did you see how many of … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Fascism, Government, The Facts of Life
Tagged Crocs, Harper's, MAGA, Slowjamastan
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Yesterday I saw a car with an unusual license plate
Oklahoma. A car from Oklahoma, parked on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Stopped me in my tracks. I’ve seen lots of license plates from all over the map in my neighborhood but this was the first from Oklahoma. Why? … Continue reading
Posted in Crime & Punishment, Law, suits and order, The Facts of Life, War on women
Tagged "North By Northwest", cropdusters, drag queens, Fourth Amendment, GW Bridge, Holland Tunnel, Lincoln Tunnel, MAGA, Manhattan Criminal Court, NYPD, Oklahoma gun laws, Sooners, Trump perp walk, Upper West Side Manhattan
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I am not a subject. I am a citizen
I never considered the distinction between those two nouns until I read Blood and Ruins: The Last Imperial War, 1931-1945, by Richard Overy. In laying out every detail leading to and encompassing World War II, Overy tells us that the … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Fascism, Government, Human rights, Jan 6, political campaigns, Politics, Propaganda, Racism, The Facts of Life, The god problem, Trumpism, voting and voting rights, War on women
Tagged "Blood and Ruins, American citizenship, democracy, despots, Einsatzgruppen, Erich Fromm, Escape From Freedom, Hitler, Hungary, MAGA, Pico della Mirandola, Richard Overy, strongmen, subjects and citizens, the Talmud, Third Reich, Thomas Jefferson, World War II
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