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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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Part Three: Edgar’s federal prison life
Remember Edgar, my invented Jan 6 federal prison candidate? Sure you do. I’ve been introducing him to federal prison life one step at a time. I’ve expressed some jollitry over this because, hey, I’m not the one going to Club … Continue reading
Posted in Crime & Punishment, DOJ, Fascism, Government, Jan 6, Judiciary, Law, suits and order, The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged Federal Bureau of Prisons, halah prison food, Jan 6 Capitol assault, kosher prison food, life in federal prison, MAGA, prison lockdown, prison shakedown, vegetarian prison food
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