How to Frame a Narrative (“Thug Life” version)
This was… uncomfortable to write. I did this on a social media feed when someone tried to justify a 17-year old killing two protestors and maiming a third. So, I …
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How to Frame a Narrative (the “War Prayer” version)
Have you ever read Twain’s “The War Prayer”? If not, here it is: Consider the below, an attempt at the War Prayer 2020 A child comes to Kenosha, full of …
A Bell Tolls in Kenosha
It will, sadly be easy enough to find in the news feeds. Child Shoots Protestors. August 23rd. There’s an angry man, who is leaving a situation to drive off with …
Hostage Situation
I get it. I finally get it. Bear with me. Folks talk about re-opening the economy and argue, efficiently, how the chances of people dying are low. People also lay …
The “Dependent” Conspiracy
This rant courtesy of a post that (in summary went): OMG! Are they expecting the ‘rona to keep us inside OUR WHOLE LIVES?!? We NEED to get back to work …
Re: the Fate of a Few Statues
or, alternatively “But what about the history!” Apparently, some activists are done waiting for their various governmental agencies to figure out what to do with overtly racist / colonialist monuments …
Broken Wings: March 5, 2010
It’s come to my attention that I haven’t posted this outside of a couple of social media platforms. This would be one of the reasons that I favor teaching citizens …
Blood in the Water
There is a man in a white house that sits on a drained swamp. He sits like a toad and he spits poison into the air, hitting as many people …