“Here Lies Our Democracy”

Despite the worst efforts of Trump/Musk & Co., I remain optimistic that we can and will withstand the onslaught of skullduggery and outright stupidity that defines the current administration. The United States has endured a bloody civil war, the grave injustice of the Jim Crow era, two world wars, the Dust Bowl and Great Depression,Continue reading ““Here Lies Our Democracy””

“Good Weird or Bad?”

In recent days, our underground folk troubadour Tommy Treacle has re-tuned to the more political. His latest song was written after the series of awkward public statements made during the campaign by JD Vance, Donald Trump’s Acting Sycophant in Chief. To my eye, he’s an odd cat who looks like the poster child for theContinue reading ““Good Weird or Bad?””

Potent Quotables:

“For every complex problem, there is a solution that is clear, simple, and wrong.” — H.L. mencken I’m in despair for, among other things, running low on negative superlatives to describe these MAGASSHOLES. It’s 95% lies and fantasies and hypocrisy and adolescent trolling. It will end badly. And worst for the red-state working class whoContinue reading “Potent Quotables:”

“The Sixth of January”

“The Sixth of January” (modeled on the English folk poem “The Fifth of November” that commemorates Guy Fawkes’ so-called “Gunpowder Treason” on Nov 5, 1605) Fix in your memory! The sixth of January, The Trump Tower Treason and plot; I know of no reason Why the Trump Tower Treason Should ever be forgot! Donald andContinue reading ““The Sixth of January””