Friday, December 08, 2023

I’m going to say it. Free Palestine! From the river to the sea!

I don’t care if you put me on your “terror watchlist”. It’s time to say it. Now that the US has blocked the UN Security Council’s resolution for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, the United States of America has given it’s public stamp of approval for Israel to carry through with its genocide and extermination of the Palestinians in Gaza. The United States of America is not just complicit but is a partner in these most heinous and horrific war crimes and crimes against humanity.

As a natural born citizen of the US, I am so deeply ashamed, and I am so sorry to the Palestinians that my government is so cruelly hypocritical and doesn’t think your lives have equal value to your oppressors. 

We deserve to be attacked. We just guaranteed that we will be. We just signed every Gazan Palestinian’s death sentence. We just made Americans and Israelis so much less safe in the world. So don’t be surprised. I’m not justifying it, not condoning it, not excusing it. Just predicting. So, don’t be surprised.

Tuesday, November 14, 2023

Truth about Israel Defense Forces

This was 17 years ago. It was the same then as it is now; it was the same then as it was for decades prior. 
When will people get it? I just do not understand how people don’t see that the Palestinians have been shit on by nearly everyone for 100 years. I cannot wrap my brain around how it is that people think their suffering doesn’t matter. Or worse, that their suffering is necessary. Or necessarily dismissed as “collateral damage”. 



Those young men were courageous; it’s possible they couldn’t go back to Israel after speaking out.

Tuesday, February 15, 2022

Ukrainian sisters and brothers

Putin makes me so enraged I cannot express the kind of anger and contempt I have towards him. 

Ukraine deserves the whole world to step up and stand by their side as sisters and brothers and say to Putin “No! You mess with them, you mess with us all. We’re sick of your shit! So fuck off!” Ukraine deserves the freedom from bullying and threats; they deserve to be respected. 

And frankly, Russia deserves to be free from Putin, too. 

Tuesday, June 08, 2021

Drink Bleach!

Ahahahaha! I love it.
 


(If you don’t get why I love this, well, then I can’t help you…)

Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Sister Machine Gun

Life before the internet and social media took over...
Do you remember having to pick up a music magazine made of paper that you had to read in order to learn about musicians and bands you didn't know before? 




Thursday, December 17, 2020

Snog

Wow, this brings back memories...
“Shop” suddenly popped into my head the other day. Followed shortly by this, of course. (I forgot how fun Snog’s lyrics always are...)



(Hmm, it just occurred to me that Sahar Tabar in her most zombiesque p'shopping and make-up kind of reminds me of my chihuahua... 
(Sadly, even with the pale eyes, because she's going blind, so her eyes look milky blue, one a lot more than the other due to corneal damage.))

Saturday, October 31, 2020

Joe Biden.

This is personal to me. It moved me and almost brought tears to my eyes. 
This is the Joe Biden we need. And we can't let him forget that. 
 

Tuesday, August 11, 2020

Pieces of me are falling away…

…I hope they fall into the wind and are carried away as beautifully as this carries me away…

 

…I need to be carried away…

 

Saturday, January 26, 2019

.m.

At what point do I stop still thinking sometimes about suicide?
[re]new[ed] life: [our]
reason to live
 

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

We are a nation of Immigrants

[Sorry I have been so silent. Difficult times for me. But I will suddenly have a little more free time, to post what I have been meaning to post.]

I go through phases of being into Gogol Bordello, so I'd forgotten about this, but it seems pretty goddamn fucking appropriate right now.



get ready Trump: you'll be going down soon enough.

Thursday, October 18, 2018

Preventing American Citizens from Voting is the most Anti-American thing our politicians are doing right now

I don't care who you are or what your party affiliation is, if you are not outraged by the fact that our politicians are doing everything in their power to prevent our fellow American Citizens from voting, then you are unquestionably anti-American, anti-democratic, anti-Constitution, and definitely unpatriotic.  Yes, these disgusting voter suppression tactics are clearly targeted at Democratic voters; but they will undoubtedly also affect plenty of Republican voters and prevent them from voting too!  But it just doesn't matter what their party affiliation is, because voting is a fucking Constitutional right—not a privilege, but a right—that every single American citizen has, and that no politician nor government official should ever be allowed to stand in the way of.  (What does the Constitution actually say about voting rights?)



And by the way, the fact that citizens convicted of a crime in 48 states have their voting rights taken away, either temporarily or permanently, is also, I would argue, un-Constitutional and anti-democratic.  Criminal disenfranchisement laws are just plain unjust.  So what if you've been convicted of a crime?  You are still a human being and you are still an American citizen, and therefore you still should be owed the same basic right to a voice as every other American citizen has.  Because the right to vote, along with the right to free speech, is fundamental to the very nature of our democracy.  Because both the right to vote and the right to free speech are fundamentally about having the right to a voice, each citizen having an equal voice, and that that voice cannot and will not be silenced by any governmental force, because doing so is nothing short of antithetical to what a democracy is.

Thursday, October 04, 2018

Dear Senators,

You do realize the extreme backlash you will face if you vote to confirm Kavanaugh, right?

You do realize that you are supposed to be representing the American people, and the American people have spoken loudly and clearly that they do not want Kavanaugh, right?

And you do realize that your names will be inscribed into history as being forever attached to what will be historically remembered as the Kavanaugh scandal, don't you?

You do realize the shame that will bring upon your families, now and in the future, don't you?

I mean, surely you must realize these things, right?

And you do realize, you do remember, that there are several other factors that ought to disqualify Kavanaugh from being awarded one of the highest job promotions in the entire nation, right?

Thursday, September 06, 2018

Catching up on a bit of yesterday's news...

This is on the topic of the anonymous NYT op-ed piece.
Just a reaction to one particular discussion on a major news broadcasting network:

Why the hell are people talking about loyalty to the president, as in this particular president, as something that is even relevant at all to talk about?!

One of the fundamental principles of our democracy is that any sort of political loyalty, especially to the president, is loyalty to the office, not the person.  Because that is one aspect of what it means to have loyalty to the country, one aspect of what it means to be patriotic.

And another fundamental principle of our democracy is the absolute refusal of despotism, the absolute rejection of absolute authority.  To go against the authority of the president is not just a far cry from treason; it can be the ultimate form of patriotism and loyalty.  (A higher loyalty, perhaps? ...)

Now let me add, just because I know some people will think I am saying something I am definitely not saying:
That does not guarantee it is the right thing to do or the best option in this or that set of circumstances; but sometimes, it will be.  Whether or not something is patriotic has nothing to do with whether or not it is "correct" or the "right" thing or the best option, or whatever.
 

Monday, July 16, 2018

"But, but, but,... Putin says it wasn't Russia!"

I never thought I would be moved to make such a crude and vulgar statement here, but,

Wow, Trump, you are fucking pussy.

For all your talk of strength and being a man, you are the most cowardly coward the world has ever seen.

You are weak.
A crybaby weakling.
A fucking joke.

Sad!