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Senator Mitch McConnell inspired a song.

Rich white trash. Rich white trash. RICH WHITE TRASH. RICH WHITE TRASH. Rich white trash rich white trash rich white trash, Rich white trash rich white trash rich white trash rich, White trash rich white trash rich white trash rich white trash, RICH. WHITE. TRASH. *** I’m not […]

On this September 11th, I’m feelin’ the freedom. Freedom from red-white-and-blue bullshit.

Fascism. Racism. Pro-life anti-vaxxers exposing their kids to Covid. Subsidized oil companies burning the Earth. Yeah, we learned zilch from that awful day. In 2004, former counterterrorism czar Richard Clarke published an enlightening memoir called Against All Enemies: Inside America’s War on Terror. A holdover from the Clinton administration, Clarke was in the White House […]

September 11th, 2001. The best day ever for high-functioning sociopaths.

Almost twenty years ago today, surveillance technology companies and defense contractors got a gigantic boost. What were you doing nineteen years and thirty nights ago? Me? I was shitting my pants. I lived in a studio apartment and owned this orange- and purple-striped easy chair, purchased from a thrift store. On the night of September […]

Romeo Whiskey Tango

The phrase “Rich White Trash” needs to catch on. The last twenty years prove my point. “When the rich wage war it’s the poor who die.” – Jean-Paul Sartre I remember the goodwill. Almost twenty years ago now. That sheer volume, the outpouring of sincere empathy. From pretty much every place on Earth, too. So […]

We have now reached the “pro-life parents exposing their kids to Covid-19” stage of the downfall.

#MAGA moms and #QAnon dads will do anything to own the libs. That includes endangering their own children. Riffing off of: • Assaulting the Handicapped: A Fathers and Sons Story • Don’t get mad at J.D. Vance. He’s just being white. “In five Southern states now with more than 300 cases per 100,000 people—Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, […]

Open letter to a selfie of my drunk-ass self, taken on August 11th, 2001.

There you are, turning thirty years old. Have fun. It gets evil thirty days from now. (And smart move, not driving home later on.) Dang, dude. Even though you don’t remember taking it, you snap a good picture, 30-me. And that was back before camera-phones. You went to a 7-11 and bought two disposable cameras […]

Bros: read “Ban Men from Literary Readings.”

I released my first book nine years ago. I’ve been learning messed-up things about us white dudes ever since. This piece here. Yes. This is some good stuff. Josephine Livingstone: telling it like it is. The dudes who need to read it won’t read it. But you should give it a look. I came across […]

Their undeserving little smiles are called “einsatzgruppens.” Part II.

I think my country might be experiencing a slow-moving poo…I mean…coup. A continuation of: Their undeserving little smiles are called “einsatzgruppens.” Not gonna a long post. I just wanted to link to a few articles. They make me think of what inspired my original post, link is above. Kevin McCarthy making wisecracks about shooting Nancy […]

Their undeserving little smiles are called “einsatzgruppens.”

Big lies. Billionaire worship. White supremacy. Patriarchy. Chickenhawkery. Smirkiness. Let’s begin with a moment of silence. The term “white man’s war face” is being laid to rest. As I send this phrase up into the universal ether, please wish it well. Bye-bye, White Man’s War Face. The Right has mutated over the years. They give […]

Don’t get mad at J.D. Vance. He’s just being white.

You know that “childless Lefties” comment he made? It’s just part of the game. Part IV of Don’t get mad at them. They’re just being white. Part II. III. “The Democrats are talking about giving the vote to 16-year-olds. Let’s do this instead. Let’s give votes to all children in this country, but let’s give […]