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Fuck customers. The investor is always right. Part 4.

Let’s begin the New Year talking about loooooove. Loooooove and the investor class. FC. TIIAR. Part II. Part III.“One of the biggest travesties of the Trump presidency was how America’s business elites stood silently by him in order to secure billions in tax cuts. This is how fascism takes hold.”— Robert Reich Here we are, […]

A 2022 goal: remind those minorities that they are the minority.

The Right wing and Wall Street Democrats do not represent the majority viewpoint. Not even close. It’s perfectly okay to remind them of this fact.  • WSJ: Census data show America’s white population shrank for the first time• Pew Research: Most Americans say the declining share of white people in the US is neither good […]

2021 had this Einsatzgruppen-esque vibe to it, don’t you think?

The Petting Zoo Bourgeoisie, rich white trash, the Limited Liability Caucasians, MAGA and QAnon, and the Ward KKKleavers all had an armband-tastic year. “I do think it’s quite possible that there will be a civil war. However, the action will be in the courts, not on the battlefield.”— Gunhumpy McStupidguy* Not too long ago, Gunhumpy […]

Fuck customers. The investor is always right. Part III.

“We should measure the prosperity of the nation not by the number of millionaires but by the absence of poverty; the prevalence of health; the efficiency of the public schools; and the number of people who can, and do read worthwhile books.” — W.E.B. DuBois • Fuck customers. The investor is always right. • Part […]

Fuck customers. The investor is always right. Part II.

I don’t know how much of a socialist I am. But I do know that I hate rich white trash. FC.TIIAR. Part I.Good Bloomberg piece: Most Americans Today Believe the Stock Market Is Rigged, and They Are Right. The article is very, very FC. TIIAR. *** As the 20th anniversary of September 11th, 2001 neared, […]

“Einsatzgruppen” rhymes with “pants-poopin’.” Just sayin’.

Riffing off of Their undeserving little smiles are called “Einsatzgruppens.” Not gonna be a long post. Just working on a Part II for Fuck customers. The investor is always right. and this thought popped into my head. Actually, I got inspired. By a person who probably had no idea how inspiring his thoughts were. This […]

Fuck customers. The investor is always right.

Part I: C’mon, boys! Let’s take our undiagnosed gambling disord…I mean…migration towards rentier capitalism to the next level. rentier: a person who lives on income from property or securitiesThe wealthiest 10% of Americans own a record 89% of all U.S. stocks. Americans who believe that CEOs are job creators call me a socialist. Which is […]

That one time Hitler almost shit his pants.

“The forty-eight hours after the march into the Rhineland were the most nerve-racking in my life. If the French had marched into the Rhineland, we would have had to withdraw with our tail between our legs, for the military resources at our disposal would have been wholly inadequate for even a moderate resistance.” — Adolf Hitler […]

The Joe Manchins and Kyrsten Sinemas in my life.

Part I: a writer’s thoughts about this red-white-and-blue fascism-thingie and the Democrats who enable it. Riffing off of:• The New Einsatzgruppen wants to talk fatherhood. Oh, boy! • The bad news: talking politics ruins friendships with your fellow white people. From my childhood years forward, a certain type of white person has skeezed me out. […]

The Doug Manchins and Kyrsten Sinemas in my life.

Part I: a writer’s thoughts about this red-white-and-blue fascism-thingie and the Democrats who enable it. Riffing off of:• The New Einsatzgruppen wants to talk fatherhood. Oh, boy! • The bad news: talking politics ruins friendships with your fellow white people. From my childhood years forward, a certain type of white person has skeezed me out. […]