Lester Krapp's Blog, page 10
November 10, 2016
The Chorus Girl and Her Proud Troops of Wounded Vets
THE CHORUS GIRL AND HER PROUD TROOPS OF WOUNDED VETS This is an excerpt from Lester & Charlie’s new book project that profiles men and women who transitioned from careers in show business to changing the world through progressive social action. GENNA GRIFFITH Achilles Freedom Team of Wounded Vets, New York … Continue reading →
November 7, 2016
Aunt Betty Says VOTE
“To err is human, but to really screw things up takes a Republican.” -Aunt Betty’s Almanac
The Lost Hillary Campaign Commercial
If Hillary actually responded to the number of emails that have reportedly been screened by the FBI, then she would have spent 8.56 hours per day answering each email in less than one second. That’s probably why she forgot to approve this campaign video that we uncovered. 
October 30, 2016
Mr. President, Overturn this Law!
There’s only one way Donald Trump can win the election: Murphy’s Law. Please, Mr. President, sign an executive order to overturn it before it’s too late! Sign the petition here! **** Murphy’s Original Law If there are two or more ways to do something, and one of those ways can result in a catastrophe, then … Continue reading →
October 28, 2016
Give Us Your Poor
Happy Birthday to the Statue of Liberty, dedicated this day in 1886. //giphy.com/embed/eBTcddpOyGrlK via GIPHY Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name … Continue reading →
October 25, 2016
Trump Proves Steinbeck
“A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.” ~John Steinbeck, awarded the Nobel Prize in literature this day in 1962 From The Economist: […] America has problems, but this picture is a caricature of a country that, on most measures, is more prosperous, more peaceful and less racist than ever before. The real threat … Continue reading →
October 23, 2016
Happy Birthday to the Universe! Which was created at 8pm on 23 October 4004 BC.
From “OnThisDay” website: Archbishop James Ussher, Primate of All Ireland, announced in 1650 that the universe had been created at 8pm on 23 October 4004 BC. It was a claim famously put to the test in the Scopes “Monkey Trial” of 1925 when American teacher John Scopes was accused of violating Tennessee state law by … Continue reading →
October 10, 2016
Best Wishes on this Native American Day
“Only after the last tree has been cut down, only after the last river has been poisoned, only after the last fish has been caught, only then will you find money cannot be eaten.” ~ Cree Prophecy
October 7, 2016
Meet Wilson and Maria, Homeless People Who Will Give You Hope
Wilson and Maria have been living under a vestibule of the Church of St. John The Divine — the largest Gothic cathedral in the world by most accounts, located near Columbia University in New York City — for 5 years. They ended up there when their apartment building was closed after the City discovered that … Continue reading →
Trump v. Leaky
“People frequently ask me why I devote so much time to seeking out facts about man’s past…the past shows clearly that we all have a common origin and that our differences in race, colour and creed are only superficial.” ~Anthropologist Louis S. B. Leakey, born this day in 1903 Now, who agrees? ***
