General

Member of the radical 1960’s anti-war group Baltimore Four reflects on social justice, his life and going through it with a disability
Although activist Jim Mengel recalls falling asleep in class, he didn’t know he had narcolepsy until after he was married. At 92, he still dozes off occasionally, but that doesn’t stop him from attending weekly peace vigils in White Bear Lake, Minnesota.

First, the reality on the ground –

To know who I am is a species of knowing where I stand.
— Charles Taylor


Time for a return to esoteric Hollywood by doing a full analysis of the entirety of The Sopranos.  One of the greatest shows of all time, Jamie and I will decode all the archetypal symbols, philosophical references, literary references and tropes, real espionage and geopolitical angles, and more!  Be sure to support below via Streamlabs superchats! Live at 730 CST

We can report that the skies over South East England have been swarming with Spitfires and Hurricanes this month. Is there a war on? Well, yes. In 1991, the historian Howard Zinn described the two targets of Operation Desert Storm:

It’s the beginning of autumn in the northern hemisphere, a beautiful and refreshing space between the heady days of summer and the chill of winter, a transitional time. And collectively we are living through a time of global transition; a shift from one civilization, colored by certain influencing qualities, to a new time, growing out of the old but infused with a different energy, with distinct unifying qualities and evolving modes of living.

In this segment of my confessions and polemics I discuss the following topics: Attending the Jimmy Dore Show, The 2020 Democratic Convention, and Daoist Anarchism.
Attending the Jimmy Dore Show
As someone in her early 70s I don’t get out much, especially during the COVID quarantine. But last February before the stay-at-home orders my cousin, Robert, bagged a couple of tickets to the Jimmy Dore Show in Sacramento. So I hopped on my motorcycle and made the trip. I came back the next morning.

We were always told what to think; what is correct and what is wrong. By the white dudes living in or coming from Europe and North America. They knew everything. They were the most qualified.
When I write “white,” I don’t mean just their race or color of their skin. To me, “white” is their culture, where they belong. Yes, their identity.

President Trump and his staff of Pro-life Christians walk into a bar.
The bartender says, “Every 24 hours, COVID-19 kills another thousand people.”
“Not on my watch,” says the president, and everyone laughs.

You can map the nearly 20-year journey from the 9/11 attacks to the COVID-19 pandemic by the freedoms we’ve lost along the way.
The road we have been traveling has been littered with the wreckage of our once-vaunted liberties, especially those enshrined in the Fourth Amendment.