Yes Sir!

Every year, we’re treated to the same hypocrisy. Mainstream figures in both parties—some who vote for massive tax breaks for the rich, nearly all who support America’s endless wars—publicly laud and then invoke the ghost of King. None lays out a 21st century plan to implement MLK’s still incomplete vision. They have no such plan. They were bought and sold by corporate elites and the military-industrial complex long ago. On the right, some even engage in the fantasy that King was actually a Republican. He wasn’t. Truth be told, King would fit into neither of the two parties today. His platform and favored issues hardly receive public airing anywhere but the fringe left. Nonetheless, both Democrats and Republicans invoke King’s ghost every January for petty political gain. It’s heinous.--DS

Seriously, this is a must-read piece, by a military man for god's sake.


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Happy Birthday, MLK

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'Nuff Said

This year marks the 50th anniversary of King’s tragic assassination, and though countless publications will brim with commemorations and retrospectives of this misunderstood icon, most will miss the mark. Long ago co-opted and sanitized by mainstream political figures, the King of memory bears little resemblance to the radical, complex man himself.--DS


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Picture of the Year

This kind of crap scares me, because I'm thinking of going into exile, and I'll have to fly to get there, unless I take a slow boat to China or a bus deep into Mexico.


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Ho Hum

Friday, always the best day, unless of course your execution is scheduled on a wet day in January like this one.

I've nothing much to do this weekend in the American "shithole," but I'll tune into the Tennessee/New England football game Saturday, hoping for the upset.

Like most Americans I'm sure, I'm tired of the Tom Brady Gang.

So as it stands, I'll have plenty of free time, like you hopefully, to read up and enjoy my favorite journal.

Be good.


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2 for 1

Damn, I thought I scored a great deal on coffee yesterday--a 2 for 1 on a large tin of Safeway's Signature house blend.

It wasn't until I got home that I scrutinized the cans, after opening one, and discovered they were decaffeinated! The labels were tricky, not much green on display, the universal signal.

My deal crumbled. 

I'd take them back but I lost the receipt! Or perhaps didn't take it out of the store.

Big problems here, my perfect little world crashing for a day, and now, this morning, I'm enjoying a cup of decaf as best I can.


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Poem of the Day/Rewrite

Havre, MT

Sometimes a poem wanders away from its intent
and becomes a problem for the author
who must decide if keeping it around like a pair of
worn but comfortable old shoes is the right thing to do.

So I have rewritten this poem to make it more to
my liking and sent the other version on a long trip to
a place you don't want to hear about; I am finished
and now the poem is much better, don't you agree?


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Midnight Hour

America is frenzied.  Revolution is in the air.

It's just a matter of time.




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Beyond Irony

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Glory Days

One of the conditions of Simpson's parole is that he's not allowed to drink excessively, so we should give him some credit for making it sober through a Buffalo-Jacksonville game that basically gave anyone watching the first half a reason to drink.--CBS Sports.

I was there but couldn't risk having my picture taken with Simpson, as I have too much at stake in being a world renowned blogger.


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Smug Assholes

There is but one antidote, one cure, one vaccination, and it is yours to enjoy this weekend.

You're on your own.  Have a great awakening if you can.


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You Gotta Laugh

WASHINGTON—Rushing toward the president as he pressed the eight-inch bit into his temple, several White House aides managed to wrestle a drill from Donald Trump’s hand Monday while he attempted to remove Obama’s listening device from his skull.--TO

The year in review as noted by The Onion.


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Ken Goe

There clearly are more than four teams capable of winning a national title. The most equitable way to pick a champion is with an inclusive playoff of at least 16 teams. I prefer 24. But either way, Central Florida would have made the cut.

Advocates of the current system contend major college football's regular season is a playoff, in which every game is an elimination game.

If true, there is no legitimate reason for UCF not to be the national champion. Unlike Alabama and Georgia, the Knights won every game they played and own a regular-season victory over Auburn.--KG.

The Oregonian's longest tenured sportswriter--40 years on--is also its best.


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Ugh Redux

Another damn cold.

I just got over one not long ago, though this one doesn't have the congestion--yet.  Knock on wood.

I'm clearly doing something wrong.  I can't recall the last time I've been this sick back-to-back.

Immune system finally tanking?  I need to remind myself I'm not invincible any more.  Sad thing is when I'm not sick I feel great!

Oh well, lots of football and basketball to watch from my sick bed.  Reddit is too cool for words.


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Thump! Oomph!

How long are American liberals going to put up with this bullshit?  How long before they wash the mud from their eyes and acknowledge what should be as plain as the nose on their face; that their precious investigation of Donald Trump is nothing more than a witch hunt designed to intimidate or destroy political rivals?

The persecution of Jill Stein strips away the facade once and for all exposing Russia-gate as a complete fraud that is being used to exact revenge on the adversaries of Hillary Clinton and her reprobate friends. Even the New York Times admits as much.

Why is there still no evidence of  wrongdoing after more than a year of relentless, non-stop investigations?  Why are there just accusations, allegations and baseless claims?--MW

The Democrats take a counter punch to the gut from a good fighter.


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