Monthly Archives: January 2021
The Most Monstrous Crime in Recent Memory, a Reflection on Holocaust Remebrance Day
What Fascists Do In August of 1942, the head of the German administration of the Lodz ghetto (a forced labor camp) ordered the deportation to the Chelmno death camp of all children of Lodz under the age of 10 (the … Continue reading
Remembrance of Things Ass
So, Donald Trump had the mobster’s habit of destroying the evidence–tearing up paperwork he didn’t like or after he didn’t (or couldn’t) read it. Ordinarily, under actual presidents, these papers would have gone into the National Archives. The Presidential Records … Continue reading
A Thank You to the People of Color of These Disunited States
During the Trump era (error?), we’ve gotten used to equating the GOP with profoundly ignorant sorts like Lauren Opal Boebert and the Q-Anonsense Shaman. However, the more thoughtful and intelligent of folks still in the GOP—the ones who are in … Continue reading
Bernie Sanders and I
The Bern and I, SCUBA diving. Those were the days! Bernie, love you, Bro.
A Government That Looks like America
My Latina granddaughter, watching Kamala Harris being sworn in as Vice President of the United States.
A Question of Character
In 2001, Donald Trump changed his party affiliation to Democratic. In 2009, he changed it to Republican. In 2011, he changed it to Independent. In 2012, he changed it back to Republican. Between 1989 and 2015, he made $694,750 in … Continue reading
Why Trump and His Co-Conspirators Must Face Consequences
It’s extremely important that the impeachment and conviction of Trump be carried out. If it isn’t, he will receive, for life, money from the taxpayers of the country that he betrayed, including funds for setting up an office and paying … Continue reading
from Field Notes: Jabba idiota orangii
It is sometimes claimed that, as with Yeti or Bigfoot, there is but one Donald Jabba the Trump. Such cannot be the case, however, for how would such species persist across time? While Jabba idiota orangii is a monotypic taxon, … Continue reading
The Devil Went Down to Georgia, aka Bad Angels in America, a Screenplay | Bob Shepherd
[“Bohemian Rhapsody,” by Queen, crescendos, then fades over voice of Announcer.] ANNOUNCER: Ladies and Gentlemen, the President of the United States. JABBA THE TRUMP: Good evening, GEEOR-JUH! So here we are. What’s this place? Dalton? Dalton, Geeorjuh. You gotta be … Continue reading
Bob Shepherd | Praxis 