Category Archives: freedom

Silence On Cellblock # 9

December 29, 2020 – 7:49 pm

When I left the USA for Africa in February 2020 over 80,000 prisoners were incarcerated in solitary confinement in US prisons, which equals the entire penal population of the UK. The practice was first introduced in the Eastern State Penitentiary in 1830. The punitive toll on inmates had been touted by prison officials as the […]

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The Ghost Town Of Anarchy

October 26, 2020 – 2:08 pm

During the last debate Donald Trump called New York City a ghost town. Having lived here in the 1970s I refuted the pseudo-POTUS. The Big Orange doesn’t know shit from Shinola. I admit the city blacked out in 1977. I had a good time that night, drinking with my gay friends and trying to smash […]

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Trapped Like Rats

July 30, 2020 – 8:07 pm

The Lower 48 States of the USA share land borders with two countries. Neither Canada nor Mexico will allow Americans to cross their frontiers. I am stuck in the USA. My families are in Thailand. My son Fenway, grandson Phot, and daughter Pam. And I have more. My daughter Angie. My grandson Sunsun. I have […]

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John Lewis Hero RIP

July 19, 2020 – 7:22 pm

I believe race is too heavy a burden to carry into the 21st century. It’s time to lay it down. We all came here in different ships, but now we’re all in the same boat. – John Lewis

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Goodby June 2020

July 3, 2020 – 3:56 pm

Today is the First day of July. 2020 has been a year dominated by the Covid Crisis, but video of George Floyd’s brutal May 25 murder by the Minneapolis PD has altered the USA. His death sentence was in response to his having passing a counterfeit $20 bill at a convenient store. President Andrew Jackson’s […]

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