Image via Wikipedia Another Raise for the One Percent Elite? Heaping more feed into a billionaire’s trough isn’t a Republican or a Democratic issue. It’s an American issue. Do Americans really want to give billionaires another raise? Do Americans really want to cut the corporate tax rate? In order to donate more to the top… Continue reading
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Humor Helps but at Times There’s Nothing like a Good Rant
Image via Wikipedia Several years ago, the universe shifted and knocked most of us off our feet, while others still reap in the rewards. The ground is still not stable. Every day we struggle to find a piece of debris that once was the American dream. The dream that has gotten away from most of… Continue reading
Corporate Tax Avoidance Syndrome: Signs, Symptoms and Causes.
Is There a Cure for Corporate Tax Avoidance Syndrome? Yes, Collective Outrage! For a nice blood pressure spike, swing by PayUpNow.org and read the list of corporations beside GE that are not paying taxes. Although for our purposes, I’m going to shine a light on GE. In Jayne’s latest weekend recap posted at her wonderfully witty… Continue reading
I Got Snaked by a Plumber.
Image via Wikipedia A Real Story w/ Real People. Really! In a community far, far away, a streaming thought video broadcasts from my brain. INT. HEAD – MORNING A water pipe breaks. The drips are less than a second apart. Water leaks beneath the kitchen sink and seeps below to the garage. I call… Continue reading
10.0 Hormonal Quake!
According to the Richter scale, a 10.0 quake (15.0 gigatons) has never been recorded by humans, at least until now. Image via Wikipedia This week, hormonal seismic activity is off the charts. Humans scare me. I only interact with creatures with four legs or more. Words I once used with ease like “hello.” Now get tangled… Continue reading
It Takes a Comedian to Save a 9/11 Bill.
Jon Stewart Snakes Clogged Congressional Pipes in Passage of 9/11 Bill. After a Republican filibuster on Dec. 10, the 9/11 responders bill sank to the bottom of the Congressional crapper against a mammoth clog of bullshit left by Republicans who felt that the $7.4 billion price tag was too high. Yet, Republicans had no problem… Continue reading
1960 Plane Crash Victims Families Exploited by Local Media.
Image by writRHET via Flickr Fallout from a Plane Crash. On December 16, 1960, United Flight 826 and TWA Flight 266 collided over Staten Island, New York. The United plane, while attempting an emergency landing at LaGuardia Airport, crashed into the Park Slope section of Brooklyn. From the Green-Wood Historical Fund: Ten brownstones near the… Continue reading
Fasten Your Brain Belts. Turbulence Ahead.
On my way home, I lost my way once again, this time ending up on a road to nowhere with signs along the way that said, “Matrax.” At one point, I passed a lone shack with two men in front having a conversation, or so I thought . . . I THINK, THEREFORE I AM… Continue reading
Stuff that makes my head explode
A list of incendiary vices Prescription drug commercials about digestive or urinary problems, skin conditions, depression due to said conditions, or erectile dysfunction med symptoms that cause erections to last longer than 72 hours, sudden blindness, insomnia, and incessant howling at the moon. Squeaky supermarket carts with broken wheels stuck in a perpetual right-hand turn… Continue reading
Saturday’s Child
Another day of restlessness in the out of work place. Checking job sites is both depressing and aggravating. There should be a site called, “Perpetual Lunch Break.” Though the food in my refrigerator continues to dwindle down to staples only. Today, a Reagan Ketchup Sandwich is on the menu. A colorful liquid food that is… Continue reading