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Marcuse
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Marcuse's Journal
June 21, 2018
We are amazed but not amused
By all the things you say that you'll do
Though much concerned but not involved
With decisions that are made by you
But we are sick and tired of hearing your song
Telling how you are gonna change right from wrong
'Cause if you really want to hear our views
You haven't done nothing
It's not too cool to be ridiculed
But you brought this upon yourself
The world is tired of pacifiers
We want the truth and nothing else, yeah
And we are sick and tired of hearing your song
Telling how you are gonna change right from wrong
'Cause if you really want to hear our views
You haven't done nothing
We would not care to wake up to the nightmare
That's becoming real life
But when mislead, who knows a person's mind
Can turn as cold as ice un hum
Why do you keep on making us hear your song
Telling us how you are changing right from wrong
'Cause if you really want to hear our views
You haven't done nothing
Yeah, na, na, nothing
Stevie Wonder saw this 48 years ago.
We are amazed but not amused
By all the things you say that you'll do
Though much concerned but not involved
With decisions that are made by you
But we are sick and tired of hearing your song
Telling how you are gonna change right from wrong
'Cause if you really want to hear our views
You haven't done nothing
It's not too cool to be ridiculed
But you brought this upon yourself
The world is tired of pacifiers
We want the truth and nothing else, yeah
And we are sick and tired of hearing your song
Telling how you are gonna change right from wrong
'Cause if you really want to hear our views
You haven't done nothing
We would not care to wake up to the nightmare
That's becoming real life
But when mislead, who knows a person's mind
Can turn as cold as ice un hum
Why do you keep on making us hear your song
Telling us how you are changing right from wrong
'Cause if you really want to hear our views
You haven't done nothing
Yeah, na, na, nothing
May 4, 2018
Pence Doctor Resigns After Jackson Debacle
Vice President Mike Pence’s physician has resigned, the latest fallout from the collapse of Ronny Jackson’s nomination for secretary of Veterans Affairs.
Dr. Jen Peña, who like Jackson is a military physician detailed to the White House, was among those who detailed claims of professional misconduct against Jackson to senators considering his nomination, according to a person familiar with the events.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/04/pence-doctor-resigns-after-jackson-debacle-569004
Mother must have discovered that a female doctor was telling VP to turn his head and cough.
Dr. Jen Peña, who like Jackson is a military physician detailed to the White House, was among those who detailed claims of professional misconduct against Jackson to senators considering his nomination, according to a person familiar with the events.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/04/pence-doctor-resigns-after-jackson-debacle-569004
Mother must have discovered that a female doctor was telling VP to turn his head and cough.
March 11, 2018
However:
The DEA says most of the fentanyl comes from China, with traffickers sending the product through the mail directly to customers in the U.S. or supplying Mexican cartels, which cut the fentanyl into heroin.
https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/zmq4bx/exclusive-china-wont-arrest-two-fentanyl-kingpins-wanted-by-us
Add that to the list of things of which *45 is ignorant.
Personally, I believe China is exacting vengeance for the Opium Wars.
Trump Calls For Drug Dealers To Be Executed And Cites China President For Life Xi As Inspiration.
Source: Newsweek
President Donald Trump announced Saturday that China’s President Xi Jinping first got him thinking about introducing the death penalty for drugs dealers.
“We catch a drug dealer, death penalty. That’s it,” Trump told the crowd.
Read more: http://www.newsweek.com/trump-calls-drugs-dealers-be-executed-and-cites-chinas-president-life-xi-839767
However:
The DEA says most of the fentanyl comes from China, with traffickers sending the product through the mail directly to customers in the U.S. or supplying Mexican cartels, which cut the fentanyl into heroin.
https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/zmq4bx/exclusive-china-wont-arrest-two-fentanyl-kingpins-wanted-by-us
Add that to the list of things of which *45 is ignorant.
Personally, I believe China is exacting vengeance for the Opium Wars.
March 1, 2018
This leak originated with Assange and Hannity. Conspiracy.
https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2018/02/08/fox-publishes-senators-leaked-text-messages-less-two-weeks-after-julian-assange-promised-news-about/219324
January 31, 2018
I am a Republican. Why is my party gaslighting America?
http://POLITICOhttps://apple.news/A7K95JEuZQUeae2vUwFNlwARiddle me this: If Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee have smoking gun evidence of a deep-state conspiracy that threatens American democracy itself, wouldn’t they be doing more than playing silly hashtag games, such as #ReleasetheMemo?
My question: If Congress has evidence of a Russian conspiracy that threatens our democracy, wouldn’t they be doing more than playing games?
Apparently the answer to both questions is “No”.
My question: If Congress has evidence of a Russian conspiracy that threatens our democracy, wouldn’t they be doing more than playing games?
Apparently the answer to both questions is “No”.
January 5, 2018
I don't say I would never vote for a Republican.
I cast my first Presidential ballot as a teenaged New Yorker against Jimmy Carter because I did not believe in the New South. I was wrong.
Nonetheless, the doctrine of "No permanent friends or enemies, only permanent interests" seems wise in the long run. The Compromise of 1877 was collusion among Democrats and Republicans that spawned Jim Crow and stultified America for a century.
However, given current political demographics (Almost 70% of Americans identify as white and half of those give Trump his 35% approval rating) I can foresee no realignment.
January 2, 2018
Maybe he should take a knee in silent protest.
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