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Published September 20, 2020 by Nan MykelA mixed bag
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Nan’s Own Re-blog
Published September 19, 2020 by Nan Mykel
THE WORLD IS FLAT AFTER ALL
Dubbed Democracy, it used to be
top of the line, the lead ship, at sea,
and on the land it served us well,
until the strains of its death knell
fell,
baring an underbelly swole
with all the pilfered things they stole
in broad daylight, and on t.v.!
Gone is the half-belief in he
who’ll take us safely to the shore
while staying steadfast to the core.
The compass nestles in the deep
while those on board remain asleep.
They used to say the earth was round,
that right makes might, but I found
that all I knew I now know not,
nor how to tell the truth from rot,
and not so sure that we’ll endure,
to make a safe arrival.
Nan 2016
EVOLUTION AINT NO SOLUTION
Published September 16, 2020 by Nan MykelEVOLUTION AINT NO SOLUTION
Red in tooth and claw, magician
In elevated position
Bereft of all contrition
Causing justified suspicion
That standards of emission
Are too low for the transition
Human sacrifice now the rule
In caveman’s heathen reticule.
Belly Laff
Published September 11, 2020 by Nan Mykel
“In an absolute political wipeout of a press conference Thursday, Donald Trump argued that journalist Bob Woodward should have “immediately” warned the American people about how dangerous the coronavirus was, and also admitted that China was more honest about the virus than he was.
Asked why he didn’t tell the public the virus was airborne, Trump responded: “If Bob Woodward thought what I said was bad, then he should have immediately, right after I said it, gone out to the authorities so they can prepare and let them know.” –Excerpt from Daily Kos by Kerry Eleveld
Jill Dennison Excerpt
Published September 5, 2020 by Nan MykelThe latest thing to send me into a fit of temper is Trump’s order to Russell Vought, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, to cease the government’s racial sensitivity training. Trump calls such training “un-American propaganda”. That’s right, folks … it is un-American to try to teach people not to discriminate, to try to remove the systemic racism that exists within our government and law enforcement community. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. 🤬
SHOCKING…
Published September 1, 2020 by Nan MykelThat our Health and Human Services plans to spend $250 million of taxpayer money on a Public Relations firm to con people into feeling better about a pandemic killing people every day rather than take meaningful steps to save lives by fighting the virus in a responsible manner prescribed by health experts. I for one can remember hearing Trump say in the early days that he “had a hunch” the numbers were inflated.
It’s like putting candy coating on a poison. How are we supposed to feel better about so many Americans dying? By comparing our response to those of other countries? Hong Kong makes testing free and available to everyone. We are about to help Americans feel good about the state of either an inept or purposeful and deadly non-response. And by the way, will the content not be free political advertisement? Footed by us.
Please Don’t Privatize…
Published August 29, 2020 by Nan MykelPlease Don’t Privatize Our Post Office
NICOLE GOODKIND
USPS could privatize as early as next year
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Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) :
Financial disclosures of Dejoy, recently appointed Post Office General, (whose wife is the new ambassador to Canada) and huge Trump contributor, owns millions of dollars in retained stocks and stock options in a USPS contractor, XPO Logistics. After assuming his role as Postmaster General, DeJoy also bought a stock option worth up to $100,000 in Amazon, a competitor and top USPS customer.
Some have hypothesized that should TGrump lose the Nov. election he may punish the American public. Hope not.
Paranoid (Again)
Published August 27, 2020 by Nan Mykel
The very nice absentee ballot application with a postpaid envelope with my name and voting history classification (“above average”) arrived with an envelope it wouldn’t fit in without folding. Is there a rule that discounts folded applications?
For the very first time in years, when driving through Cheshire, Ohio, I see that all the big chimneys and spires of the coal processing plant are blackened partway down them. I wonder if that’s because of a recent deregulation?
Damn, I hate being suspicious!
A Good One…
Published August 18, 2020 by Nan Mykel
As the Harper’s Magazine for September reports, “Online murder-for-hire advertisements seek to convey professionalism yet tend not to provide references up front…”
P.S. This was at the end of the Findings paragraph: “Psychopaths recommended harsher punishmengts for homicides, whether accidental or motivated by profit, but exhibit relative low concern about killing in general.”
I HOPE I’M PARANOID
Published August 17, 2020 by Nan Mykel
They say you’re not paranoid if your ideation is true. I’m wondering what the president’s younger brother died of, and what was the race of the man the secret service shot. And if what he had in his hand was a camera when he knelt.
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