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Category Archives: Politics
Politics. An Anniversary of Luxury. F@ck-Burberry. 04.09.22
Before I went to Philly seven years ago, back when I took annual shopping trips/mini vacays, I saw a man on the DC metro with a BEAUTIFUL computer bag, from Burberry. It was honey brown, had brass buckles, looked just … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Inn, bad service, bigotry, DiBrunos, Doc Martens, F@ckBurberry, Fante's, La Columbe, microaggressions, Paul Stuart, prejudice, Race, racism, Salespeople, ShoppingWhileBlack, Tumi
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20 Years, Trillions of Dollars, and We Have Learned Nothing
We will never forget. …but will we will need think about a few things. How many people did we kill in Iraq after we invaded a country for no justifiable reason – and when the world knows the real reason … Continue reading
Politics. “Honest Education” and why teachers must defend it in the US. 7-7-21
Critical Race Theory is a college-level theory course in which they examine how laws and economics, whether intentionally or not (but in most cases, it was intentional) created inequalities in society that cut along racial lines in the US and … Continue reading
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Tagged Critial Race Theory, CRT, Honest History, Politics, Race, Slavery, US History, White Nationalism
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Politics. In Honor of a Leader on the Day of His Birth. 01-18-2021
Usually, when people want the country to sing kumbaya, ignore trespasses and injustice, and not hold racist White folks accountable, they pull a random quote from Martin Luther King Jr. and weaponize his words for their convenience, much like oppressors … Continue reading
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Tagged accountability, atone, Dr. Martin Luther King, honoring the legacy, Insurrection, Martin Luther KIng Jr., MLKJR, Politics, Quotes
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Politics. The Age of Assholism. 11-8-2020
Many people are walking around on Twitter and Sunday morning talking-head shows, proclaiming that the reason why the race was so close, and that 67 million Americans voted for a known liar, alleged con-artist and rapist, and person largely responsible … Continue reading
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Tagged 2020 Election Analysis, Black Lives Matter, Politics, racism
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Politics. Taking down Statues is a beginning. 4-12-2020.
There will be quite a lot of people upset by this decision – mostly racists who tend to say they aren’t racist. They claim to only be honoring their heritage (of defending slavery), and that the statues were commemorating participants … Continue reading
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Tagged Battle Flag, Confederate, Daughters of the Confederacy, Monument, racism, statues, the New Jim Crow, Virginia
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Politics. Nobody Listens to Cassandra. 04.02.2020
It must be horrible to be Senator Warren. She instigates the Obama administration into establishing an agency to protect consumers from predatory lending practices, and an advocate for the banks and Wall Street undermined her efforts. A bunch of … Continue reading
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Tagged 2020, Cassandra, Election, Elizabeth, Incompetence, John Bolton, Misogyny, Pandemic, Senator, Warren
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Politics. The Trap of the Feel Good Story. 03.26.2020
I love that people are stepping up and innovating solutions, and I admire that in people. This is humanity at its best and most generous. I am infuriated that we had and have multiple opportunities to be proactive about this … Continue reading
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Tagged COVID-19, Feel Good Porn, Pandemic, President, The Trump Virus, USA
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Politics. Hosting Guests in a Pandemic. 3-14-2020
We are living in interesting times. This week, COVID-19 – a Coronavirus believed to have originated in a live animal market in Wuhan, China – was declared a global pandemic earlier this week. It came in at a time of … Continue reading
Posted in branding, Business, Politics
Tagged bed and breakfast, COVID-19, hospitality, Politics, sanitize
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Politics. On Democracy, and Centrism. 02.13.2020
The party shifted to the center after the single term of President Jimmy Carter. Carter was held to a single term in large part because he was undermined by the apparatus within Government, specifically within the GOP that wanted a … Continue reading
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Tagged centrists, democracy, Democratic Party, Democratic Socialism, polemic, Reform
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