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I want to create images that are available within reach of all desires and whose glitz stimulates the appetite of the crowds. My dream: to run a factory where sophisticated machines would cut, paint, arrange translucent, fluorescent, radiant materials, according to my orders and my will! A factory at the service of the fantasy of…
“The incumbents refused to get out. It was very simple. They merely charged illegality in the elections and wrapped up the whole situation in the interminable red tape of the law. The Grangers were powerless. The courts were in the hands of their enemies.” – Jack London, The Iron Heel The Trumps are Gaslighting a…
KENOSHA — Not long before Kyle Rittenhouse, a 17-year-old from Illinois who was with a self-described “local militia” throughout Tuesday night’s deadly protests, allegedly killed two people and injured a third with gunfire, video shows law enforcement giving Rittenhouse water and telling his group “We appreciate you guys, we really do. Tucker Carlson defends actions…
Glad men got this one day; the rest of the year, face facts, women are better than us. – Barker Ajax Since 1971, Women’s Equality Day has been celebrated annually on August 26. The celebration falls on the anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment which granted women the right to vote. The Woman Suffrage…
“I have come to terms with a lot of things, because, when all’s said and done, there’s really very little one can do about a lot of things. You just accept them. The point is you just have to keep on working and you just have to keep on living.“ Interview by G. R. Swenson….
His goddamned tweet and lying, oh my God. I’m talking too freely, but you know. The change of stories. The lack of preparation. The lying. Holy shit. – Maryanne Trump Barry RESOLUTION REGARDING THE REPUBLICAN PARTY PLATFORM WHEREAS, The Republican National Committee (RNC) has significantly scaled back the size and scope of the 2020 Republican…
We are former national security officials who served during the administrations of Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, and/or Donald Trump, or as Republican Members of Congress. We are profoundly concerned about the course of our nation under the leadership of Donald Trump. Through his actions and his rhetoric, Trump has demonstrated…
“When you’re an artist, you don’t have to do what you’re told to do.” An interview with Rose Wylie by Harriet Baker Apollo: The International Art Magazine. January 18, 2020. ‘I have a slight empathy with dust. If I see it I don’t rush to clear it up.’ Rose Wylie looks about the dining room…
If Trump was working for Putin, what would he be doing differently? – Barker Ajax Post-Traumatic Trump Stress Disorder (PTTSD) is nothing to be ashamed of. It’s like when you take too much Viagra and your boner won’t go down for eight hours and by now you’re all alone. Perfectly fine to contact a medical…
“The most exciting thing is not doing it. If you fall in love with someone and never do it, it’s much more exciting.” I am reading, that’s not true, start over. I am listening to Warhol by Blake Gopnik. Got the audio because the book is 976 pages and the hardcover weighs three pounds. I…