Tag Archives: Capitalism

Let Me Take A Shot At This

Posted on June 9, 2022 by Gene Stewart

Susie and I watched the superb movie BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK. All-star understated layers of oblique dialogue and concise storytelling. Spencer Tracy carries no gun. His character solves problems with appropriate response and is polite and peaceful throughout. Afterwards, … Continue reading →

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We’re Human Beings. They’re Not.

Posted on August 11, 2018 by Gene Stewart

Positive thinking, N V Peale’s peep show for flat-chested strippers, is what drives trunt.  He’s programmed to think repeating something makes it true.  Fact does not affect his delusions.  This explains his bloated ego.  If he says it, he thinks … Continue reading →

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A Call For Enhanced Optimism

Posted on September 5, 2017 by Gene Stewart

We all read Flowers For Algernon in school.  Daniel Keyes’s story of a man and his beloved mouse enhanced to genius, then reduced by the same drug to a descent into imbecility, is pathetic, horrific, and emotional.  It makes an … Continue reading →

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RUN: Rise Up Now – Fight the Fascists

Posted on May 22, 2017 by Gene Stewart

Watched NBC News inadvertently on Sunday and discovered it is rife with right wing attitude and ‘lesson’ stories. Reminded me strongly of how brainwashed we were when I was growing up. Obviously the 1% is afraid of us now and … Continue reading →

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Hayseed Coup & Evidence of Simulated Existence

Posted on March 15, 2017 by Gene Stewart

Never blame conspiracy for what incompetence can explain. Ah, but what if it’s a conspiracy of incompetence? / geste /// “Hayseed Coup” If people can go insane Why not cities, states, Countries going insane? Look around. First small groups went … Continue reading →

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Aping the Worst

Posted on December 29, 2015 by Gene Stewart

Serial killers become celebrities in America and around the world, their personal things collected, their images polished, and their lives endlessly studied by wanna-bes.  This despite serial killers having reduced everything to a mindless stupidity:  Kill. They are boring imbeciles, … Continue reading →

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Get Up And Fight Back

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Gene Stewart

Someone walks up to you and your loved ones and begins swinging an axe and just chopping the bloody hell out of your loved ones. Bet you stand there “loving” them and “forgiving” them and saying, “Oh, there’s still hope” … Continue reading →

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Us In the US Versus Them’uns

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Gene Stewart

Right wingers versus lefties. Conservatives versus liberals. Citizens versus crazies. It is a binary set situation, with very little overlap on the Venn diagram. Clinical studies demonstrate conservative minds, corporate mentality, right wingers, labels are optional, operate from a basis … Continue reading →

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