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February 12, 2017
Salon
Langston Hughes saw Donald Trump coming: “Let America Be America Again” vs. MAGA
Let America be America again.
Let it be the dream it used to be.
Let it be the pioneer on the plain
Seeking a home where he himself is free.
(America never was America to me.)
Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed—
Let it be that great strong land of love
Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme
That any man be crushed by one above.
(It never was America to me.)
O, let my land be a land where Liberty
Is crowned with no false patriotic wreath,
But opportunity is real, and life is free,
Equality is in the air we breathe.
(There’s never been equality for me,
Nor freedom in this “homeland of the free.”)
Say, who are you that mumbles in the dark?
And who are you that draws your veil across the stars?
I am the poor white, fooled and pushed apart,
I am the Negro bearing slavery’s scars.
I am the red man driven from the land,
I am the immigrant clutching the hope I seek—
And finding only the same old stupid plan
Of dog eat dog, of mighty crush the weak.
I am the young man, full of strength and hope,
Tangled in that ancient endless chain
Of profit, power, gain, of grab the land!
Of grab the gold! Of grab the ways of satisfying need!
Of work the men! Of take the pay!
Of owning everything for one’s own greed!
I am the farmer, bondsman to the soil.
I am the worker sold to the machine.
I am the Negro, servant to you all.
I am the people, humble, hungry, mean—
Hungry yet today despite the dream.
Beaten yet today—O, Pioneers!
I am the man who never got ahead,
The poorest worker bartered through the years.
Yet I’m the one who dreamt our basic dream
In the Old World while still a serf of kings,
Who dreamt a dream so strong, so brave, so true,
That even yet its mighty daring sings
In every brick and stone, in every furrow turned
That’s made America the land it has become.
O, I’m the man who sailed those early seas
In search of what I meant to be my home—
For I’m the one who left dark Ireland’s shore,
And Poland’s plain, and England’s grassy lea,
And torn from Black Africa’s strand I came
To build a “homeland of the free.”
The free?
Who said the free? Not me?
Surely not me? The millions on relief today?
The millions shot down when we strike?
The millions who have nothing for our pay?
For all the dreams we’ve dreamed
And all the songs we’ve sung
And all the hopes we’ve held
And all the flags we’ve hung,
The millions who have nothing for our pay—
Except the dream that’s almost dead today.
O, let America be America again—
The land that never has been yet—
And yet must be—the land where every man is free.
The land that’s mine—the poor man’s, Indian’s, Negro’s, ME—
Who made America,
Whose sweat and blood, whose faith and pain,
Whose hand at the foundry, whose plow in the rain,
Must bring back our mighty dream again.
Sure, call me any ugly name you choose—
The steel of freedom does not stain.
From those who live like leeches on the people’s lives,
We must take back our land again,
America!
O, yes,
I say it plain,
America never was America to me,
And yet I swear this oath—
America will be!
Out of the rack and ruin of our gangster death,
The rape and rot of graft, and stealth, and lies,
We, the people, must redeem
The land, the mines, the plants, the rivers.
The mountains and the endless plain—
All, all the stretch of these great green states—
And make America again!
"Let America Be America Again" -- Langston Hughes
Salon
Langston Hughes saw Donald Trump coming: “Let America Be America Again” vs. MAGA
Let America be America again.
Let it be the dream it used to be.
Let it be the pioneer on the plain
Seeking a home where he himself is free.
(America never was America to me.)
Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed—
Let it be that great strong land of love
Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme
That any man be crushed by one above.
(It never was America to me.)
O, let my land be a land where Liberty
Is crowned with no false patriotic wreath,
But opportunity is real, and life is free,
Equality is in the air we breathe.
(There’s never been equality for me,
Nor freedom in this “homeland of the free.”)
Say, who are you that mumbles in the dark?
And who are you that draws your veil across the stars?
I am the poor white, fooled and pushed apart,
I am the Negro bearing slavery’s scars.
I am the red man driven from the land,
I am the immigrant clutching the hope I seek—
And finding only the same old stupid plan
Of dog eat dog, of mighty crush the weak.
I am the young man, full of strength and hope,
Tangled in that ancient endless chain
Of profit, power, gain, of grab the land!
Of grab the gold! Of grab the ways of satisfying need!
Of work the men! Of take the pay!
Of owning everything for one’s own greed!
I am the farmer, bondsman to the soil.
I am the worker sold to the machine.
I am the Negro, servant to you all.
I am the people, humble, hungry, mean—
Hungry yet today despite the dream.
Beaten yet today—O, Pioneers!
I am the man who never got ahead,
The poorest worker bartered through the years.
Yet I’m the one who dreamt our basic dream
In the Old World while still a serf of kings,
Who dreamt a dream so strong, so brave, so true,
That even yet its mighty daring sings
In every brick and stone, in every furrow turned
That’s made America the land it has become.
O, I’m the man who sailed those early seas
In search of what I meant to be my home—
For I’m the one who left dark Ireland’s shore,
And Poland’s plain, and England’s grassy lea,
And torn from Black Africa’s strand I came
To build a “homeland of the free.”
The free?
Who said the free? Not me?
Surely not me? The millions on relief today?
The millions shot down when we strike?
The millions who have nothing for our pay?
For all the dreams we’ve dreamed
And all the songs we’ve sung
And all the hopes we’ve held
And all the flags we’ve hung,
The millions who have nothing for our pay—
Except the dream that’s almost dead today.
O, let America be America again—
The land that never has been yet—
And yet must be—the land where every man is free.
The land that’s mine—the poor man’s, Indian’s, Negro’s, ME—
Who made America,
Whose sweat and blood, whose faith and pain,
Whose hand at the foundry, whose plow in the rain,
Must bring back our mighty dream again.
Sure, call me any ugly name you choose—
The steel of freedom does not stain.
From those who live like leeches on the people’s lives,
We must take back our land again,
America!
O, yes,
I say it plain,
America never was America to me,
And yet I swear this oath—
America will be!
Out of the rack and ruin of our gangster death,
The rape and rot of graft, and stealth, and lies,
We, the people, must redeem
The land, the mines, the plants, the rivers.
The mountains and the endless plain—
All, all the stretch of these great green states—
And make America again!
February 11, 2017
And now, the evidence mounts?
Source: The Christian Post, by Eric Sapp
Holy shit!
Read it all at: http://www.christianpost.com/news/trump-isnt-the-antichrist-but-he-is-anti-christ-174617/
Donald Trump isn't the Antichrist but he is anti-Christ
My wife - big fan of The Omen movies - leaves the room whenever that creature is mentioned or appears on a TV. She firmly believes this guy is the you-know-what!And now, the evidence mounts?
Source: The Christian Post, by Eric Sapp
A few weeks ago, I was reading a piece on President Trump's inner circle. The story talked about how Trump's son-in-law saved the family fortune by selling their real-estate holdings and investing them all in a single building: 666 Fifth Avenue ... and how he then leveraged the profits from 666 Fifth Avenue to buy a new property adjoining the family's $666 million development in New Jersey.
Want to guess how high the new building being built from the profits of 666 Fifth Avenue will be? Yup, 666 feet!
Want to guess how high the new building being built from the profits of 666 Fifth Avenue will be? Yup, 666 feet!
As it turns out, a super lunar eclipse, the phenomenon when the "moon turns to blood," is very rare. Only five "blood moons" occurred in the last century and only four during President Trump's lifetime.
Again, want to guess when the first blood moon was? The night Donald Trump was born. And the most recent time the moon turned to blood? The night after the "Values Voter Summit," when Trump articulated his vision for why Christians should follow him.
Again, want to guess when the first blood moon was? The night Donald Trump was born. And the most recent time the moon turned to blood? The night after the "Values Voter Summit," when Trump articulated his vision for why Christians should follow him.
So while I found the blood moon links eerie, and many of the 666 connections intriguing, there was one connection between President Trump and 666 that I found chilling.
666 Fifth Avenue falls almost perfectly in the "middle" of Fifth Avenue from north to south. And candidate Trump's famous proclamation that he could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue (where 666 Fifth is) and shoot somebody without losing any voters reflects precisely the environment and cult the Bible warns about.
666 Fifth Avenue falls almost perfectly in the "middle" of Fifth Avenue from north to south. And candidate Trump's famous proclamation that he could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue (where 666 Fifth is) and shoot somebody without losing any voters reflects precisely the environment and cult the Bible warns about.
But after Trump's most recent executive order denying safe haven to Christians fleeing ISIS and genocide in Darfur, I feel I must speak the Biblical truth that Trump is anti-Christ.
It's not because he was born the night of a blood moon or has more connections to 666 than he does to Kevin Bacon. It's because his is a spirit of fear and emptiness, that seeks only to fill his bottomless insecurity with worldly affirmations and idols, instead of humbling himself before the only One who can make him whole. And it is that antichristian spirit that is both leading so many Christians astray and gathering such evil human forces around him in his alt-right and Russian enforcers.
It's not because he was born the night of a blood moon or has more connections to 666 than he does to Kevin Bacon. It's because his is a spirit of fear and emptiness, that seeks only to fill his bottomless insecurity with worldly affirmations and idols, instead of humbling himself before the only One who can make him whole. And it is that antichristian spirit that is both leading so many Christians astray and gathering such evil human forces around him in his alt-right and Russian enforcers.
Holy shit!
Read it all at: http://www.christianpost.com/news/trump-isnt-the-antichrist-but-he-is-anti-christ-174617/
February 11, 2017
First look at Syfy's Channel Zero: No-End House
Based on stories from creepypasta website - same place Slenderman came from!
February 9, 2017
Read it all at: http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/935/24401/08-02-2017/universal-basic-income-what-do-socialists-say
Universal basic income - what do socialists say?
Source: The Socialist, by Judy Beishon, Socialist Party executive committee
The idea of welfare benefits being replaced by a 'universal basic income' (UBI) has resurfaced in recent years - a welcome discussion because it raises the fundamental right of everyone to have an income that meets their basic needs. Exact proposals vary but they are all based on the idea of everyone in society receiving an unconditional, tax-free, regular payment, regardless of whether they are working or the composition of their household (see appendix below).
Discussion on UBI is centuries old, but today campaigners point to a new urgency due to the growing precarious nature of employment and the threat to jobs from automation. More and more workers face the insecurity of having no set minimum hours of work or are being paid 'by the task'. Many who do have full-time contracts are not paid enough for a decent standard of living.
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Appendix:
Supporters of a 'progressive' UBI say it would:
• Secure everyone's right to a basic standard of living
• Reward the huge amount of unpaid care and voluntary work
• End means testing and benefits sanctions
• Give women greater independence, as they would be paid as individuals rather than as part of a household
• Mean no financial disincentive to work, as UBI would not be withdrawn
• Be simpler than the present benefits system
• Give workers a safety net allowing them to more easily risk switching jobs
• Make it easier to make ends meet when taking strike action
• Enable reduced working hours, creating more jobs for others and allowing more time for innovation, leisure, political activity, etc
Read it all at: http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/935/24401/08-02-2017/universal-basic-income-what-do-socialists-say
February 9, 2017
Something to it? But we gots pictures!
The rest at: http://www.al.com/living/index.ssf/2017/02/citycouncil_designates_townoff.html#incart_river_home
City council designates town Official Bigfoot Capital of Alabama
Source: al.com, by Kelly Kazek
Lately, everything's coming up Bigfoot in Conecuh County. Numerous residents have reported Sasquatch sightings, according to the Gulf Coast Bigfoot Research Organization, which led officials from the town of Evergreen to invite Bigfoot researchers to the annual Collard Green Festival in January. While there, researchers saw what they believed to be evidence of Sasquatch in the area. Click here to read what researchers discovered.
Several stories about those events went viral, prompting members of the Evergreen City Council to discuss how to capitalize on the attention. On Tuesday night, council members voted unanimously to designate their town, population 3,800, the Official Bigfoot Capital of Alabama.
Councilman Luther Upton, who introduced the resolution, said he has never seen a Sasquatch. "But I've never seen God either and I believe in him," he said. "A lot of people have seen these things. They aren't quacks. They are legitimate people who've seen these things."
Because of that, Upton feels, "There's got to be something to this."
Several stories about those events went viral, prompting members of the Evergreen City Council to discuss how to capitalize on the attention. On Tuesday night, council members voted unanimously to designate their town, population 3,800, the Official Bigfoot Capital of Alabama.
Councilman Luther Upton, who introduced the resolution, said he has never seen a Sasquatch. "But I've never seen God either and I believe in him," he said. "A lot of people have seen these things. They aren't quacks. They are legitimate people who've seen these things."
Because of that, Upton feels, "There's got to be something to this."
Something to it? But we gots pictures!
The rest at: http://www.al.com/living/index.ssf/2017/02/citycouncil_designates_townoff.html#incart_river_home
February 9, 2017
It's back! Set your DVRs for the other shows!
February 4, 2017
It happened November 9, 2016.
February 3, 2017
Beware the Alabamafication of America!
"It can't happen here."
Warning! Satire! by Matt Mitchell
Ostrich: White Alabama Democrat added to endangered species list
*****
"In the early 1990s we would drive the back roads in places like Walker and Winston County and just count the Clinton/Gore campaign signs and bumper stickers. There weren't many, but they were there," recalled Ribble. "But last year we drove the same roads and found absolutely zero Hillary signs. Well, there was one, but it was being used for target practice."
Ribble and other wildlife officials believe the White Alabama Democrat still exists in rural areas, they have just been forced to blend in with the White Alabama Conservative that has overwhelmed their environment.
"I could stand the two different species side-by-side and most people wouldn't be able to tell the difference. To the untrained eye they appear completely identical," said Ribble. "That's why we're having to try new things to identify them, like playing a continuous loop of conservative political commentator Tomi Lahren from a set of loudspeakers. If forced to listen, the White Alabama Democrat's eye will start twitching uncontrollably within thirty seconds. It's remarkable."
Once officials believe they have located a White Alabama Democrat they move quickly to electronically tag the creature. Instead of inserting a microchip under the skin, each identified White Alabama Democrat is given a tracking device disguised as an NPR pledge drive coffee mug.
*****
February 1, 2017
From 24/7 Wall Street:
The 10 states with the lowest overall immigrant population are:
And the 10 states with the highest overall immigrant population are:
http://247wallst.com/special-report/2017/01/31/states-where-the-most-people-have-green-cards/2/
Red versus Blue.
Interesting correlation. And - another version of "Which came first..."From 24/7 Wall Street:
Because foreigners seeking employment and eventually citizenship in the United States almost always choose communities where they have families or friends, certain areas of the country continue to attract greater numbers of immigrants than others. The annual flow of green card holding residents tends to be higher in states with larger foreign born populations nearly without exception. 24/7 Wall St. reviewed the number of green cards issued per capita in 2015 in each state. New York reported the highest flow, with 658.4 green cards issued per 100,000 people. In West Virginia, on the other hand, just 42.7 residents for every 100,000 residents obtained a green card, the lowest of all states.
The 10 states with the lowest overall immigrant population are:
West Virginia - 1.6 percent
Montana - 2.1 percent
Mississippi - 2.4 percent
South Dakota - 3.2 percent
Maine - 3.4 percent
Alabama - 3.5 percent
Kentucky - 3.6 percent
Wyoming - 3.8 percent
North Dakota - 3.8 percent
Louisiana - 4 percent
And the 10 states with the highest overall immigrant population are:
California - 27.4 percent
New York - 22.9 percent
New Jersey - 22.1 percent
Florida - 20.2 percent
Nevada - 19.4 percent
Hawaii - 17.8 percent
Texas - 17 percent
Massachusetts - 16.2 percent
Maryland - 15 percent
Connecticut - 14.5 percent
http://247wallst.com/special-report/2017/01/31/states-where-the-most-people-have-green-cards/2/
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