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ZERTErYNOthe
ZERTErYNOthe's Journal
ZERTErYNOthe's Journal
April 22, 2024
'WHERE DO WE PUT THE BODIES?'
WHERE DO WE PUT THE BODIES?
Migration’s human toll overwhelms a border county in Texas
This article was published in the Washington Post on April 14. I finally got through it after several tries. It is long, but devastating and depressing (reality often is). Sharing as a gift article to all of you.
https://wapo.st/4d6dPXv
April 19, 2024
Tainted Love / Where Did Our Love Go? (Extended Version)https://youtu.be/q84psZX6MbA?siPbxks6nYICVV7XSj
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April 19, 2024
keep a journal of memories
I'm feeling lonely, I can't breathe
Fall to pieces, I'm falling
Fell to pieces and I'm still falling
All the years I've tried with more to go
Will the memories die, I'm waiting?
0:34 / 4:29 Velvet Revolver - Fall To Pieces
?si=YQb449l3NZakucvtkeep a journal of memories
I'm feeling lonely, I can't breathe
Fall to pieces, I'm falling
Fell to pieces and I'm still falling
All the years I've tried with more to go
Will the memories die, I'm waiting?
April 14, 2024
(no paywall) https://wapo.st/4aU5ZhH
Texas county at center of border fight is overwhelmed by migrant deaths
EAGLE PASS, Tex. — The undertaker lighted a cigarette and held it between his latex-gloved fingers as he stood over the bloated body bag lying in the bed of his battered pickup truck.
The woman had been fished out of the Rio Grande minutes earlier. Now, her body lay stiff as mortician Jesus “Chuy” Gonzalez drove away from the muddy boat ramp and toward an overcrowded freezer, passing mobile homes and a casino along the way.
Maverick County purchased the trailer during the pandemic to handle covid-19 victims. It was designed to hold 20 bodies but on this day held 28 — the putrefied remains testifying to two dozen shattered dreams of reaching the United States. Only half had names.
Gonzalez didn’t flinch as he swung the freezer’s doors open. He has been around so much death that the stench of decomposition no longer bothers him. A large silver Virgen de Guadalupe dangled from his chest as he maneuvered the woman into a wooden barrack.
Nearby lay the body of a man whose arms were frozen as if he were blocking a blow. His jeans and shoes were still covered in river mud and his face marbled with sickly discoloration. Several members of a Venezuelan family who drowned together were also scattered inside the trailer. They had been there since mid-November.
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This is just the first 5 paragraphs from the article. It's interesting that two failures of Republican policy (Covid 19, Border/immigration policy) intersect: The need for a refrigerated trailer to handle bodies because of the republican Covid 19 policy is now used to handle the bodies because of the past and current Republican border policy.
Texas county at center of border fight is overwhelmed by migrant deaths
WHERE DO WE PUT THE BODIES?(no paywall) https://wapo.st/4aU5ZhH
Texas county at center of border fight is overwhelmed by migrant deaths
EAGLE PASS, Tex. — The undertaker lighted a cigarette and held it between his latex-gloved fingers as he stood over the bloated body bag lying in the bed of his battered pickup truck.
The woman had been fished out of the Rio Grande minutes earlier. Now, her body lay stiff as mortician Jesus “Chuy” Gonzalez drove away from the muddy boat ramp and toward an overcrowded freezer, passing mobile homes and a casino along the way.
Maverick County purchased the trailer during the pandemic to handle covid-19 victims. It was designed to hold 20 bodies but on this day held 28 — the putrefied remains testifying to two dozen shattered dreams of reaching the United States. Only half had names.
Gonzalez didn’t flinch as he swung the freezer’s doors open. He has been around so much death that the stench of decomposition no longer bothers him. A large silver Virgen de Guadalupe dangled from his chest as he maneuvered the woman into a wooden barrack.
Nearby lay the body of a man whose arms were frozen as if he were blocking a blow. His jeans and shoes were still covered in river mud and his face marbled with sickly discoloration. Several members of a Venezuelan family who drowned together were also scattered inside the trailer. They had been there since mid-November.
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This is just the first 5 paragraphs from the article. It's interesting that two failures of Republican policy (Covid 19, Border/immigration policy) intersect: The need for a refrigerated trailer to handle bodies because of the republican Covid 19 policy is now used to handle the bodies because of the past and current Republican border policy.
April 5, 2024
The inspiration for one of the songs on the performance of MTV Unplugged in New York.
Leadbelly - Where Did you Sleep Last Nigh
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April 1, 2024
Powerful storm charging across U.S. with severe weather, flooding, snow
Powerful storm charging across U.S. with severe weather, flooding, snow
A strong storm system has begun its trek across the United States and is delivering widespread hazardous weather.
https://wapo.st/3xm20vV
March 25, 2024
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The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
The is a harshly beautiful song inspired in part by the Vietnam war. I was a young child at the end of that war, with many memories of that time, but nothing likes those of age experiencing it firsthand. Quoting Mick Jagger about this song:
Well, it’s a very rough, very violent era. The Vietnam War. Violence on the screens, pillage, and burning,” he said. “And Vietnam was not war as we knew it in the conventional sense. The thing about Vietnam was that it wasn’t like World War II, it wasn’t like Korea, and it wasn’t like the Gulf War. It was a real nasty war, and people didn’t like it. People objected, and people didn’t want to fight it. The people that were there weren’t doing well.
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March 25, 2024
Mel Young - The Killer
The original track used for the closing theme to Archer on FX.
Track: The Killer
Composer: Mel Young
Album: Betty Page: Danger Girl
March 25, 2024
Cowboy Bebop - Opening Tank!
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