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Tag: The Way It Is

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QuotesFebruary 24, 2021

“A Fanatical Mistress”

“City of Thieves” by David Benioff

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MusingsFebruary 12, 2021

You Be You. For Me, Ink.

You be you, man. I’ll be me. Always.

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Election 2020October 12, 2020

#3 – Policing, Criminal Justice and Incarceration Reform

I’m voting in this election because… for BIPOC, we might as well call the system what it actually is – Criminal Injustice. Or more accurately, The No Justice System.

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TrumpSeptember 2, 2020

“Back to the Future II” Redux

We desperately need to get out of this bizarro USA reality. We need to get… Back! To the Future!

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PoliticsAugust 13, 2020

Biden/Harris – “That’s The Ticket”

I refuse to be a Trump enabler. That means voting for Biden/Harris rather than staying home or voting for some 3rd-party, not-a-chance-in-hell candidate.

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Death PenaltyJuly 28, 2020

Capital Punishment Is Not About Justice

Vengeance is not a noble pursuit, but an evil that feeds back on its practitioners.

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CoronavirusMay 25, 2020

To the Class of 2020

Go ahead, say it. SCREAM it! We can’t do anything, anyway, and in the context of a pandemic? Absurd.

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Coronavirus/COVID-19April 20, 2020

Those Were the Pre-Coronadays, My Friends

This coronavirus thing sucks. I feel you.

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The Way It IsApril 9, 2020

Bernie’s my guy…but I’ll never be a Trump enabler.

The end of Sen. Sanders’ campaign is deeply saddening, but right now we can’t let down the people his movement is meant to help.

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