First They Came For…

First they came for Mickey, Minnie, and Donald Duck.   Really?  Yeah. Now they are coming for Elmo, Big Bird, and Cookie Monster. Seriously.  This shit is so bizarre, so fucked up, that I couldn't make it up. Is this the world you want to live in? What are you doing to change it? The Ugliness … Continue reading First They Came For…

Yom HaShoah: Holocaust Remembrance Day

Today, April 24, 2025, is Yom HaShoah, in English "Holocaust Remembrance Day".  It marks eighty years since the liberation of the Nazi death camps.  To start I'd like to tell you about Ruth Cohen. Ruth is a survivor of Auschwitz.  Ruth and her sister Teresa survived, eventually being liberated in May 1945.  When Ruth and … Continue reading Yom HaShoah: Holocaust Remembrance Day

No

"A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble." - Mahatma Gandhi The Ugliness is the Hope. Resist. Persist. Oppose. Propose. Be the opposition with a proposition. Be the Pebble  

First They Came For…

I was out with a friend last night.  Told her I was trying to get on Trump's enemies list.  She was a bit surprised. First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I … Continue reading First They Came For…

I Stand with Ukraine

I've seen posts on social media that claim standing with Ukraine is standing against the United States.  This allegation is so false that it barely qualifies as ridiculous. When I stand with Ukraine I stand with Democracy. When I stand with Ukraine I stand with the millions who fought and died to end Nazism  and … Continue reading I Stand with Ukraine

Poland 1939. Ukraine 2025?

Is the planned meeting of Trump and Putin to discuss the division of Ukraine? What will happen to the rest of Europe under a Trump/Putin alliance? And what are the parallels between today and the events that lead to World War Two?