Critic, Cynic, Satirist “We are all connected to the Universe and each other whether we like it or not”

Friday’s Wrap

John Allen
Aug 31, 2018 · 3 min read

Shorts on the Week’s News

Well the unnameable’s funeral procession broke into the morning ‘news’ shows so I turned the music on early again just so I wouldn’t toss my first cup of coffee, again. I swear I’ll scream if it comes up again this weekend. Enough already on this former bringer of death and destruction on the US’s behalf. We need a new tack if folks are to survive past a century or two. Wars certainly aren’t the answer. The neocon crowd, of which he was one of them, only destroy people and things, women&children; really, they destroy. Death and destruction is all they know. They need to be disappeared from existence, every fucking last one of ‘em. As the folks used to say during the ‘Nam; what if they gave a war and nobody came? We all need that mindset to survive, both internally and externally in all discourses, everywhere.

The numbers on deaths in Puerto Rico(from hurricane Maria, 2017) rival the attacks of September 11, ’01 where’s the wars against global warming? I’m guessing 6+ $trillion could do a lot for transitioning away from fossil fuels toward a more livable Earth. Talk about a monumental waste of money. What exactly have average Americans received from their 6+ $trillion investment? Come on, I’d really like to know. Perhaps a few terrorist attacks here and there in the US, UK or France. I’ve seen nothing of any consequence. The weapons makers though have seen record profits even during the financial meltdown of ’08. Americans are screwed, yet again.

The concentration camps at the southern border continue to be filled to the brim with illegals and asylum seekers. There are 300–500 children(numbers are vague) separated from their parents many of whom were deported maybe to never see their children again. How would the US govt act if this happened to American children? Not well I’m sure. The most idiotic venture of all, the border wall, continues to be built at taxpayer expense and ecological extermination of countless species and natural terrain. Stop already. Walls won’t stop people, just thousands of indigenous species as habitats are irreparably destroyed.

Finally

The US government under the Trump administration continues to deregulate industry polluters, banks, Wall Street, sell off public lands, advocate drilling on other public lands, take endangered species off the lists so hunters can kill them off yet again, etc. It just doesn’t end.

The west coast burns, the east floods and has sweltering heatwaves yet this isn’t even addressed in political discourse. Sad indeed. I started a book by Derrick Jensen, “The Culture of Make Believe” yesterday, around 600 pages so I’m going to write less and read more. Sunday Funnies will be forthcoming as it gets at least a few views each week. I don’t necessarily for views and claps, I write to keep my sanity in this schizophrenic nation. I write because drinking is not really an option any more. I write because I can. Peace, The Ol’ Hippy

John Allen

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Critic, Cynic, Pessimist “We are all connected to Universe and each other whether we like it or not”

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