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Immanuary

Immanuary

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Jack Herlocker
Please Lie Down With Me

Please Lie Down With Me

ξαπλώνω μόνος.   — Sappho
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Mike Essig
Income Taxation & the Party-State

Income Taxation & the Party-State

For a quarter-century of my working lifetime, ranging from the mid-1970s until 1999 when I finally put a stop to it, it was presented to…
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Ron Collins
The Eternal Now

The Eternal Now

What might have been and what has been Point to one end, which is always present. TSE
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Mike Essig
Velma and the Monster Behind the Mask

Velma and the Monster Behind the Mask

WORD OF THE DAY   Anagnorisis  an-ag-NOR-ih-sis Part of speech: noun Origin: Greek, late 18th century The point in a play, novel, etc., in…
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Ron Collins
Points Continually Missed

Points Continually Missed

One of the keys to the useful study of propaganda, anyone’s propaganda, is in seeing both what an author says, and what he dares not say.
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Ron Collins
The Senator and I

The Senator and I

[rec. 1/11/21]
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Ron Collins
Epilogue

Epilogue

Poetry makes nothing happen. — Auden
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Mike Essig
January First

January First

The new is out there but you wouldn’t know it.   A Brumal morning walk up Struggle mountain.
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Mike Essig
Villanelle: Fickle Time Has Slipped Away

Villanelle: Fickle Time Has Slipped Away

Fickle time has slipped away, leaving you alone and still. So little is left to say.
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Mike Essig
Dismantling the fascist apparatus of ‘income tax’: Round One

Dismantling the fascist apparatus of ‘income tax’: Round One

[full text as sent to US District Court:]
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Ron Collins
Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving

Gratitude.
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Mike Essig
Bill and Don, Over Drinks: One Act

Bill and Don, Over Drinks: One Act

Bill: So how’s that for some single-malt there, Don?
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Ron Collins
Socialism = greedy capitalism, by any means available

Socialism = greedy capitalism, by any means available

If you’re a ‘classic rock’ fan, you are probably familiar with the old Ten Years After song (never knew the title) that goes,
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Ron Collins
Bad Entertainment

Bad Entertainment

Taxing personal incomes was fascism all along, so once again, neither factions’ even mentioning putting an end to it means the real…
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Ron Collins
Going Postal: chapter 2, the legal questions

Going Postal: chapter 2, the legal questions

Some very interesting questions, far larger ones than the matter of a twelve-dollar machinery part lost in the mail, are beginning to form…
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Ron Collins
The Bad Son

The Bad Son

Once upon a time…
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Jack Herlocker
Going Postal: a sort-of American-made comedy of errors

Going Postal: a sort-of American-made comedy of errors

(why am I not laughing?)
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Ron Collins
Yard Sale Chair

Yard Sale Chair

Apologies to WCW & TSE
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Mike Essig
Get Ready For Nothing

Get Ready For Nothing

Han-Shan got it right:
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Mike Essig
Intentions

Intentions

Years ago I was ambitious, but nothing happened and I forgot to try.
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Mike Essig
Join the Loyal Opposition

Join the Loyal Opposition

We are Not the Enemy
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Craig Allen Heath
Night Woods

Night Woods

Getting an spending  we lay waste our days.
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Mike Essig
Struggle Mountain

Struggle Mountain

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Mike Essig
Holy Pockets

Holy Pockets

Who knows where the time goes?
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Mike Essig
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