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Pull Down Their Trousers!!

Pull Down Their Trousers!!

First we need to get the ' Right ( meaning ' Left' ) people in government. What needs be done is for the public to finally, in mass, understand that the Super Rich do damage to us all with their obscene wealth and influence. Obviously, the best recourse is to...

Action, Reaction

Action, Reaction

The Physics guys know it best that for ' Every action there is an equal and opposite reaction'. Well, I guess those who lead us don't know a rat's ass about things like that. Let's look at the end of WW1 and what transpired to aid in the growth of the Nazis. In a...

Mayday Mayday Mayday

Mayday Mayday Mayday

Fifty four years ago today this writer was getting ready to hitchhike to classes at Brooklyn College. It was a sunny, blue sky early Spring day, and the college was a few miles from our apartment building on the corner of Bedford Ave and Ave U. This writer was into...

The Kindness of Strangers?

The Kindness of Strangers?

I was channel surfing last evening and watched the Supreme Court's new case concerning homeless encampments etc. What got me was how the government's lawyer kept explaining how the homeless situation was being handled. HIs retort was that NGOs ( Non Governmental...

The Empire Owns Us

The Empire Owns Us

In today's America there is no need for a contract for millions of my fellow working stiffs. With many states like mine ( Florida) having 'Right to work laws', unions are few and far between. Duh, like not even 10% of private sector workers are unionized. So, you work...

**** Happens Behind the Wheel!

**** Happens Behind the Wheel!

Sometimes, when I need a good laugh, I go into my inner treasure box of memories. What comes out is hilarious, because it damn well really happened! I'm 19, just got my hack license ,allowing me to drive a NYC Yellow Cab. A few days into the job I find myself at...

The New Fascism

The New Fascism

Once someone dares to compare today's right wing in American politics to that of the fascist Nazi Party of 90 years ago, the snowballs fly. They tell you that it is utterly ridiculous to even equate such a thing. Oh really? Well, straight from the Hitler/Goebbels...

Dead End America

Dead End America

Documentary film maker Marc Levin made a 'must see ' film entitled Class Divide (2015)  about the gentrification of the West Chelsea area of Manhattan ( 23rd street around 9th and 10th Avenues). HIs former documentary, Hard Times: Lost on Long Island (2012) followed...

War! What Is It Good For!?

War! What Is It Good For!?

(War) h'uh Yeah! (What is it good for?) Absolutely (nothin) uh-huh, uh-huh (War) h'uh Yeah! (What is it good for?) Absolutely (nothin') Listen to me Ooh war, I despise 'Cause it means destruction of innocent lives War means tears, to thousands of mother's eyes When...

How to Blow an Election

How to Blow an Election

Boy oh boy, the Neo Con Democratic Party sure knows how to dismantle things. Think of this: They had the right wing Republicans on their heels with the Dobbs decision on abortion. Probably hundreds of millions of American women had a genuine 'Hissy Fit' over their...

Oskar Schindler Would Be In Gaza

Oskar Schindler Would Be In Gaza

Remember Steven Spielberg's blockbuster film ' Schindler's List'? In it Oskar Schindler, an ambitious Czech businessman, has his epiphany in Krakow, Poland during the German occupation. Schindler came to Krakow to make his fortune using Jewish labor at a factory he...

It’s Not Personal… Just Business!

It’s Not Personal… Just Business!

Just watched a 2020 documentary entitled ‘ Dirty Money’ that covered a slew of scams perpetrated on American consumers. The segment on Scott Tucker really got my goat. Here’s a bit of a background on this character and his disgusting shenanigans: In 1991, Tucker was...

False Gods & Prophets!

False Gods & Prophets!

Being brought up Catholic this writer likes to refer to the New Testament for fuel: Matthew 7:15-20 (King James Version) Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men...

Zoom or You Won’t See Me!

Zoom or You Won’t See Me!

If you have a friend or loved one in the Volusia Cty Jail here in the Daytona Beach area of Florida, get ready to play the man’s game of Telephone. Until you have someone close to you incarcerated there you cannot believe how this current penal system works. Bottom...

The ‘Good Old Days’ (Compared to This)

The ‘Good Old Days’ (Compared to This)

Baby boomers like this writer usually reminisce about past days, replete with the great music ,sports and styles we enjoyed. Yes, growing up in ' The garden spot of the world, Brooklyn NYC' one can remember how important to us our neighborhoods were. One street, or...

Hitler Would Be Proud!

Hitler Would Be Proud!

It has become sacrilegious to ever use Adolph Hitler in any comparison of a current political person or group. Sorry children, but we need to give careful scrutiny to our Republican Party and its leadership, meaning people like The Donald, Governor Sanctimonious,...

Who Cares? I Got My Gadget Here!

Who Cares? I Got My Gadget Here!

You got a government that is run by a Two Party con job. You have one side that borders on outright fascism, if not a return to Germany circa 1932. You have the other side, the ' Politically correct' one, that also sucks on the teat of this Military Industrial Empire....

You’re a Regular RIOT Donald!

You’re a Regular RIOT Donald!

For Baby Boomers like this writer The Honeymooners television show was right on. One of Jackie Gleason's funnier quotes was when, as Ralph Kramdon, he gave it to his wife Alice with ' You're a regular riot Alice!' Looking back after these three years I can serve that...

Happy MAGA Year!!

Happy MAGA Year!!

Disappointing that many of you loyal Trump and Republican MAGA supporters don't understand history. I could ( and may very well do so) create a whole standup comedy routine on this fact. Here we have most, if not all, of the Republican presidential wannabees who...

Age of Anxiety… Again!

Age of Anxiety… Again!

Students of American history realize that we as a people have experienced quite a few ' Ages of National Anxiety'. Looking back but within 110 years or so we know there was national anxiety during World Wars 1 and 2 and of course, in my boomer memory, during the (...

Send In the Clowns…

Send In the Clowns…

They're already here! Being a baby boomer this writer has consistently looked at those who lead us as mostly ' Clowns'. This goes in spades for those who run our corporations. Ever hear these folks speak? If that isn't indicative of inviting laughter, I don't know...

From Hitler’s Lips… Resonating Well Now!

From Hitler’s Lips… Resonating Well Now!

Politics has always been, as Mark Twain put it : " The last refuge of scoundrels." It seems that, in super rich controlled American politics, it's simply selling the public the ' Illusion of democracy'. The guys or gals with the most private money behind them usually...

A Farruggio Original: The Stolen Wallet

A Farruggio Original: The Stolen Wallet

Sometimes we do give up that there is still caring for the plight of others. Obviously, when there is known pain and suffering from disasters or crimes against strangers in our midst, there is a higher level of caring that reveals itself. Yet, when it is simply lesser...

A Farruggio Original: On A Warm September Night

A Farruggio Original: On A Warm September Night

I used to love going to The Gallery disco/restaurant in ' The Ridge', which is what Bay Ridge, Brooklyn was called. When I turned 18 my friends and I always headed for The Ridge most Friday and Saturday nights. The Gallery had been our place of choice. Now, there were...