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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!
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!!
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!
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…
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!
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
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
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...
It’s Not Capitalism… It’s MONEYISM!!
Here it is from an old college buddy and confidante of mine, J D. This former progressive talk radio host and socialist thinker nailed it with his commentary on things ' Das Capital': "If they straightforwardly called it ' Moneyism' instead of a $64,000 dollar...
‘Focus’ on the Neo Nazi Revival
Please go and watch the 2001 film Focus, directed by Neal Slavin and starring William H. Macy and Laura Dern. It is based on the great playwright Arthur Miller‘s novel of the same name. The film takes place in the waning months of WW2 when a man and his new wife are...
A Not So Gentler Lebensraum
Imagine, as a 12.5% proud Jewish baby boomer, how outraged I am at what's been transpiring in greater Israel. If one studies the history of that region, the real history, the paranoia by Israelis is not exaggerated. Go back in time to the 1930s in Europe and one can...
Trick or… TRICK!!!
Halloween is for kids and crazy pranksters. The little kids show off their costumes and get nice treats... except for the maniacs out there who like to put needles inside the chocolate goodies. Sick people like that belong in prison for life! On the subject of ' Sick...
Womb less Babies Don’t Count!
So, they put the oxymoron of a ' Constitutional Lawyer' into the US House of Representatives Speaker's Chair. Mike Johnson, looking so nerdy with his too neat attire , is ready to take America back into the Dark Ages of Reason. As the late, great Spencer Tracy,...
Arsenal of Democracy… or Hypocrisy?
This baby boomer loves his country... but rarely the leaders, movers and shakers. For 50 years I have been calling small businesses nationwide, speaking with so many fellow citizens. The majority of them seem to be regular working stiffs like myself. Yes, some of the...
Chiquita Ain’t Got Nuttin’ on Us!!
The $ 64,000 question, especially for all you baby boomers out there, is when exactly did we become a Banana Republic? One should realize that the power of money has always tainted our electoral system. This is why the Super Rich have maintained their position of...
It’s Alright Ma…I’m Only Bleeding!
In 2015 Alex Gibney had an insightful documentary on Scientology, Going Clear. What really got to me was how utterly foolish and chronically masochistic many of those former members of this so called Church were. I have studied various cults, and even dabbled within...
Leaderless!
Can you imagine that after my generation either was pushed into the Vietnam phony war or pushed into the streets to get us out, we have arrived at this, this ****? Bad enough that less than twenty years later we twice destroyed and invaded Iraq (occupying it the...
The Futility of Feudalistic Democracy
First thing first: If you want to know what is going on in the world, especially the political world, do NOT turn on the boob tube. And that is what it is, a vehicle for boobs. Similar to the world of sports media, if someone is allowed on mainstream television, then...
The Sickness- A Farruggio Original
It was late, nearly 1 AM. She was fast asleep in the bedroom, the one he just tiptoed out of a few moments earlier. They were both usually in bed by 11 PM weekdays and this was just a Wednesday. He blamed the stupid need to have action seven days a week that had him...
Wake Up Working Stiffs
Ironic how so many who say they worship Jesus as their Lord and Savior forget all that he taught: If we have food and covering, with these we shall be content. But those who want to get rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many foolish and harmful desires...
Bordellos R US
In a play on words the 'US' in my title can mean the 'Us' being we here in the USA. Get it? You see, what our nation has become is simply one big bordello! Wherever you look you see whores surrounding us working stiffs. I don't mean the 'working girls' who must 'do...
The Real ‘Rent Scoundrels’
Having spent the first 40+ years of my life paying tribute to landlords, this writer knows the crime of it all. I am not referring to the system of ' One landlord/One Tenant' that many of the neighborhoods in baby boomer Brooklyn consisted of. That was in the 50s and...
Tired of the BS?
Well, this writer may have failed 40 years ago at a standup career. Now I plan to use this new piece as fodder for another attempt to be in front of an audience. Perhaps just in front of a radio audience will suffice. The bottom line is, like the Howard Beale...
The Past Is Prologue
Just viewed, for the first time, the 2012 ESPN documentary ‘Ghosts of Ole Miss’ written by Wright Thompson and directed by Fritz Mitchell. The film covered the 1962 segregationist riot at the University of Mississippi in opposition to the first Afro American student...