And that is why he was Santa’s favorite — Not that it matters much, but I am pretty sure that Rudolph was gender non-conforming (GNC); and while we are at it, it seems his buddy Hermey was also, GNC. The first time I was introduced to Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, I was around four years old. Then, it meant…

As a child I was responsible for setting it up under the tree — it created a safe place inside of me forever — It was always now. The first or second Saturday after Thanksgiving. We got to get that village up, boy. Somewhere along the way, from birth to when I turned 7 or 8, my grandmother decided that I was the one. Sort of like in The Matrix when Neo was chosen…

Today’s hits are lacking that special magic, leaving me a little lost Don’t get me wrong. There is tons of great music today. Music for me, like many, tethers us to more. Easing us through the doldrums of any given block of 24 hours, the standard dose of life promised…

To begin to understand ‘how did we get a Trump,” historians should start with the DeVos and Van Andel MLM brainchild — Historians will be pondering for years, how did the phenomenon of Donald Trump happen in the United States. Many will look to the end of the actual years of Trump, and at the most extreme elements of his following, and say it was all based on racism. …

After a year of chaos, incompetence, criminality, and death, Russia’s next attack could be Putin’s last — There is a lot of chatter out there about Russia wanting to launch a winter offensive before Ukraine gets renourished with the promised Western tanks. Russia has had a few small, albeit symbolic victories lately in eastern Ukraine and it seems the chief strategist, President Putin, wants to seize the…

Generations will be further truthfully hobbled — After a long day of mentally-taxing labor, they surely must kick their feet up, light cigarettes, and over boiling-hot, cups of sweet tea ponder the good work they have done. I wonder if they are proud of themselves. “Hi honey, how was your day?” Oh, splendid. We have guaranteed that…

Alabama secretary of state tosses voting security out the window and decides technology cannot be trusted — Alabama’s new secretary of state, Wes Allan, performing his first act in office, decided to “protect” the state of Alabama and its voters from the unfolding, right-wing conspiracy allegedly being caused by a computer program called “ERIC.” It sounds scary, right? Reminds of the 1977 sci-fi movie called The Demon…

When Russia runs into battlefield troubles, a few hundred dead ‘friendly’ soldiers can always help — It is a wonderful resource to have as a young, inexperienced officer desirous to show your masters that you are one of the gang. The order comes down: Figure out where the enemy positions begin and end. Told you will have no resources like drones to provide you with a…

White folks breaking the law get treated completely differently than Black folks by the police — Two videos were released today by the police in different states. In one we see quite clearly how white are treated by the police when breaking the law and why they usually survive their run-in and in another video, we see how Black citizens are treated and why they often…