Monthly Archives: April 2021

Roger Casement Martyr

April 16, 2021 – 11:49 am

Once a Knight of the British Empire Roger Casement was led to his death before a firing squad. His crime was treason. He had plotted to have weapons delivered to the IRA to fight against the English during WWI. The Germans had failed to supply the arms. A lover sold him out to the Brits. […]

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I’m With Angela Davis Too

April 16, 2021 – 2:35 am

Angela Davis was the cover girl for the Black Panthers. She was and remains a true revolutionary. Now more than ever. But she was never alone. They fed the people. They spoke about freedom. They fought the pigs. RESIST. In the words of Bobby Sands IRA MP for Belfast – “Our revenge will be the […]

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LAX-SFO – SUMMER OF 1973

April 15, 2021 – 4:49 pm

Back in August 1973 I hitchhiked across country to Tulsa. My friend Neil was staying with a woman there. We had planned to drive to the West Coast in his BMW 2002, however prior to my arrival the Staten Islander had been distracted by a State Fair roller coaster and rear-ended a truck. The car […]

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Half Full. Half Empty

April 15, 2021 – 1:26 pm

Who cares if the glass is half full or half empty if a full glass is waiting in the future?

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LOVE YOU LONG TIME – CHAPTER 4 by Peter Nolan Smith

April 15, 2021 – 1:55 am

The staff of the front desk at the Malaysia remembered my room. 203 overlooked the pool. Overweight farangs basked in the torrid sun like walruses oiled for a boiling pot. The bar girls sheltered in the shade, eating sum-tam or spicy papaya salad like the world was ending tomorrow or beginning by waking up next […]

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