These videos sorta go along with May Day—maybe!
It's hard to say how much if anything, these videos have to do with May 1 or—May Day!3 Stooges (I'm labor day).vobSomething in the air / Tom Petty And The HeartbreakersFuck All The Perfect People -...
View ArticleTwo political parties—two political approaches—two political failures!
By SJ OttoFor many weeks now the news has been dominated by the Coronavirus. Suddenly it is front page news, almost every day. If World War 3 broke out, it would be back page news. We have a backward...
View ArticleSarah Lopez offers us a progressive choice for Sedgwick County Commissioner
By SJ OttoWhile I have been very critical of Joe Biden (Sleepy Joe as Donald Trump called him) we have the time, money and energy to put into some local races where we might actually get something out...
View ArticleA Mother's Day Message from Yoko Ono
By urging us to celebrate the maternal love we experienced as children,or perhaps much later in life, MY MOMMY IS BEAUTIFUL engages our most personal memories.Let’s fill Facebook, Instagram and...
View ArticleAnd the idiot candidate ads begin
By SJ OttoIt is already happening. We are being subjected to political commercials by obnoxious and incredibly stupid people who automatically think we are all “pro-life” and “pro-Trump.”Some of the...
View ArticleWho are the Native American Indians on our coins, in the US and Mexico
By SJ OttoThere are a number of Native American Indian coins in both Mexico and the US. In Mexico there are several coins with the image of King Cuauhtemotzín, of the Aztecs. People in that country...
View ArticleAre people smarter than cattle?
By SJ OttoIf we were living in a society where animals had to seriously compete with Humans for resources, then we should have figured that we will pretty much always win. We are supposedly smarter...
View ArticleFacebook allows Ron Estes to lie about Trump and the Coronavirus
By SJ OttoWhile Facebook has banned me from posting links to my political blogs, Congressman Ron Estesis free to publish blatant lies about President Donald Trump. President Donald J. Trump and the...
View ArticleWhen dams fail, nature gets revenge!
By SJ OttoI consider myself an environmentalist. I consider nature to be important. I’m not against people making a living, a home or other necessities. But we have to share this earth with other...
View ArticleTrump: contempt for the working class and over all stupidity
By SJ OttoWhen I lived under President “W” Bush, I thought we were living under the most moronic dumbass president of all times (at least in my lifetime). Now we have President Donald Trump. The...
View ArticleUS- Another look at Memorial Day- "Whom Will We Honor Memorial Day?"
From Zin Education Project: By Howard ZinnPublished on June 2, 1976 in the Boston Globe and republished in The Zinn Reader with the brief introduction below.Memorial Day will be celebrated … by the...
View ArticleAnother police murder—“I can’t breath”—said again
By SJ OttoIt is hard to believe that police around the country have not learned anything from all the cases of police brutality killing black people. George Floyd was chocked to death, as has been done...
View ArticleProgressive candidate from Michigan needs our support
Now that the presidential primary was hi-jacked by the conservative wing of the Democratic Party, we need to start focusing on progressives who are running campaigns on the local levels of government....
View ArticleGeorge Floyd protests: Wichita Kansas
As with protests across the country, Wichita, Kansashad its own. This Saturday there was a march at 1pm and a second at 5pm. Here are some photos from the second protest of the day. Unlike many other...
View ArticleOnce again we see the folly of an elected novice, lacking both experience and...
By SJ OttoThe idea of electing a novice—one of those people who can brag that he “is not a politician,” we now see the foolishness of putting a man, President Donald Trump, in charge of the country...
View ArticleReport from 21st and Arkansas—Wichita, KS
By SJ OttoIn the fist two days of this week, there was looting and vandalism at a site for protesting and rallying at 21st and Arkansas Street. On Wednesday, I attended a rally at that place and...
View ArticleComments on protests against police violence by Code Pink
From Code Pink:After a week of inspiring protests against police brutality around the country, far-right Senator Tom Cotton is in a tizzy. “First it was ‘abolish ICE’. Now they want to defund the local...
View ArticleThe right-wing thundering loonie playbook in case a black man is killed by...
This is from guest writer John Mesh—From The Bench by John J. MeshThe right-wing thundering loony playbook in case a black man is killed by the police:• Blame the victim.• Character assassination.•...
View ArticleOn the Death of Jim Erickson, a local celebrity, AKA Ol' Flick
By SJ OttoA good friend of mine died yesterday, Jim Erickson. He was something of a local celebrity. He used to do commercials, everything from used cars to potato chips. He used to introduce movies...
View ArticleReducing the police budget in New York
From Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez:-The amount is $6,000,000,000!That’s the policing budget in New York Cityalone. It’s truly mind-boggling. That’s more than we spend on housing, youth, hospitals, and...
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