Gang of Putin

I believe we are dealing with several inter-related matters, all part of Evil. Psychopaths want power. With that power they want to aggrandise themselves. They either do not care, or enjoy the suffering they impart, certainly they delight in the havoc.

Putin and Trump are both evil, and insane. Putin is intelligent, Trump is stupid. Putin achieved his power by working through the system. Trump is an incompetent, that was born to an evil rich man. Both lie to accomplish their desires. Putin is aggressive, but strategic in his lies. Trump will lie about anything, small or great. Trump is a conman, a grifter.

The Republican Party is greedy, and relentless, and without decency. They are fascists. They want to be a privileged class, and they want to oppress people. They have a sprawling network of misinformaton, besides the official party propaganda, and the whisper campaign, they have the entire so called "right wing media" [which includes Rupert Murdoch's empire, shitty outlets financed by sociopathic millionaires, and billionaires. mouthfoamers on the radio who gull people in pursuit of filthy lucre, and to achieve self importance].

Near the end of Solzhenitsyn's Nobel speech: Let us not forget that violence does not and cannot flourish by itself; it is inevitably intertwined with LYING. ...Whoever has once announced violence as his METHOD must inexorably choose lying as his PRINCIPLE. ...usually it demands of its victims only allegiance to the lie, only complicity in the lie.

art on the east side Cleveland

Dragon who believes in Democracy

East 32nd & Payne

Amos Norwood Mini-Park, Cleveland, has a multi-panel mural by Anna Arnold. The first two on the left have two historical figures from Africa. Mansa Musa was the Emperor of Mali, early 14th century. His wealth in gold might surpass the wealth of the centi-billionaires of to-day's America. Hatshepshut was pharo of Egypt 15th century BC.

The next panel is after the icon of the Black Madonna of Częstochowa. The following murals are on American history: slavery, and many portraits of individual Black Americans.

Shaker Lakes

 

Reading Carson McCullers' The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, on a day in the 50s.

huge stump, and another stump inside

depth gauge

Ukraine is endangered

St. Vladimir, Parma Ohio

Perhaps, a serendipitous outcome will lead to a downfall of Putin.

 

2022 Miscellany #2—snow & cold of February

In the early 1960s, Parma was becoming Cleveland's largest suburb. It was a few years after the latest world war ended, and because of unionisation a well paid working class was being called a part of the "middle-class". New homes were being built, and novelty decorating items were being sold at gardening centers. Two of the most popular were plastic pink flamingos, and glass gazing balls on pedestals. Ernie Anderson was working at WJW-TV8, and played a late night junk movie host called Ghoulardi. He was a hipster in a lab coat, partly between a beatnik and a mad scientist. He was living in Parma, and had a snarky humourous opinion of his fellow residents. The teevee audience loved this, much of Parma was not amused. Peyton Place was a very popular teevee show, Ghoulardi ran skits of Parma Place. He imprinted Don Featherstone's plastic, lawn flamingos as particularly Parma. It took a long time for Parma to accept the identification with good humour.

the rare Parmese Snowbird

West Creek (Parma) Metropark [reclaimed land from a dump]

Avon Lake, Miller Road igloo, car in driveway with Alaskan plate

ring billed gull on clear ice of Lake Erie by the Avon Lake power plant