Landslide Farmhouse Eviction Account and Support Information‏

The City has unboarded the house, but informed the residents that they may not sleep there. Legal status is being worked out. A benefit is planned, and donations are being accepted.

UPDATE!!!!
Thanks to the hundreds of phones calls of support to Council Woman Payne’s office, public works, the mayors office, and to 311; the Support of [...]

Ravenstahl “Greens” the Hill: Landslide Farmhouse Evicted

For some strange reason, that probably has nothing to do with admitted liar and extortionist Mario Lemieux’s, gambling-funded $290 million Taj Mahal in the Hill, or overtime pay, Landslide Community Farm was Redd-Up. Instead of “cleaning up neglected and overgrown lots, towing cars, boarding up abandoned buildings, getting rid of graffiti” a group of individuals [...]

Protected: “…Some Pigs Are More Equal than Others”

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When FEMA Questions Your Competence…

I still can’t decide what’s worse; a surveillance vehicle to protect us from the encroaching Saracen hordes or using it to tailgate at a Toby Keith concert. Fortunately I try to avoid setting up these kinds of moral hierarchies.
The City received the bureaucratic equivalent of parenting advice from Britney Spears or dog training tips [...]

When the “Angry Inch” Takes a Mile

I don’t hate your SUV, I just don’t understand your obsession with these big plastic boxes. I understand why Crusaders, farmers, park rangers, professional flea marketeers, and even soccer moms need such a vehicle. The “U” is for utility, and it’s not hard to wrap your brain around that. It’s the “S” that loses me. [...]

Catching Up: (Part 1.) September 1-8

Apparently life goes on whether I remark on it or not, and I feel half guilty taking September off, so I’ll try and catch up. There’s some big stuff in the works, including a collaboration with a dear comrade and little brother, on a piece about the folly of ethical consumption and an overblown commentary [...]

Congratulations, Lt. Rodriguez

It must feel good to be Charles Rodriguez, first the big promotion, then his boss, the Mayor sticks up for him and his droogs, and now the assault charges against him get dropped. What a lucky guy. If I knew what it was, I’d play his badge number on the Big 4.
It must [...]

Cameras, Corporatism, & Chuck Berry

There are several variations of this quote, incorrectly attributed to the hated fascist dictator, Benito Mussolini:
“Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power.”
While it is unknown who first made this statement, one thing is certain: almost everyone [...]