STRANGER THINGS 5 is stuffed with filler. So many scenes dragged on way too long. I’m not optimistic about the finale.

America has 925 billionaires as of this year. Collectively they have a record $6.9 trillion in wealth. The bottom 50% of Americans control $4.2 trillion in wealth. When 925 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

For STRANGER THINGS 5 to show a clip from A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 3: DREAM WARRIORS in a scene & not throw some Dokken into the soundtrack is just wrong!

THE STAND (2020) hits far harder in the MAGA era than before. Scary the way IDIOCRACY (2006) is far more relevant now.

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Wow, there is a subplot in CASTLE ROCK Season 2 that is sooo similar to what I did in CHOSEN (2013)… 🤔 www.amazon.com/Chosen-D-T-N...

Thinking that the DOJ should now be called the DOI—the Department of Injustice. A-DOI! 🥴

Pithy apples really pith me off.

I’m coining a new term to describe our current situation in this country: REDACTATORSHIP.

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So sick of the rampant criminality & corruption. And that we will have to deal with the downstream effects of this dismal moment for generations. Vote them out. And none of that conciliatory rhetoric; we need an electoral reckoning. 🗳️

Watching ENDEAVOUR, I admit that I like seeing Roger Allam play a good guy as Fred Thursday, even as the memory of him as “The Voice” (Lewis Prothero) in V FOR VENDETTA lingers.

2025 has continued to outdo itself for being a colossally shitty year.😖

Look at this chart. Still wondering if inequality is a problem throughout the world? Wealth doesn’t just beget more wealth — it begets more power. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/dec/10/visual-breakdown-worlds-wealthiest-people

The SCOTUS shadow docket is evidence of just how much they realize what they are doing is beyond the pale. They know it won’t stand up to debate or scrutiny, so they hide in the shadows. Lawless.

Blast from the past… youtu.be/Dq2yc1FMUN4

It’s astounding just how pervasive the corruption is in the government. All three branches. It’s going to take generations to clean house.

Once the current lawlessness has passed, SCOTUS must be expanded by four justices to allow a 1:1 match with the Circuit Courts. This expansion is long overdue.

So angry right now. Like can’t-sleep angry. 😤🤬

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Power outage caused by service work on the block turns my residence into 1901 House!

Democracy > GOP

I will always love THE NEON DEMON (2016). I don’t care if it was underappreciated. It is the most beautifully lit horror movie ever.

This is how our government has been corrupted: 1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office 2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor 3) Donors make huge profit 4) Repeat We must get big money out of politics. It is the root of our dysfunction.

Retailers Brace For An Uncertain Holiday Season As Consumers Pull Back

Thousands of Starbucks workers are on strike for a living wage and better working conditions. Stand with them by boycotting Starbucks until it can strike a fair contract. sbworkersunited.org @sbworkersunited.org

Even after multiple rewatching over the years, the ending of PENNY DREADFUL Season Three still guts me 😭

We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way to get rid of Citizens United. Let me explain. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united

Tyson is one of just a few companies that controls the entire meat market. Just last month, it paid $85M to settle charges it illegally conspired with other meatpackers to raise pork prices. Corporate monopolies are great for executives and a raw deal for everyone else.

Hmm, stuff like MAGA gives foreign-funded fascist psyops a bad name… 🤨

Pittsburgh has such a gothic vibe. I love that about it! 🦇

Ageism is truly one of the most permissible prejudices in the workplace. If we had a just & progressive country, there'd be a proper social safety net for everyone over the age of 50 years so we could just retire. Oh, but that's socialism... 🙄

Wow, can’t wait for voters to primary those 86 Democrats who won’t call out fascism but will call out socialism. Duly noted…

Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952

Remember: If unions didn’t matter, powerful corporations wouldn’t spend millions of dollars every year to stop workers from organizing. Solidarity with the thousands of unionized Starbucks workers who are on strike. Keep up the fight. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/20/s...

The witch-burning scene in PENNY DREADFUL (S2e3) carries even more dreadful weight nowadays than when it first came out. 😖

Playing RATM on the banjo: Rage Against the Moonshine 🪕😂 I’m here all week!

Another must-watch on Netflix: TURNING POINT: The Bomb and the Cold War.

Violence against women is the currency of cowardice. Weak men hate and fear strong women. Never forget. RIP, Amber Czech.

Hmm… 🤨

The GOP’s kiss up/kick down ideology makes their pedophile protection racket (& participating in sexual abuse as well) not only likely, but inevitable. There must be an electoral reckoning in ‘26 & legal consequences for quite possibly the worst scandal in our country’s history.

Voters want a Democratic Party that fights back against the forces that have rigged the system and made their lives more difficult. A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates. When will party leadership learn this lesson?

Fuck Chuck.

No peace through appeasement.

Apparently, Gavin Newsom has nicknamed Tr*mp “The Nodfather” because of his propensity to sleep 😴 in meetings. 😂😂😂😂😂

The new show, PLURIBUS, touches on themes I explored in my utopian/dystopian novel, THE AURICLE… www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-auricl...

GOP = kiss up/kick down. It’s central to their ideology, along with psychological projection, hypocrisy, bigotry, cowardice, and greed.

The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased. Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power. Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable. But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless. Remember this.

Yesterday was a great start. The bad guys are gonna work like hell to destroy our elections next year, because they know they’re finished if free and fair elections are held. 🗳️