Trump’s FDA put a hold on FDA regulations designed to prevent E. coli and the result has been another outbreak. Calling Upton Sinclair.
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Tag Archives: Donald Trump
Lettuce, E. Coli, and Deregulation
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged contaminated lettuce, Deregulation, E. coli, FDA, Jungle, romaine lettuce, Upton Sinclair Comments closed
America’s Dark Fairy Tale
Gordimer’s “Once Upon a Time” is about a wall to keep out perceived dangers that turns into a nightmare. As such, it works as a parable about Trump’s wall.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged asylum seekers, Nadine Gordimer, Once Upon a Time, teargas, walls Comments closed
We Have Chance the Gardener as Prez!
Trump’s recent remarks about California forest management indicate that he really is Kosinski’s Chance the Gardener.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged California wildfires, climate change, Jerzy Kosinski Comments closed
Adrienne Rich Keeps Immigrants Human
Adrienne Rich uses poetry to keep immigrants human, which is essential under Trump.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Prospective Immigrants Please Note", Adrienne Rich, Honduran immigrants, Immigration Comments closed
GOP Is Jake from “Lonesome Dove”
In failing to hold Trump accountable, the GOP is behaving like Jake Spoon in “Lonesome Dove,” who lacks a moral compass.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged accountability, GOP, Larry McMurtry, Lonesome Dove, rightwing extremism, rightwing terrorism Comments closed
Life Is a Reality TV Show, My Friend
Watching “Cabaret” in the wake of the Squirrel Hill massacre accentuated the rise of anti-Semitism in American politics.
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Poetry vs. Saudi Atrocities
Friday I have shared this Carolyn Forché atrocity poem in the past when Trump wanted to reinstate CIA black sites and bring back waterboarding, but I didn’t think I would ever apply it to actual dismemberments. This is where we are, however, so I’m posting it again. The Saudis dismembered Washington Post journalist and American permanent […]
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Colonel", Carolyn Forché, Jamal Khashoggi, kidnapping of a journalist, Mohammed bin Salman Comments closed
Climate Change, a Witch’s Curse
Leslie Marmon Silko has an account of ecological disaster in her novel “Ceremony” (also “Almanac of the Dead” that is only too relevant.
Atwood’s Circe vs. Brett Kavanaugh
Monday The contrast between an accommodating Christine Blasey Ford and an exploding Brett Kavanaugh is indelibly printed on my mind and may be the major thing I take away from the hearings. That white privileged men can use anger to assert dominance while women and people of color must speak in measured tones has become […]
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Brett Kavanaugh, Christine Blasey Ford, Circe Mud Poems, male entitlement, Margaret Atwood, Mitch McConnell, Sexism, white male privilege Comments closed