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Why You Must Vote For Hillary

Posted on August 5, 2016 by bill gannett

The Democrats have moved into the vacuum left by the atomized Republicans. Hillary is the new socially liberal but otherwise conservative standard bearer. She is fully identified with the corporate and military classes. In true Clinton form, she has managed … Continue reading →

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Neoliberalism meets floating ice.

Posted on August 1, 2016 by bill gannett

Bernie was never prepared to carry his revolution all the way to the presidency. He was never prepared to critique the corporate/ military establishment as the other half of neoliberalism. Our corporatocracy depends on the War Machine to keep humming. … Continue reading →

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In the city of fratricidal love

Posted on July 30, 2016 by bill gannett

(Nostradamus speaks) In the city of fratricidal love Corporatists embrace militarists. The serfs’ protector is given the shove And exile to the angry purists.

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In two thousand and sixteen, the Rust Belt

Posted on July 24, 2016 by bill gannett

(Nostradamus speaks) In two thousand and sixteen, the Rust Belt Clamors for snake oil to massage the hurt; Betrayal of the working man and noble Lies lead the mob into the burning street.

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In the city heart of unending rust flash

Posted on July 17, 2016 by bill gannett

(Nostradamus speaks) In city heart of unending rust flash Knives, cutting hate and fascist polish; Avarice unites the slick demagogues In rancid clamor that the “crooked” blush.

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In hottest winter the Water Bearer

Posted on July 16, 2016 by bill gannett

(Nostradamus speaks) In hottest winter the Water Bearer offers stellar poison to the New World: Reptiles fill palace chambers with terror and a new American flag unfurled.

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White muddies to shades of brown and Negro

Posted on July 13, 2016 by bill gannett

(Nostradamus speaks) White muddies to shades of brown and Negro And how the rage of class turns on its head! O the dream of race from so long ago Wakes to find a foreign future instead.

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When the calendar turns twenty thirty

Posted on July 11, 2016 by bill gannett

(Nostradamus speaks) When the calendar turns twenty thirty, O the frightened will flock to Florida; The burden will crack apart the party And the land sink into foul miasma.

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Silence Day Poem

Posted on July 10, 2016 by bill gannett

I told the rabid mind to please shut up; Back it snarled, why don’t you shut the fuck up? Please, I said, just go to sleep for all time. Fat chance, it sneered: we would never wake up!

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In the last days, the frigid antipodes

Posted on July 9, 2016 by bill gannett

(Nostradamus speaks) In the last days, the frigid antipodes will melt and flood away the lowlands; seas will rise and salt the coastal cities, and the homeless wander in angry bands.

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