November 2016
Fidel Castro, 1926 - 2016
November 25 2016 11:12 PM
Viva los ideales de Fidel. Viva Cuba.
Photo: Jack Webb | New York Times
Distressed
November 09 2016 12:01 PM
Flag | Jasper Johns | Encaustic and printed paper collage on paper laid down on canvas | dated 'J. Johns 1960-'66'
Realigned: MEB | November 2016
An American Tragedy
November 09 2016 11:49 AM
The light has gone out in America. It is darkness now.
Donald Trump is the President-Elect.
So this is how they felt in 2008. How the fuck did they survive it?
She blew it. Hillary Clinton fucking blew it. We all blew it, too, I know, in a bazillion tiny ways, but mostly it was her, first and foremost, and the Democratic Party leadership.
And it was WikiLeaks. And the Russians. And the FBI. And the Republicans’ suppression of minority voters (this includes SCOTUS scuttling the Voting Rights Act). And Johnson & Stein. And industrial automation and Ross Perot’s Giant Sucking Sound and the hollowing of the American middle class and a resurgent American anti-intellectualism. And the Electoral College.
And it was the 60 million people who voted for Trump. And the 79 million registered voters who didn’t bother to vote at all this year.
Feeling a compulsion to tidy up, to clean and fix everything around me, to take care of everything I've been avoiding and putting off. Feels like it's time to start putting my affairs in order.
Buses are running, traffic lights are working, toilets are flushing, key fits in the lock of my office door, law of gravity appears to still apply. Numbly surprised.
Just breathe.
An email early this morning from high school pal Philip Vaughn, 25+ years an ex-patriate, a husband and father living in Sweden:
Donald Trump is the President-Elect.
So this is how they felt in 2008. How the fuck did they survive it?
She blew it. Hillary Clinton fucking blew it. We all blew it, too, I know, in a bazillion tiny ways, but mostly it was her, first and foremost, and the Democratic Party leadership.
And it was WikiLeaks. And the Russians. And the FBI. And the Republicans’ suppression of minority voters (this includes SCOTUS scuttling the Voting Rights Act). And Johnson & Stein. And industrial automation and Ross Perot’s Giant Sucking Sound and the hollowing of the American middle class and a resurgent American anti-intellectualism. And the Electoral College.
And it was the 60 million people who voted for Trump. And the 79 million registered voters who didn’t bother to vote at all this year.
Feeling a compulsion to tidy up, to clean and fix everything around me, to take care of everything I've been avoiding and putting off. Feels like it's time to start putting my affairs in order.
Buses are running, traffic lights are working, toilets are flushing, key fits in the lock of my office door, law of gravity appears to still apply. Numbly surprised.
Just breathe.
An email early this morning from high school pal Philip Vaughn, 25+ years an ex-patriate, a husband and father living in Sweden:
Election Day 2016 #4
November 08 2016 02:43 PM
Flags 1 | Jasper Johns | Screenprint on J.B. Green paper | 1973 | National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection
Election Day 2016 #3
November 08 2016 01:23 PM
Eye Of The Liar
And a mouth indistinguishable from an asshole.
Photo: Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty
Election Day 2016 #1
November 08 2016 12:47 PM
By this criterion, Donald Trump couldn’t vote. Melania Trump couldn’t vote. None of Trump’s kids could vote.
I think it’s time to take away Ann Coulter’s voter registration in order to upgrade the voter pool.
Cubs Win
November 02 2016 11:22 PM
Done.
As for me, I now happily return to being a St Louis Cardinals fan.
Photo: Ezra Shaw | Getty Images
