Monthly Archives: October 2019

Same old shit different day

Posted on October 29, 2019 by ends and beginnings blog

I have been busy these last couple of weeks. For those of you that don’t know what kind of work I do I am involved with a non-profit that owns and builds affordable housing for individuals and families at-risk or experiencing … Continue reading →

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What you can’t defend

Posted on October 23, 2019 by ends and beginnings blog

Supposedly the last lynching that took place in South Carolina occurred on February 16, 1947 when a 24 year old black man, Willie Earle, was taken from his jail cell by a mob of white men and was beaten, stabbed … Continue reading →

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Fall back

Posted on October 18, 2019 by ends and beginnings blog

“I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief… For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.” – Wendell Berry It’s Friday in America. In … Continue reading →

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Why did Trump abandon the Kurds?

Posted on October 10, 2019 by ends and beginnings blog

Why did Trump abandon the Kurds? Why now? The easy answer to both of these question is because Trump is a psychopath. See if you agree with my assessment. According to L. Michael Tompkins, EdD, a psychologist at the Sacramento … Continue reading →

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This is your brain, this is your brain on Trump

Posted on October 10, 2019 by ends and beginnings blog

“Over? Did you say ‘over?’ Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell, no!” – John “Bluto” Blutarsky (Animal House) “They didn’t help us in the Second World War, they … Continue reading →

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Letter to Lindsey Graham….and we will deserve it

Posted on October 9, 2019 by ends and beginnings blog

Dear Senator Graham; Back in May of 2016 you tweeted the following (remember Senator Graham there is always a tweet) “If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed…….and we will deserve it.” How prophetic. Obviously something very dramatic has happened … Continue reading →

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And in other news…..

Posted on October 8, 2019 by ends and beginnings blog

The Senate Intelligence Committee today released volume two of its Russia investigation, which concludes that Russians sought “to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election by harming Hillary Clinton’s chances of success and supporting Donald Trump at the direction of the … Continue reading →

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Let’s talk about the weather

Posted on October 4, 2019 by ends and beginnings blog

“Everybody complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.” – Charles Dudley Warner (stolen by Mark Twain) It’s October the 4th, and where I live, in northern South Carolina, it is 97 degrees right now. Somehow I feel like that’s … Continue reading →

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It’s a Coup!

Posted on October 2, 2019 by ends and beginnings blog

“As I learn more and more each day, I am coming to the conclusion that what is taking place is not an impeachment, it is a COUP, intended to take away the Power of the People, their VOTE, their Freedoms, … Continue reading →

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