Monthly Archives: July 2015

The Murder of Jean Jaures – July 31, 1914

Posted on July 31, 2015 by toritto

 Jean Jaures “What will the future be like, when the billions now thrown away in preparation for war are spent on useful things to increase the well-being of people, on the construction of decent houses for workers, on improving transportation, … Continue reading →

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The Dust Bowl

Posted on July 30, 2015 by toritto

Goodwell, Oklahoma, June 4, 1937. Anyone who has read Steinbeck’s “Grapes” or “Mice” or took an American History class in the middle of the last century has heard of the dust bowl – the “Dirty Thirties” as it used to … Continue reading →

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Monday’s Laundry

Posted on July 29, 2015 by toritto

How white the Monday laundry against a bright blue sky of summer hung from a clothesline stretching from a third floor window to the telephone pole watching grandma hang the clothes my feet pushing on the treadle while sitting at … Continue reading →

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The Essence of Capitalism – Part II

Posted on July 28, 2015 by toritto

Cecil Not too long ago I put up a post which got quite a number of hits: The Essence of Capitalism In it I wrote of the current state of “big game” hunting in Africa, covering the taking of lions as … Continue reading →

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Ghost Dance

Posted on July 28, 2015 by toritto

My father has much pity for us my father has much pity I hold out my hands toward him and cry in my poverty I hold out my hands in my poverty I cry. Wovóka the Paiute received the Na’nisa’ana … Continue reading →

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The Sweet Sixteen

Posted on July 27, 2015 by toritto

Sunday, July 26 Race/Topic   (Click to Sort) Poll Results Spread 2016 Republican Presidential Nomination CNN/ORC Trump 18, Bush 15, Walker 10, Rubio 6, Huckabee 5, Carson 4, Cruz 7, Paul 6, Christie 4, Kasich 4, Perry 3, Santorum 2, Jindal … Continue reading →

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Luna

Posted on July 26, 2015 by toritto

Tutmoses gazing ‘cross the Nile saw your image on the water Cleopatra held Antony’s hand and kissed it by your light Nero plucked his lyre while you shined on burning Rome Did Mehmet look upon your face atop the walls of Byzantium? … Continue reading →

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Lafayette, Louisiana

Posted on July 25, 2015 by toritto

“Do you have a driver’s license sir?” And now we have Lafayette, Louisiana – after Isla Vista, Columbine, Virginia Tech, Aurora, Newtown and Charleston.  Bet you don’t even remember the details of those incidents do you? They’re tough to sort … Continue reading →

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Chimpanzee Poetry

Posted on July 24, 2015 by toritto

The laws of mathematics postulate the chimp creates a masterpiece simply punching randomly the keys infinitely sitting over them as I do now. I push the keys not randomly yet no great wisdom in the rhyme results in bright quotations, … Continue reading →

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Memory

Posted on July 23, 2015 by toritto

We never fought much or so I remember and only once did I make you cry A lifetime together reduced to moments now less defined less remembered a kiss on the bow of a Brooklyn bound ferry when I was … Continue reading →

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