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Plutocracy, get familiar with it. It is not your friend.

Posted on July 27, 2013 by theminstrelscitadel

Everyone in the world needs to become very familiar with the word “plutocracy”  because that is exactly where every developed country today is headed. And sooner than we think. The biggest obstacle to that trajectory would be for the people … Continue reading →

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They say Necessity is the Mother of Invention. I say it is absolutely necessary that we pin courage to our sleeves, fill our button holes with rebellion and make bright the question marks in our eyes. © Tina Zabielski 2011-2019

Posted on July 25, 2013 by theminstrelscitadel | Comments Off on Necessary

bully babies at the pulpit, bully babies in the streets you find them ranting in online games and vomiting their tweets if i could wave a magic wand i would make them all go away put them in a malleable … Continue reading →

Posted on July 14, 2013 by theminstrelscitadel | Comments Off on bullies

The Man’s Got Soul (and nuclear weapons)

Posted on July 14, 2013 by theminstrelscitadel

The Man’s Got Soul, and Nuclear Weapons It was at that moment, back in June of 2001 when I knew the world had changed for good. Odd, I thought, that a “Conservative” like George W. Bush (By the way George, … Continue reading →

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dzień dobry

Posted on July 13, 2013 by theminstrelscitadel

dzień dobry, to jest nowy, codziennie, dzięki Bogu!  

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protestations by the worker bee

Posted on July 12, 2013 by theminstrelscitadel

who was the sadist that drew this box around us? told to us the color to dream, prize to covet, rung on the ladder to envy? what petty tyrant taught the bells to ring at 6, at 7, at 9? … Continue reading →

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Shiva dances in the palm opposite the hand that holds the anger. I join them, all the other clowns, on our high wire of formidable pain. © Tina Zabielski 2011-2019

Posted on July 7, 2013 by theminstrelscitadel | 3 Comments

Drones

Posted on July 4, 2013 by theminstrelscitadel

This article in The Washington Post may be a year and a half old but the fact that most Americans are still not aware of this is what truly frightens me. Everybody’s screaming about the government monitoring our phone calls … Continue reading →

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roots and chances

Posted on July 4, 2013 by theminstrelscitadel

who will teach impossibility to the roots of a tree gently lifting the concrete over sweet, sweet time? © Tina Zabielski 2011-2019

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I’ve known him 15 years

Posted on June 26, 2013 by theminstrelscitadel

it was decades ago, a party at my brother’s house. food booze, conversation and a friendly face. she was enthusiastic like a well fed puppy and I was glad for someone to talk to. somehow it came up.  “I live … Continue reading →

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