Abstruse Quotes

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

QUOTE OF THE WEEK “The Earth planet rotates counterclockwise once every 24 hours at one thousand miles per hour at the Equator which circumference is 24,900 miles, precession or wobble, a 26,000 year cycle, creates additional climate variations to the tilt of Earth’s axis of 23.5o, while orbiting the sun counterclockwise at 67,000 mph every … Continue reading

News / Opinion

MORE ABOUT PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT

MORE ABOUT PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT Mr. Morton Goes to Austin FROM TEXAS AGAIN come some revealing developments about malfeasance of office. Michael Morton, a clean cut levelheaded man was tried and convicted for murdering his wife, reminiscent of the RUN FOR YOUR LIFE TV series about Sam Shepherd, the doctor wrongfully convicted. The twist now is … Continue reading

POETRY

THE BEST WE COULD HOPE FOR

THE BEST WE COULD HOPE FOR ©2013 Mitchell Jon MacKay We lived in the inner city slums With the criminals and homeless bums The barely working entourage The art students’ converted garage Pensioner welfare recipients And pool hall denizens dalliance We were students accepted as such Sort of a novelty nothing much Come slumming in … Continue reading

Opinion

BOSTON MASSACRE

BOSTON MASSACRE WELL, NOT REALLY, more a skirmish overblown. Let’s face the actual facts here, two kids on a rampage shut down the whole city and some boroughs. Cops get their adrenaline rush as if this were 9-11 déjà vu. People are prevented from leaving, going home, doing anything because cops can’t figure out what … Continue reading

Writing

PHILOSOPHY COURT TAKE 5

PHILOSOPHY COURT TAKE 5 With Paul Desmond Dave Brubeck Accompaniment *NEXT PLEASE, BAILIFF. Case 0-11734-A. **Uh, Mr. Aristotle has chosen not to attend, Magistrate, something about contemplation of the ineffable and isosceles triangulation of the universe. *I see. We’ll deliberate in his absence then. He is charged with influencing youth in a manner similar to … Continue reading

Writing

EBONICS FOR DUMMIES

EBONICS FOR DUMMIES COLLIDJ BOH, he thank he gon’ save mah liddle black ass fum waw ah godda do fo a libbin. Heah he cum roun da cohnah in ‘iz spote caw cawverbal lahk supahman, jump oud an stard yellin ah Mawcelus ta leeb me lone. He say go own, gedda way, ged in mah … Continue reading

BOOK REVIEW

INTERVIEW WITH HISTORY

MORE BOOK REVIEW INTERVIEW WITH HISTORY Pamela J. Ray The JFK Assassination With James E. Files The Grassy Knoll Shooter THE GRASSY KNOLL SHOOTER CONFESSES his front-on shot at John Kennedy. This is a 450-page book and ill-proofread, barely edited if at all, but the storyline is fascinating to say the least. There have of … Continue reading

Writing

AN ETHEREAL EXCHANGE

An Ethereal Exchange So, Mr. MacKay, why are you here? Well, I ran through my inheritance wantonly and now I’m destitute. But surely you understood the consequences thereof. Uh, yes, but you know, temptation is such a major factor. Granted, but one is expected to learn over the course of one’s life. Yes, of course, … Continue reading

Writing

TRIALS & TRIBULATIONS

TRIALS & TRIBULATIONS YOU’D THINK it wouldn’t be such a God-awful hard thing to do, get a job driving a truck. Lemme tell ya, it’s a lot tougher than you think. That’s all I ever wanted but, man, I hadda do about everything else most of my life. Listen, I went down to Fort Wayne … Continue reading