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Former teacher, born in the US now a German citizen. Author of "Correspondence with Vincent Salandria," "Looking for the Enemy," "The Transparent Conspiracy," et al. I blog at morrissey.substack.com.
(1 comments) SHARE Sunday, January 19, 2025 How Germany Can Save the World
Elon Musk may be right that the AfD is the "last spark of hope for Germany," but they will need Sahra Wagenknecht's BSW to play both so-called "extremes" against the warmongering and economically disastrous policies of the current ruling coalition.
(1 comments) SHARE Thursday, January 2, 2025 Musk Endorses AfD
Elon Musk endorses the German AfD for good reasons, but ignores two elephants in the room.
(17 comments) SHARE Monday, December 2, 2024 Notes from the Dark Wood
Somewhat autobiographical iambic pentameter on the current state of the world.
SHARE Tuesday, September 3, 2024 Trump's Bullet
A partisan poem not so much about Trump but about what we do with him.
(2 comments) SHARE Monday, August 26, 2024 Shake, Mohammed
A poem about Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged "mastermind" of the 9/11 attacks.
(4 comments) SHARE Tuesday, July 16, 2024 Shipwreck of Fools (Redux)
Poem dedicated to the possible descendants of the human race thousands or millions of years hence.
SHARE Wednesday, June 26, 2024 On Hearing of Julian's Release
On hearing of Julian Assange's release. It does not settle the issue by any means, but we can rejoice for Julian and his family and the millions who worked for his defense and -- finally -- his release.
(1 comments) SHARE Friday, May 3, 2024 Deep State Doublethink
The so-called "deep state" is in fact the state, as it is now brazenly, and in my opinion transparently and intentionally in order to keep us feeling forever helpless, displaying itself in Gaza and Ukraine.
(8 comments) SHARE Friday, December 15, 2023 A "New German" Speaks
Some thoughts on being German and some qualms about current German foreign policy.
(2 comments) SHARE Wednesday, April 19, 2023 From Transparent Conspiracy to In-Your-Face Fascism
How recent history has changed what I used to see as "transparent conspiracy" to in-your-face fascism. They not only want us to know, but know we know.
(4 comments) SHARE Saturday, February 11, 2023 From Hero to Zero: Jens Berger on the German Media
This is a translation of Jens Berger's article in NachDenkSeiten.de, published here with the author's permission, about the German media reaction to Seymour Hersh's revelations about the Nord Stream sabotage
(3 comments) SHARE Monday, October 10, 2022 Germany's Last Chance
The surprising news that one line of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is undamaged and operable would be a last chance for Germany to end the sanctions and the war, and help prepare the way for the evolving multipolar world, but it looks like they don't want to.
SHARE Friday, September 30, 2022 A Bitter Pill
The way back from the insanity of the Ukraine war is simple, but will require regime change -- in the West -- and mass protests in the streets.
(26 comments) SHARE Sunday, June 5, 2022 Germany Could Stop the War, But Won't
German Chancellor Scholz could have prevented the Ukraine war, but chose not to in order to please the US.
(53 comments) SHARE Friday, May 6, 2022 War Madness
The war in Ukraine, and especially the US and German role in it, is pure insanity. It could have been easily avoided and could still be ended simply by proposing what Olaf Scholz, the German chancellor, proposed on Feb. 19 but unfortunately failed to make public or insist on.
(18 comments) SHARE Wednesday, February 9, 2022 The Covid Conspiracy Conspiracy
A conspiracy theory about the conspiracy theory that the pandemic is a conspiracy.