In New Threats, Trump Seems Emboldened by a Successful Rescue

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AND IF SOMEONE SAYS HE DIDN'T SAY THAT, HE DID: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/05/w...

One of these is not like the other. Pass it forward.

#trump #iran #hormuz #stoneage

A Tune for Troubled Times A 2013 BrotherSisters cover of an anthemic Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young song remains as timely as ever in these dangerous days for America & the world. | March 26, 2026

I wrapped a music video around my prior band's cover of the Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young tune ‘Find the Cost of Freedom’ by Stephen Stills. Released as a B-side to 'Ohio' by
#NeilYoung, it remains timely in these days of America's unhinged war-making. westvirginiaville.substack.com/p/a-tune-for...

Very nice.

IT'S A RAMONES THING Getting it right—or wrong—in The Miami Student newsroom when a hair-tossing local rockstar and future cult icon asks to review a hot band of the moment.

2) Before ‘Mojo,’ I knew him as Kirby, a #MiamiUniversity pal in Oxford, Ohio in the late 1970s. In a ‘novelized memoir’ chapter, I recreate when he penned a Ramones concert review for me for the campus paper. He was NOT happy with my sense-making edit. westvirginiaville.substack.com/p/its-a-ramo...

1) When rockabilly wildman #MojoNixon died age 66 in 2024 @rollingstone.com called him an ‘Unabashed Outlaw Cult Hero,’ known for tunes like ‘Elvis Is Everywhere,’ ‘Burn Down the Malls,’ ‘Don Henley Must Die,’ & 'Debbie Gibson Is Pregnant With My Two-Headed Love Child’ (which MTV refused to play).

“We ought to try, by the example of our own lives, to prove that life is love and wonder and that that nation is doomed which penalizes those of its citizens who recognize and rejoice in this fact." #JamesBaldwin | #VALENTINES HEART,' Huntington W.Va. westvirginiaville.substack.com #valentine photo

'AMAZING GRACE' by THROUGH the TREES w/Special Guests YouTube video by THROUGH the TREES

IT WAS OUR ENCORE, the last song of the night by our folk chamber ensemble THROUGH THE TREES with some special musical guests, at a January 2026 concert in West Virginia’s capital. We picked a song that is performed an estimated 10 million times a year. You probably know it ... youtu.be/gELNEliWMQg

COMPARE & CONTRAST: A Presidential Acid Test:

That is a serious alternative reality portal he gazes into when he shaves in the morning looking into his bathroom mirror. He sees 'One of the Greatest ...' We see: 'Handmaiden to Fascism ...'

At least Trump stands in a long line of American presidents who have spoken their truths ...

COMPARE, CONTRAST & SHARE.
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From the 'Quote | Unquote Works' of westvirginiaville.substack.com
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#trump #jfk #lincoln #Washington #jefferson

PART 2: After the Violence, a Reckoning Hanging out with the Dalai Lama in Belfast after the bombs fall silent. | August 22, 2025

In Part 2 of my article on 'Hanging out with the #DalaiLama in #Belfast after the bombs fall' the #Buddhist monk meets victims and perpetrators in #TheTroubles in #Ireland and then walks 'The Peace Line' in Belfast. westvirginiaville.substack.com/p/part-2-aft...

PART 1 | A Lighthouse in Ireland Hanging out with the Dalai Lama in Belfast after the bombs fall silent. | August 21, 2025

In honor of the #Dalailama turning 90 this Summer I'm reprinting this profile that lifts up a specific instance of the Buddhist monk’s inspirational work in the world in addressing 'The Troubles' in #Ireland in a peace conference in #Belfast in 2000.
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WHY IS THIS STEADY STREAM of people on two and three wheels and on foot crying out "Happy Thursday!!!" to me recently in #Sandusky, Ohio? Here's why (read to the bottom, where you'll find this video): westvirginiaville.substack.com/.../looking-...

A key phrase in this excerpt from the above @meidastouch.com exclusive about #Trump, #Epstein and #PrinceAndrew is the phrase "the cover-up that is still ongoing."

Exclusive: Trump Biographer on Trump, Epstein, and the ‘Pussy Committee’ Michael Wolff’s MeidasTouch exclusive reveals a grotesque bet, royal connections, and the depravity at the heart of Trump’s circle

The Trump-Epstein connection is the gift that keeps on—disgustingly—giving. Check out this @meidastouch.com exclusive about the ... ahem, 'Pussy Committee' of which Trump was allegedly a part with Jeffrey #Epstein to procure women for #PrinceAndrew www.meidasplus.com/p/exclusive-...

LOOKING OUT on AMERICA Snapshots from criss-crossing Middle America while fearful it's coming apart at the seams | August 9, 2025

My roadtrip began with the biggest version ever of Mona Lisa in Columbus & ended with an inspiring community bike ride in Sandusky, Ohio. In between are photos of Middle America & musings on the thugs, bullies & abominables trying to hijack the place.

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In other words ...

CNN: INTEL ASSESSMENT CONTRDICTS TRUMP
MSNBC: CEASEFIRE HANGING BY A THREAD
FOX NEWS:

#thoughtoftheday

I am an inveterate Turtle Rescuer when they start trying to cross #Appalachian roads in the Springtime, stopping and ferrying them to safety. So I fully support this #turtle salvation measure.

GETTING INTO CHARACTER(S) Three short videos & some snapshots of the alternative medieval timeline on view one recent Saturday at the 2025 West Virginia Renaissance Festival. | June 24, 2025

We somehow must counter Trump’s onslaught of mis-rule & trauma w/protest & solidarity while ALSO leading rich, anti-traumatic lives. A frontline report from hanging out with pointy-eared medieval fairies & harps at the #WestVirginia #Renaissance Fest.
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what federal agents did to a father of three Marines while he was cutting grass in Orange County on Sunday has happened in some form daily — and deliberately — all over Los Angeles for 18 days.

If you need a mental refresher on a day when Donnie Trump burns $45 million of our dollars on tanks, helicopters, soldiers & planes to crush the asphalt of DC while fan-boying himself as a god-emperor, here's a #babygoat in rural #WestVirginia. I stand with the baby goat. #NoMoreKings

DEAR DONALD: What does a nobody like me think of tomorrow's grotesque Viagra Strongman Pump-up #Parade? I defer to Percy Shelley and his #Ozymandias. Those lone and level sands await, sir.~Sincerely, Douglas PS: Can you please post the poem in the Oval Office. Thanks, man!

DEAR DONALD: What does a nobody like me think of tomorrow's grotesque Viagra Strongman Pump-up #Parade? I defer to Percy Shelley and his #Ozymandias. Those lone and level sands await, sir.~Sincerely, Douglas PS: Can you please post the poem in the Oval Office. Thanks, man!

This beautiful 1,000-foot rainbow flag was displayed in the WorldPride Parade in Washington, D.C., this weekend.

And This Trumps wants a 45 MILLION dollar parade...🐂 💩