Can you spot the monster in this screenshot?
No, he’s having lunch with the Governor.
“Rise of the Evil Ones” – “KOVID KRAZY II”
Month: February 2021
“Rise of the Evil Ones” – “KOVID KRAZY”
KOVID KRAZY: It’s like cabin fever in a motel.
“All Roads Lead to Cornithaca” – “Rise of the Evil Ones” – “Social Distance Boxing”
“Social Distancing,” like any other of today’s social programs, is a formalization that does nothing to change people’s attitudes. Millennia after “The Sun and the Wind”: governments still rely on force and form as the builders of society. Even in the face of victory-defeating restrictions; these two boxers still only think of defeating each other.
“I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.” ~ Abraham Lincoln
It’s ironic that such a forward looking social outlook is the product of “old school” thinking.
“Rise of the Evil Ones” – Urban Colonialism
Urban Colonialism
ur·ban co·lo·nial·ism | \ ˈər-bən kə-ˈlō-nē-ə-ˌli-zəm, -nyə-ˌli- \
Definition of Urban Colonialism
1 : of, relating to, characteristic of, or constituting control by a city over a rural area or people
2 : a policy advocating or based on such control
Example of Urban Colonialism in a Sentence
Industrial Farming is a powerful tool for promoting Urban Colonialism. — Alexander Zebadiah, The Cornithican, “The Urgent Case for Rural Activism,” 28 Dec. 2020
Urban Colonization
ur·ban col·o·ni·za·tion | \ ˈər-bən kä-lə-nə-ˈzā-shən \
Definition of Urban Colonization
: an act or instance of Urban Colonizing
Examples of Urban Colonization in a Sentence
Urban colonizers often employed these racist characterizations as justifications for the exploitation and Urban Colonization of rural New York. — Nora Fitchen, Rural Poverty as a result of Urban Colonization, 2021
This is the neatest explanation for why Form Based Codes have been used for Urban Colonization of rural communities. — Alexander Zebadiah, The Cornithican, “The Urgent Case for Rural Activism,” 28 Dec. 2020
Urban Overclass
ur·ban over·class | \ ˈər-bən ˈō-vər-ˌklas \
Definition of Urban Overclass
: a higher social stratum : a segment of society having more influence, prestige and power — compare Rural Underclass
Example of Urban Overclass in a Sentence
Cuomo’s diverting the supply of COVID-19 vaccine to NYC for “fairness and equity” while suppressing distribution to the state’s marginalized rural poor and elderly underlines the establishment of a Black Urban Overclass in policy making decisions. — Alexander Zebadiah, The Cornithican, “‘COVID’ Cuomo,” 25 Jan. 2021
Terms like “Urban Colonialism,” “Urban Colonization,” and “Urban Overclass” would be in common usage; if the victims were of any importance.
“Rural Social Justice” is an action without a Legislator; an idea without an ideology to call home.
The people of rural communities, and their cultural identity, is one subject that our “oh-so-correct” city-centric society provides for ridicule and denigration.
Just as our poverty, hopelessness and neglect is greater than that of a Media-coddled Urban Overclass: So is our capacity to demand change.
“Rise of the Evil Ones” – “Legend of ATVs”
Why the “Legend of ATVs”? You might as well ask: “Why ride around on ATVs?”
Because.
“Rise of the Evil Ones” – “So Long”
Public Health officials announced that COVID-19 vaccinations for those over the age of 75 in rural New York “will move into an undetermined time.”
Even while the Attorney General’s office is investigating misconduct in the State’s treatment of nursing homes during the pandemic; the State keeps shuffling its most-at-risk population to the back of the vaccination line.
While New York’s power groups bat COVID causes and cures back and forth — its rural elderly are merely in the way.
“Rise of the Evil Ones” – “BurglerTime”
In an old Monty Python sketch; a man was told that unfortunately he had chosen the “no-pay” insurance policy, which was a great deal if he never had to use it, but . . .
Our Criminal Justice System best fits the people that never have to rely on it — it works just great in no-crime areas.
“Dig Done” – The High-Risk Salt Mining Game
Is permitting to mine underneath a lake a complex procedure?
Not when the state and the county split the revenue.
Is mining a less than stable lake bed risky?
Not when the mining company gives you verbal assurances.
What will happen if there’s a lake bed collapse?
That’s a complex question.
Why did it happen?
That’s simple.