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by Mike Power

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  • White Supremacist Bullshit

    Enough with this white supremacist bullshit. White people are not supreme. I know: I’m one and I’m not supreme at all. It’s long past time we recognize and acknowledge – especially white people in this country – that white supremacy is a greater threat to civilization than Islamic fundamentalism. Both are dangerous for the same… Read more

  • The 20 greatest breakup songs ever – ranked! — Music | The Guardian

    On the 40th anniversary of Gloria Gaynor’s I Will Survive topping the charts – and as the UK blunders towards its own acrimonious divorce – here’s the definitive list of tear-stained stonkersHip-hop isn’t big on romantic heartbreak, but this is a particularly fine example. There’s a lot of bragging from Guru about how he’s so… via… Read more

  • It was love

    It was love. It had to be. What else could excuse such bizarre behavior? He fumbled with his hair, vaguely scratched his scalp, and told himself the same thing over and over: it had to be love. He turned his key in the lock and braced for the dark emptiness that waited on the other… Read more

  • The Place Where No One Else Goes

    I I went to the place where no one else goes and though it was lonely, that is to be expected. What caught me with my pants down was just how cold emptiness is. So cold I couldn’t tell if I was frozen or burnt or if I just didn’t love all the way anymore.… Read more

  • Creatures of Habit

    Indulgence becomes habit Habit becomes lifestyle Lifestyle becomes life Dirty mind and clean hands and the other way around bring more trouble to the world than creatures of other habits. You know I hate when we’re fighting I know you hate it too. Sometimes it takes a tight grip on the rope just to keep… Read more

  • Uncle Kurt

    Of all the people in the world who I don’t know personally, there is no person who has had a more profound and long-lasting impact on me than the author Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. His novel Slaughterhouse Five is one of the first novels I read and whenever I am asked to name my favorite book… Read more