America’s descent into the fantasyland of QAnon and Trump.

The undermining of democracy for personal gain.

The twisting of truth.

Fake News and lies spread as facts.

It all lays the groundwork for a greedy, selfish populist conman like Trump to gain power and make himself enormously rich.

The cost is the destruction of the USA.

Nothing is believed.

No experts are trusted.

Yet millions are prepared to believe the ignorant nonsense spouted by this inept conman.

This undermining has only one end – disaster!

Trump is destroying the USA and the Republicans are aiding and abetting.

Such brave young Iranian Women and Men!!

Freedom or Death!!

Putin the Mad Destroyer!

What demonic genie is he going to conjure up next?

Around Porto – tiles, art, weird trees, port and sun.

Lovely Porto

Porto in the sun!!

I fancy that right now!! Sunshine, wine and friendly people!

Today’s Music to keep me SssSSsAAaaaNnnnNEeee – Linton Kwesi Johnson – All Wi Doin is Defendin

The great Brixton poet describes the Brixton riots but he could be talking about Ukraine.

It’s still appropriate!! Putin! Russia!! Ukraine!!

War… war…
Mi seh lissen
Oppressin man
Hear what I say if yu can
Wi have
A grevious blow fi blow

Wi will fite yu in di street wid we han
Wi have a plan
Soh lissen man
Get ready fi tek some blows

Doze days
Of di truncheon
An doze nites
Of melancholy locked in a cell
Doze hours of torture touchin hell
Doze blows dat caused my heart to swell
Were well
Numbered
And are now
At an end

All wi doin
Is defendin
Soh get yu ready
Fi war… war…
Freedom is a very firm thing
All oppression
Can do is bring
Passion to di eights of eruption
An songs of fire wi will sing

No… no…
Noh run
Yu did soun yu siren
An is war now
War… war…

Di Special Patrol
Will fall
Like a wall force doun
Or a toun turn to dus
Even dow dem think dem bold
Wi know dem cold like ice wid fear
An wi is fire!
Choose yu weapon dem
Quick!
All wi need is bakkles an bricks an sticks
Wi hav fist
Wi fav feet
Wi carry dandamite in wi teeth

Sen fi di riot squad
Quick!
Cause wi runin wild
Wi bittah like bile
Blood will guide
Their way
An I say
All wi doin
Is defendin
Soh set yu ready
Fi war… war…
Freedom is avery fine thing

Defending the homeland

Defending the homeland

Defending the homeland

                Against the Russian foes.

Barbaric practice

                As all morality goes.

Fighting to the death,

                Arena of horror.

Giving up on life.

                No hope for tomorrow.

War is madness.

                Can be no excuse.

Protest all we want.

                But it’s no use.

The elite call the tune.

                Gain from the violence.

Drunk on greed and power

                Profits are immense.

These elite tyrants

                Pull all the strings.

We live in the shadow.

                The crop that madness brings.

Opher – 18.4.2022

I despise nationalism and patriotism – the territory of scoundrels.

I despise the propaganda and spin that stops people from thinking.

Defending the homeland? I have some reticence. But if it came to standing up for freedom and justice, fairness and democracy, I think I would be prepared to defend.

War is run by a greedy elite for profit. That is all.

We tolerate that greedy elite. We put them them. We vote for them. We are taken in by their propaganda.

They are nothing but greedy tyrants. History is littered with them.

Time we changed. They are only as powerful as we allow them to be.

War is a tool of the elite. Time we banned it!

Feel The Hate

Feel The Hate

I could feel the hate

                As we barrelled down the street.

Memories of Ivan and Mihail

Splattered on concrete.

Expecting to die.

                Flinching at every sound.

Bracing for the explosion

                To send me oblivion bound.

The old man came cycling around the corner

                He saw us up ahead.

I saw his terrified eyes.

                Pulled the trigger. He was dead.

Opher – 7.4.2022

I was watching on the news. There was a drone videoing as a cyclist was shot dead by the advancing Russians in Buccha. The street was littered with civilians they had shot.

I wondered why. What was the reason? Why indiscriminately kill civilians.

For Putin it’s existential

When a rat is trapped anything is possible.

Staring defeat in the face.

Using terror and threats.

What’s next??

How much misery can one man create?

Starvation for millions?? An end to the world

Anything is possible!