PinnedMember-onlyTragic Twisted and True:The Horrific History of Asylums — It’s October, and Haunted Houses are opening to scare those ‘brave enough to enter.’ Enter one and you’ll see many themes from the early movies dealing with the “insane” and “mentally ill.” The hands reaching from behind bars, lunging ‘patients’ barbarous ‘treatment’ and mass murder. Many of these themes were…Halloween5 min readHalloween5 min read
PinnedMember-onlyEpileptics and other Mental DeficientsI felt a cold chill run up my spine and a shutter in my bones as the metal door closed behind me. I could taste the metal of the rust on its hinges. Something in my body knew I would never walk out those doors again. My feet felt like…Asylum2 min readAsylum2 min read
PinnedMember-onlyPhenomenal Feminist FridayThe First American Woman to Command a Ship — One hundred years after her death she was called the “Florence Nightingale of the Ocean,” and honored by the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. Pregnant, nursing an incapacitated husband, Captain Joshua Patten, and fighting a mutiny at the tender age of 19 Mary Ann Patten (nee Brown) commanded a merchant vessel…Feminist6 min readFeminist6 min read
Oct 12Member-onlyA Historic SpeakerKevin is just latest in a Growing line of Failed Speakers run out by Their own Party — Kevin McCarthy was elected Speaker after a historic 15 votes 100 years in the making and ousted by another historic vote 245 years in the making. He was forced out of the Speaker’s office by his own party. Just like the four Republican Speakers before him. They were all forced…Politics5 min readPolitics5 min read
Oct 3Member-onlyMonday’s Marvelous Moden Woman: Nellie BlyExposing the Horror of the Asylums — I said I could, and I would; and I did. Bio She was born in Cochran’s Mill in Pennsylvania, she was the 13th daughter of Michael Cochran, a mill owner postmaster, and associate justice for the county. Growing up her favorite color was pink, and the preference earned her the nickname…Insane Asylum4 min readInsane Asylum4 min read
Published inThe Silent Politician·Sep 29Member-onlySupreme TroubleFinding the Wizard Behind the Curtain — Clarence Thomas likes rich white guys. Reporting earlier this month showed that the Justice has been spending time each year at the infamous Bohemian Grove rubbing elbows with the crème de la crème of Conservative society. It’s good for a guy whose first language is not English. Let’s be clear…Supreme Court4 min readSupreme Court4 min read
Sep 24Member-onlyTragic Twisted & TrueA Death by Gold — That was a very grisly scene if you watched it with any knowledge of human physiology. Though not nearly as horrible as the death that inspired it. I won’t go into detail on how you actually die in either situation, but suffice it to say if you know, you know. …History3 min readHistory3 min read
Sep 23Member-onlyAn Exemplar Death of Molten GoldSirus had barely left the night sky when news arrived from the far east of the Empire. The Consul Crassus had been captured. His invasion had failed, and he was now at the mercy of the Parthian King Orodes II. It was well known to the citizens of Rome the…Historical Fiction3 min readHistorical Fiction3 min read
Sep 18Member-onlyThe Left and Right AgreeKevin McCarthy is a Weak Speaker — It’s not so much that Kevin McCarthy has no morals, shame, or beliefs. He doesn’t. But that’s not what makes him weak. The uniting point is that both sides agree he is the epitome of what EVERYONE hates. He has no political moorings; he is willing to debase himself for…118th Congress3 min read118th Congress3 min read
Sep 16Member-onlyPhenomenal Feminist FridayIsabella the She-Wolf of France — Rumor is that while the execution — one of the most brutal in English history — went on she ate plums. Hugh Despencer suffered horribly in his final moments. And to Isabella Queen Regent he deserved every moment. But the lessons Isabella learned to get her to those plums were…History7 min readHistory7 min read
