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The Memory of Gene S. Park

By Orion on Wed, 04/07/2021 - 6:08pm |

Back in 2016, when Donald Trump was on the verge of being elected, I lived with Gene S. Park in Lake Oswego, Oregon.

Park was already an old man by that time. He had diabetes bad and experienced a lot of pain. When the Pulse nightclub shooting occurred on June 12, 2016 occurred, he was visibly upset, as was I. He became mean and vindictive at my fear and panicking, insulting me using ableist language. 

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Is Texas Going Blue?

By Orion on Tue, 04/06/2021 - 9:19am |

Seems more like this is just population growth, although I could be wrong.

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A Personal Anecdote Regarding the Matt Gaetz Situation

By Orion on Sat, 04/03/2021 - 5:09pm |

When I first started blogging here at Dagblog, I had just interned for a major conservative think tank. Blogging here provided a much needed ideological detox. If you dig far enough, some of my posts that got on that think tank's blog are still viewable. I saw warning signs of the rise of the Alt Right while I was there, and posted about that here. 

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Music in a Woke Time

By Orion on Tue, 03/30/2021 - 7:36pm |

There's something really deep about #metoo, "Cancel Culture," and "wokeness" in general. Among it is what I think is a general rejection of the edgelord culture that burst in to the mainstream in the late 1960s with Woodstock and continued on through Generation X, with grunge, gangsta rap, MTV, Lollapolooza, violent video games and reality television.

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From X-Men to Mutants: Wokeism grows up

By Orion on Sat, 03/06/2021 - 7:38am |

Note: I didn't know whether or not to put this in the Creative Corner. It is a clearly a sociopolitical topic, but could go either way. If you need me to change its orientation, please let me know. Thank you.

It has been a big couple weeks for "Woke" / Cancel Culture / #metoo, or whatever you want to call the pervading left wing zeitgeist, depending on who you are.

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Sears Golden Strings - "White Christmas."

By Orion on Tue, 02/23/2021 - 2:15am |

Oldie but goodie.

An aside about what would inspire someone to post Christmas music in the middle of February: an older black man approached me today while humming Christmas tunes in the middle of February. He then proceeded to talk about the end times. 

 

 

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Spiritual Front "Song for the old man"

By Orion on Sat, 01/09/2021 - 5:55am |

I'll sing my worst song at your impeachment, old man Trump.

 

 

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