Stevieslaw: A guest appearance by songwriter Randy Newman

Posted on February 22, 2017 by stevieslaw

 

“I think it’s going to rain today,” written by Randy Newman in 1968–the year of Tet, and the assassinations of  Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy. It popped into my head last  night–with Judy Collins singing, although it was also done by Bette Midler and Norah Jones.  Still fresh–ain’t it.
Broken windows and empty hallways
A pale dead moon in the sky streaked with gray
Human kindness is overflowing
And I think it’s going to rain today

Scarecrows dressed in the latest styles
With frozen smiles to chase love away
Human kindness is overflowing
And I think it’s going to rain today

chorus

Lonely, lonely

Tin can at my feet
Think I’ll kick it down the street
That’s the way to treat a friend

Bright before me the signs implore me
To help the needy and show them the way
Human kindness is overflowing
And I think it’s going to rain today

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Stevieslaw: Matisse-The Terrace at St. Tropez

Posted on February 20, 2017 by stevieslaw

 

 

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Matisse: the Terrace St. Tropez, by Steve Deutsch

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The Terrace St. Tropez, by Henri Matisse (France), 1904.
Matisse: the Terrace St. Tropez

Here in Saint Tropez,
colours melt
in the Mediterranean sun.
Frontiers vanish
and I am left with an impression,
as vague and wondrous
as the the touch of an ancient memory,
half forgotten,
of sea and sand
and indiscriminate joy.

Here on my terrace,
the shadings shift so swiftly
with the slant of light,
it is as if time itself
has had a hand in mixing
my poor palette.
I spend my days in gifted sight
and paint the blur of hue and time,
as freely as the gulls will
skate upon the vast horizon
of endless sea and endless sky.

 

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Stevieslaw: How Trump Prepares??

Posted on February 17, 2017 by stevieslaw

Stevieslaw: How Trump Prepares??

I like to stay in touch with my old friend Harvey. We go back to 1964, when he rocked the stickball world by learning to pitch lefty after breaking his wrist. When the cast came off, Harvey became the only switch-pitcher in Brooklyn

Harvey spent time in Vietnam and came home with some disabilities, although you wouldn’t know it to look at him. He has been pretty much continuously stoned since 1969. Not the hard stuff—weed, and mushrooms and LSD when he can get them.

I spoke to him this morning and, of course, we got onto the subject of Donald Trump. Is there another subject? Harvey and his buddies had watched Trump’s latest news conference. In fact, they would rather have their teeth pulled than miss a speaking appearance by Trump.

“The man’s music,” said Harvey. “Free Jazz. We love listening to his riffs, his amazing changes of tempo and style. We smoke, munch and groove.”

After I established that neither Harvey nor his friends actually understood a word the man said—in fact could care less about whether he was speaking real words or not, I realized that this was Trump’s natural audience—the self medicating. It all makes perfect sense to them.

“Dude,” said my friend Harvey—giving me something to ponder, “just how do you think he gets ready for his performances?”

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Stevieslaw: Trump names Palin “Intelligence Czar.”

Posted on February 16, 2017 by stevieslaw

Stevieslaw: Trump names Palin “Intelligence Czar.”

Donald Trump continued his remaking of the intelligence agencies today by appointing former Alaska Governor and Vice Presidential Candidate, Sarah Palin, to oversee the operation of the CIA, NSA, FBI and all intelligence services run by the military. This is in addition to his appointment of Billionaire Stephen Feinberg to review all Intelligence work.

Trump said that someone to coordinate the action of all the intelligent agencies, a sort of “intelligence Czar” was critically needed to stem the leak of classified information. “There are a bunch of losers in the each of these organizations and Sarah will have the power to fire and prosecute them,” he said.

Trump noted, “I was drawn to Sarah because of her firm grasp on the nature of international relations.  She has repeatedly demonstrated this. She is high IQ. In addition, it is impressive that she delegated herself to keep an eye on Russia, from the top floor of the Governor’s Mansion in Juneau, without asking for any compensation. That’s a great American.”

Trump concluded by saying, “Sarah has aged well and I would still date her.”

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Stevieslaw: Of course it could happen here department

Posted on February 15, 2017 by stevieslaw

Stevieslaw: Of course it could happen here department.

Director Richard Clancy, who came out of retirement two years ago to help restore a Secret Service that had been rocked with scandal, has retired once again. Donald Trump will pick the new head of the agency and an administration spokesperson has confided in Smokey Diamond that the leading candidate is Richard Spencer. Spencer runs the National Policy Institute, an alt-right think tank that supports neo-Nazi policies. His rallies feature the Nazi salute and cries of “Hail, Trump.” He has called for the “peaceful ethnic cleansing” of the United States.”

Chief Trump advisor Steve Bannon, who described Mr. Spencer as a leading intellectual of the alt right, said “Richard is perfect for the job. He will bring his own touch and own people to the position. His argument for having secret service members wear uniforms—to promote an “esprit de corps” is brilliant. In fact, one of his followers has designed a snappy brown shirt that seems perfect for the job.”

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Stevieslaw: Compatince (alt spelling)

Posted on February 14, 2017 by stevieslaw

Stevieslaw: Can we bring back the private email server, please?

There is strong evidence to suggest that the discussion between President Trump and Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan, on how to deal with the North Korean missile provocation was recorded by the intelligence services of 47 nations and a hacker named Bob. The critical discussions over the dinner table at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort reportedly got so loud, that some of the wealthy diners at other tables asked the wait-staff if they might suggest that Trump’s party “tone down the strategic briefing.” “The nuke this, nuke that,” talk was frightening, said one patron. The clearest recordings, should you decide to listen in, are available on the official websites of Albania, China, and São Tomé and Principe. Hacker Bob’s recording is, sadly, not so good.

Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Foundation, said that his government had no need to record the conversations as Michael Flynn, former White House National Security advisor, was able to hand deliver the cocktail napkins the two world leaders used to write the details of their response on directly to the Russian Embassy in Washington.

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Stevieslaw: Cousin Myron Hears Tales of Woe

Posted on February 13, 2017 by stevieslaw

We have become the “what?” generation. At a 2nd Woodstock, we could listen to the sounds of silence.

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I felt it was significant that I heard the news first from Myrna—Myron’s long suffering wife.  You’ve all met Myron before—idiot savant, math whizz, accounting superstar and wealthy beyond all reason, thanks to his ability to pick the winning ponies. Myrna told me what all of us had known for quite a while.  Myron had been to see an audiologist and found out he couldn’t hear.  I figured Myron, who hadn’t called, was suffering with the news that he needed a hearing aid.  I met him down at his bridge club in Canarsie.  He just started playing bridge and has already amassed some 5 or 6 hundred Masters points, or whatever they call it when you win.  The other players are talking about taking up chess.

I asked if he was okay about needing hearing aids.

“Of course, I am you wuss” he said with his usual charm.  “The hearing…

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Stevieslaw: Jeff Sessions urges good ol’ boys to be patient

Posted on February 9, 2017 by stevieslaw

Finally approved for AG

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Stevieslaw: Jeff Sessions urges good ol’ boys to be patient*

Jeff Sessions, Trump appointee for attorney general, cautioned his followers “not to expect miracles.” Sessions, in a remarkably candid interview, said that the work of restoring slavery would take months rather than days. “We have amendments to repeal, slave quarters to build, and auction houses to start up—it will require a great amount of work,” he told CNN. “Further,” he said, “the importance of restoring the slave economy will not be apparent until we deport the 13 or 14 million illegal aliens that do the work that no one else wants to do.” “Do you want to pick cantaloupe,” he continued. “I thought not.”

Sessions was more optimistic about obtaining reparations for the families of former slaveowners. “This is an easy bill to move through a Republican Congress—particularly if we work at night with the lights out,” he said.

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Stevieslaw: Nordstrom Nationalized.

Posted on February 9, 2017 by stevieslaw

Stevieslaw: Nordstrom Nationalized

U.S. Special Forces, in a seamless operation across the Nation, occupied all 123 Nordstroms, 215 Nordstrom Racks, 5 Trunk Clubs, 2 Jeffreys, 2 clearance stores and Corporate Headquarters in Seattle. Trump tweeted in the early morning hours that the troops sustained no casualties and that the stores were effectively in the hands of the U.S. Government.

Press Secretary, Sean Spicer, addressed the press at 3:30 AM, while dressed in a pair of flowered pajamas he had purchased from Nordstrom when they were still a privately owned corporation.

Spicer told the Press, “Nordstrom had been warned. They could have returned Ivanka Trump’s clothing line to their shelves and avoided this action completely. They brought this upon themselves.” Mr. Spicer went on to say that Ivanka’s clothing line would be on the shelves when the stores opened tomorrow at 10. “Moreover,” he said, there will be a huge sale—very big, best sale yet, on many items of clothing.” For example, an Ivanka Trump Matte Jersey Dress, which normally sells for $79.20, will be marked down to $56, a savings of $23.20.

Congressional Republicans were generally supportive of the action. Marco Rubio praised the professionalism of the troops and tweeted, “this sends a strong message to retailers not only in the United States but around the world.”

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Stevieslaw:Inspiration

Posted on February 8, 2017 by stevieslaw

My poem inspiration just appeared on http://thedrabble.wordpress.com.  Give it a look.

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