The Serpent in Our Eden 

Takes Many Guises

Because of His Lurking, Hissing Presence, Our Eden Is No Longer a Garden. 

It Has Become a Jungle.

Echoes of An Unknown Mother

Poignant overtones like evening shade

Overtake as vines on paths of stone

Eventually grow so stones seems less alone.

The path, thus aged and venerable made,

Steeped in twilit mist or morning dew,

Haunts –– bemuses –– leading to the Past ––

A shadowed, brooding mystery holding fast.

Wariness of every person who

Kindles comfort, confidence and trust

Eviscerates hope for fear that once again

Nidifugous trauma’s dormant wrenching pain

Assert itself. So, a protective crust

Wards off gnawing urges to complain,

Except –– beneath –– lurks fear of the insane.

~ FreeThinke

POP QUIZ

Given the choice which of these would you rather do? Please choose one from each group.

I

1. Watch Mike Lindell advertise My Pillow?

2. Attend a lecture on Economics by Barack Obama?

3. Spend an hour watching Marie Osmond tell us how she lost FIFTY pounds?

4. Watch reruns of Gomer Pyle?

II

1. Listen to a campaign speech by Hillary Clinton?

2. Watch Mike Lindell advertise My Pillow?

3. Watch Copper Chef commercials for a solid hour?

4. Watch reruns of I Love Lucy?

III

1. Spend an hour watching Marie Osmond tell us how she lost FIFTY pounds?

2. Attend a lecture on Healthcare and Social Policy by Nancy Pelosi?

3. Watch Mike Lindell advertise My Pillow?

4. Watch reruns of Murder She Wrote?

IV

1. Watch Geraldo Rivera expand on any topic?

2. Watch Copper Chef commercials for a solid hour?

3. Listen to Tucker Carlson constantly interrupt and talk over his guests?

4. Watch Mike Lindell advertise My Pillow?

V

1. Look at pictures of Vladimir Putin bare chested

2. Watch Mike Lindell advertise My Pillow?

3. Listen to Hillary Clinton explain how James Comey, misogynistic Good Ol’ Boys, and the Russians were responsible for her loss last November?

4. Watch reruns of Happy Days?

VI

1. Watch Maxine Waters vilify Donald Trump for a solid hour?

2. Watch Mike Lindell advertise My Pillow?

3. Attend a seminar on Economics and Social Policy with Paul Krugman, Amy Goodman, Nicholas Kristof, Noam Chomsky, and Sean Willenz?

4. Watch reruns of the Twilight Zone?

COMEY GETS the AXE!

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT IT, 

and WHY?

Sebastian Gorka on Radical Islam  and the Caliphate at the Republican National Lawyers  Association Conference

Sebastian Gorka, Deputy Assistant to President Trump, gives an eye opening speech at the National Press Club on the reality of the threat posed to Western society by the Islamic State (ISIS).

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MACRON WINS FRANCE 

66-30% 

over Le PEN

Why Is This Putrid Pudendum, 

This Toxic Hag, 

This Tiresome,Worn Out, Smelly, 

Misshapen Old Bitch, 

STILL in the NEWS?

Will We NEVER See the End 

Of This Grinning, Gaping, 

Sickening, Stinking Cunt?

A One-Woman Horror Show!

"... And none can hold our power 

to account ..."

~ Shakespeare - Macbeth

Still ridin' high. Why?

Apparently, Shakespeare is right yet again, but 

WHY SHOULD IT BE SO?

WHY have their names dropped out

 of the news?

Can you even remember WHY we ought to be concerned about them?

WBERE do you supposed they'd be today,

 if they were members of the GOP?

Can you even NAME them?

Could THIS be the ANSWER?

In the Realm of Politics

Is Hypocrisy Always Dishonest, 

Or is it Merely Business as Usual?

SHOULD It – CAN It – Be ELIMINATED, 

Or Must We Accept It 

As A Fact Of Life?

Sunrise or sunset?

What Concerns You Most?

The intransigence of Congress?

Islamism and the Middle East?

The Influence on Congress of AIPAC 

(The Israel Lobby)?

The Ostentatious Threats by North Korea’s 

Kim Jong Un?

The Hysterical Counter-Productive 

Antics of Democrats?

Increasing Robotization?

President Trump?

The Wall?

The Thwarted Travel Ban?

Other?

What would they think of us today?

If you are patient, and wait for the obnoxious commercial  to end, you will witness a marvellous,  deeply mysterious phenomenon
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Killing Bill O’Reilly

He never even got a chance to say goodbye!

Killing FOX News

Megyn Kelly

(left voluntarily for more money?)

Greta van Susteren

(left voluntarily for more money?)

Roger Ailes

(fired for sexual harassment)

Alan Colmes 

(demoted, then died)

Bob Beckel 

(disappeared for over a year, then returned)

WHO is KILLING FOX NEWS, 

and WHY?

Your theories, please.

An Enemy Within, 

or Just a Fool?

Has President Trump been duped by Speaker Ryan, and thus neutered?

"A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself.”

~ Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 B.C.)

Can the Trump Presidency, –– which today means The United States of America ––, survive the machinations of Paul Ryan, whose self-styled "BetterWay" is already well on its way to undermining and defeating the president’s agenda?

Beware Ambition, a bitch goddess with the power to destroy whole nations

Crucifixion

He was a man who came to show the way.

It never was for him an easy task.

Sadly, politicians of His day

Cruelly sought His death. They’d never ask

Revealing questions in pursuit of Truth.

Undermining good they sought to hold

Crookedly to Power. Their uncouth

Initiatives to godliness were cold.

Freedom from corruption causes fear

In those who by coercion seek to rule.

Xiphoid, ego kills what should endear,

Instead of letting Self die to renewal.

On tiptoe oft we creep and hold our breath,

Not challenging the ones who cause His death.

Resurrection

Cold He lay behind the heavy stone,

Hidden there with broken hands and feet.

Ruthless powers crushed His flesh and bone.

It looked to be the ultimate defeat.

Sadly, in the dawn Saint Mary’s three

Trudged toward the tomb wherein He lay.

Instead of death, an angel helped them see,

Startled, that the stone was rolled away!

A risen Jesus stood! He still drew breath!

Radiance around Him warmed the air. 

In banks of lilies sweet we now see death

Stripped of terror. Life, eternal, fair,

Enjoins us all to claim His victory.

Naught could stop us save our vanity.

~ FreeThinke - The Sandpiper - Spring 1996

Happy Easter!!!

The Passion of Our Lord 
According to St. Matthew

Johann Sebastian Bach

Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam

Willem Mengelberg, Conductor

Karl Erb, Tenor (Evangelist)

Willem Ravelli, Bass (Jesus)

Jo Vincent, Soprano

Ilona Durigo, Alto

Louis van Tuler, Tenor

Herman Schey, Bass

Amsterdam Toonkunst Choir "Zanglust" Boys' Choir

Recorded 2nd Apr. 1939, Amsterdam

1. Coro I & II & Chorale: Kommt, ihr Töchter, 
2. helft mir klagen 0:00

2. Evangelist, Jesus: Da Jesus diese Rede 

vollendet hatte 10:52

3. Chorale: Herzliebster Jesu 11:58

4. Evangelist: Da versammleten 

sich die Hohenpriester 13:29

5. Coro I & II: Ja nicht auf das Fest 14:03

6. Evangelist: Da nun Jesus war zu Bethanien 14:20

7. Coro I: Wozu dienet dieser Unrat? 14:59

8. Evangelist, Jesus: Da das Jesus merkete 15:36

9. Recitativo (alto): Du lieber Heiland du 18:00

10. Aria (alto): Buß und Reu 19:17

11. Evangelist, Judas: Da ging 

hin der Zwölfen einer 24:41

12. Aria (soprano): Blute nur, du liebes Herz! 25:33

13. Evangelist: Aber am ersten Tag 31:21

14. Coro I: Wo willst du 31:39

15. Evangelist, Jesus: Er sprach: Gehet hin in die Stadt; 

Coro I: Herr, bin ich's? 32:08

16. Chorale: Ich bin's, ich sollte büßen 34:36

17. Evangelist, Jesus, Judas: 

Er antwortete und sprach 36:24

18. Recitativo (soprano): Wiewohl mein Herz 40:58

19. Aria (soprano): Ich will dir mein Herze schenken 42:50

20. Evangelist, Jesus: Und da sie den Lobgesang 47:35

21. Chorale: Erkenne mich, mein Hüter 49:20

22. Evangelist, Peter, Jesus: Petrus aber antwortete 51:22

23. Evangelist, Jesus: Da kam Jesus mit ihnen 52:53

24. Recitativo (tenor) and Coro II: O Schmerz! 55:36

25. Aria (tenor) and Coro II: 

Ich will bei meinem Jesu wachen 58:36

26. Evangelist: Und ging hin ein wenig 1:04:39

27. Recitativo (basso): Der Heiland fällt 1:05:53

28. Evangelist, Jesus: Und er kam 

zu seinen Jüngern 1:07:23

29. Chorale: Was mein Gott will 1:09:29

30. Evangelist, Jesus, Judas: Und er 

kam und fand sie 1:11:43

31. Aria (soprano) and Coro II: So ist mein 

Jesus nun gefangen 1:15:25

32. Evangelist, Jesus: Und siehe, einer aus denen, 

die mit Jesu waren 1:20:45

33. Chorale: O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß 1:24:19

34. Aria (alto) and Coro II: Ach, nun 

ist mein Jesus hin! 1:32:35

35. Evangelist: Die aber Jesum gegriffen hatten 1:37:28

36. Chorale: Mir hat die Welt trüglich gericht't 1:38:16

37. Recitativo (tenor): Mein Jesus schweigt 1:39:12

38. Evangelist, High Priest, Jesus: Und der Hohenpriester antwortete; 

Coro I & II: Er ist des Todes schuldig! 1:40:53

39. Evangelist: Da speieten sie in sein Angesicht 1:42:54

40. Chorale: Wer hat dich so geschlagen 1:43:38

41. Evangelist, Maid, Peter, Maid II: Petrus 

aber saß draußen im Palast 1:45:30

42. Evangelist, Peter: Da hub er an sich 

zu verfluchen 1:46:47

43. Aria (alto): Erbarme dich, mein Gott 1:48:31

44. Evangelist, Judas: Des Morgens 

aber hielten alle Hohepriester 1:56:58

45. Evangelist, Pilate, Pilate's wife: Auf das Fest aber hatte der Landpfleger; 

Coro I & II: Barrabam! 1:57:29

46. Evangelist, Pilate: Der Landpfleger sagte 1:59:18

47. Recitativo (soprano): Er hat uns allen wohlgetan 1:59:30

48. Aria (soprano): Aus Liebe will mein 

Heiland sterben 2:00:59

49. Evangelist: Sie schrieen aber noch mehr; Coro I & II: Laß ihn kreuzigen! Evangelist, Pilate: Da aber Pilatus sahe; Coro I & II: Sein Blut komme über; 

Evangelist: Da gab er ihnen Barrabam los 2:06:44

50. Recitativo (alto): Erbarm es, Gott! 2:08:53

51. Evangelist: Da nahmen die Kriegsknechte; 

Coro I & II: Gegrüßet seist du, Jüdenkönig! 

Evangelist: Und speieten ihn an 2:10:30

52. Chorale: O Haupt, voll Blut und Wunden 2:11:49

53. Evangelist: Und da sie ihn verspottet hatten 2:14:21

54. Evangelist: Und da wurden zween Mörder; Coro I & II: Der du den Tempel; Evangelist: Desgleichen auch die Hohenpriester; 

Coro I & II: Andern hat er geholfen 2:15:03

55. Evangelist: Desgleichen schmäheten 

ihn auch die Mörder 2:17:31

56. Recitativo (alto): Ach Golgatha, 

unselges Golgatha! 2:17:53

57. Evangelist, Jesus: Und von der sechsten Stunde an; 

Coro I: Der rufet dem Elias! Evangelist: Und bald lief einer unter ihnen; 

Coro II: Halt! Laß sehen; 

Evangelist: Aber Jesus schriee abermal laut 

und verschied. 2:20:05

58. Chorale: Wenn ich einmal soll scheiden 2:23:27

59. Evangelist: Und siehe da; Coro I & II: 

Wahrlich, dieser ist Gottes Sohn gewesen 2:26:11

60. Recitativo (basso): Am Abend, 

da es kühle war 2:29:01

61. Evangelist: Und Joseph nahm den Leib 2:31:36

62. Recitativo (basso, tenor, alto, soprano) and 

Coro II: Nun ist der Herr zur Ruh gebracht 2:32:29

63. Coro I & II: Wir setzen uns 

mit Tränen nieder 2:35:11