- JimmyDore.com exposes Dr. Anthony Fauci, MD, who someway, somehow isn't in prison for lying to Congress, as Sen. Rand has shown, and committing crimes against humanity for profit. Capitalism and healthcare go well together. The good doctor has no interest in anything but making us all healthy since his work with AIDs and all the trouble he got in at that time.
Showing posts with label novel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label novel. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Dr. Fauci: New pandemic is coming
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Mass expulsion of Latinos in LA?
Pregnant US citizen detained by border patrol agents in LA County: ‘We didn't do anything wrong’
(KTLA 5) SoCal citizen living in LA speaks out after being kidnapped by secret police ICE agents
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A novel explores the unbelievable truth of a mass expulsion of Mexican-Americans (Chicanos) from Los Angeles throughout the 1930s, researched and novelized by Cal State University Long Beach Prof. Desiree Zamorano.
Manuel Galvan is separated from his parents and sister during the mass expulsion of Mexicans and Mexican Americans in the 1930s [that, though little known, really took place.
Dispossessed traces the life of Manny, a boy who is separated from his parents during the MASS EXPULSION OF MEXICAN AMERICANS and Mexican nationals from Los Angeles during the 1930s.
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- (EDITORIAL NOTE: What is a "Mexican" but a Europeanized Indigenous person, a Mestizo, a blend and melding of many DNA lines, worlds, and cultures -- making for the most beautiful and diverse of all the world's national groups.)
"Sweeping, lyrical, gut-wrenching, yet hopeful" - Gustavo Arellano
"[A] moving tale of one man, one family, and the extraordinary endurance of love." - Joy Castro
This could never happen today
Dispossessed
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| Désirée Zamorano (Amazon) |
He grows from a small, lost and confused boy into a wandering and angry teenager pushed out of high school and into the dockyards.
Later as a loyal, passionate husband he is a man searching for a life of value and dignity despite his losses.
Set against the backdrop of (Mexican) American history in Los Angeles, forced deportations, the demolition of Chavez Ravine [now known as Dodger Stadium], sterilization of Latinas, student protests and rising political consciousness, this story spans his life, from 6 to 60, and his search for his missing family, the missing pieces of his life. More
- Chapter 2: The Deportation-Repatriation Campaign Against La Raza, 1929 to 1936 (JSTOR)
- Trump admin continues to clash with 'sanctuary cities'
- VIDEO: Federal agents searching for man blast door off Huntington Park home with kids inside
- Deporting American citizens? Trump’s shocking comments on citizenship and crime | CNN debate
What is this novel really about?
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| Chicano power for Latins in the USA |
As Manny grows into an adult, he is surrounded by remarkable women. Generous Amparo, who bring the mute boy into her home with gentle tenderness, then Lizette, striking and vivacious, who captivates his passion and loyalty, later Dahlia, his politically conscious daughter.
A sweeping family saga with resilience, perseverance, and enduring love at its core, Dispossessed follows young Manuel as he creates a life of value and dignity, while always searching for his missing family, the missing pieces of his heart.
Monday, June 9, 2025
Easy read: Orwell's 1984 graphic novel
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| 1984: The Graphic Novel |
"War is Peace * Freedom is Slavery * Ignorance is Strength."
In 1984, London is a grim city in the totalitarian state of Oceania where Big Brother is always watching citizens and the Thought Police can practically read minds with their constant surveillance.
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| What is this, a comic book, pulp fiction? |
Drawn into a forbidden love affair with Junior Anti-Sex League beauty Julia, Winston finds the courage to join a secret revolutionary organization called the "Brotherhood," dedicated to the destruction of the totalitarian Party.
Together they hazard their lives in a deadly match against the powers that be -- having sex to stick it to the State.
With evocative, immersive art from Fido Nesti, this vision of George Orwell’s dystopian masterpiece provides a new perspective for longtime fans but is also an accessible entry point for young readers and adults who have yet to discover the iconic story that is still so relevant today (and growing more relevant under Trump and cellphone technology).
- 1984: The Graphic Novel: (Authorized Orwell Edition) by George Orwell, adapted and illustrated by Nesti, Fido
- George Orwell | 1984: The Graphic Novel | Elephant Bookstore
- Fido Nesti, George Orwell, hmhbooks.com; Pfc. Sandoval, Seth Auberon, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
Tuesday, November 26, 2024
AHA! California really was an island
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First, Americans should know that there are today three Californias: upper (Alta California, USA), lower (Baja California, Mexico), and BC Sur (Southern tip, Mexico).
All three were part of Mexico for the longest time, but the British, Spanish, German, and other European settler colonialists now calling themselves the "Americans" decided to annex Alta California for their new settler colonial project.
We wouldn't be the only island, as Madagascar is to Africa, and we still have other islands.
This came amid their ongoing genocide of the indigenous folk living there, the Native or American Indians, following centuries of Spanish colonialism, which was aided and abetted by the Vatican (the Catholic Church and its maniacal "Doctrine of Discovery") and the Spanish throne. Could it be that it was once an island?
Yes. Here's why. If one travels up the Gulf of California in Mexico to San Felipe, one can easily imagine continuing all the way up to the Salton Sea (near Los Angeles), USA. That lowland desert is full of the remains of higher sea levels of the ancient past.
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| Connect green parts, with Gulf lower right |
Now it's a well-watered deserted and the nation's breadbasket, fondly called California's Central Valley.
Cartographers knew California was a lake and depicted as such in many maps. That was the legend, the lore, and the reality for European explorers and travelers. Even today we have a phantom lake (Lake Manly) in one of the lowest and hottest places on earth -- Death Valley, Alta California.
The "Island of California" (Spanish Isla de California)
There was a long-held global (mis)conception, dating from the 16th century, that the California region was not part of mainland North America (of which Mexico is a part)
Rather, it was known to be a large island separated from the continent by a strait now known to be the Gulf of California (part of the Pacific Ocean and not part of the Gulf of Mexico on the Atlantic side).
One of the most famous cartographic "errors" in history, it was propagated on many maps during the 17th and 18th centuries, despite contradictory evidence from various explorers [1].
The legend was initially infused with the idea that California was a terrestrial paradise, like the Garden of Eden or Atlantis.
This mapping error -- which may not have been an error at all -- was not a one-off event. From the mid-1500s to the late 1700s [2] great controversy surrounded the geography of California.
For instance, a Spanish map from 1548 depicts California as a peninsula [3], while a 1622 Dutch map depicts California as an island.
A 1626 Portuguese map depicts the land as a peninsula, while a 1630 British map depicts it as an island [4].
A French map from 1682 only shows the tip of the Baja Peninsula.
There are slightly over 1,000 maps in Stanford's Glen McLaughlin Collection of California as an island, the largest collection of such maps in the world [5].
History
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| Why would anyone think this island was an island? |
The first known mention of the legend of the "Island of California" was in the 1510 romance novel Las sergas de Esplandián by Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo—the sequel to Montalvo's more famous tales of Amadís de Gaula, father of Esplandian. He describes the island in this passage:
"Know, that on the right hand of the Indies there is an island called California very close to the side of the Terrestrial Paradise; and it is peopled by black women, without any man among them, for they live in the manner of Amazons [6]."
It is thought that, because of the widespread popularity of Las sergas de Esplandián at the time of European exploration of California, that it is reasonable that the book inspired the naming of California [7].
The book's description is also thought to have prompted early explorers to misidentify the Baja California peninsula as the island in these legends [7]. More: Island of California (Wikipedia)
Friday, November 15, 2024
Fight alternative: Writing (Monty Python)
Monty Python: "Novel Writing" as a major stadium sport in England
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| This is an alternative? Refined literary pursuits? |
(Dyynamo) Boxing not interesting? Of course, it's a brutal blood sport for savages. Instead, herewith is color commentary on the athletic exploits of British novelist Thomas Hardy as he attempts to write The Return of the Native before a large bank holiday crowd of lit hooligans going berserk in the stands.
The world famous "Parrot Sketch"
Languages of the world
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Lunar New Year Love Story (graphic novel)
CC Liu, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
Documents show gov't plans to create Covid
Pfc. Sandoval, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
Lab Leak ‘SMOKING GUN’? New documents PROVE US and Chinese scientists proposed to engineer Covid-19 like corona virus in Wuhan
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