Tim Barrus Blog
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JUVENILE DETENTION. FIRST, THEY RAPED HIM, AND THEN, THEY LEFT HIM SITTING IN A DOWNPOUR RAIN IN HIS PARALYZED WHEELCHAIR AND SCREAMING
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IF YOU ARE DETENTION STAFF WHERE KIDS ARE BEING SEXUALLY EXPLOITED, AND I FIND YOU, I WILL ALSO FIND A TRANSPARENT WAY TO SHUT YOU DOWN – I MAKE SURE TO TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS, ESTABLISH A PAPER TRAIL, A JOURNAL, AND ALL OF IT WILL BE CONSIDERED EVIDENCE IN ANY COURT.…
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I KNOW REVENGE WHEN I SEE IT
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NEW YORK TIMES REFUSES TO PUBLISH IMPOVERISHED WRITERS THEY PREFER ACADEMICS
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THE NEW YORK TIMES IS DIVERSE. NO ARGUMENT THERE. THEY HAVE EVERY BEAT UNDER THE SUN. BUT NOT POVERTY, AND NO PUBLIC POLICY AS IT EXISTS AND EVOLVES LIKE THE SNAKE IT IS.
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I NEED SOMETHING IN THE TIGHT ROOMS OF WHORES AND BORES AND SETTLES SCORES IN THE HEAT OF DIRT BIKE TOWN IS WHERE YOU TALK TO TREES AND BEES
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I am a communist. The NYT finds me offensive. I have seen more in this lifetime than you can know. We need help understanding poverty. The condescending alone. Dust. You will be dust along with the rest of our bones. I want to be there. To spit when America eats…
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TIM BARRUS: DIRT BIKE TOWN, THE NOVEL
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WE SEE DIRT BIKE TOWN FROM ABOVE. NO ONE WANTS TO LINGER TOO LONG LOOKING AT THE HARD CORE POVERTY. FLY AWAY, FLY AWAY, LITTLE BIRDS. AMERICA IS HARD ON FULL THROAT TORN APART AS INSURRECTION LEADS TO ANOTHER WAR BETWEEN THE STATES. DEATH AND SEX. THE NORTH (AGAIN). THE…
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I Know the Inside Of Your Eyelids
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Sometimes, the victors do, indeed, write the history. At other times, the victors are taking their assumed, patriarchal position in the male-dominated hierarchy for granted. Athens did it. Rome did it. Berlin did it. Tokyo did it. Spain did it. The Catholic church did it when popes were omnipotent. Ancient…
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it never happened
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The biggest lie of all is the mythology of capitalism. Let us hit the stores. Religion is a store. It sells a past that never was.
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Armed Delinquent
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We are the culture of greed, death, indifference, cruelty, mass incarceration, poverty, hunger, suspicion, hate, patriarchal monarchy disguised as democracy, and genocide.
Within the context of that evil, bête noire – exactly how is that any different from the cultural nightmare that was ancient Rome’s legacy to the world. The…
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your rooms
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The Beautiful Terrorists were known to carry micro amounts of plutonium in a thin lead casing that would protect you, but not for long. You could open the casing in your pocket or suicide by cop would work. When you think about plutonium the size of a grain of rice,…
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Fucking Shoot Me
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