Tim Barrus Blog
Posts tagged with Opinion
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Tim Barrus, New York Times
Today, HIV gets a tiny mention in the New York Times. In an article about sexually transmitted diseases. One word at the end of the piece. This, too, marginalizes. We are ashamed. We hang our heads. We did it to ourselves. Normals refuse to see HIV as a sexually transmitted…
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Tim Barrus, New York Times
AMERICAN ECONOMICS IS RUBBISH America is a fascist state. It’s allegiances are to a version of capitalism that has nothing to do with actual human beings who are brainwashed that capitalism is the only way to run a railroad. And America protects its fascist state with a chokehold around the…
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No Cock No Cure No Compatibility
Tim Barrus in the New York Times I wish I could, but I am unable to share in the idea of idealism. There is no real evidence – only the anecdotal – to indicate we as a culture will not fail. We have already failed. We failed to elect a…
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Tim Barrus In the New York Times
TRUMP IS THE MEDIA’S FETISH Never mind the mask. It is simply accoutrement. I want to imply the word fetish. Trump is the media’s fetish. The media’s fetish for covering Trump is not simply covering Trump. It is covering lies with the excuse that lies are news. Lies are not…
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Hunger in Appalachia: Tim Barrus: New York Times
Inspirational films tell us to climb every mountain. Try climbing legislative mountains that would bring food to Appalachia. I live in Appalachia. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics recognizes this part of the country, and southern Ohio as — Appalachia — and lists it as distressed. Terminology code for the…
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Tim Barrus in the New York Times
Our time is over. My time is over. I am on my phone. On my back. Looking at the morning stars and the sunrise dust of light just now warming my world. My mountain Blue Ridge trees have turned bright red and yellow. Those leaves will fall. Autumn has arrived.…