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November 15, 2016April 11, 2017 Ben Brizell Writing

The destruction won’t be newsworthy 

Technology, the earth or ourselves will kill us before anything else. Oh this glorious world rife with suicide, racism, homophobia, death, genocide and fear. There is a collective unease in the air as I write this. By the time this blog has been posted someone will have died, a baby will have been born, someone will have … Continue reading The destruction won’t be newsworthy 

November 9, 2016April 20, 2017 Ben Brizell Writing

American eulogy- four years

Oh America. Oh what an embarrassment. It truly is diabolical what you have sent yourself hurtling towards. An Orwellian nightmare. World War 2 hysteria stalks the halls of the White House. The power has been handed to a loaded gun. Misogyny and racism has been accepted into America, on a state wide basis.  In a … Continue reading American eulogy- four years

July 7, 2016July 7, 2016 Ben Brizell Writing

The politics of staying awake

If you can stay awake in fucking school then why the fuck can't a politician stay awake when someone is reading a report that pertains to their past fuckups. They stand up there, holed up in there big room, arguing like beggars in a bakery. These People who demand our attention and self-righteously change our … Continue reading The politics of staying awake

May 9, 2015May 9, 2015 Ben Brizell Writing

Backbeat contempts on the street

I sit alone, music blasting over the obligatory bullshit the news is spewing, the lyrics painting a vivid image of modernism in my proactive mind. The delinquent faces of news anchors who have turned into satirical parodies, inform me that we've been fucked over by those we had no trust in from the start, leaving … Continue reading Backbeat contempts on the street

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