Michael E Crowley
@mecrowley.bsky.social
Actor, writer, singer, martial artist, bass guitar player, cat owner, avid reader, bullwhip student and swordsman. A surprisingly sophisticated country boy.
There needs to be an organization and alternative economic model for people who are recovering from a career in predatory capitalism.
November 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
There needs to be an organization and alternative economic model for people who are recovering from a career in predatory capitalism.
"I have no quarrel with history, although I am often appalled by the people who make it." - Guy Williams, Disney's "Zorro."
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James Horner - Zorro's Theme | The Mask of Zorro - Music from the Motion Picture
YouTube video by SonySoundtracksVEVO
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October 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
"I have no quarrel with history, although I am often appalled by the people who make it." - Guy Williams, Disney's "Zorro."
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Kiss - Ace Frehley (1978) - Fractured Mirror
YouTube video by Stone Age Recordings
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October 26, 2025 at 3:13 AM
To sum up so far:
1) The United States military is being deployed against US citizens as its new primary mission.
2) The Qatari Air Force has just been given permission to build a facility at a US base in Idaho.
WHAT COULD GO WRONG?
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1) The United States military is being deployed against US citizens as its new primary mission.
2) The Qatari Air Force has just been given permission to build a facility at a US base in Idaho.
WHAT COULD GO WRONG?
www.rawstory.com/trump-qatar-...
'Never felt more betrayed': MAGA rebels over Trump's 'treasonous' Qatar base in Idaho
After years of advocating "America First," President Donald Trump's administration, the Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced on Friday, "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acce...
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October 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
To sum up so far:
1) The United States military is being deployed against US citizens as its new primary mission.
2) The Qatari Air Force has just been given permission to build a facility at a US base in Idaho.
WHAT COULD GO WRONG?
www.rawstory.com/trump-qatar-...
1) The United States military is being deployed against US citizens as its new primary mission.
2) The Qatari Air Force has just been given permission to build a facility at a US base in Idaho.
WHAT COULD GO WRONG?
www.rawstory.com/trump-qatar-...
Daily Wisdom:
Be very, very careful when describing the cleanliness and condition of your home. While it's a common metaphor, calling it "a war zone" could lead to a Nat'l Guard unit being deployed to your kitchenette in the current environment.
Be very, very careful when describing the cleanliness and condition of your home. While it's a common metaphor, calling it "a war zone" could lead to a Nat'l Guard unit being deployed to your kitchenette in the current environment.
October 7, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Daily Wisdom:
Be very, very careful when describing the cleanliness and condition of your home. While it's a common metaphor, calling it "a war zone" could lead to a Nat'l Guard unit being deployed to your kitchenette in the current environment.
Be very, very careful when describing the cleanliness and condition of your home. While it's a common metaphor, calling it "a war zone" could lead to a Nat'l Guard unit being deployed to your kitchenette in the current environment.
The party of Back the Blue has no trouble gassing the Blue, it seems.
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27 Chicago Police Officers Affected By Tear Gas, Superintendent Says
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October 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The party of Back the Blue has no trouble gassing the Blue, it seems.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Reposted by Michael E Crowley
TL;DR Peter Thiel is obsessed with philosophers who have grappled with Nazism, both pro and con, so he can be a better fascist.
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The Real Stakes, and Real Story, of Peter Thiel’s Antichrist Obsession
Thirty years ago, a peace-loving Austrian theologian spoke to Peter Thiel about the apocalyptic theories of Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt. They’ve been a road map for the billionaire ever since.
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October 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM
TL;DR Peter Thiel is obsessed with philosophers who have grappled with Nazism, both pro and con, so he can be a better fascist.
www.wired.com/story/the-re...
www.wired.com/story/the-re...
I have read that Peter Thiel is going about giving lectures about the Antichrist.
I can't stand people who do nothing but talk about themselves for an evening.
I can't stand people who do nothing but talk about themselves for an evening.
October 5, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I have read that Peter Thiel is going about giving lectures about the Antichrist.
I can't stand people who do nothing but talk about themselves for an evening.
I can't stand people who do nothing but talk about themselves for an evening.
America is truly the land of opportunity as long as you’re photogenic, can remember your lines, and hit your marks.
To go by our current leadership, nothing else is expected or required
To go by our current leadership, nothing else is expected or required
September 30, 2025 at 9:07 PM
America is truly the land of opportunity as long as you’re photogenic, can remember your lines, and hit your marks.
To go by our current leadership, nothing else is expected or required
To go by our current leadership, nothing else is expected or required
It occurs to me this morning that America can't even produce good fascists any longer. Think about it - we've been outsourcing for decades, and our current inspirations are Hungary and Russia, whose leaders can at least complete a thought.
www.rawstory.com/hegseth-2674...
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'I traveled 8K miles to hear this?' Retired general rips into Hegseth's 'canned' speech
Retired Brig. Gen. Steve Anderson had nothing but scathing words on CNN Tuesday morning for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's all-hands speech to generals and admirals who had been called off their ass...
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September 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
It occurs to me this morning that America can't even produce good fascists any longer. Think about it - we've been outsourcing for decades, and our current inspirations are Hungary and Russia, whose leaders can at least complete a thought.
www.rawstory.com/hegseth-2674...
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It should be noted that then-Prince (now King) Charles did NOT have Milligan imprisoned in the tower, exiled, beheaded or otherwise maimed.
Just a thought about how a real world leader handles a court jester.
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Just a thought about how a real world leader handles a court jester.
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Spike Milligan Calls Prince Charles "the Little Grovelling Bastard" (1994)
YouTube video by One Sunny Day
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September 19, 2025 at 6:46 PM
It should be noted that then-Prince (now King) Charles did NOT have Milligan imprisoned in the tower, exiled, beheaded or otherwise maimed.
Just a thought about how a real world leader handles a court jester.
youtu.be/eOImvIBH8G8?...
Just a thought about how a real world leader handles a court jester.
youtu.be/eOImvIBH8G8?...
Gatemouth Brown making Roy Clark flat out work for it on a Duke Ellington standard.
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Take The A-Train by Clarence Gatemouth Brown and Roy Clark
YouTube video by Steve Green
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September 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Gatemouth Brown making Roy Clark flat out work for it on a Duke Ellington standard.
youtu.be/XlnB7yOeBKE?...
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Obey Cat. Keep Sunday for resting and sleeping on laps.
September 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Obey Cat. Keep Sunday for resting and sleeping on laps.
Reposted by Michael E Crowley
Charlie Kirk spent his life‘s work and all of his energy and time targeting out-groups while arguing for a world in which gun massacres would be easy to enact, plentiful, and inevitable, and he became famous and wealthy doing it, and we’re now not supposed to mention that because it’s not polite.
September 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Charlie Kirk spent his life‘s work and all of his energy and time targeting out-groups while arguing for a world in which gun massacres would be easy to enact, plentiful, and inevitable, and he became famous and wealthy doing it, and we’re now not supposed to mention that because it’s not polite.
I watched the Lone Ranger in reruns in the early days of cable. Yes, the shots of the LR looking out over the West to make sure it's still there & Tonto riding past the dead body are a bit hokey and easy to make fun of. The theme music/opening titles still make me happy.
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The Lone Ranger 1949 - 1957 Opening and Closing Theme
YouTube video by TeeVees Greatest
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September 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I watched the Lone Ranger in reruns in the early days of cable. Yes, the shots of the LR looking out over the West to make sure it's still there & Tonto riding past the dead body are a bit hokey and easy to make fun of. The theme music/opening titles still make me happy.
youtu.be/p9lf76xOA5k?...
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The week has been MAD - of course, that's just any ordinary day in the United States lately, as it has been for the past decade.
Must be why this song popped into my head. It's older, yes - but Rachel Fuller (and her husband, the Who's Pete Townshend) wrote a good one.
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Must be why this song popped into my head. It's older, yes - but Rachel Fuller (and her husband, the Who's Pete Townshend) wrote a good one.
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Just Breathe
YouTube video by Rachel Fuller - Topic
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September 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The week has been MAD - of course, that's just any ordinary day in the United States lately, as it has been for the past decade.
Must be why this song popped into my head. It's older, yes - but Rachel Fuller (and her husband, the Who's Pete Townshend) wrote a good one.
youtu.be/WmBk_YM6kM4?...
Must be why this song popped into my head. It's older, yes - but Rachel Fuller (and her husband, the Who's Pete Townshend) wrote a good one.
youtu.be/WmBk_YM6kM4?...
Reads thus far: #booksky:
Methods & Practice of Elizabethan Swordplay by Craig Turner & Tony Soper
The Actor’s Analects by Charles J. Dunn & Bunzo Torigoe
The Man With Two Left Feet and Other Stories by P.G. Wodehouse
Hunting Magic Eels by Richard Berg
Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez
Methods & Practice of Elizabethan Swordplay by Craig Turner & Tony Soper
The Actor’s Analects by Charles J. Dunn & Bunzo Torigoe
The Man With Two Left Feet and Other Stories by P.G. Wodehouse
Hunting Magic Eels by Richard Berg
Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez
September 1, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Reads thus far: #booksky:
Methods & Practice of Elizabethan Swordplay by Craig Turner & Tony Soper
The Actor’s Analects by Charles J. Dunn & Bunzo Torigoe
The Man With Two Left Feet and Other Stories by P.G. Wodehouse
Hunting Magic Eels by Richard Berg
Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez
Methods & Practice of Elizabethan Swordplay by Craig Turner & Tony Soper
The Actor’s Analects by Charles J. Dunn & Bunzo Torigoe
The Man With Two Left Feet and Other Stories by P.G. Wodehouse
Hunting Magic Eels by Richard Berg
Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez
Monday Cat is offline for the moment and will resume normal operations whenever she feels like it
September 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Monday Cat is offline for the moment and will resume normal operations whenever she feels like it
In today's adventures, the new queen of New Box Hall, Spunky (aka Regina Fortis) has summited the refrigerator and planted the flag. She can now, at her discretion, survey the vast expanse of the kitchen from the crags and cliffs of the L/G refrigerator/freezer unit.
August 2, 2025 at 7:19 PM
In today's adventures, the new queen of New Box Hall, Spunky (aka Regina Fortis) has summited the refrigerator and planted the flag. She can now, at her discretion, survey the vast expanse of the kitchen from the crags and cliffs of the L/G refrigerator/freezer unit.
The new Queen of New Box Hall - Spunky, Herself.
June 30, 2025 at 8:52 PM
The new Queen of New Box Hall - Spunky, Herself.
My much-beloved Jonesie girl crossed the rainbow bridge this Thursday past, as the result of both stage 3 kidney disease and pericarditis.
She died in my lap, with both my mother and I giving her pets and telling her how wonderful she'd been, and covered by her favorite fuzzy pink blanket.
She died in my lap, with both my mother and I giving her pets and telling her how wonderful she'd been, and covered by her favorite fuzzy pink blanket.
April 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
My much-beloved Jonesie girl crossed the rainbow bridge this Thursday past, as the result of both stage 3 kidney disease and pericarditis.
She died in my lap, with both my mother and I giving her pets and telling her how wonderful she'd been, and covered by her favorite fuzzy pink blanket.
She died in my lap, with both my mother and I giving her pets and telling her how wonderful she'd been, and covered by her favorite fuzzy pink blanket.
One thing I know, and two things I've learned:
Steer clear of people who complain about being islands and yet burn every bridge, and who can take a conversation with them and turn it into one ABOUT them in little time at all.
Steer clear of people who complain about being islands and yet burn every bridge, and who can take a conversation with them and turn it into one ABOUT them in little time at all.
April 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
One thing I know, and two things I've learned:
Steer clear of people who complain about being islands and yet burn every bridge, and who can take a conversation with them and turn it into one ABOUT them in little time at all.
Steer clear of people who complain about being islands and yet burn every bridge, and who can take a conversation with them and turn it into one ABOUT them in little time at all.
We are at trade war with the world, including two uninhabited islands, in an action planned by a human with the brain of a walnut.
Even George Orwell must be saying WTF.
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Even George Orwell must be saying WTF.
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Will Malignant Stupidity Kill the World Economy?
Trump’s tariffs are a disaster. His policy process is worse.
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April 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
We are at trade war with the world, including two uninhabited islands, in an action planned by a human with the brain of a walnut.
Even George Orwell must be saying WTF.
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/will-carel...
Even George Orwell must be saying WTF.
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/will-carel...
And now, the legendary Eartha Kitt singing with British comedy legend Sir Harry Secombe of “The Goon Show.”
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Eartha Kitt and Harry Secombe at The Royal Variety Performance 1962
YouTube video by Aaron Smith
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April 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
And now, the legendary Eartha Kitt singing with British comedy legend Sir Harry Secombe of “The Goon Show.”
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In case you wondered how ICE was getting its information. We talk about Putin being a shadow president, but never forget Netanyahu
In case you wondered how ICE was getting its information. We talk about Putin being a shadow president, but never forget Netanyahu
Pro-Israel group says it has ‘deportation list’ and has sent ‘thousands’ of names to Trump officials
Betar US is among far-right groups supporting Trump effort to deport students involved in pro-Palestinian protests
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March 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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In case you wondered how ICE was getting its information. We talk about Putin being a shadow president, but never forget Netanyahu
In case you wondered how ICE was getting its information. We talk about Putin being a shadow president, but never forget Netanyahu