Pax Rex

Trio

gitten out of frown

getting the town out of you
is the ride,
reality wash. it clangs along
at the ankle halo
presaging.
smiling thugs benevolence,
getting out of frown.

Bergman's bloggod train

Giant purple fungi Oregon

Moss Star 93

Harvest Sunday

surreal swordfern forests

Fall to the east

Mesa stripe

fumarole gotta

take your next breath
for granted wall street gasps
perched on fraudulent piers and peer brokerages
hyper-inflated to offshore pontoon-speeches
                          underwater glacier amigos
the fumarole must vent
        the island, build,
                 of sturdy studied vog
only to be swallowed
by elemental transactions crashing
primal oppositions like a supertanker 
gouging virgin coral

grasshopper

grasshopper on the warm autumn wall, sun
rounding the rough plank
getting painted, perfect leaves 
welcome the veneer of human effort, 
well until
i come across a squished squirrel in the residential
street, i pull and fling
it by its death costume 
to some grassy crevasse
by a fence, that's better.

well

Gordon Sondland, Portland tool

https://www.npr.org/2019/10/17/770714277/read-gordon-sondlands-opening-statement-to-congress


I am a lifelong Republican. Like all of my political Ambassadorial colleagues, I am an appointee of the President and serve at the pleasure of the President. I also know that part affiliations are set aside when representing the United States.

Having served on non-partisan commissions by the appointment of three Democratic governors and on the transition team for Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski, another Democrat, I am well accustomed to working across the aisle.

 For example, I worked briefly with former Vice President Biden's office in connection with the Vice President's nationwide anti-cancer initiative and admire his long record of public service.

I had bipartisan support for my ambassadorial nomination. My successful business background and results-oriented focus made me, in my view, well suited to bring the fresh perspective to U.S. foreign policy that President Trump had sought.


_________________

"Taylor also told lawmakers that Sondland had explained that Trump is a “businessman” and that when a businessman is about to sign a check to someone he asks for what he is owed. Taylor scoffed at the notion that Ukraine “owed” anything to Trump."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/diplomat-who-raised-alarm-about-withholding-aid-to-ukraine-testifies-in-impeachment-probe/2019/10/22/086fb850-f436-11e9-8cf0-4cc99f74d127_story.html


Well, That's the way Sondland operated out of Portland.

barking anger

it bares its bald and inbred teeth
as you try to pet it
anger, try to feed it anger.
it'd rather starve
anger, hungry for love anger.
it doesn't dare anger on a leash,
down a sidewalk anger
staggers, its fence anger
fetching a bark to not bark anger

oklahoma state cafeteria (1986)

i sit and wait in the university cafeteria

for my coffee to cool. "and what about that

good 'ole boy from midwest city? he was kinda

slow." two overweight businessmen

wear ugly brown ties. ugly

okies and leering foreigners park in the cafeteria

to watch the fatassed coeds carry their heaping

salad platters. the ugly

men have notebooks graph paper and big calculators

strewn about their tables.

the middle easterners lounge with empty milk cartons and

spilled wild rice. when they go to class

they occupy the front row and

study most diligently while at home in the dorm.

here in the cafeteria, they watch

american bacteria socialize







OSU 1986



__________________







Tillerson was born on March 23, 1952, in Wichita Falls, Texas, He was raised in Vernon, Texas; Stillwater, Oklahoma; and Huntsville, Texas.

"At age 14, he began to work as a bus boy in the student union building at Oklahoma State University.


Two years later in 1968 he became a janitor working in one of the engineering buildings at the university.

On weekends, he worked picking cotton."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rex_Tillerson

isn't isn't (2018)

Sunday, August 19, 2018

isn't isn't


unknown region isn't eluded google's net
unknown region isn't the seychelles
unknown region isn't a sub in the columbia
unknown region isn't a dacha in maryland
unknown region isn't a hub or fusion center 
unknown region isn't a drone and all the other above things
unknown region isn't a pubic inplant
unknown region isn't a fiber optic nest of lies
unknown religion isn't a region nor is it vatican
unknown region isn't negative space hiding plain sight
unknown region isn't getting away with everything
unknown region isn't a studio ghibli anime
unknown region isn't in a race to anonymity 
unknown region isn't gerrymandered or german intel
unknown region isn't full of refugees and slaves
unknown region isn't lacking red ink or radar
unknown region isn't for the have nots
unknown region isn't warm in the antarctic vodka stew
unknown region isn't masked like a gru batman
unknown region isn't a caterpillar pushing down settlements
unknown region isn't capable of lone ranger jokes
unknown region isn't a fourth dimensional intrusion
unknown region isn't harboring decent water
unknown region isn't yet, nyet
unknown region isn't a trillionaire's hobby horse
unknown region isn't hopping with mirrored fleas
unknown region isn't a tool of confidence men
unknown region isn't false/true or between/addresses
unknown region isn't the map to our inner circle
unknown region isn't fog draped liberty holding a torch
unknown region isn't worth the cramp or crap
unknown region isn't born to crawl honestly
unknown region isn't a pandora can of giggles
unknown region isn't particular about hosting 
unknown region isn't manned by cyborg serfs
unknown region isn't chuck barris in a paper sack
unknown region isn't doomed to the funny pages
unknown region isn't a dart board made of air
unknown region isn't a stable genius or noble twit
unknown region isn't O
unknown -regional, a truman show on steroids
unknown rejion ain't above the flaw
unknown region cain't tie its own flip flops 
unawaeegion won't sequester the molester 
unknown region dupes the media scoops
unknown region isn't a pea under the prince's futon
unknown region isn't likely
unknown region isn't a stopover for gulliver or odysseus
unknown region isn't a grey zone of wolves
unknown region isn't GPS on LSD or the CIA's LCD
unknown region isn't in the right lane
unknown region isn't space saying YO whassup
unknown region isn't a flat balloon or a halo
unknown region isn't atlas holding gaia on his shoulders
unknown region isn't much help nor hinderance
unknown region isn't a smoke free zone for harmony
unknown region isn't aware of poetry
unknown region isn't on the tourist slate for yaks
unknown region isn't semi autonomous or partially woke
unknown region isn't a constellation to implore
unknown reach'n isn't carte blanche or a pussygrabbed siren
is it?

Sondland, Influence Peddling Middleman

The phrase “quid pro quo” has become a kind of shorthand reference to the entire Ukraine debacle. But it is a phrase that Sondland uses himself to explain his negotiating philosophy.

In a 2016 interview with the Portland Business Journal, for example, he used it to describe how he facilitated phone calls between the former Democratic governor of Oregon and then-President George W. Bush.

“We would make these requests, and they were done quietly, they were done with rifle precision and there was always a quid pro quo,” Sondland said. 

“The governor would help the president with something and the president would help the governor with something, and it was very transactional.”


https://www.opb.org/news/article/npr-gordon-sondland-the-ambassador-whose-texts-put-him-at-the-center-of-ukraine-scandal/

________________________________

Ron Wyden, Sondland, and Oregon Good Old Boys Club

Sondland or his business also made contributions to Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber, former Portland Mayors Sam Adams and Charlie Hales, as well as Portland City Commissioner Steve Novick. Some were made under Sondland's name, while others were submitted by Provenance Hotels. 

And, in what would lead to his current position, Sondland donated one million dollars to Donald Trump's inauguration committee in 2016. Trump eventually appointed Sondland the U.S. Ambassador to the European Union.

Sondland's nomination was supported by both Republicans and Democrats. Most notably, Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden was an outspoken supporter of Sondland at his June 2018 confirmation hearing.

"I have known 'Gordy' for well over a quarter of a century," Wyden said during the hearing.

 "At a time when lots of politics is polarized and divisive, Gordon Sondland will be a good fit."

Records show Sondland has donated nearly $15,000 to Wyden over the past 22 years. His wife has donated more than $20,000.


https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/gordon-sondland-hotelier-portland-seattle-trump-ambassador-ukraine/283-7a229daf-48eb-4dd6-a215-5a44e82d668b

Bondi Trump Parnas Ballard Partners

Parnas appears to have received the first of two five-figure payments from Ballard Partners, a Florida lobbying firm that has become a powerhouse in Trump’s Washington. Bank records obtained by BuzzFeed News show Parnas received a $22,500 wire from Ballard in March and a second payment for the same amount in September. Ballard has previously said the September payment “has nothing to do whatsoever with Mr. Parnas's reported efforts related to Ukraine.”



http://ballardpartners.com/the-team/rebecca-benn-2/


https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetillman/lev-parnas-igor-fruman-arrested-giuliani-ukraine

"a three-year-old donation of $25,000 from Trump’s foundation to help re-elect Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, a Republican. "He sent Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi thousands from his foundation, just as she was considering an investigation into his sham university," says the digital ad, released Sept. 14. "She cashed the check, blocked the case, and he tried to cover up the donation."

dung dog spook smell

i had to heed the bumblebee, as they graced me
with no flower in sight, unless my dusty sweat
were sweet. i took my brushe
to the yard bucket of water,
removed the drowning astronaut and placed
them on the lawn. calling it a day,
the numbers swirling.
off the meet a bus, a hasty car pulls over
a bit ahead down the street. a wild eyed
wolf-dog darted across the street as
the man from the car ran after.
the dog ran to stop and sniff my hand,
he was a newly adopted stray,
as he led it back to his car by his red bandanna collar.
at my destination watering hole,
i watched as a shiny black SUV loitered in traffic
its plates obscured or missing. inside,
a loud bald man
several drinks boisterous held court at the bar,
a napkin-draped beer claiming a seat
for an absentee. the loud bald man
made rude unflattering comments,
reached into my space to point at some dumb ass
thing. i moved down a seat,
lo to more weirdness. like dung beetles
in the dark, looking to be rescued.

Hank/Knah Ok City

KNAH is a radio station airing a Classic Country format from Envision Radio Networks Hank FM branding licensed to Mustang, Oklahoma, broadcasting on 99.7 MHz FM. The station serves the Oklahoma City metropolitan area, and is owned by Champlin Broadcasting, Inc.[1] KNAH previously aired an oldies format as KZLS “True Oldies 99.7” before switching to its current format of Classic Country in late September 2013 of Envision Radio Networks Hank FM branding. 99.7 Hank FM broadcasts in HD: HD1 Hank HD2: The Rooster Red Dirt 24/7 HD3: Frey Miller Trucking's Big Rig Radio (mix of new and classic country with southern classic rock) HD4: KZLS AM 1640 The Eagle

Owner	Champlin Broadcasting, Inc.

Owner Champlin Broadcasting, Inc.

Gates Goss Gump

"Gates was born in Wichita, Kansas, the son of Isabel V. (née Goss) and Melville A. "Mel" Gates.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gates


Gates was nominated to become the Director of Central Intelligence (head of the CIA) in early 1987.

He withdrew his name after it became clear the Senate would reject the nomination due to controversy about his role in the Iran-Contra affair."

Porter Goss, lobbyist for Turkey

Goss first retired from the CIA in 1971, and moved to Sanibel, Florida.

_________


"The Washington Post reported statements made by Goss on May 17, 2002. Goss said he was looking for "solutions, not scapegoats." He called the uproar over the President's Daily Brief of August 6, 2001, Bin Ladin Determined To Strike in US, "a lot of nonsense."

________


Goss is an active speaker on the lecture circuit.

On February 16, 2016, Goss expressed his support for former Speaker Dennis Hastert in a letter to Judge Thomas Durkin.



The retired CIA Director registered in April 2015 as a lobbyist representing Turkey.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porter_Goss

Black SUV, antifa murdered

"Original post, 1:28 pm: A leftist activist is believed dead after a hit-and-run near Cider Riot, an antifascist nightspot in Northeast Portland.

Portland police say an SUV crashed into a side of a commercial building at Northeast 8th Avenue and Northeast Davis Street at roughly 12:14 am today. 

That location is less than a block from Cider Riot. Police arriving on the scene found the vehicle abandoned, but gunshots had been fired into it.
_____________

Multiple sources tell WW that the SUV hit a leftist activist who was a regular patron of Cider Riot. He is believed dead.

Police would not confirm the death. "The nature of the injuries and the condition of that patient is not being released pending further investigation," the bureau said in a statement.

____________

The Democratic Party of Oregon has confirmed that the building hit by the SUV was its office."

https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2019/10/12/a-patron-was-hit-by-an-suv-last-night-near-cider-riot-believed-dead/

_________


"Investigators think people have information about Saturday’s incident and “the chain of events” preceding it, police said.


A memorial had cropped up Saturday in front of the Democratic Party of Oregon building on Ninth Avenue, where a blood stain could be seen on the sidewalk. The Democratic Party of Oregon building is a two-minute walk from Cider Riot."

https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2019/10/suv-connected-to-gunfire-crashes-into-portland-building-police-say.html

Boycott Sondland's Provenance Hotels

"Gordon Sondland, intends to tell"
"Sondland plans to tell lawmakers"
"The person familiar with Sondland’s testimony"
"the person said of Sondland’s understanding."
"Sondland appears poised to say"
"said the person familiar"
"Sondland is prepared to say "



https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trumps-envoy-who-denied-quid-pro-quo-now-says-he-isnt-certain/2019/10/12/4abe0902-bc19-44e8-8c38-9aa35c544859_story.html

_____________

https://www.opb.org/news/article/provenance-hotels-ethics-complaint-blumenauer-boycott/

"Provenance Hotels announced Saturday that it has filed a complaint with the Office of Congressional Ethics against Oregon Democratic U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer.

Blumenauer called for a boycott of the Portland-based hotel company Wednesday, due to its connection to Ambassador Gordon Sondland; Sondland is currently embroiled in the Ukraine controversy with President Donald Trump. He’s also the founder of Provenance Hotels.

Blumenauer had called for the boycott when Sondland was originally blocked from testifying in the impeachment inquiry by the Trump administration. Sondland has since said he will testify.

Ellen Carmichael, spokeswoman for Provenance Hotels, said in postings on social media that Blumenauer’s call for a boycott is forbidden by the Office of Congressional Ethics."

_____________


"As for Salt & Straw, if its decision is rooted in current events, it won’t be the company’s first brush with politics.

As vice president, Joe Biden famously stopped by Salt & Straw in 2014 and the rest was internet meme history."

https://www.opb.org/news/article/salt-straw-ice-cream-portland-oregon-gordon-sondland-provenance-hotels/

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Forster RIP

Bob Forster died last night,
as i watched Jackie Brown
on Netflix. He passed
away as Max
Cherry
looked across the desk at
Samuel Jackson.

CITGO Rosneft Trump, selling out National Security and avoiding Sanctions

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/venezuela/article235953812.html

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Sondland US Bancorp

Ambassador Sondland is also a current member of the US Bancorp Advisory Board,
https://useu.usmission.gov/our-relationship/our-ambassador/
_____________

"In February 2018, the bank was charged by the Department of Justice with failing to implement measures preventing illegal activities, including one case of abetting them. To defer prosecution, U.S. Bancorp agreed to pay $613 million in fines "

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Bancorp

67 Putin, 67 Hillary, 67 Senators to Impeach

Putin turns 67 years old
Hillary Clinton was the 67th Sec of State at age 67
Takes 2/3 of the Senate, 67 to Impeach

Forrest Phog Dogg

Kansas athletic director Jeff Long issued an apology Friday night following a performance at Allen Fieldhouse by hip-hop artist Snoop Dogg that included pole dancers, a money gun and profanity.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/27770289/kansas-apologizes-snoop-dogg-show-late-night-phog

Kansas apologizes after Snoop Dogg's show at 'Late Night in the Phog'
__________

"Forrest Clare "Phog" Allen (November 18, 1885 – September 16, 1974) was an American basketball and baseball player, coach of American football, basketball, and baseball, college athletics administrator, and osteopathic physician. Known as the "Father of Basketball Coaching"

Pot Luck with Belushi in Portland

"According to Belushi’s spokesperson, they were out in southwest Portland searching for a location to “create a ‘pay-what-you-can’ marijuana dispensary program for the downtrodden and homeless.”
_________

Mr Belushi, if you're listening:

https://katu.com/news/local/film-crew-member-attacked-in-sw-portland-while-unloading-gear-for-jim-belushi-project


Potluck in the ParkFacility name Potluck in the Park Commissary, 

Location 1628 SW Jefferson St, Portland, OR 97201

Facility name	Potluck in the Park Commissary, Spot #1
Location	1628 SW Jefferson St, Portland, OR 97201

In Goose Hollow, by the Max line

By two vegan restaurants, close to Providence Park

Also the Culinary Institute.

Or, go to the Waterfront by the Portland Saturday Market.

Have a booth and dispense freely!

Facility name Potluck in the Park Commissary, Spot #1

Location 1628 SW Jefferson St, Portland, OR 97201

Trump resigns asap

Trump resigns asap
___

Or I whistle blow
From East Moreland
To Kansas
To Stillwater

NPR, euphemisms for Fascism in the Trump era

I'm sick of hearing the Corporate Spin on NPR
I grew up listening to NPR
every morning, ride in the car with the parents
every evening. NPR has changed
it's worse and worse under Fascist Trump
it got worse after NPR
started doing "ads" for their "sponsors"
it got worse after McDonald's founder
gave NPR $225 Million

"As of 2009, corporate sponsorship made up 26% of the NPR budget"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NPR

n contrast with commercial broadcasting, NPR's radio broadcasts do not carry traditional commercials, but has advertising in the form of brief statements from major sponsors which may include corporate slogans, descriptions of products and services, contact information such as website addresses and telephone numbers.

These statements are called underwriting spots and, unlike commercials, are governed by specific FCC restrictions in addition to truth in advertising laws; they cannot advocate a product or "promote the goods and services" of for-profit entities.

____________

In a controversial act, NPR banned in 2009 the use of the word "torture" in the context of the Bush administration's use of enhanced interrogation techniques.

 NPR's Ombudswoman Alicia Shepard's defense of the policy was that "calling waterboarding torture is tantamount to taking sides."But Berkeley Professor of Linguistics Geoffrey Nunberg pointed out that virtually all media around the world, other than what he called the "spineless U.S. media", call these techniques torture.

 In an article which criticized NPR and other U.S. media for their use of euphemisms for torture, Glenn Greenwald discussed what he called the enabling "corruption of American journalism":