https://www.salon.com/2024/02/23/dr-john-gartner-on-a-tale-of-two-brains-bidens-brain-is-aging-brain-is-dementing/

"There is also this focus on Biden's gaffes or other things that are well within the normal limits of aging. By comparison, Trump appears to be showing gross signs of dementia."

youtu.be/NnzOBG8Icvc

If you'd like to hear some of the poems in my new book Hypnopompic Diaries, out now on Alien Buddha Press and available at Amazon, before spending your hard-earned cash on it, here's a reading I did of Book One (a.k.a. "Pandemic Summer") 3 years ago yesterday (February 21, 2021). #poetry

My best of 2024 (so far) playlist is updated regularly and can be found here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDJeO4dNUaIn2mN9hFpBK1szGAA07d8pq&si=ZVqklnxTIwkgAQKq
#music

5. https://youtu.be/muoddHKZthg

4. https://youtu.be/5I7zefEoqGE

3. https://youtu.be/07mY4aKM3GE

2. https://youtu.be/6pmsBjMAmHM

My top 5 Songs of 2024 Week 7:
1. https://youtu.be/YlDHewTO7Zc

And here is a link to the paperback:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CS31HFBN

Check out the link below where you can read six poems from the book:

https://alienbuddhapress.wordpress.com/2024/02/17/spotlight-hypnopompic-diaries-by-steve-carll/

I'm excited to announce that my first full-length poetry book in 18 years is now available from Alien Buddha Press. It's called *Hypnopompic Diaries (Books One and Two)* and you can find it at the link below. Much gratitude to Red at Alien Buddha. If anyone is interested in writing a review of the book (whether a brief one on Amazon or a more formal one in a literary journal of your choosing) that would be a huge help. #poetry

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuYZTTZYFHTLierQSsA8ahcBuNmQz7Q4w

Hey folks: you're invited to check out a sneak preview of my big announcement in Alien BuddhaTube #15. It includes video of me reading a few of my hypnopompic diary poems and talking about the process of writing them. Follow the link over to YouTube if you're curious! #poetry

https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxbWtlbHJWiIcqJHimlfJzYMqw_q1Tre3L?si=TOzI0C7aXZPihoG2

Keep your fake penises in the nightstand.

https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkxnjy-tvF1yrZdHfrBK3ArrM4gq4PPZwJs?si=SpxKNFjN0yARILpd

They're both old. It's not ideal. That's the choice.

We need immigrants to come here, immigrants make the country better and stronger, and helping people who come here seeking asylum from dangerous conditions elsewhere is a good thing.

So when you hear them appealing to white supremacy and xenophobia by whipping up fear of an imaginary "invasion" of Spanish-speaking people with brown skin, remember they refused to do anything about it when they had the opportunity to do so. They didn't even bother to hide that that's what they were doing—they have that much contempt for their own voters. Don't accept the premise of their fearmongering.

Let's be honest: Republican politicians don't give one solitary shit about immigration. If they did, they would have voted to pass the Senate bill that they themselves negotiated in which Democrats gave them everything they said would address the so-called "crisis". But they voted against it, either because they know there isn't really a problem (which in fact, there isn't), or because they don't really want to solve it (which, in fact, they don't).

But it's not just about the presidency. We can see by looking at the states that abortion rights are greater and most protected in states where the Democrats have more power, and most restricted and under attack in states where Republicans have more control, and the GOP has come right out and said if they get the opportunity they'll ban abortion nationwide. The only way to stop that is to elect as many Democrats as possible, from Joe Biden on down the ballot.

Reminder: Trump appointed three Supreme Court Justices fully understanding and expecting they would provide the votes needed to overturn Roe v. Wade, regressing to the chaos we're now seeing in Texas and other red states. Joe Biden responded by strengthening abortion rights and access at the federal level as much as his executive authority will allow, and that's vastly more important than whether it occasionally takes him a few extra seconds to remember something or say it properly.

My best of 2024 (so far) playlist is updated regularly and can be found here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDJeO4dNUaIn2mN9hFpBK1szGAA07d8pq&si=ZVqklnxTIwkgAQKq
#music