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A Union Square Holiday Market in NYC

Hey again bloggers or whoever could be reading this blagh. And so it seems like that holiday of Christmas has rolled around again here on planet earth according to that Gregorian calendar on the wall. And with this holiday season comes those holiday markets and that Union Square Holiday Market in New York City that I found myself attempting to vend those Tompkins Square Park, Union Square Park and Washington Square Park t – shirts for $10 each at, well next to the holiday market, in vendors row, instead of those Black Lives Matter necklaces, magnets, key chains and pins that I sometimes find myself attempting to vend there.

And in all blogger honesty, it was a day of an attempt to vend those t – shirts for $10 each while hiding out and waiting for the New York City Parks Department green park ranger cops to leave cause “you can’t sell clothing here”, in the middle of winter where you sell three whole t-shirts in three hours.

And this year of 2025, Urban Space has pop up markets in New York City Holiday Markets of Herald Square, Columbus Circle, Holiday Shops at Bryant Park Winter Village, Macy’s Holiday Square and Union Square which has 185 vendors featuring unique gifts created by local craftspeople, artists, and entrepreneurs where a single booth can cost $20,000.00, that’s right! Twenty thousand dollars for one month.

And we are still living in crazy times as I type this blagh post and I am still waiting to see if that comet 3I/ATLAS is an alien invasion or not and other headline news of the day.

The only thing constant is change and some stories do not end as you expect. Have a great winter holiday and more.

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Waste Fest at Tompkins Square Park

Dear Blogger, you hear the coolest stories about Tompkins Square Park t shirts while vending banned #tompkinssquarepark t – shirts at the 5th Annual Waste Fest at Shows in Tompkins Square Park at The Shadow. Too many innumerable cool stories to mention in New York City. 

And you find yourself vending banned Tompkins Square Park t – shirts for when someone doesn’t like the logo on your Tompkins Square Park t – shirt.

And the description for that Urban Waste Facebook event invite reads like:

Wasteland Productions and Waste Management Presents Our 5th Annual WASTEXFEST featuring Blackout Shoppers, Complete Fucker, Angry Corpses NJHC, YDI, Urban Waste, and this year’s headliner FANG. Food will once again be made by Lady Waste Rachel Jean-Abriss Gitten, with donations going to Sweetbriar Nature Center. This will be a fun year at Tompkins Square Park.

And then I found myself listening to Fang Official‘s live at Tompkins Square Park in New York City at Waste Fest 5 cover song of The Jim Carroll Band “People Who Died” video, whose lyrics still seem to be stuck in my head, while vending.

And this Waste Fest 5 concert happend to be on the same day as that Punk Island 2025 concert at Randall’s Island Park in New York City.

And if I am correct, you can still find Andreas Troeger‘s OUR F#CKING PARK: Rebellion, Noise, and Punk Rock in Tompkins Square Park book on one of Chris’s merchandise tables at these Shows in Tompkins Square Park concerts. It is a book of beautiful raw portraits of the artists keeping the music alive—real faces, real noise, shot between 2019 and 2024 in Tompkins Square Park.

And Lower East Side Food Not Bombs was there serving the coolest food for free also. Their Instagram page says they are serving free vegan meals every Sunday at 4:30pm inside the SW corner of Tompkins Square Park (E 7th st & Ave A) DM us if you’d like to get involved!

And if I heard correctly, Chris said on the mic after the concert ended that the Annual Tompkins Square Park Riot Reunion Concert is August something. 

To all the people who died, the lyrics from the song “People Who Died” by the Jim Carroll Band is about the lives and deaths of people in the East Village, specifically around Tompkins Square Park.

And the world still seems to be going to hell in a hand basket as I read about those Los Angeles riots that seem to be the only thing in the headline news amongst other headlines from hell here on planet earth on this day. 

The only thing constant is change and some stories do not end as you expect. 

Have a great Tompkins Square Park concert day and more. And what, if anything, does this have to do with a No Police State. Peace on earth and goodwill to all mankind.  

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Trump 2024

And if anyone has been following the United States 2024 Elections this past year, you would know that the elections have been in the news a lot lately.

And I have been consumed with following the elections, so much that I have been attempting to vend that #trump2024 election sale jewelry at rallies and events in the New York City area.

And Robert has been having USA Pride Month events in Times Square, one of which King Jesus AOK News describes as ‘Freedom Fighters & Members Of @guardians.of.divinity Were Told To Remove American Flags Off Times Square By NYPD. Both Sides Met At A Mutual Middle.”

And another America Pride Month event #5 that Robert describes as “Howdy Texas, cowboy ROB 😁 here in NYC, wishing GINA ladyg4liberty a HAPPY, HEALTHY, and BLESSED BIRTHDAY 7/25/24 ill be out on the trail 😁 Friday for AMERICA PRIDE MONTH event #5, and Saturday at a PRO AMERICA / PRO TRUMP RALLY, both in times square by the flag, 43rd and Broadway, Friday 5:30 PM and Saturday 7 pm, Saturday bring your TRUMP gear, GINA I will be celebrating your birthday all weekend with the FREEDOM FIGHTERS OF NYC, CHEERS TO YOU GINA'” was an event that Scootercaster of FREEDOMNEWS.TV described as ‘#HappeningNow “Let’s fight, motherf***er, we’re at WAR” – Trump Supporter screams at protesters attending the rally against Project 2025 in Times Square.'”.  

And this STOP THE COUP 2025 #StopProject2025 rally whose flyer says, “Join Activists, Entertainers Taking a Stand Against the Rise of Christo – Fascism”, took place at the giant electronic American flag at Times Square, Broadway at 43rd Street under the US Armed Forces Recruiting Station in New York City also.

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And then there’s Trump Tower, where Trump supporters spoke out in front of the  building following the attempted assassination of former President Trump at a campaign rally in Butler Pennsylvania, and then there were Trump supporters who gathered on this day when I attempted to vend that #Trump2024 maga jewelry at Trump Tower to visitors and passerby’s as Dion’s Trump hats flew off the shelf on this day. 

And this attempted assassination of Former President Donald Trump was an inside job straight out of the deep state globalists JFK assassination handbook, orchestrated by the Secret Service to be covered up as an unsolved mystery. And I hate to say it that in this case Alex Jones was right.

And that Trump Tower visit was also on the day when your FJB sign and jewelry is no longer valid after Biden drops out of the presidential race and goes into hiding for a few days, and it was also a few days before a massive global cyberattack, the largest cyber outage in history, where basically anything that requires electricity doesn’t work.

And then there was a mission to Washington D.C. in an attempt to vend those Black Lives Matter necklaces, magnets, key chains and pins at an event where Pro Palestian protesters marched towards the US Capitol and Union Station and burned an American flag during Israeli PM Netanyahu’s address to Congress and helicopters circled the capital in Washington D.C after protesters burned a flag and were arrested during #ArrestNetanyahu speech.

And I am still watching for the sounds of World War III and listening for the sounds of the sixth trumpet, Ezekiel 38, Gog and Magog war. We are still living in crazy times.  FJB, Let’s Go Brandon.

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Images from a Trump campaign rally in the South Bronx

And in between reading the headline news of the day, which sometimes reads like a horror story, and in the midst of The Loisaida Festival, the 29th Annual Lower East Side Festival of the Arts and a hardcore punk rock concert in Tompkins Square Park that’s taking place this Memorial Day weekend in the Lower East Side or East Village for real estate marketing purposes in the New York City area, I somehow found myself attempting to vend an Election Sale of that Trump jewelry at another Trump campaign rally at Crotona Park in the South Bronx the other day as part of those 2024 United States elections where all the colors everywhere seem to be red maga. And in between getting shut down by the New York City Parks Department every time I tried to set up, I guess I could say thank you D’Anna AndreáMadeline BrameDion PowellRobert WhiteMan Kisses Flag and others for buying one of those #trump2024 necklaces, magnets, key chains and/or pins, and Rocky Granata for buying 30 pieces of #trump jewelry for that Trump Store.

And this same thing happened during the Wildsood Beach Trump campaign rally in New Jersey the other day where they, I guess the New Jersey Parks Department were not allowing vendors to vend on the Wildwood Beach boardwalk during the Trump rally.

And there was an estimated 30,000 people who attended this rally in the South Bronx, and some of the scenes from that video that finds itself posted above are of a Trump impersonator who caused chaos as he walked through the crowd, OfficialDVS7.0 and his maga music band performed their ‘I Stand for Trump” song and other vendors were being shut down by the parks department and were told that they could vend across the street from the park.

#blacklivesmaga

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The Tompkins Square Park concert that didn’t happen

A Tompkins Square Park concert

 

And in the midst of battling big tech social media censorship somewhere in between Facebook and Instagram limiting the amount of political posts that can be seen and tik tok censoring posts that do not follow their narrative, I somehow still find myself being able to blagh on this google blogger somehow after all these years.

And so this post happens to be about a BlacknBlue Productions Tompkins Square Park concert that didn’t happen in that alphabet city of New York, a benefit concert for Jesse Malin at Tompkins Square Park, April 27th with Gogol Bordello, Madball, Murphy’s Law, The Capturers and more that was cancelled for some reason having to do with the Parks Department and moved to Irving Plaza April 26th with Facebook posts and flyers that read something like as follows:

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With a Facebook post by Jesse Malin that says “I’ve been forever grateful  for the New York hardcore community that me and many of my friends grew up in. It’s a scene that is always looked out for each other in hard times but this goes above and beyond. I am so touched by this, it means so much. THANK YOU BlacknBlue Productions Gogol Bordello Murphy’s Law James Drescher The Capturers War Orphan and Tompkins Square Park Sweet Relief Musicians Fund“.

And so what am I supposed to do with all those Tompkins Square Park t shirts that I was planning to vend at this event that got cancelled? Well I found myself on the southwest corner of that Tompkins Square Park park on Avenue A and East 7th street attempting to vend those t shirts on the day of the concert that didn’t happen as in those photos and videos that find themselves posted above.

And in case you may have missed this concert that didn’t happen at Tompkins Square Park, there are others shows coming up in Tompkins Square Park that I have come across on Facebook that hopefully will not get cancelled such as:

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Memorial Gig For Al Hammerbrain 

Memorial Gig For Al Hammerbrain — Saturday, May 11th, 2-6pm @ Tompkins Square Park featuring Jennifer Blowdryer, Art Gray Trio does Crunt, Spike Polite & Sewage, RBNX and Skum City 

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Urban Waste WastexFest 4, June 9th, 2024

“We know some of you have been asking us so here it is Wasteland Productions and Waste Management presents June 9th “WastexFest 4” @ganggreenband @urbanwastenyhc @reaganyouthofficial Rockin Bob(members of Jerry’s Kids,The Fu’s) @twomanadvantage @pointblanknyhc As usual Donations will go too @sweetbriarnaturecenter and Food will be served by @bitchxswitch own Lady Waste @racheljeanthegypsyqueen” 

and

” Wasteland Productions and Waste Management present “WastexFest 4”

Gang Green

Urban Waste

Reagan Youth

Rockin Bob (Members of Jerry’s Kids, The FU’S)

Two Man Advantage

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As per usual donations will go to the sweet briar animal nature center in Long Island New York and food will be served by none other than lady Waste Rachel Jean-Abriss Gitten


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The Shows in Tompkins Square Park Rock against Racism concert at Washington Square Park by the Garibaldi statue May 5th featuring Rebelmatic, Butterbrain, Lake Lanier and Paragnosis was rained out and postponed until August 11th.

And..

36th Annual Tompkins Square Riot Reunion, August 3, 2024 at Tompkins Square Park.

And what, if anything, does this have to do with a No Police State.

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Damn… It ain’t 2012 yet!

Dear blog,

Today is a Chinese Luna New Year as I edit this blog post.

“In China, 2024 is the “year of the dragon”.  Also the symbol of the CCP, the beast system that is powered by the dragon. Also one of the central figures in the book of Revelations during the great tribulation.”

I have written, or have reposted this passage below before sometime in years past on this blagh. It’s just that every time I search “No Police State Girl” on Facebook it comes up as having posted it on Facebook before sometime in years past.

And even though the plannedemic, and waiting for the sixth trumpet to sound for the Gog and Magog war and the migrant invasion in the western world is the news of the day, this passage still seems to be relevant in an attempt to maintain web 2.0 user generated content for this blagh and my other blog whenever bloggers block possible.

Damn… It ain’t 2012 yet!
 
They tried to sell me out the day I was born… injecting me with disease thru vaccination…
 
Yet I survive.
 
They tried to mentally beat me into submission, telling me that asking questions was a bad behavior… prescribing Ritalin, holding back grades…
 
Yet I am stronger through the education of life after conquering their system
 
They tried to suppress my individuality, condemn my sexuality, sell my self-image to me as a damaged fallacy…
 
Yet I love me more the more I get to know.
 
They tried to bar me from my brothers… teaching us to kill each other not only with guns and violence- but indifference and resentment, hatred and lust.
 
Yet, I love them more than ever with every atrocity and victory- because I understand.
 
They tried to blame my people for our current state, knowing that the corruption of this system is the real issue…
 
Yet, I still admire the resilience of a spirit in the smile of Harlem, Tuskegee, Atlanta, Africa that just won’t die…
 
They tried to teach me to fear and hate white people…
 
They tried to mask the Latino community as inferior…
 
They tried to de-sexualize Asians…
 
They tried to paint Indians as nerdy and un-cool…
 
They tried to paint Middle Easterns as terrorist…
 
They tried to de-humanize African’s as impoverished ignoramuses
 
They tried to say that African American’s were no good.
 
Yet when I look at the various array of beautiful friends and lovers that I embrace from ALL of these cultures, none of these stigmas reign true.
 
They tried to kill is with Polio, then poison us with cancer thru its vaccine
 
They killed over 150 black men with Syphilis, experimenting its affects 40 years after a “cure” was found
 
They are taking new born babies not even 12 hours old and administering “vaccine” shots to them with drugs that the FDA has tried to ban from animal vaccines…coincidentally autism in new borns is skyrocketing.
 
They are producing a new influenza virus every year, then selling shots to us
 
They are releasing air borne germs thru pollution
 
They are poisoning our foods with hormones
 
They are lacing our vitamins with drugs
 
They are taking our troops and using them as human guinea pigs- shooting them up with inoculations of drugs with unknown side affects; holding them up in VA hospitals using them as human experiments for their sick, graduated 6th grade science project agendas…
 
They injected gay men in NYC and San Francisco as well as black people in Africa with a Hepatitis B “vaccine” in the late 70’s that killed the same monkeys that they tested it on who supposedly started the spread of “AIDS” in NYC, San Francisco, and Africa in the mid 80’s.
 
There is nothing new under the sun
 
History only repeats itself
 
There is no issue without resolve… There is no disease without cure as sure as there is gravity.
 
There is man made law…
 
There is chemical war fare
 
This AIDS is a lie
 
This HIV is a lie
 
There is no virus… there is propaganda and fear.
 
There are people too emotional to look at logic with common sense and see the truth.
 
There are people willing themselves to die because they BELIVE they are going to die, thus giving up on life.
 
There is masonry and illuminati, and all types of other crazy shit.
 
There are gangsters… the real ones wearing lab coats and goggles, three piece business suits swearing “Justice For All” while standing on certain peoples shoulders… Piggy back riding injustice all the way to the bank…
 
Swearing “Justice For All” on The Bible, promoting perjury while condemning dishonesty when that is what this whole system is built on.
 
The greed of man is amazing… The lust for these worldly possessions profuse.
 
Don’t they know that none of it means anything?
 
There are misunderstandings
 
There is mind manipulation.
 
There is evil… so much of it that I sometimes feel overwhelmed.
 
Yet, I do not despair…
 
Not when I see you smile.
 
Not when I see you laugh.
 
Not when I see you loving each other.
 
Not when I see you sharing.
 
I will not despair…
 
Because any force dumb enough to think it can con the God in us is a fool so supreme that the joke is already on them.
 
The wicked is laughable… They have no power.
 
Don’t they know we are unbreakable?
 
Don’t they know that we will not be used for their agenda?
 
Don’t they know that it is time to get it together?
 
When there is Haiti and Chile, 911, and Katrina- not even within a full decade span of each other?
 
It has arrived…
 
It is already unraveling… and the information is too easy to access.
 
They monitor text and facebook messages, listen to our cell phone calls… They know your ip address, look out for key words, trace everything you google, have copies of all of your emails… Mapquest registers your whereabouts, hopstop traces your steps… Bank account and credit transactions from online ordered services logged and reported… not to mention that we already post our inner most thoughts and feelings all over social networking sites.
 
Your whole life is LITERALLY in the palm of your hand via Blackberry and Iphone from which you obtained off of your social security number… Hope you don’t lose it…
 
There is no more mystery… no privacy.
 
Yet it means nothing because we’re all talking about the same things.
 
Yet it means nothing because it’s still relative… viral technology works both ways. We can be monitored, yet…
 
Internet fucked up your crooked music and entertainment industry
 
Your television is becoming obsolete, your movies are hawked for free…
 
Your agendas are being ignored… independence is being born due to the lack of control that can be implemented…
 
We can’t all be controlled… and we are no longer oppressed by LACK OF EDUCATION
 
Networks share information… and people are making love without shame or fear, experimenting with the highs of life on their own will, people are eating better, people are not ashamed to be weird, gay, artistic, confused…
 
People okay with not being okay…
 
Not looking for the answers in…
 
You.
 
We don’t need your cures.
 
People are okay with being… PEOPLE.
 
Don’t they know it has arrived?
 
When we ALL know that our votes don’t count…
 
When we all know that there is no iron fist, there are no records…
 
Just fear in the injustice of man…
 
Don’t they know that it isn’t real?
 
Do you know that it isn’t real?
 
The only real thing is love.
 
Do what you want and love as hard as you can, and please READ AND EDUCATE YOURSELVES… this life is too short and the world as we know it is ending.
 
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A Fly – O – Art & Carla Holiday Market!

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It is Christmas as I type this blog post, the day of Christ or Jesus Christ’s day of birth, a few days until a new year according to that Gregorian calendar. A 123123 years end has rolled around here on planet earth and Israel is still at war as Jesus is in rubble and Christmas is Cancelled in Bethlehem, Jesus birthplace , there are “Free Gaza” protests happening on a seemingly daily basis in the New York City area and I am wondering if it is still a Dark Winter 2023.

And so this Fly – O – Art & Carla Holiday Market! in that city of New York, that finds itself posted in those photos and videos above, has also been a Morus Holiday Market that I have found myself vending at in years past, also turned into a Fly E bike story for Fly Orr who found herself posting on her Instagram page a few days before the holiday market:
 
 
Broken wrist. Got run over today. I mean yesterday by an E bike that took me down and then took off. Spent about seven hours in the ER before they finally put a cast on me. I am smiling because I am happy to be home finally but the pain is pretty bad. I can definitely say though that getting hit by an E bike is less painful than getting run over by an SUV so. .. There’s that. Six weeks they say. Ugh… I am doing my big annual holiday art sale on Friday, Saturday and Sunday with Carla at the museum of reclaimed urban space. I have new Zine hot off the press. And some other cool stuff. But I left too much to the last minute, so it’s going to be, hard to get it all finished. Please come by the Art sale and say hi or just hang out or buy a new Zine or some cool holiday cards etc. I would really love to see my peoples.
 
And if I could rant and rave, I would reply to that e bike story that “These DoorDash, Grubhub and delivery for speed apps suck. I wish someone would get rid of these ebikes and scooters. They are a menace to society, outpacing cars for pedestrian injuries. I am scared to walk down the street because of them. These ebikes are not regulated and should require licenses and insurance for them, and that’s not even including the lithium battery fires they are causing.’
 
 
And so the Facebook event invite for this event reads something like:
 
Join us. Fly – O – Art & Carla Holiday Market! Holiday ( & Any Day). Hand – stamped & signed greeting cards….Zines, Pins, Books, T-Shirts, Jewelry, CDs, etc… + Fly-O-Art Prints… & some free stuff!!
 
AND

Lotsa MoRUS Merch!
 
Friday. Dec 22. Sat. Dec 23. & Sun. Dec. 24. 1-6pm at Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space – MORUS
 
 

And thank you Frank Morales, for taking those “Manhattan” and “Money”  boxes out of my closet that’s been sitting there for years, and thank you Fly’s friend for buying that “Death Tarot Card” box that’s been sitting in the closet for years. And thank you Katie and Elana for buying one of those Tompkins Square Park and Washington Square Park t shirts. Your Survival Without Rent film is really cool.

And then there is a Facebook photo from Frank Gonzalez that I came across in facebookland that reads:
 
Please join us for the first annual New Year’s Eve Brunch at the Loisaida CommUnity Office. Special thanks to Kareem Holmes Big City Tourism Loisaida Realty lescommunityconcerns19 & LES Small Biz Alliance #LESsba #NewYearsBrunch #CommUnity
 
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We understand the holidays and New Year’s can be hard for most people. If you like a free meal and some good company. Please feel free to join us for the first annual New Year’s Eve Brunch at the Loisaida CommUnity Office. Special thanks to our sponsors @bigcitytourism @bigcityreem1 @loisaidarealty @lescc19 & @les.sba #TY #LESsba #NewYears #Brunch #LES #CommUnity
 
Every picture tells a story. One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever. The only thing constant is change and some stories do not end as you expect. We are still living in crazy times. Peace on earth and goodwill to all mankind.
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Dark Winter 2023

So in reading the headline news of the day somewhere in between that planne demic virus that started in 2020 and now that Gog and Magog war, Psalm 83 war ,  Ezekiel 38 war, 6th trumpet warIsrael Palestine holy war, World War three, I think it’s safe to say that a dark winter is approaching,  the four horses of the apocalypse are upon us, peace will be taken from the earth and all hell is about to break loose on the road to Armageddon and the second coming of Jesus Christ, as the book of Revelations from that book of the bible is unfolding right before our very eyes in the last days and the end times here on planet earth and we are living in crazy times, if you believe.

And I am waiting for and even witnessing the final seven years on the road to the battle of  Armageddon, the end of suffering and death according to this Gregorian calendar on earth.

I am waiting for, and even witnessing the Revelation 12 sign that appeared in the sky in 2017, the sign of the dragon, and for the internet to even go dark.

And I am waiting for and even witnessing the great tribulation, the covenant, the raptures, the resurrections, the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the prophet and for the antichrist to stand in the holy place and declare himself god halfway through Daniels’s 70’th week and implement the mark of the beast during his reign of the beast, all for the second coming of Jesus Christ, the redeemer, if you believe. 

And I am waiting for end time prophecies to unfold and even witnessing the annual eclipses, the solar eclipses, the lunar eclipses, the blood moons, the comets, the asteroids, the wildfires, the hurricanes, the earthquakes, the migration of people, the 5th seal martyrdom , the holy days of the feast of tabernacles, feast of trumpets, feast of first fruits and the day of atonement, the seals being opened, the bowls, the judgments, the trumpets angels to blow their trumpets..

And I am waiting for that 5th trumpet to sound, for the devil, Satan, the fallen star to be cast from heaven to earth and for the bottomless pit to open with the arrival of Abaddon from the abyss to release the fallen four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates to release the winds of judgment and chaos and kill a third of mankind before the day of the Lord.

And I am waiting for alien invasions and for the New World Order and Babylon the Great Harlot system, also known as the Statue of Liberty possibly, to fall, to be burned and destroyed by fire, smoke, brimstone and sulfur in one hour by the beast that she sits upon.

And I am waiting to receive an immortal body for the millennium reign of Christ for a thousand years.

And I am waiting for Jesus to cleanse the earth, for the marriage supper of the lamb and judgement day to see if I am written in the book of life and if I will go to heaven or hell and the lake of fire.

And it is happening now, in this generation, if you believe.

And why did Palestine choose the exact colors of the four horses of the apocalypse for it’s flag?

The ten kings are here. Israel is surrounded by armies, a coalition of nations and is in travail and having birth pains for the child to be born. We are the fig tree generation and this generation shall not pass til all things be fulfilled.

And in between waiting for the end of the world, I found myself attempting to vend those #blacklivesmatter #S#!tJustGotReal #NotMyPresident #occupywallstreet #nopolicestate #yoga #music #morus #TheShadow #squat #tompkinssquarepark #washingtonsquarepark #unionsquarepark #eastvillage #lowereastside #brooklyn & #iloveny necklaces, magnets, key chains & pins for $2 each & Tompkins Square Park t shirts for $10 each @  Chris Flash’s Tompkins Square Book And Arts Fair at Psycho Parkula 2023 @ Shows in Tompkins Square Park in the Lower East Side now called the East Village for real estate marketing purposes in that city of New York. And the Facebook post description for that event read something like:

OCTOBER 28 TOMPKINS SQUARE BOOK AND ARTS FAIR!!!!
Come and get works of art, hand-made crafts, zines, books, clothing, records, videos, and more, including FREE stuff, all offered by members of your community on the Lower East Side.

This will be happening at the same time as Mike Lewi’s psychobilly Halloween show, from 2pm – 6pm, in our beloved Tompkins Square Park.

[Those interested in participating in selling, trading or giving stuff away (there are NO fees!) can either email us at: …… or just come on down. Bring a table!]

And this Halloween event has since come to pass as I type this blagh post. Have a great Halloween, the devils holiday, end of the world religious rant day and more.

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All Tomorrow’s Gardens

Hey again bloggers or whoever could be reading this blagh. The only thing constant is change and some stories do not end as you expect. 

And so in between posting a bunch of migrant mango vendor videos and attempting to vend those Black Lives Matter, Not My President, Occupy Wall Street, No Police State, Sh*tJustGotReal Tompkins Square Park, Union Square Park, Washington Square Park, Frida Kahlo, Yoga, Music, Brooklyn, East Village, Lower East Side and I Love New York necklaces, magnets, key chains and pins for $2 each and Tompkins Square Park t shirts for $10 each at the 35th Annual Tompkins Square Riot Reunion at Tompkins Square Park when your Tompkins Square Park t shirts sell out because the singer from Xtinguish The Code wears one on stage, I found myself dropping off a “Save Charas” photo for All Tomorrow’s Gardens.

And I had a great time at All Tomorrow’s Gardens exhibition opening and closing party this past weekend in that city of New York and neighborhood of the Lower East Side now called the East Village for real estate marketing purposes.  And according to George’s Facebook page, this event was:

 
A Celebration of NYC Community Gardens
Presented by EV Gallery
621 East 11th St. NYC
August 4-13, 2023
 
Curated by
George Hirose & Kerri Lindström
 
Opening Reception: August 4, 6-9pm
 
Special Performances:
6:45pm Adam Ende / Jawbone PuppetTheater “The Turnip
7pm Rude Mechanical Orchestra
 
With Sidewalk Tape Art Installation
by Kuki Gomez
 
Featuring work by
Vera Alexandrov Nora Balaban
Lois Bender Melinda Billings
Elisa Blynn Leilah Cohen
Carla Cubit Lane Diko
Eileen Doster Joan Dworkin
Carmen Einfinger Adam Ende
Kyle Ericksen Kuki Gomez
Ken Hiratsuka Ryoko Hirose
George Hirose Je’Jae
Aresh Javadi MJ King
Michael Koster Elizabeth Kresch
Sally Lelong DD Maucher
Joan Elizabeth Meyer Esther Mizrahi
Bill Morrison Laurie Olinder
Rochelle Pashkin Gilda Pervin
JenniferPodIsDead Rolando Politi
Daniel Polnau. Carolyn Ratcliffe
Reynolds Daniel Root
Bonnie Rosenstock Lee Ruelle
Nick Savides Annie Shaver-Crandell
Marie Suchan Gretchen Van Dyk
Margie and Jenny Wardlaw – CashmerePunk
Lili White Sally Young
Felicia Young Donna Zimmerman
 
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Closing Party 5:00 pm – Creation of a community “Living Willow” portal/sculpture led by Aresh & the soulful sounds of Shona mbira music played by MAPUTI -Nora Balaban & Susan Rapalee – mbira, vocals& Scott Latzky – cajon, percussion.
 
These gardens grew out of burnt out and abandoned lots after years of neglect, quite often due to the purposeful destruction of properties by unethical landlords. In marginalized areas of the city, people banded together to reclaim unused land for the betterment of their communities. They created beautiful and safe spaces for children to play and learn about nature, and for neighbors to plant, grow a garden, and gather together. Every year there are hundreds of events, educational workshops, and food distribution initiatives in the many gardens that dot our urban landscape.
Community gardens by nature are activist spaces and the fight continues to protect and preserve these spaces that are constantly under threat by urban development. This show is an artistic exploration and expression to celebrate what is possible through solidarity, commitment and love.
ALL TOMORROW’S GARDENS is co sponsored by LUNGS, Art Loisaida Foundation, Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space – MORUS and More Gardens….
 
Have a great All Tomorrow’s Gardens day and more here on planet earth.
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East Village Zine Fair 2023

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The 8 Ball CommunityPrinted Matter St Marks, East Village Zine Fair happened indoors at PS 122 Community Center this past weekend after being postponed from a rain date outdoors on St Marks Place in that city of New York in that neighborhood of the Lower East Side, now called the East Village for real estate marketing purposes maybe. 

 
And I had a great time vending #blacklivesmatter #nopolicestate #occupywallstreet #sh*tjustgotreal #washingtonsquarepark #unionsquarepark #morus #theshadow #yoga #music #brooklyn #eastvillage #lowereastside & #iloveny necklaces, magnets, key chains & pins $2 each & Tompkins Square Park t shirts for $10 each outside on the sidewalk next to Chris Flash of Shows in Tompkins Square Park, The Shadow Newspaper and indoors with Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space – MORUS at East Village Zine Fair at 8Ball Community Printed Matter Zine Fair/ St. Marks this past weekend.
 
And with over 70 exhibitors at this zine fair, if I were to copy and paste part of Printed Matter’s website description of this event, (because hey, it’s less writing sometimes….) it would read something like:
 
Printed Matter / St Marks and 8-Ball Community are excited to welcome you to the third annual East Village Zine Fair, a celebration of NYC’s zine-makers, independent publishers, and the East Village’s history of DIY culture past and present.
 
Though originally planned for June 24, due to rainy weather the EVZF will now take place Saturday, July 8th AND Sunday, July 9th at Performance Space New York, 150 First Ave.
 
Saturday, July 8th 11AM – 7PM (11AM – 1PM are mask mandatory hours, register here*) 
 
Sunday, July 9th 11AM – 5PM 
For our new venue, we cannot imagine a better alternative than Performance Space New York, a fellow arts non-profit in the heart of the East Village. We are so grateful for their support and generosity in hosting the EVZF this year 📚🎱
 
 *Saturday will begin with two mask-mandatory hours and a reduced visitor capacity to ensure that those who are immunocompromised and/or disabled have a chance to browse the Fair. To ensure entry during this time, register via the link above or through tinyurl.com/EVZFMASK
For the rest of the Fair masks will be available and highly encouraged. 
 
We’re so excited to welcome everyone to the fair, and since we are not outside on St Marks Pl this year, we Are working with a much more limited visitor capacity. As such, we encourage you to arrive early and be prepared for potential wait times to enter the fair. Once inside, we are asking that guests try to keep their visit limited to 2 hours so that as many people as possible get to experience the EVZF. 
 
Questions? Email evzf@printedmatter.org
 
The EVZF and its programs are free and open to the public. Details about fundraising editions, musical performance and more are forthcoming!Stay up to date via Instagram Printed Matter8-Ball Community) and by subscribing to Printed Matter’s mailing list “
 
We are still living in crazy times. Have a great New York City festival day and more.
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