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Roxanne Tellier – Talking Points and Party Lines

Posted in Opinion with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 11, 2021 by segarini

During the trump years, it was a staple of reporting; when asked for their opinion on something the Administration had done, all the top Republican Senators either brushed off reporters with a breezy, “hadn’t heard anything about that yet,”  or stopped just long enough to run whatever party line Mitch McConnell had broadcast to them earlier that day, into the microphone.

It was so common that comedy shows often ran clips of the beleaguered Senators, or of Conservative media talking heads, mouthing in lock stop whatever nonsense they’d been fed. Continue reading

Roxanne Tellier – You Say Sedation, I say Sedition

Posted in COVID 19, life, Opinion, politics, Review with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 6, 2020 by segarini

In the face of a soon to be ex-president who has lost spectacularly and consistently, at the polls, and in and out of court since November 3rd, it’s hard to grant any credibility whatsoever to the Republican Party – no, scratch that – the Trump Party. The cult is being run by a master gaslighter, who tried, but failed to steal an election, despite using every dirty trick in the book, who is now arguing that the election was stolen from him, he believes, by a better thief than he.

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Roxanne Tellier – Building Tiny Bomb Shelters for Fun and Profit

Posted in Opinion, politics, Review with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 19, 2019 by segarini

Ever have the feeling that you picked the wrong decade to try to get and stay healthy, focused, connected and relatively substance free?

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Roxanne Tellier – Touring Murmuration Nation with Emily Saliers

Posted in Opinion, Review with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 19, 2017 by segarini

If you came of age in the 90s, you’ll likely remember Amy Ray and Emily Saliers as the Indigo Girls. Their music was the background music of the indie lifestyle, and indeed, they seemed to be everywhere, racking up Gold and Platinum records, receiving a Grammy in 1990 for Best Contemporary Folk Album, and becoming part of our mass consciousness, referenced in such diverse environs as Stephen King‘s Rose Madder, and the television series,  Will and Grace, South Park, and The Big Bang Theory.

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