Hard Times

vic fortezza
2 min readApr 21, 2021

Welcome to the inherently racist blog.

Anyone still hoping Quid Pro Joe will unite Americans?

From an article at foxnews.com by Jessica Napoli, edited by yours truly: “Philip Berk, 88, a former president and longtime member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association has been ousted from the group’s board after sending an email that called BLM a “hate movement.” Don’t believe your eyes, believe the mainstream media narrative.

From an FN article by Daniel Canova, edited by yt: “New Orleans Saints superstar DB Marshon Lattimore, 24, was arrested last month when police discovered he had a stolen gun hidden in his pants.” Mae West would have been disappointed.

From an article at FN by Dan Gainor, edited by yt: “In the Media Research Center’s new quarterly report card about censorship and bias, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, Twitter and YouTube all received an F.” Anyone surprised?

This hilarious headline from newsmax.com will get no argument from me: “White Liberals More Likely to Have Mental Health Problems, Study Shows.” Duh!

If you’re keeping score at home, as of 3/31/2021, 213 civilians have been shot by police. 30 were Black. So far 17 cops have been killed by gunfire, six by vehicular assault, three by assault, two by stabbing.

I anticipated a rainout for the floating book shop today, so even a meagre return felt like a win. My thanks to mother nature, and to the woman who bought three books in Russian; and to the one who purchased Hard Times by Charles Dickens; and to Wolf, who donated about ten books in Russian; and to my constant benefactress, who brought two works of non-fiction; and to the woman who delivered three mysteries.

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vic fortezza

I was born in Brooklyn in 1950 to Sicilian immigrants. I’ve had more than 50 short stories published world wide. I have 13 books in print.