New Wall of Shame Updates: April 23rd, 2016
Join Nina as two new dishonest Clinton media drones go up on the dreaded Wall of Shame today – Slate’s Jamelle Bouie and Cosmo’s Jill Filipovic.
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Nina Illingworth
The Wind is a Liar
A free verse poem about loss, change and alienation by Nina Illingworth written in January, 2016
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The Reconstruction of Walter Emanuel
Editor’s note: this is one of the first short stories I wrote after more than a decade away from writing fiction and was originally carried on my blog sportsballchic.com in the summer of 2015. My intention, was to portray a man struggling to overcome his own depression and anxiety problems after a long period of disconnection/isolation in the most humane, realistic way possible. All too often, stories about mental health begin and end with tired, melodramatic tropes that fail to recognize that an alienating sense of “otherness” may in fact be a completely rational response to an unfeeling, unloving and at times completely absurd world around us. But for time and pressure, we are all Walter Emanuel and it is my sincerest hope that I’ve told his story with the dignity, compassion and hopefulness it deserves. – NI
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Everyone is Wrong But Me Episode 4: Rahmtanamo Bay
Nina sits down for one last talk with the mysterious Everyone is Wrong But Me cat who wants to tell her about Rahm Emanuel, Chicago and the illegal blacksite at Homan Square.
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Everyone is Wrong But Me Episode 3: A Zoo Story
Nina continues her conversation with the mysterious old cat, who this time wants to talk about the importance of remaining true to yourself in a world made of lies.
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Everyone is Wrong But Me Episode 2: The Canuckistani Patriot Act: Bill C51
Nina continues her conversation with the mysterious old cat, who this time wants to talk about Canadian anti-terrorism laws in this 2015 video
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Everyone is Wrong But Me Episode 1: Old Cat Rants Out Loud
Nina finds an old cat who wants to talk about why giving a shit costs but it’s the only way out of the dystopian hellhole we’re creating.
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Heat Check
Editor’s note: this is another piece I wrote in the late summer of 2015 for my blog at sportsballchic.com. My orginal idea was to tell a story about the peculiar way large, faceless institutions tend to promote the most selfish and dishonest people ahead of their more sociable, and in most cases far more deserving co-workers. This naturally drew me towards police work and my hometown of Detroit Michigan were we spend an afternoon on the job with Cal Newsome – a man who can’t seem to stop falling upward.
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Time and Pressure: the Excruciating Patience of Rafael Edward Cruz
Nina takes a deep look into the mind of the most dangerous man in the Republican party through both his past and present – no, not Donald Trump; Ted Cruz.
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Recommended Reading – April 11th, 2016
A quick trip around the internet to check out the articles about socialism, corruption and media you should be reading – this week, Clinton Email Scandal, Russian ties to Panama Papers and the horrible toll of Mississippi’s religious liberty law comes into focus.
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The War Between Us: How the Clinton Media Machine Just Lost the Democratic Primary
Has the media machine behind Hillary Clinton lost the Democratic Primary by unleashing a series of immoral and objectively dishonest attacks on Bernie Sanders? Nina cuts right to the heart of the matter in a shocking essay that exposes just how corrupt the Clinton campaign really is.
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