HOMELESS AMERICAN EXPRESS JUST CONTACTED ME AND SUGGESTED IF I WANT THEM TO BE A SPONSOR OF THE RAGS SHOW I SHOULD PROVIDE MORE CONTENT.

MY REPLY: IF YOU CAN FIND A BUM OFFERING MORE... GO FOR IT.

HAD A NICE DREAM LAST NIGHT...

I WAS NON-HOMELESS, AT HOME ALONE, LISTENING TO SOME FAVORITE MUSIC  OF MINE ON A STEREO...

FIRST WAS DANCING NOW BY THE B52s... IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY STEVIE RAY VAUGHN'S DIRTY POOL. IT WAS GREAT.
GREAT UNTIL I WOKE UP TO MY PRESENT SITUATION.

ANYWAY, TRY IT YOURSELF.

THE CHURCH MESSAGE I JUST PASSED ON A BUS STATES, BECAUSE I AM HOLY. PERHAPS IT SHOULD STATE, BECAUSE I WAS HOLY WHEN I WAS ALIVE...

PERHAPS.

JUST HEARD SOMEONE TALKING ABOUT THE CHICKEN AND THE EGG, ETC., ETC.

THE ANSWER:

WHICHEVER COMES FIRST IN HTOWN GETS EATEN FIRST.

AS OF THIRTY MINUTES AGO I AM WEARING A BRAND NEW T-SHIRT.

ALL DUE TO A BIG GIVEAWAY AT THE PORT AUTHORITY BUS TERMINAL NEAR TIMES SQUARE, THE SHIRT STATES, BORGATA TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY.

IT OF COURSE IS PLUGGING ADDICTIVE ENTERTAINMENT AND SPENDING IN THE STRUGGLING ATLANTIC CITY, NJ...

AND IN NO WAY AM I AN ADVOCATE OF ADDICTION IN ANY WAY...

BUT I AM IN NEED OF A NEW SHIRT RIGHT NOW AND APPRECIATE IT.

RAGS

WAYS THE RICH GET RICHER

WAYS IN WHICH THE VERY RICH GET RICHER  TODAY (#73)...

WHICH CONTRIBUTES TO GROWING INCOME INEQUALITY IN THE US:

COCA COLA HIRING MULTI-MILLIONAIRE TAYLOR SWIFT TO PLUG IT'S DIET COKE VERSUS SOMEONE FROM THE SHRINKING MIDDLE CLASS.

WHEREAS A LITTLE BOY FIGHTING CANCER, AND WHO IS A HUGE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL FAN HAS TOLD THE MEDIA HE HAS NAMED HIS DISEASE MICHIGAN, THE MAJOR RIVAL OF OSU...

I AM INFORMINGTHE FEW PEOPLE READING THIS THAT I AM NAMING ALL POVERTY THAT CAUSES HOMELESSNESS:

VIOLENCE
PTSD
WAR
ILLITERACY
DIVORCE
MEDICAL DEBT
CONSUMER DEBT
ADDICTION
ALCOHOLISM
MENTAL ILLNESS
INCOME INEQUALITY
LAZINESS
DEPRESSION
SEX ABUSE
RACISM
CELEBRITY WORSHIP
IGNORANCE
JOBLESSNESS

CAPITALISM.

UNLIKE A LOT OF HEADLINES ACROSS THE GLOBE TODAY I AM NOT EAGER TO GET A GLIMPSE OF THE ROYAL BABY... A CHILD BORN INTO THE ONE PERCENT. YOU?

I'M EXCITED, AREN'T YOU? NOT! (NUMBER 57)

I JUST LEARNED IN TWO YEARS I SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO TO A VIOLENT HOLLYWOOD FILM FEATURING SUPERMAN AND THE DARK KNIGHT... AND DO SO WITH THE MOVIEGOERS WHO FEEL THEY MUST AND WILL SEE THE FILM THE VERY FIRST WEEKEND IT COMES OUT.

I'M EXCITED, AREN'T YOU? NOT.

WHENEVER I COME ACROSS IT IN A NEWS STAND OR BOOK STORE I'LL CHECK OUT ADBUSTERS MAGAZINE.

EVER HEARD OF IT?

ANYWAY, BECAUSE ADS ARE EVERYWHERE. I REPEAT, EVERYWHERE. AND HAVE ALWAYS FOUND IT EASY TO DO SO, I LIKE TO DO SOME ADBUSTING OF MY OWN.

SO STAY TUNED.

NEW YORK SENATOR CHUCK SCHUMER HAD HIS SUNDAY PRESS CONFERENCE IN GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL TODAY, CHOOSING TO ADDRESS HEAT-CAUSED TRAVEL DISRUPTIONS AND THE PENDING INCREASE IN INTEREST RATES ON STUDENT LOANS.

I WAS PASSING BY WHEN HE BEGAN SPEAKING.

IF I HAD BEEN ALLOWED TO ASK A QUESTION AFTER HIS REMARKS IT WOULD HAVE GONE SOMETHING LIKE THIS:

IT'S MOSTLY WHITE KIDS THAT QUALIFY FOR STUDENT LOANS, SO HOW IS IT EVEN POSSIBLE THAT RATES WOULD GO UP ON THEM?

I JUST READ IN A NEWS FEED THERE WERE 100 PROTESTS OF THE ZIMMERMAN TRIAL NOT-GUILTY VERDICT ACROSS AMERICA TODAY. YEAH...RIGHT! ONE HUNDRED.

NOT ONE HUNDRED AND SIX OR ONE HUNDRED AND TWO. OR ONE HUNDRED AND TEN. BUT EXACTLY ONE HUNDRED.

LYING SO-CALLED LIBERAL MEDIA.

Earlier today, while standing at a bus stop near an intersection I started wondering how my day in this hot city was going to be. Then a sharp sporty-looking convertible stopped right in front of me as the instrumental intro to a hit song by Aerosmith began over its sound system. The music continued as I tapped my right foot in sync with it. Then, just as the vocal part of the song began, Sweeeeeeet... Emoooootion.... the light turned green, the car turned the corner, and the music faded. It was fun.

So now I am asking myself... were the gods or universe giving me a clue as to how my day was going to be? Who knows.

AFTER LISTENING TO THE FAN THIS MORNING  ON THE RADIO ABOUT THE STATE OF THE  NEW YORK YANKEES... I HAVE TO AGREE WITH THE COMMENTATORS.

IN DIFFERENT WORDS OF COURSE.

THAT THE STILL-INJURED  MULT-MILLIONAIRE NEW YORK YANKEE PLAYERS ARE NOT! GOING TO HELP THEM REACH THE PLAYOFFS THIS YEAR.

AND THAT THESE PLAYERS...

THOUGH INJURED AND NOT PLAYING.... STILL GENERATE  AN INCOME WHICH IS GREATER THAN THE EARNINGS OF AN ENTIRE HOME OR AWAY CROWD AT ANY GAME.

MY WORDS.

IT'S HOT. BUT IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH CLIMATE CHANGE, RIGHT? SO JUST CONTINUE SHOPPING.

NOTHING YET. STAY TUNED.