Category: Homelessness
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THE YOUNG SEX WORKER
If we are ever going to get one step closer to solving our societal problems we must acknowledge the complicated nature of reality. Let me tell you this week’s story… A young woman from out of town ended up in our house that tries to help the most challenging homeless people. She said that she…
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This is my friend Aubrey.
This is my friend Aubrey. She’s pregnant in a tent. I offered her a room in my house. She said no. People have told me a bunch of reasons why she won’t go. (Rules are definitely not one of them). But it doesn’t matter. She doesn’t want to go. That’s all that matters. Another friend…
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VIOLENT PURSE SNATCHING IN WARD 8
This is the arm of an 80-year-old woman who had her purse stolen and was knocked to the ground in front of Gionino’s Pizzeria in The Valley. The man who stole her purse ripped it so hard off her arm that it caused this injury. This shit infuriates me. Ever since I heard about this…
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Drifting Away
If I had no family (I don’t have any friends I meet up with and I have no real interest in finding any. I’m naturally an introvert with low grade depression) I’d just roll out. I’d get in my truck and head to the desert, I think. I’d take my tent, sleeping bag, Coleman stove,…
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She Said No
Get this. I asked a friend of mine to come move into our house. She’s pregnant. I can’t stand watching pregnant women freeze. It is currently 14 degrees. She is in a tent with no heat. Someone has tarped it really nicely however. She said no. I have no rules. Like zero rules. As long…
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Sully Got Housed!
This is my friend Sully. Sully just got housed through Community Support Services. He has lived outside off and on for the last 5 winters. He was the “yard dog” for the 2 years of our tent city. When a new person would come into our village he would always be there to help them…
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My Most Prized Possession
This might be my most prized possession. (I think telling its story is relevant to the brutal beating and murder by Memphis police of Tyre Nichols). I just bought this gun last night from a felon. This is something I do from time to time. I buy guns from people that shouldn’t have them. But…
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SATM Podcast #112 I Analyze the Marketing Of My Political Opponent and Other Akron City Candidates
SAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE PODCAST EPISODE 112The Akron Democratic Primary is May 2, 2023. There is no politics more important than local politics. PLEASE VOTE! If you have missed any shows they are now archived in a podcast. You can check them out on my blog. Or you can get them on your favorite podcasting…
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I react to a man being attacked by a homeless person with a shard of glass.
Here is the link to the story:Homeless community protect Portland man from attack | kgw.com
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January 6, 2023 – the 4th anniversary of the forced closure of Akron’s tent city.
Today, January 6, commemorates the forced closing of Akron’s tent city on my private property on January 6, 2019. I have ALWAYS said, if you don’t like my ideas then come up with your own ideas. Our homeless-run tent village ran for almost exactly 2 years. The MetroParks closed a very established homeless camp on…
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I react to ‘The Five’ on Fox News reacting to homelessness in American Cities
I react to this Fox News video on their ideas on homelessness: https://www.foxnews.com/video/6312385708112
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SATM #110: Joe Biden Knows Nothing About Homelessness
Joe Biden has a “new” homeless plan and it’s dog shit. If you have missed any shows they are now archived in a podcast. You can check them out on my blog. Or you can get them on your favorite podcasting platform. Sage Against The Machine on Spotify Sage Against The Machine on Stitcher Sage…
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An Unloaded Gun
As a drug addled insane man pulled a gun on me yesterday because someone broke into his room and stole his clothes while he was in jail for two months and somehow blamed me for it, my first thought was: “That poor guy spent all his money on drugs and doesn’t have an easy way…
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The Results of my Christmas Eve Sleep Out
I like trying to think of activist direct action ideas that both raise awareness of the humanitarian crimes we impose on our OWN CITIZENS by stealing their tents and belongings and leaving them stranded on freezing streets in the richest, most “Christian” country in the world AND trying to help these people at the same…
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SATM #109 – Assisted Outpatient Treatment – Big Brother is coming.
House Bill 439 has already passed the House in Ohio. It’s only a matter of time before it becomes a law in Ohio. Big Brother is coming. https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA134-HB-439 If you have missed any shows they are now archived in a podcast. You can check them out on my blog. Or you can get them on…
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I will be sleeping outside on Christmas Eve 2022 in solidarity with homeless pregnant women
I wanted to remind you that I will be spending Christmas Eve sleeping in a tent at the corner of West Market and Portage Path in Akron Ohio from 6pm to 6am in solidarity with homeless pregnant women. People have slept out with me before. I really wish you wouldn’t. It’s not safe. And it…
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A Demon From Hell
As soon as I said my name it was like she realized she was looking at a demon for the 7th level of hell. She exclaimed, “No!” She quickly shut and locked the door. I’ve had some people not appreciate my presence on their doorstep as I knock on what is now over 1000 voters’…
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Savannah
When they say Love Conquers All, this is what they mean right here. A couple years ago on some cold winter day I got a call from a 14 year old girl. She heard I knew her dad. So she reached out to me. I knew where he was. I went down to the Adams…
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SATM Podcast #105 – All Politicians Are Slime Cancer Part 2
Sage Against The Machine Podcast Episode 105 City council member Shammas Malik liked the title of last week’s podcast so much that he referenced it in a speech at the city council meeting this past week. So, since he liked it so much, I thought I’d give him a Part 2: All Politicians Are Slime…
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Houseless Harboring Guide
If I put so much as one tent on my land this winter or any time going forward I will now face fines and jail time for doing so. This fact makes me realize EXACTLY how society feels about the houseless community. They are considered hated, diseased rats that must either COMPLY OR DIE. We…