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Dec 10 2015
No Trump
This post is going to be way too long anyway so I’ll keep my commentary to a minimum (the title refers to a Bridge bid). The thing about The Donald, the reason he’s so popular and remains that way, is that he expresses the rage people feel at the current Neoliberal governing consensus. As Ian …
Dec 09 2015
The Daily Late Nightly Show (Unsex Me Here)
The New Guy I don’t know who wrote it, but this is brilliant. Trump wants to bang his daughter Yeah, this is the kind of insightful commentary you don’t get on the other political websites, you get the weak tea of “White ISIS”. For one thing that should be “Daesh” (pronounced “daes” or “dahes” which …
Dec 09 2015
A Bad Idea To Begin With
As you may know there is a subset of performing artists who are deeply offended that in the age of the Internet traditional business models don’t work anymore. Digital replication is fairly easy, pervasive, and basically free. I told you CDs were a bad idea, but did you listen? Noooo… That genie is out of …
Dec 08 2015
The Daily Late Nightly Show (Puzzles)
The New Guy Well, I’m not the only one work thinks that last night’s visit by Jon is, uhh…, more than just friendly chit chat about a cause close to his heart. “The Daily Show”’s desperate move: Bringing Jon Stewart back to give Trevor Noah a credibility bump by Sonia Saraiya, Salon Tuesday, Dec 8, …
Dec 07 2015
The Daily Late Nightly Show (Jon is Back!)
The New Guy The Donald, The Notorious T.E.D., and Ben “What? It’s Just Brain Surgery” Carson represent over 50% of the Republican Party Well, I thought you should know. Personally I’m not as concerned as much as you might think because that’s 50% of the 28% who self identify as Republicans or like 14%. They’d …
Dec 07 2015
The Neoliberal View
Is Greece a country or not? Greece is a Nation Under Occupation By Raúl Ilargi Meijer, Naked Capitalism December 6, 2015 Athens is very capable of protecting its borders, but it has stated -quite correctly, it would seem- that it protects its borders from enemies, and the refugees are not enemies. The reason the refugees …
Dec 07 2015
Rio
She just doesn’t see. The Sax is Stan Getz. Rio 2016: ‘Chance of infection very likely’ after tests show extent of pollution Associated Press Wednesday 2 December 2015 12.21 EST Olympic sailor Erik Heil floated a novel idea to protect himself from the sewage-infested waters he and other athletes will compete in during next year’s …
Dec 05 2015
Yes, we have no bananas.
Frankly, I don’t like them. Tasteless sticks of Potassium (and if your blood levels are over 5 or under 4 you’re actually in a world of hurt as I found out the last time my doctors tried to kill me), but fortunately there are other choices like Orange Juice and Spinach that also provide some …
Dec 05 2015
USA! USA!
You may wonder why I’m depressed. U.S. First Shields Its Torturers and War Criminals From Prosecution, Now Officially Honors Them by Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept Dec. 4 2015, 5:43 a.m. As vice president, Dick Cheney was a prime architect of the worldwide torture regime implemented by the U.S. government (which extended far beyond waterboarding), as …
Dec 03 2015
The Daily Late Nightly Show (Fine Mead in Himinbjörg)
The New Guy We’re all going to die True that. Among the many reasons I’m in therapy. It doesn’t change things, it just makes me feel better to vent to a professional. Did I mention our food is killing us too? Not a Hoverboard, A Segway Without A Stick Just in time for your gift …
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