1832 Do you hear the people sing? Singing the song of angry men? It is the music of the people Who will not be slaves again! When the beating of your heart Echoes the beating of the drums There is a life about to start When tomorrow comes! Will you join in our crusade? Who …
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Aug 13 2019
I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.
Act 3 Scene II. This is a story about a Roman. His name was Herman. His name was Roman Herman. The fad of the era was berries. People collected berries. They were a status symbol. One day, while Roman Herman was roaming the outskirts of Rome, he spied a berry. It was the most beautiful …
Aug 13 2019
Why would we talk about anything else ever again?
Let’s set a World Record. And you see, that’s what ‘Game of Thrones’ money can buy you (Turkmenistan GDP $95.5 billion estimated in 2016 or $11,630 per capita). And 5 Wax Presidents from Gettysburg. And Russell Crowe’s jockstrap.
Aug 12 2019
Stupid or Evil?
I have a soft spot for Bill Curry because I voted for him. Donald Trump’s week from hell: After the horrors of El Paso and Dayton, GOP is in full retreat by Bill Curry, Salon August 12, 201 In the Great Trump Debate, there are fine people on both sides: those who say he’s an …
Aug 11 2019
He has a wife?
Oh darling, I am so sorry for you. Get out. Now. While you can. Don’t snub the Helicopter. Ok. A person is in the middle of a flood zone and the Television says, ‘Evacuation Orders Issued’. God will provide. Cop comes and knocks on the door. God will provide. Fire Department drops by in a …
Aug 10 2019
Peak Oil
Fossil Fuels, even the cheapest like Coal and certainly including things like Tar Sands which are incredibly expensive, are simply no longer competitive with renewables. Driving in New Hampshire recently (live free or die) I saw hilltops full of brand new and extremely ugly GE Wind Turbine Generators which tells me at least one thing- …
Aug 09 2019
Not the Impeachment you expected.
You might have missed it. Yesterday, on CNN and later on MSNBC, Chairman Jerome Nadler confirmed that the House Judiciary Committee’s hearings on the Mueller Report were a formal Impeachment Inquiry, something that had been asserted in previous Court filings but sort of publicly disbelieved as a mere ploy for a favorable ruling. Not so …
Aug 09 2019
When did it stop being funny?
One answer is in 1980 when Chappaquiddick Teddy lost the nomination to pathetic ineffective ConservaDem Carter who got creamed by Zombie St. Reagan. Things certainly declined rapidly from there. Another answer is they were never funny. The guy doing the prat falls is dead. How do you feel about that? Did you laugh? Why? Does …
Aug 08 2019
A Case Study In Microeconomics
Not at all wonky. Also some good advice for our ‘Masters of the Universe’ Republican friends.
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