Weasel Walker Quits!
The nasty, lying sneaky Walker is gone, ad likely his cafrppy political career is over as well. He failed so dismally that he'll never again enjoy tyhe kind of financial backing he got in the past from...
View ArticleCarly Failurina, Publican Phenom
I wrote the original version of this diary in May, but the emergence of Ms. Failurina from under a rock adjacent to that of The Donald prompted me to repost it. Originally, reports out of Iowa, the...
View ArticleCNN is Faux Lite
Having spent part of the day listening to Dog Blister and his colleagues spewing bullshit on Faux Lite, I have developed a serious rage that drove me to write this. It is clear to even to people who...
View ArticleIdiots on parade
Just had the dubious pleasure of hearing the Governor of Ohio on CNN boasting about his economic success and massive popularity in his state. While the whole interview wasn't softball, he got away...
View ArticleCarly Fiorina, new GOP star
Reports out of Iowa, the Athens of the Midwest, have Carly Fiorina becoming the new darling of the Publican primary campaign (see for example the Good Gray Times: http://www.nytimes.com/....Ms....
View ArticleFlorida Governor
I'm writing to ask for help in a modest project. Some of you may have a laugh from time to time looking at the internet superhero 'Florida Man' feeds on twitter and reddit. I feel that between the...
View ArticleKruz Kabubuki
Has anyone else noticed how much the bizarre and over the top posturing of Senator Ted Cruz recalls the stylized posing and makeup of Japanese Kabuki drama/dance performances?
View ArticleSenator Cottonmouth and the Mystery of the Subpar Solons
It’s widely recognized that the compromises made by the founders to protect small states are choking the country. Both the electoral college and the right of each state, no matter how small, to elect...
View ArticleResponsibility and Murder
We’ve now had almost fifteen years of continual anti-Muslim propaganda. Certainly murderous extremist Muslim groups have been a trigger for the xenophobic response, but it’s widely recognized that...
View ArticleJeb Bush fires hipster tech officer
Appropriately, Jeb Bush's recently hired “chief technology officer” lost his job in Detroit, according to the NY Times this morning. Ethan Czahor, best known as co-founder of Hipster.com, couldn't...
View ArticleEbola Update
As many have noted in passing, Elbola disappeared from the easily distracted minds of average Americans with the fall election and the sudden catastrophic loss of coverage on Fox News. Apparently the...
View ArticleDo Social Security Payments Cover Benefits?
Recently I've seen increased reemergence of the story that Social Security benefits weren't sufficiently funded by contributions. Because I've been asked by several people (here blue zen) to repost...
View ArticleModern Pre-enlightenment America and the Hundred Year Culture War
It has often been difficult to explain the crazy oscillations in American politics and policies to European colleagues. Citizens of more homogenous countries find it difficult to imagine the scale of...
View ArticleThe Bush Brothers are Bank Robbers
The world and country stagger forward, and we wait for 2016 to see what strange beasts are shambling toward the Potomac to be born. The undead corpse of the Bush family dynasty is stirring in its crypt...
View ArticleEntropy, Race and the Future of America
The inevitable consequence of the empowerment of police and security organizations as a result of national cowardice is the gradual development of a police state atmosphere with all the ugly trimmings....
View ArticleNo Pravda in Izvestia
I can't help but notice that all of us, including me, can't help taking about the ravings of Faux News as if if were an actual news organization that employed journalists, reported on real world...
View ArticleA petition, of sorts
Now that the United States has predictably failed another national IQ test, leaving the legacy of FDR protected only by the uncertain will of Barrack Obama and facing government shutdowns, massive...
View Articlefrom a polling place, west georgia
Just finished my election day journey into the twilight zone. Unless I'm traveling, I don't do early voting because I like to show up early in the morning and observe the procedures; here in the 'burbs...
View Articlepropaganda and email
Over the last few days I've had some interesting 'conversations' with right wing neighbors and relatives, some face to face and some online. Even those separated by thousands of miles have exactly the...
View ArticleCargo Cult part 3
The first two sections explored the implications of exponential (e.g. constant rate) economic growth, the inevitable failure of the gold standard, innovation as a prime driver of economic expansion,...
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