‘Let Them Eat Cheesecake’
October 10, 2011On Wall Street this morning protests continue as a now-major force in the news cycle, making folks pay attention to one of the great scams of world history. And today is for the future —…
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Just Plain Gall vs Unmitigated Gall
October 3, 2011In the last few years there’s been a momentous outburst of gall — the audacity of some people to bullshit despite incredible evidence to the contrary — which has touched just about every aspect of…
Nine-Eleven-Eleven
September 11, 2011Watching the ceremonies this morning in New York is way sad — not just for the innocents killed today a decade ago and their families, but also for the naive, near-pompous nationalism inspired by the…
Something Terrible This Way Comes
September 7, 2011Motive: Something that causes a person to act in a certain way, do a certain thing, etc.; incentive. Despite all the science, no one really knows the human brain as the actual workings of a…