‘Run, Forrest, Run’
December 28, 2011Books and movies are two completely different countries. In one you read by yourself (unless you’re in a group-grope book club), the other you see and hear — and the two supposedly connect when the…
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‘I am a fat cat, I’m not ashamed,’
December 22, 2011(Illustration found here). In one of the most ironic and laughingly insulting remarks of the political year came yesterday from US Speaker of the House John ‘The Boner’ Boehner: “We’re here. We’re ready to work,”…
Gloom Before the Doom
December 20, 2011Last night on CBS News, an interview with US Defense head Leon Panetta took place on what’s called “the doomsday plane,” a modified Boeing 747, termed an E-4B by the miltary, and tricked out with…
Are We There Yet?
December 19, 2011US peoples are already sick of next year’s political rodeo. A majority chunk of Americans want the 2012 presidential campaign, readying to blast away in less than a month, to be over already — nearly…
Oil Spoils the Bright
December 12, 2011A record — US peoples spent $448 billion on gasoline since the beginning of this year, $100 billion more than 2010, which in turn, puts OPEC on pace to top $1 trillion in net oil…
‘Day of Infamy’ — Climate Change Calling Card
December 7, 2011Today 70 years ago one of the landmark events of world history — the Japanese attack on the US naval base at Pearl Harbor — a horror-hole episode leading to a massive worldwide war which…
Now or Later — The Clock Ticks Loudly
December 6, 2011US peoples should hide in great-confused and frightful shame. In facing the greatest threat to humanity, maybe in all of recorded history, Americans still can’t decide whether they should give a shit or not on…
Crazed Clueless
December 5, 2011Herman Cain in all his glory might be interested in this story from the LA Times: A 69-year-old Palm Springs woman was accused of attempting to cut off her husband’s penis with a pair of…
Watchers/Listeners
December 2, 2011“Even the Catholic Church of the Middle Ages was tolerant by modern standards. Part of the reason for this was that in the past no government had the power to keep its citizens under constant…
Venal Brains Cooking
November 30, 2011Most scientists identify as Democrats (55 percent), while 32 percent identify as independents and just 6 percent say they are Republicans. — Pew Research, July 2009 Reality conception doesn’t require the brains of a rocket…