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…
Tag Archives: economy
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…
Pump It Up!
November 29, 2011Yesterday, I put another $20 worth of gas in the old Jeep — and, lo and behold — the price of a gallon of regular has dropped four cents to $3.95 in just two weeks.…
Monday Mourning
November 28, 2011Another thin-skinned GOP asshole caught being an asshole — Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback got his panties in a bind when a high school student Tweeted that the good governor, “#heblowsalot:†Emma Sullivan, 18, was hauled…
Harvest Yesterday
November 23, 2011(Illustration found here). Tomorrow, of course, is turkey day — one of US peoples’ more obtuse holidays where actual thanksgiving gives way to stuffing the face with food. And like most of the other so-called…