Hammer Of The Blogs

"Political language -- and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists -- is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind."
-- George Orwell, Politics and the English Language

Monday, December 23, 2013

Don't Really Give a Duck

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Couple of final thoughts on the stupid Duck Dynasty thing, and then I'm gonna let it go. This episode is moderately interesting to me,...
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Sunday, December 22, 2013

Stranger Than Fiction

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Folks of a certain age will recall Reagan's apocryphal Cadillac-driving "welfare queen." Turns out, not only did she actually...
Saturday, December 21, 2013

Head Count and Upcoming Books

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Couple of quick housekeeping things: Please do me a small favor, and leave a quick comment, even if it's anonymously, even if it'...
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Friday, December 20, 2013

Get the Duck Out

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And you thought the "War" on Christmas was bad, as far as imaginary grievances go. This is one of those pseudo-cultural eructatio...
Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Swamp Thing

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So....religious hillbillies turn out to be exactly what they say they are, and people seem to be shocked, surprised, dismayed even. Or, y...
Saturday, December 14, 2013

The New Model

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I am most likely the worst holder of an MBA degree you can think of, since I routinely piss and moan about the multitudinous vicissitudes a...
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Friday, December 13, 2013

Tea and Simpering

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No doubt the latest set of polls 'n' graphs on dwindling teabaggery will push all the usual buttons and pinch all the usual nerves...
Thursday, December 12, 2013

The Confessions of Commander Ga

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Unsolicited book plug:  if you have not yet read The Orphan Master's Son , you really should. That's all there is to it. It's a...
Monday, December 09, 2013

The Golden Rule

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Can't deny that Obama gives a hell of a speech , when he chooses to do so. So what? Does anyone seriously think anything will come of t...
Saturday, November 30, 2013

Cost-Benefit Analysis

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Not to read too much into a typical tearjerker type of "news" article , but as we head into the morass of health-care "solut...
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Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Animal Planet

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Oh, awesome, another unsuspecting participant in the Asians' never-ending quest to achieve a fucking hard-on.
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Shit Happens

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Friday, November 22, 2013

The Long Ride

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For the half-century commemoration of the most recent presidential assassination, a dim memory even for those who were alive at the time, o...
Monday, November 18, 2013

Slumpbuster

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So the smart set is still trying to figure out how to monetize an inert economy. Maybe it's the usual revolving door of Geithners, Rub...
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A History of Violence

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Well, looks like 'murka's favorite vigilante is at it again. No doubt Zimmerman's supporters believe with all sincerity that t...
Friday, November 15, 2013

Unaccountable

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Ho-hum, just another day in the police state: A New Mexico man is suing police for allegedly "subjecting him to multiple digital ...
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Mad Cow Disease, Political Version

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From the "who the hell asked you anyway" file: Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin sent out an apology for her criticism of Pope...
Monday, November 11, 2013

Back Spin

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Newsmilf Lara Logan has had her journalistic moments in the past, for a corporate media implement. But she and her show screwed up royally ...
Sunday, November 10, 2013

Great White North

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It's somehow a bit heartening to see that, while many 'murkins count on their cousins in America's Hat to be sensible and inte...
Thursday, October 31, 2013

Plus Ça Change

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Just what you needed -- yet another paean to small-town foke givin' Teh Man the ol' whut-fer. Christ on a stale cracker, like anyo...
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