Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Takin' Care of Business

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Never were we told, we'd be bought and sold, when we were innocent. -- Fuel, Innocent I missed this missive from Brother Orlov a cou...

Money Grab

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I guess the thrill of hosting the Olympics is now officially gone , and good riddance. Notice that not a single one of the venues listed in...
Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Marketing to the Choir

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Fundamentalists of any religion are, by definition, obsessed with their own certitude, and the need for everyone else to abide by their div...

Plumbing the Depths

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Folks, d'ya remember a cartoon character from the 2008 preznitential campaign sideshow, bald-headed galoot who went by the name "J...

Planet of the Apes

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You know, there's rarely an opportunity missed to take cheap shots at 'murkin culcher burble, slack-jawed fish-in-a-barrel watch-th...
Monday, May 26, 2014

Ladies' Man

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In the wake of the Isla Vista killings a couple days ago, it's certainly not shocking but might still catch some (including yours truly...

Press the Meat

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Driftglass brings up some nice points regarding the esteemed institution of the Sunday morning punditocracy. One would think that the holi...
Sunday, May 25, 2014

The Virgin Suicides

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So we kick off our We Honor Our Soldiers With Bullshit Health Care Weekend with a massacre that has some strange locational and motivation...
Thursday, May 15, 2014

Cowards

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Over the years I think I've been a pretty consistent supporter of the 2nd Amendment as written, with reasonable constraints. This is ba...
Saturday, May 10, 2014

Preaching to the Choir in the Briar Patch

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Elaborating a little further on "Benghazigategate" , which is to Fux News what the missing Malaysian jet is to CNN, a steaming fn...
Thursday, May 08, 2014

It's Getting Drafty

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OK, it's official -- with all the scheduling maneuvers and extensions, the hype and the barrage of ridonkulous mock drafts, the NFL dra...

Without a Prayer

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As far as praying in public events goes , I feel about the same as I do about religious artyfacts or farting in public -- as long as everyo...
Saturday, May 03, 2014

Cabin Fever

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The Benghazi fever can probably be cured with more cowbell, but honestly, why bother or worry? This is one of those pointless things that ...
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Qualifications

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Can someone kindly explain why, in a job market where thousands of people holding master's degrees are either looking for work or holdi...
Friday, May 02, 2014

Lost Cause

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From the "better late than never movie review" files, here's a quick rundown of 12 Years a Slave :  it's a lavishly photo...
Sunday, April 27, 2014

Outkicking the Coverage

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Still trying to process both sides of the meta-issue surrounding gay marriage: on the one hand, people should be able to register their op...

Hatesong

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Why did I not know about this before? I'm just now discovering Hatesong, and there is something noteworthy about, say, David Lynch de...
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Saturday, April 26, 2014

One of the Good Ones

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Okay, unbeknownst to y'all, I had made a secret pact with myself to not post anything more about tealoading racist cracker asshole Cliv...

ETA

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Yes, if we don't find some way to curb the excesses of the several dozen people who own every goddamned thing of value in this country...

Mommie Dearest

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It's easy (and accurate) to pick on the spate of  "celebrity" (or used to be) mothers who write books chock-full o' ...