As the post-9/11 wars began, and then heated up, under George W the Democrats found themselves in a pickle. The wars were popular and there was no good politically profitable way to attack them directly. So what they did instead was to try and scare folks by predicting that W was headed for another Vietnam… Continue reading Could we see the return of a military draft?
“I’ve been one poor correspondent…
I’ve been too too hard to find… But it doesn’t mean you can’t find me on Locals… Will you meet me in the middle?”
Where the rubber meets the road: biological sex edition
Mostly I think the political debate over whether or not there are real differences between biological males and females is a silly academic exercise with few real-world consequences. And generally I stay out of it. It impacts my life not at all and I’m not in the business of spending emotional capital on things that… Continue reading Where the rubber meets the road: biological sex edition
Doin’ it all for my Locals…
“Now I’m with ya baby… the lonliness is ovah…” It’s Tuesday so we must all be hanging out over on Locals. If you weren’t with us over the long weekend, here’s what you missed: We discussed how the nosy white busybodies who report folks for setting off fireworks are terrible Americans We talked about the… Continue reading Doin’ it all for my Locals…
Our crappy institutions and the Press which covers for them
Perhaps you’ve heard that last week the LAPD tried to do a controlled detonation of a supply of illegal fireworks and wound up destroying a bomb squad vehicle, injuring 17 people (mostly cops), and very nearly burning down an entire neighborhood. There are lots of ways to safely dispose of a batch of fireworks, hitting… Continue reading Our crappy institutions and the Press which covers for them
Friday Night Videos
MONEY FOR NOTHING: Dire Straits This video is notable for two things… I mean other than its kick-ass guitar riff of course… Those CGI graphics… Woof! But man they were cutting edge back in the day when we first saw them. Seeing them again now, they remind me of what Def Leppard would do a… Continue reading Friday Night Videos
“Movie” Review: THE STAND (CBS All Access)
I watched all nine hours of Stephen King’s THE STAND on CBS All Access so you don’t have to. This is not going to be a full review, since the miniseries came out last year and if you reeeeeally wanted to watch it, you would have done so by now. I’m under no illusion that… Continue reading “Movie” Review: THE STAND (CBS All Access)
It was one of those nights….
When you turn out the lights… And everything comes into view…. It’s a touch too much Thursday… which means we are hanging out over on Locals. Come join us!
The Revenge of the Buzzwords (Part 2: Angry White Men)
Now that Ole Joe and the band have opened the show with “Conspicuous Consumption”, and now that the fans in the front row have dutifully begun to scream enthusiastically at the familiar opening notes, the band is planning to bring the house down with a big encore performance of “Angry White Men.” Except this time… Continue reading The Revenge of the Buzzwords (Part 2: Angry White Men)
Oh, let’s go, let’s strike a light….
Gonna blow like dynamite! I don’t care if it takes all night gonna set this town alight, c’mon! What do ya want? I wanna hang out with George M.F. Washington over on Locals…