Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
A convicted murder who raped and murdered two girls in the 1980s is fighting execution on the ground that, because he is so fat, his veins are bad and it will be hard to get the right dosage for the lethal injection. He also contends that his migraine medicine will
Continue readingIs this animal cartoon-cute or like something out of a horror movie? It’s definitely a pest in Australia, but I’m not talking about its conduct, just its looks.
Continue readingIt was Aristotle who first stated that man is a social animal. He was right. Humans define themselves by their allegiance to their family, their community and their country. The ancient desert rule condemning a thief to lose his hand (an idea that Mohammed co-opted), was not intended simply to
Continue readingI have the pleasure and privilege of being on some wonderful email lists, where I get to engage in conversations from all over America (and the world). There’s a very interesting conversation going on right now about a new policy that Tyson Chicken announced: It’s scrapping Labor Day as one
Continue readingI’ve been cultivating two facebook identities: the physical me and the cyber me (that’s the one about which I give a little bit of info in the side bar). The facebook identity for the physical me explains a lot about why I was an unthinking liberal for so long. My
Continue readingI don’t often go to movies in theaters (after all, what’s Netflix for?), but I’d make a special effort for this one. The only problem is that I suspect there’s going to be a defensive shield around the entire San Francisco Bay Area preventing its entry into any movie theater.
Continue readingSometimes, the bizarre nature of the Middle East defies description (all emphasis mine): Nine Palestinians were killed and dozens hurt in battles in Gaza City between forces of the rival Hamas and Fatah movements on Saturday, prompting Israel to open its border to fleeing Fatah members. The fighting, which lasted
Continue readingWhen I was at Berkeley, I had only a few decent professors. One of them (who was really wonderful) taught a British history class covering the period from 1760 to WWII. He taught us that the Industrial Revolution, though it started in England, petered out. It lacked the ferocity and
Continue readingZombie has a new photo album up, one that’s only for the strong of stomach (and I say that having scrolled through just some of the blurry version). Zombie bravely went to the Up Your Alley Fair, which makes the Folsom Street Fair (which Zombie recorded last week) look wholesome.
Continue readingThe rampaging Republican representatives left the House at the stroke of 5:00, presumably to forestall having the police escort them off the premises. In terms of showmanship, I would have opted for the latter — “they were arrested to keep America strong” — but Republicans are so gosh darn law-abiding.
Continue readingTwo of my favorite bloggers — Paragraph Farmer and Joshua Pundit — got “spam blocked.” Their blogs are still accessible, but they can no longer post. The way spam blocking works is that someone who doesn’t like the content on your Blogger-hosted blog clicks repeatedly on the little “spam” button
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Continue readingYou’ve all heard the question that is the title of my post, haven’t you? Is an audience necessary for a sound to have meaning or even existence? And what if, in our world, the intermediary to the audience bugs out? That’s today’s question, as Republicans vigorously debate the new drilling
Continue readingI must work, but I have to give you a couple of quick links, one of which you may want to act upon and one of which is just nice to know. On the “you might want to act” (by contacting your representatives in D.C.), Right Wing News offers useful
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