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Dec 23 2018
Festivus
Sometime around December 23rd, but canonically any time between December and May, we celebrate Festivus. Symbolically represented by the Festivus Pole (seen at right) an unadorned aluminum pole between 3′ to 6′ high stuck in some drab and out of the way corner. It can be used as a weapon and frequently is. Traditionally it …
Dec 22 2018
Robert Reich Is An Optimist
Do you want to tell the story? No, you’re doing fine. Because if you think you can tell the story better, I would absolutely love to hear you try. Well I guess technically I am more qualified… Are you? How so? Because unlike you… I’m an optimist. Almost ek’smas and I’m in my usual funk …
Dec 21 2018
Interesting Times
“May you live in interesting times,” is an ancient Chinese curse with the implication being that Historians don’t write about “normal” periods when everyone is happy and prosperous. I know, Mika and Joe. You only have to watch the first 3 minutes or so. It’s as granular as I can get. Dear Mr President: I …
Dec 21 2018
Cartnoon
Ho, ho, ho Look, all political, all the time. If you’re looking for something else there are other places. Though we do recipes, sports, and other things too. Politics is the art of controlling your environment. Anybody who thinks that ‘it doesn’t matter who’s President’ has never been Drafted and sent off to fight and …
Dec 20 2018
The Trial
“Good morning your Honor, The Crown will plainly show the prisoner who now stands before you was caught red handed showing feelings, feelings of an almost human nature.” This will not do. So, confronted with the approbation of his Faux Noise Demagogues, Unidicted Co-conspirator Trump caves yet again. Nancy Pelosi was exactly right when she …
Dec 20 2018
Fun With Numbers
For some inexplicable reason we have Parts 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 of Christmas on I.C.E.. There are no Parts 2 or 4. “Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou …
Dec 20 2018
Cartnoon
Facebook What It Means to Delete Facebook Slate spoke with a small group of people who had publicly declared they planned to #DeleteFacebook. Most were successful, though some find themselves back on the site from time to time. Their stories demonstrate that reducing exposure to Facebook does not necessarily mean deleting an account, but that …
Dec 19 2018
Wheeee!
Cow Tokens! Get your Ur Cow Tokens here! Sumerian Cow Tokens April 24th, 2017 So what is the value of an Ur Cow Token? Sorry, I can’t get a market price for Ur per se so you’ll have to settle for a Sumerian one from around 1953 – 1935 BCE backed (and baked) by the …
Dec 19 2018
Not I/P
It’s about the First Amendment. I used to be a huge supporter of Israel. The image of Jews rising from the ashes of the Holocaust to form a democratic Nation/State was enormously romantic (in the classical sense) and I cheered on their military and territorial success. Indeed I could make a case for a persecuted …