In case you didn’t realize it, the stock market is a scam. One of the worst and scammiest things about it is that it’s been arranged so that your money becomes worth less, if you don’t invest in it: so you gotta play, and the game is rigged.
This for the FtB legal defense fund. See [go fund me] for details. Rules are below:
I’m so disgusted by the way Americans will jump up and start waving flags as soon as “war” ideology is deployed. The “war on the coronavirus” just means that Trump’s bone spurs are going to act up again and he’ll have to spend his time being driven around in a golf cart until he feels better.
Over at Vice, they ask: “since copper is anti-microbial, why isn’t copper everywhere?” [vice]
I’m becoming fascinated by the current moment in history: we are heading into a genuinely unknown situation and it feels like we’re paused on the edge of something, about to slip and go careening violently down into an abyss – or, perhaps, not.
We’re going to need a social signal for people who have developed immunity the hard way.
Grab your markers kids and let’s color in some eldritch dread!
Commentariat(tm) member invivoMark made a plug for this game, and I am very glad they did. [stderr] [This review/extended comment does not include spoilers.] [Read more…]
There is an article over at Salon regarding how the republicans could steal the 2020 election. Their argument (I agree with it) is that it’d be pretty easy to do and, since the republicans are now the party of “in for a dime, in for a dollar” it’s a fool’s game to expect them to play fair.
You may recall the chisels I made for lathe-working. The long carbide scraper implies bowl-turning is on my agenda, so you’re possibly wondering “where are the bowls?”