I was talking with a friend of mine, who announced their intention to start drinking at the New Years’ party and not stop until the election is over.
I was talking with a friend of mine, who announced their intention to start drinking at the New Years’ party and not stop until the election is over.
In spite of their pretending to be at odds over the fate of civilization, the US senate and house agree always on one thing: the department of defense needs more money.
King Arthur was mortally wounded as a result of a military accident; allegedly his forces and Mordred’s were facing eachother in a state of high tension and one of the soldiers saw an adder, drew his sword to kill it, and everyone mis-read the waving steel and the battle began.
There is a huge battle between Microsoft and Amazon over who gets to control the future of government computing. To me, the whole thing looks utterly surreal.
If you’ve ever suspected that cops have quotas, and are directed who to roust and farm for fines, consider your worst suspicions confirmed. Naturally, it’s NYPD. Naturally, it’s racist.
I’ve been getting a creeping sensation about this for a while, now, and I’m not at all surprised that other commentators are noticing, too.
Stop the presses!
I get lots of emails offering “guest articles” for blogs. By which they mean that they’ll pay me to post some bullshit marketing stuff as though I wrote it.
In 2007 I did a speaking tour of eastern Europe, including Hungary, Poland, Russia, and Croatia. I spent a night in Belgrade, but my talk was canceled because there were anti-American skinheads waiting outside the hotel looking for Americans to beat up.
When there are flood waters, it’s easy to forget how completely everything gets damaged. There’s the obvious stuff, like rivers of pig shit and urine going into the rivers and then everyone’s living room, but what about the subtle stuff – the stuff most of us won’t even think of?