no peanuts in church…

"You might as well face the music. You've tried everything else…" -Sun Ra.

breaded circuses

  • Schrödinger’s Republic.

    After 30 years of constant assault from the Right wing, they have finally gotten their wish. This election is basically a referendum on whether or not we get to keep this Republic, as currently constructed. And roughly half of the voters seem quite happy to buy what they are selling. In fact, the polls would… Continue reading

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  • Walz/Vance Debate

    Vance presented as a slick one-man focus group. He even managed to scan as A Real Boy at times, as opposed to the unholy Yarvinite Egregore he is in reality (and online, and at rallies, and probably everywhere else). Very good at lying, but not at convincing. Not so much a Gish-Gallop as a Gish-Avalanche.… Continue reading

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  • on twitter, and the sole proprietor…

    Here’s why I stopped long-form blogging all those years ago: I didn’t see the point of it. Because, you see, No Audience. No Pushback. By 2013 the blogosphere was already in decline. Too many of us out there, no way to share ideas with Others without having to turn oneself into a Brand, to attract… Continue reading

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  • King Elmo Go Boom.

    I’ve held off a bit noting the Starship Launch Failure. Wanted to give the news a little time to settle. Even with his now-weakened Reality Distortion Field, King Elmo still gets special treatment by the press. The tech aspects are covered in depth elsewhere, but so far the basic knowns are: Basically the 30+ engine… Continue reading

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  • FFS. This Crap, Again…

    So: Jack Teixera. D’affaire Snowden was about ten years ago, oddly enough. It was a very different political climate at the time: Trump was still just “a celebrity”. The ongoing War on Terror, initially started by GWB and his GOP a decade before, was now associated with Democrats in general and with Obama in particular.… Continue reading

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