Quite possibly the most unfortunate lynching metaphor ever (or so far this week, anyhow — bear in mind, it’s only Tuesday): The uproar over bonuses “was intended to stir public anger, to get everybody out there with their pitchforks and their hangman nooses, and all that — sort of like
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bastard.logic: Monday Metal: Atheist – Unquestionable Presence
I just– just–had one of those painfully awkward thirty-something moments when I realized that Atheist’s breakthrough sophomore full-length, Unquestionable Presence, is now a robust 22 years old (insert pimple-faced nostalgia featuring the requisite imagery of generic teenage wasteland, a life reduced to reverse-chronology disaster pr0n). That it sounds so fresh
Continue readingbastard.logic: Monday Metal: Atheist – Unquestionable Presence
I just– just–had one of those painfully awkward thirty-something moments when I realized that Atheist’s breakthrough sophomore full-length, Unquestionable Presence, is now a robust 22 years old (insert pimple-faced nostalgia featuring the requisite imagery of generic teenage wasteland, a life reduced to reverse-chronology disaster pr0n). That it sounds so fresh
Continue readingbastard.logic: What Was Justin Trudeau Smoking When He Decided To Embrace Marijuana Legaliza — Oh, Never Mind.
Without getting into the merits (or the politics) of Justin Trudeau’s call for the legalization of marijuana (of which I think there are many — one of the numerous reasons why I support the NDP), it does represent a rather brazen 180 degree pivot from his previously-stated position in support
Continue readingbastard.logic: What Was Justin Trudeau Smoking When He Decided To Embrace Marijuana Legaliza — Oh, Never Mind.
Without getting into the merits (or the politics) of Justin Trudeau’s call for the legalization of marijuana (of which I think there are many — one of the numerous reasons why I support the NDP), it does represent a rather brazen 180 degree pivot from his previously-stated position in support
Continue readingbastard.logic: The Atomic Road To Damascus (With a Detour Through Goldsboro)
Hey, remember when the US almost detonated an atomic bomb (260 times more powerful than either Fat Man or Little Boy) over North Carolina? Good times: The document, obtained by the investigative journalist Eric Schlosser under the Freedom of Information Act, gives the first conclusive evidence that the US was
Continue readingbastard.logic: The Atomic Road To Damascus (With a Detour Through Goldsboro)
Hey, remember when the US almost detonated an atomic bomb (260 times more powerful than either Fat Man or Little Boy) over North Carolina? Good times: The document, obtained by the investigative journalist Eric Schlosser under the Freedom of Information Act, gives the first conclusive evidence that the US was
Continue readingbastard.logic: Hilzoy Speak, You Listen
While still ardent in her conviction to make her cold turkey retirement from blogging a permanent one, beloved ObWi ex-pat Hilzoy sends us this all-too brief dispatch (courtesy Donkeylicious) on why, if we can’t exactly trust Assad re: Russia’s opportune embrace of Kerry’s apparently off-the-cuff Syrian CW solution, we at least can count
Continue readingbastard.logic: Hilzoy Speak, You Listen
While still ardent in her conviction to make her cold turkey retirement from blogging a permanent one, beloved ObWi ex-pat Hilzoy sends us this all-too brief dispatch (courtesy Donkeylicious) on why, if we can’t exactly trust Assad re: Russia’s opportune embrace of Kerry’s apparently off-the-cuff Syrian CW solution, we at least can count
Continue readingbastard.logic: Privilege In A Nutshell (Or, There You Go Again, Richard Dawkins)
Srsly, WTF? In a recent interview with the Times magazine, Richard Dawkins attempted to defend what he called “mild pedophilia,” which, he says, he personally experienced as a young child and does not believe causes “lasting harm.” Dawkins went on to say that one of his former school masters “pulled
Continue readingbastard.logic: Privilege In A Nutshell (Or, There You Go Again, Richard Dawkins)
Srsly, WTF? In a recent interview with the Times magazine, Richard Dawkins attempted to defend what he called “mild pedophilia,” which, he says, he personally experienced as a young child and does not believe causes “lasting harm.” Dawkins went on to say that one of his former school masters “pulled
Continue readingbastard.logic: Stand ALL Yr Groundz (UPDATED)
You can take the homicidal gun nut out of the justice system… George Zimmerman’s estranged wife called police officers to her father’s house in Florida Monday, saying the former neighborhood watch volunteer who was acquitted of murder threatened her with a gun. Shellie Zimmerman called police shortly after 2 p.m.
Continue readingbastard.logic: Stand ALL Yr Groundz (UPDATED)
You can take the homicidal gun nut out of the justice system… George Zimmerman’s estranged wife called police officers to her father’s house in Florida Monday, saying the former neighborhood watch volunteer who was acquitted of murder threatened her with a gun. Shellie Zimmerman called police shortly after 2 p.m.
Continue readingbastard.logic: Harpercons to Small Live Music Venue Owners: Drop Dead
MT“@matttbastard: ow.ly/omJZ4 Small live music venues hit w/ massive LMO fee increase." This is wrong on so many levels #cdnpoli— Andrew Cash (@Cash4TO) August 29, 2013 They aren’t even trying to mask their naked disdain for the little guy anymore. Sign the petition here, contact your local MP, and stand up
Continue readingbastard.logic: Harpercons to Small Live Music Venue Owners: Drop Dead
MT“@matttbastard: ow.ly/omJZ4 Small live music venues hit w/ massive LMO fee increase." This is wrong on so many levels #cdnpoli— Andrew Cash (@Cash4TO) August 29, 2013 They aren’t even trying to mask their naked disdain for the little guy anymore. Sign the petition here, contact your local MP, and stand up
Continue readingbastard.logic: America, Russia, Syria: “The Outcome Is Irrelevant”
Fyodor Lukyanov on Russia and the growing inevitability of Western-led intervention in Syria: In Moscow, hardy anyone believes that the tragedy with the toxic substances in the suburbs of Damascus is connected to the regime of Bashar al-Assad. He would have to be completely out of his mind to put himself at
Continue readingbastard.logic: America, Russia, Syria: “The Outcome Is Irrelevant”
Fyodor Lukyanov on Russia and the growing inevitability of Western-led intervention in Syria: In Moscow, hardy anyone believes that the tragedy with the toxic substances in the suburbs of Damascus is connected to the regime of Bashar al-Assad. He would have to be completely out of his mind to put himself at
Continue readingbastard.logic: Concert of the Day
Depeche Mode – Live At The Pasadena Rose Bowl (1988) Tracklist: 1. Master and Servant 2. PIMP 3. Behind the Wheel 4. Strangelove 5. Blasphemous Rumours 6. Stripped 7. Somebody 8. Black Celebration 9. Pleasure, Little Treasure 10. Just Can´t Get Enough 11. Everything Counts 12. Never Let Me Down
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Depeche Mode – Live At The Pasadena Rose Bowl (1988) Tracklist: 1. Master and Servant 2. PIMP 3. Behind the Wheel 4. Strangelove 5. Blasphemous Rumours 6. Stripped 7. Somebody 8. Black Celebration 9. Pleasure, Little Treasure 10. Just Can´t Get Enough 11. Everything Counts 12. Never Let Me Down
Continue readingbastard.logic: Concert of the Day
Swans – A Long Slow Screw (1986): Tracklist: 1 A Screw 2 Anything for You 3 Coward 4 A Hanging 5 A Long Slow Screw 6 Fool Watch Swans – A Long Slow Screw after the cut: Filed under: music
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