No Comfort From Chris Hedges
Reading Chris Hedges is never a fell-good experience. His unflinching assessments, his unsparingly bleak prognostications, offer no comfort. During the very trying times we are currently living through, why subject…
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"I’d Die For A Haircut"
Live in one of several jurisdictions in the Benighted States of America, you could very well get your wish: Recommend this Post
But A Brief Reprieve
If our thoughts have been able, even briefly, to break out of their ongoing obsession with Covid-19 and death, we will have realized a couple of things: One, that we…
The Relentless, Indefatigable Chip Franklin
Most days I stop myself from reposting Chip Franklin’s hilarious screeds. Today is not one of those days. If you're a Trumper, and you think I'm a liberal doling out…
Another Sad, Mad Episode
Listening to Donald Trump prattle on is like bearing witness to the stream-of-consciousness ravings of a backward, depraved child: “And then I see the disinfectant where it knocks it out…
The Hits Keep Coming.
This certainly beats having to write something for my blog. Thanks to my friend Dom for sending me the following: Recommend this Post
With A Little Help From The Feds
Sorry (not really); I just can’t help myself: Recommend this Post
Streaming 24 Hours A Day
The United States may be an empire in deep and irreversible decline, but it continues to excel in one area: comedy of the absurd. Its citizenry’s irrational antics amply serve…
To All Trump Enthusiasts Everywhere
I’m sure your master endorses this message. Meanwhile, Heather Mallick has an interesting explanation for the servile attitude so many Americans have toward their clown president. Why do Americans, alleged…
Build That Wall!
It is our only hope of keeping out citizens of the Benighted States of America such as these: Recommend this Post
Essential Activities, Essential Idiocy
God love the Americans. No one else will. Recommend this Post
This Is Absolutely Ghoulish
First it was Dr. Oz betraying his Hippocratic Oath. Now Dr. Phil has joined the movement as he and the ever-compassionate Laura Ingraham discuss why the lockdown should end. Start…
The Weakest Link
There has been much criticism worldwide over national governments’ failures to act quickly enough to contain the spread of Covid-19; one needs only look at the frightening death tolls in…
Pandemic: The Lessons On Offer
To say that our current Covid-19 global crisis is causing us to rethink many things is to state the obvious. Far and wide, people are coming to new understanding about…
On Covid-19 Fake News
I received a lovely note the other day from a reader named Rose. While I am pleased she finds my blog a useful resource, I am also happy that she…
A Sick Gorilla
I made the following comment on Owen’s blog this morning regarding Donald Trump: To watch Trump turn this thing into a personal exercise of ego and imbecility makes me believe…
But What About The Cleaning Bill?
A new protection against Corvid-19 has been found! Rejoice, Brothers and Sisters. And can I get a big AMEN? Recommend this Post
Straight Talk From Italy
Perhaps more people would obey the mandate to self-isolate if more politicians spoke like this: Recommend this Post
Opportunities Exist
During this time of crisis, it is easy to forget other, equally vital issues and the fact that the problems we currently confront do not exist in isolation. Climate change…