20 Dec 2010 - The Illogical Seminary

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It's not easy contemplating the decade in America between 1960 and 1970. Generally, the part most worth discussing is the latter half, mostly because so much happened it is hard…

Where The Fuck Are We? 31 Mar 2023

I’m as amazed as the next guy. Teflon Don has found himself with charges that will in all likelihood stick. It’s quite a bit like shock, to realize this is happening and then your brain wants to shut off to block the pain. Speechless is apropos right now. I only have sentences left. They’re gettingContinue […]

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Billionarian Cult 29 Mar 2023

I’m not much of a media critic, but I think we all know that Showtime’s Waco is probably more important than Yellowstone, Yellowjackets, or Succession. There is a reason for that, and you smarties know it. Ted Nugent kicks off the Trump rally in Waco by calling Zelenskyy a "homosexual weirdo" to cheers pic.twitter.com/21d6x3mI5F —Continue […]

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Walking Spanish 28 Mar 2023

People don’t know who I am. But more than enough people know who Roy Edroso is. I sorta came to him by way of his blog (how could you forget a band name like his?), and now he is a Substacker, which I am happy to pay for even if I don’t have the timeContinue […]

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The Trash Has Gone To The Curb 24 Mar 2023

I’m done looking at my fragmentary material. I will still be shoring up and trimming old material, but all the drafts that seemed worth saving have been examined, critiqued, and left to stand on their own. The three readers I have can decide for themselves whether or not this time travel was necessary. I haveContinue […]

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My Guy 24 Mar 2023

Despite his shortcomings, I still think Barack Obama has done more good than bad. And there is plenty of room to disagree with me on that. Dissident writing has helped me to understand that we’re always up to something. America’s strategic, and to a larger extent, economic interests always shape how we are going toContinue […]

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Bullshit On Parade 23 Mar 2023

I have taken care to stay above the fray as best I can over the Russo-Ukrainian conflict. So much so that I’m not going to call it a war. Politicians are very excited about the “special operation”. That’s because their districts and towns get a big bump in their revenue by producing weapons of war.Continue […]

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Funda-mental 23 Mar 2023

Some people, like Chris Hedges, seem to think that there is a “new” atheism, and that we are “secular fundamentalists”. Sorry. Atheism is pretty much just as proud and as strident as it ever has been. Does anyone remember Madalyn Murray O’ Hair? Now that’s what I call hardcore, strident, and righteous. We have alwaysContinue […]

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All Quiet On The Bloggy Front 22 Mar 2023

I can’t believe it’s been two weeks since I’ve filled this space with something. Thing is, I’ve been riddled with panic attacks nearly every day lately. I have been to the hospital twice because I thought I was going to die. These aren’t good conditions for me to think straight, or do much of anythingContinue […]

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New York, New York. I Still Love Ya, Even With The Crime 22 Mar 2023

When I was in my late teens, I was lucky enough to go play around in Manhattan during the Koch years, when the city was dirty, corrupt, a horrorshow on every block. It was a ten dollar train ride from NJ and a small trip under the Hudson. My crew of malcontents would go upstairsContinue […]

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No Good Way Out 22 Mar 2023

I must be honest; our withdrawal from Afghanistan is pretty embarrassing. I realize its origins reside in the Trump administration. You’re an idiot if you believe otherwise. But the black eye, whether deserved or not, is going to go to the Biden team. And today’s terror attack underscores that point. I’m watching my best liberalsContinue […]

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Day: December 20, 2010

The Sixties: It Didn’t Have To Happen Like That

High Art? High Art? What Is It, Anyway?

Everyone Uses Facebook, And No One Knows How It Works