Month: June 2013

  • Counting sheep is an ideological shortcut to sleep

    Today I learned about two Salvador Dali paintings that I had never known about before. Both are from 1942 when he was living in the United States after fleeing Europe. One is “The Sheep” (the lamp is an optical illusion): The other is a an anti-VD propaganda poster he made for the U.S. Army titled…

  • Obama Plans On UN Gun Bans

    On June 3, President Barack Obama will sign the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty. Yeah. It don’t mean nothin’ without Senate ratification. Still……..

  • Been there. Saw the movie. OK?

    Some sick friend told me about this awful picture which seems to be floating around. I think it’s downright disrespectful. Sheesh. Next the Teabaggers will be saying the ‘Mericans are like the Eloi. UPDATE: Damn! The cult is spreading! I’m all for people worshiping together in the church of their choice, but this is getting…

  • There are no solutions, because no solutions are allowed

    This morning I saw a story about a kindergarten riot. Actually, it was parents who rioted. Seven adults and one teenager were arrested for aggravated rioting and prosecutors will decide whether to charge them, he said. No one was seriously injured, but there were a number of scrapes and bruises from the fisticuffs. Drummond said…