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How I wish Americans were just at least 1% more French!
Even in the US, it’s pretty hard to avoid the stories regarding the daily strikes and riots in the land of a thousand cheeses! Their worthless president, a younger version of Grampa’ Brunch, Obummer and Slick Willie, all rolled into … Continue reading
Finally vindicated on how treasonous the GOP is
I’m not bringing up their rather obvious involvement in trying to overthrow America’s legitimately elected government (they did succeed in 2000) but the illegal lengths they went to in 1980 to install a shitty B-movie actor. Ever since I read … Continue reading
Why Austin can’t have nice things, March ’23
From the GOP, you know, the party of less government interference…unless you have a uterus. As expected, they’re going to destroy our light rail expansion since it will interfere with the lobbyists they take money from: car dealerships, Big Oil and … Continue reading
President Camacho to the rescue!
Given the two horrible, crappy choices next year…same as every year…red bag of shit or blue bag of shit, I will be voting for Camacho since he traveled back in time to run! Not a bad cameo at this year’s … Continue reading
How I wish I could participate
One of the assholes who has pushed Amerika in the wrong direction thanks to St. Reagan’s FCC allowing his right-wing hatred to be on the public airwaves as “entertainment.” Hitler and his lieutenants are proud. I need to ask my … Continue reading
Republicans demonstrating their lack of shame March 2023
I love the GOP’s chutzpah on how they want to make sure any areas where they won’t win are disenfranchised. This bullshit move is their latest since we know what they’re really thinking…college students won’t vote for us because educated non-Republicans … Continue reading
Musk wants to build a “company town,” not a Utopia
It’s been making the rounds all day in the news. Obviously Musk’s perfect place would never be anywhere close to Austin, even the NeoLiberal city government doesn’t legally back slavery. So he’s bought property around Bastrop, a somewhat distant ‘burb with … Continue reading
Generation of Sociopaths by Bruce Gibney
The first in what I hope will be a trilogy of books I will be finishing about the end of the Baby Boomers/Boomers overstaying their welcome in about every aspect of American life. Entertainment, I can live with. Music? Depends. … Continue reading
Dilbert had overstayed its welcome anyway
I wonder if Scott Adams will go on to be textbook a case of someone getting sucked into the Right-Wing idiocy, e.g. the Q-Anon craziness? Of course, I have no recollection or knowledge of his viewpoints back in the Nineties … Continue reading
Bring the War Home by Kathleen Belew
One major New Year’s Resolution I made for 2023 was to read 10 books this year and here’s number one! Home is a frighteningly well-documented account and update to what I was reading 30 years ago, United They Hate; all about the History … Continue reading
The 1860 gubmint of Texas shows how “free” speech is
My immediate guess is that the Texas Republicans are building up a distraction so the Corporate-Owned Media (COM, my new term because Eric Alterman a NeoLiberal racist and establishmentarian can kiss my Leftist ass!) will not see how the Lege … Continue reading
2003: Illinois commutes death sentences on 167 people
In a very uncharacteristic move by a Republican, Governor George Ryan does the morally right thing by changing the fates of those 167 people. Why though? A dirty Chicago cop (I know, I need to be more specific) named Jon … Continue reading
Gareth sums it up pretty well
So much for the jetpacks and flying cars we were promised as kids in the Seventies. Then again, in the Eighties I figured if there was any life left, it would be Mad Max with much more radioactive hell holes. What’s … Continue reading
How Austin NeoLiberals “solve” traffic
This design is all part of a growing disease called “The New Austin,” in which traffic issues are solved by throwing unprotected bike lanes into major streets that I guess only make the Lance Armstrong Mafia happy. I know thanks … Continue reading
Freezageddon ’22!
It’s that time again in Austin/Central Texas! The stores will be depleted of bottled water (the preferred brand in the city is Topo Chico), white bread, milk and toilet paper in fear of the temperature getting well below freezing, we’re … Continue reading