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Subversives by Seth Rosenfeld
This book was 30 years in the making thanks to the FBI stalling over the numerous FOIA requests Rosenfeld made; my review felt almost as long, I finished reading this in May and I had to rewrite this at least twice. … Continue reading
This is why we can’t have nice things in Texas
Even in Austin, there are knuckle-dragging Ammosexuals driving around harboring a Red Dawn fetish scenario because The Hunger Games is too complicated.
1994: At least I met Oliver Stone
On another dreary late evening in Austin, I was drinking, hanging out at the Dog & Duck Pub with my French friend/tutor Patricia. The statewide election returns were funneling in as George “Dubious” Bush (the future worst president in history) would … Continue reading
Posted in Austintatious, Brushes with Greatness, History
Tagged Nineties, Opinion, Politics
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Happy Columbus Day, real and observed
A major reason why Italian Heritage month pops up in October is this event in 1492 (give or take a day, they didn’t have NTP servers or GPS). For the last couple decades, the fair-weathered Liberals (usually college students who … Continue reading
Austin Pride 2014
I really don’t know if this parade and its related events are relatively new or it has been happening for years. Based upon my research, the foundation to run the activities only goes back to 2011. However, I’ve lived here … Continue reading
Tesla skipped Texas despite Gov. Goodhair’s whoring
Last week, Nevada landed the so-called Tesla Gigafactory to produce batteries after Elon Musk successfully played multiple states off each other to subsidize his ego. Texas probably lost out due to the power of its car dealerships, they have a … Continue reading
1974: Tricky Dick resigns in disgrace
I can always remember this date because it’s also my dad’s birthday, what a gift he received! The overrated Princess Diana wedding happened on mine in 1981, I will never understand Americans’ obsession with a foreign royal family when we have our … Continue reading
I’ve ditched Dropbox for Spideroak
Unless you’ve been under a rock for the last couple years, cloud computing has been the overhyped rage. Sure it’s a nice back-up and way to have your stuff on hand through multiple devices…until the big fat EMP we’ll probably … Continue reading
The Red State Captain America
A little gift from Somara when she attended the local comic book convention a couple weeks ago.
Team America: 10th anniversary show
Nothing says “Fourth of July!” like this satirical piece from the petulant duo of Parker and Stone. At least it showed they had more in them than flogging South Park’s telegraphed morals to death. Everyone I told that I went to see … Continue reading
Posted in In Theaters, Movies
Tagged Comedy, Politics, Quote-along, Special Alamo Event
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Obvious Child: Worth Seeing*
* — Some won’t find this movie funny because they’ll be too caught up in what the Right Wing movement tells them to think. I’ll go ahead and address the elephant in the room about Obvious, the main character (Donna) gets pregnant … Continue reading
Happy Texas Independence Day
A Canadian acquaintance brought this up from the Independence Movement’s declaration against the Mexican Government in 1836. “…unless a people are educated and enlightened, it is idle to expect the continuance of civil liberty, or the capacity for self government.” … Continue reading
RIP Nelson Mandela
While I’m catching up, I did want to throw in my two cents about the former prisoner who went on to be president of Africa’s wealthiest nation. It seemed to dovetail really well with Mandela’s passing coinciding with the 30th … Continue reading
Texas SBOE’s contrite approval…
…of Science textbooks has occurred but they promise more shenanigans to impose their knuckle-dragging perspective on Texas’ students. This affects the rest of America since the book publishers cater to the larger states/populations. I thought California still had some pull. … Continue reading
1963: JFK Assassination
I too grow tired of the conspiracy theories, the “what ifs” should the guy lived and this nonsense about him being a Liberal. Bill Clinton, crony of the GOP Lite DLC was more liberal than Kennedy! However, coming from a Catholic … Continue reading