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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
Make American Girth A Target!
As much as I despise the Florida Fondler, he isn’t quite this fat but Americans need to work harder (myself included) on our obesity crisis. Weight issues costs the nation billions in lost productivity, not just work but via medical … Continue reading
Socialism strikes and succeeds again! Dec. 2022 edition
My credit union pulled through in the clutch again! Due to its fiscal wits and not pissing away our savings on crypto-bullshit-funny money, we had a $35 million extraordinary dividend. This adding a couple hundred greenbacks to my share account! … Continue reading
Something Amerika would have a stroke over seeing
Jeremy sent this recently. It’s a posting from the Dutch Communists’ Youth Brigade. Yes, these organizations still exist despite the huge lie told by the Tories and Republicans, and repeated by Corporate-owned media, on how their wannabe dictators won the … Continue reading
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Tagged Capitalism, Climate Change, Opinion, Politics
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My right-wing cousin’s normal attire…
or how numerous White males dress in the Austin ‘burbs, especially in Cedar Park, Round Rock and Georgetown. The proportion grows the further North you go into Williamson County and beyond. I imagine it’s true with the other three directions … Continue reading
Posted in Austintatious, Humor, Pictures
Tagged Halloween Costume, Parody, Politics, Satire
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Why Gestapo NPH for this month?
It’s a nod to one of the best Satires made in the Nineties…Starship Troopers which hit theaters 25 years ago. Like most movie goers, I saw it the first time and thought, “Hmm, pretty decent Sci-Fi/Action flick. Not sure it … Continue reading
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Tagged Header Art, Near Future, Nineties, Politics, Satire, Science Fiction
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Comedy doesn’t work with knuckle draggers
This dig at MAGAts is courtesy of a clip making the rounds… Some pretty uncivil shit right there and yet the Centrists who still can’t make up their mind on who they should (or will) vote for, wag fingers … Continue reading
Loretta Lynn addendum
As the cliché goes, “don’t speak ill of the dead,” but I’ve always thought that was bullshit especially when the dead person was a monster (David Koch, Phyllis Schaffley, St. Reagan, etc.). Now Loretta wasn’t a monster or even close. … Continue reading
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Tagged Celebrity Obituary, Country Music, Opinion, Politics, Seventies
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