PinnedThe Legitimization of QAnonThese people seem to want to die hard. Now take whichever puerile equation of those words above you like, written as an opening huff. Set them aside, set them aside. There is plenty of time for puerility to come. No, by dying I mean an ideological transformation. FromPolitics59 min readPolitics59 min read
PinnedThe Legend of the 2023 Philadelphia PhilliesThere was a headline on one of the MLB pages trumpeting the Phillies breaking a record for most solo home runs in the post season. This is both impressive, and sorrowful. Wow! Look how many one run home runs they’ve hit! …Baseball7 min readBaseball7 min read
PinnedA Modern History of Social CollapseHave you ever heard of Albrecht von Graefe? I’m not talking about his famous father of the same name, the revered ophthalmologist,Politics11 min readPolitics11 min read
PinnedRace, God, Hurt Feelings, and Cynical Absolutism: The Political Rebellion of Generation XI was born in 1972, placing me directly in the middle of the age group called Generation X. This seems appropriate, my viewpoints mostly centrist, only extreme in ideas on the absolute freedom of speech. …Politics21 min readPolitics21 min read
Nov 18, 2022The Whites, The Blacks, The Yellows and Reds and Browns; The Jews and Muslims and Christians; The Straights, The Gays, The Men and Women; The Trans and Gender Non-Conforming: The Professionally OffendedOnce upon a time Jews were the funniest people on earth. Back at the start of modern stand-up comedy, there were sharp Jews making fun of everything.Racism13 min readRacism13 min read
Sep 15, 2022The Politics of CynicismThe Politics of Cynicism Cynicism defines the modern character of the United States of America. It defines much of the world.Politics15 min readPolitics15 min read
Jun 30, 2021Invasive Insects, Instincts, and IdeologiesJuly 4th, 2021, marks the United States of America’s 244th birthday (observed), and the air is on fire. After a long, mostly desolate, and very cold winter, which was preceded by a summer and spring of powerful hurricanes,Politics19 min readPolitics19 min read
May 19, 2021On the History of Suicidal Righteousness in the Anti-Vaccine MovementCovid-19, we must admit, has been great for conspiracy theorists and their critics. This whole locked-inside past year has devolved society into a perversion of the anti-tolerance fanatics most of us had already been before we started wearing masks. Our world became a CAPS LOCK scream-fest, where angry people would…Covid-1920 min readCovid-1920 min read
Apr 13, 2021Everyone (except for Me!) Is In On ItWhat follows is a study of absolutism, a culled together narrative of numerous voices all joined into a single rant. This, which should be to no one’s surprise, is rather easy to do, a stark gathering and invention of curious, sometimes conflicting theories on whichever the topic, and endlessly inserting…Politics10 min readPolitics10 min read
Apr 10, 2021“The Chip”I’m sure you have heard this, but a number of people think there is a widespread goal of one or another “elite” to put microchips in our brains. …Conspiracy Theories9 min readConspiracy Theories9 min read
