Category Archives: Class Conflict

“My rifles comforted me after the terrifying future revelations portrayed in Planet of the Apes.”

–Charlton Heston The news is getting better. Our neighbor state Indiana has joined 23 other states in permitting public carry of a pistol without a permit.: https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/indiana-eliminates-permit-requirement-for-carrying-a-handgun-in-public/article_ac088279-07d7-5d41-89b4-2c00708edc27.html At least some states seem to be preparing their citizens for the post apocalyptic world. The flippant jokes I can make about my fears for the world areContinue reading ““My rifles comforted me after the terrifying future revelations portrayed in Planet of the Apes.””

3:10 to I am Legend?

Republicans Dust off their most outrageous slur: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/20/republicans-2022-campaigns-00018591 The slur is the acronym “RINO,” or “Republican In Name Only. Frankly, I was expecting the N-Word; or Immigrant;” or the anti-gay “F-Word,” or “Communist,” or practically any hateful word at this point. There is not a caliper accurate enough to measure my indifference to Trump-inspired kvetching.Continue reading “3:10 to I am Legend?”

Inscrutably Speaking…

“Truck convoy mnufck boofoo drufring tiwana sup FREEDOM FREEDOM FREEDOM, mufuckers.” –Boomhauer Post-script: I would like to have a serious discussion on here sometime about the trucking industry, in particular about the way it’s been steadily making life more difficult for its drivers since…..since….since …wait for it…DEREGULATION!

Inefficaciously Speaking…

With Europe back at war, the sixth mass extinction started, crude at $100/barrel, Trump let off the hook (again),and Mein Kempf the only book in the textbook cannon allowing white kids to feel good about themselves…this is a perfect time for one of those “Mass-Extinction Meteors” to hit.

Life on the Rez — A Cowboys and Indians Movie it Ain’t

     I’m old enough that I remember the anti-pollution ad featuring a native fellow, dressed in traditional garb, paddling through the woods and then coming upon the garbage that signals that white people have been there.  The closing shot shows him staring stoically at the camera with a tear falling from his eye.    As hokeyContinue reading “Life on the Rez — A Cowboys and Indians Movie it Ain’t”

Late Update: David Simon’s Work and Today’s World

Soundtrack to this Entry:  Way Down in the Hole I’ve been reading a piece by Jordan Hoffman about how The Wire anticipated, even partly explained the protests.  In it, he quoted Wendell Pierce, who played Detective Bunk, who tweeted about the show’s applicability.     Please read the article, published in Vanity Fair.         YouContinue reading “Late Update: David Simon’s Work and Today’s World”

“In twenty years, the word, “trump” will have evolved into a verb that means, “to ruin something beyond repair.” The World War Two generation often used its synonym: SNAFU.”

–Araceli Elizabeth Perez, Winner of two consecutive Phineas Gage Awards for political writing. Letters to the Editor: Soundtrack for today’s entry:  Listen Dear Sirs: When I wrote about the meat packing industry, I didn’t realize how viscerally people would react to runaway disease in a meat packing plant.  Instead of emphasizing that people’s Spam contained dissolvedContinue reading ““In twenty years, the word, “trump” will have evolved into a verb that means, “to ruin something beyond repair.” The World War Two generation often used its synonym: SNAFU.””

Fear and Loathing in America: 2020, the Reign of President Caligula, and Bottomless Pinheadery 101.

New Feature:  Soundtrack for today’s entry: RevCo I’m getting tired of documenting what happens in this world now.  Pay for a decent, reputable news source, and get real news.  I’m still something of an Anglophile, so I read the U.S. edition of The Manchester Guardian and the BBC.  This is  what’s on my mind. ExhibitContinue reading “Fear and Loathing in America: 2020, the Reign of President Caligula, and Bottomless Pinheadery 101.”

Black Box

I never pay attention to my instagram. I cannot believe that 401 years after black people first entered this country as slaves that I still have to do this.  This means that black people first arrived here 124 years before  Sally Hemings’ owner was born. So, here is my black box.  I don’t think thisContinue reading “Black Box”