{{{SCREAMING FROM THE ASYLUM}}}

I hate being so easily astounded by all of this. I think it betrays my age. An East Tennessee school board has banned the Pulitzer Prize winning graphic novel Maus. I’m sorry, I’m still figuring blocks out on WordPress but here is the link: https://www.kold.com/2022/01/27/tennessee-school-board-bans-pulitzer-winning-holocaust-book-maus/ Their philosophy seems to be to be, “Pretend we’re justContinue reading “{{{SCREAMING FROM THE ASYLUM}}}”

“It is just as likely that Martin Gugino is an “ANTIFA provocateur” as it is that Trump’s followers are human beings.”

–Mike Pence, not realizing he was on a hot microphone, Prayer Breakfast, Luxton, IL,  June 6th, 2020. Soundtrack to this entry This statement was in apparently response to this appalling incident, among so many others.

We Get the World We Deserve.”

–Rust Cohle, True Detective, Season 1 Soundtrack for this entry:  The Handsome Family I can’t believe I’m posting this, despite seriously considering going to the next BLM protest in Chicago.   But it’s still my most dominant feeling.  Paraphrasing, until I get a chance to re-watch the first season of True Detective. Rust:  “I’m a pessimist.”Continue reading “We Get the World We Deserve.””

“Vesuvio non erumpant! Falsus nuntium!”

Translation:  “Vesuvius will not erupt!  Fake news!” Regulus, Roman town crier, 78 a.d. Letters to the Editor Dear Sir/Madam: Ok right, a dam breaks and causes a flood.  Supposedly there are some questions about the water quality in Flint.  I thought that bunch of  long-haired, unwashed hippies at the E.P.A. were supposed to deal withContinue reading ““Vesuvio non erumpant! Falsus nuntium!””