Please, for the love of all that is good, stop trying to cobble this idiot situation into a romantic narrative. Stockton Rush was not an “explorer” or an “Unalloyed Villain.” He was just a Darwin Awards winner with a lot of money. The fact that there have been countless articles about this foolish incident whenContinue reading “Sorry, Folks”
Category Archives: White Privilege
This Will Get More Comic Before it Gets Pitiful
https://nypost.com/2022/12/13/sam-bankman-fried-tells-court-he-plans-to-fight-extradition/ Sam was denied cash bail after broaching the subjects of is vegan diet and his ADD diagnosis to the Bahamian Magistrate. Bad news, pal of mine: this ain’t your Montessori kindergarten. There are no cruelty-free graham crackers or any fair-trade apple juice coming your way. Just for the record: The Post mentioned that heContinue reading “This Will Get More Comic Before it Gets Pitiful”
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”
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”
I’m not sure how this is going to turn out…
–Mister Thrope, 2020 This entry will have little to no sarcasm, and it is about something I’ve never had the need to talk much about, given the choices I’ve made in life. In my experience, black people, out of necessity, know more about white people than white people know about black people. Between explicit andContinue reading “I’m not sure how this is going to turn out…”
“Okay, yes, he is a man. That is, if you also believe that Jan Brady, Paris Hilton, and Veruca Salt were all men.”
–Galina Lada Fedorov, Russian model, former Trump Mistress Why do working class white men forgive Trump’s unmanly behavior? Tom Nichols asked this question at the beginning of this piece, and writes some accurate insights regarding a question that I have had throughout this political horror show. Rather than dispute his explanation, I wouldContinue reading ““Okay, yes, he is a man. That is, if you also believe that Jan Brady, Paris Hilton, and Veruca Salt were all men.””
***Letters to the Editor***
“The Voice of The People can be Summarized as the Reader’s Digest Version of the TV Guide, with a jigger of Supermarket Tabloid, and two shots of Pornography.” —Vernon Nashe McNair, 1983. 4-28-20 Dear Sir/Madame, It took decades, but finally a U.S. President said something more stupid than my “trees cause pollution” line. IContinue reading “***Letters to the Editor***”
Bittersweet Abattoir 