On way back from PHL airport yesterday I was struck by two things. 1) There was no traffic on July 4 in and around the southern part of Philadelphia--even though I was expecting hell-traffic on account of the holiday and DE closing a major bridge/highway in the area. But hold a sec. There was some … Continue reading Struck Who Most
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Über Confusing
The Krugman usually never confuses me. The Krugman is the man! That's what I dig about him. I also dig that I can understand most of the stuff he blogs about. You know, economic stuff. Or--maybe not. In fact, it would probably be über-cool to have him as a professor--I bet he's a good teacher. … Continue reading Über Confusing
Best Worst Quote of the Day #2
Let's borrow from the US Constitution, they're not using it. -a Ukrainian journalist and via the Interwebnet
Do Not Enter Taxation
Tommi's, aka worst-writer's, prediction of the day and some lazy, pseudo armchair economics. But first, a question. Being home for a few weeks is both thrilling and daunting. Thrilling because I love it here--even though when I'm here I'm at the beach but all I do is work on Mom's house. It's daunting here because … Continue reading Do Not Enter Taxation
Krapp 2014
The aftermath of recent Supreme rulings starting to trickle in. It cannot be said enough. While American'ts vote their feelings, mostly derived from wingnut pundits and the inalienable right to remain stupid regarding the lies of krapp like reducing taxes or reducing government, etc., the true face of what conservatives have done has never reared … Continue reading Krapp 2014
Work Worth It?
Going on fifteen years without a full-time job. Two reasons for that. 1) Baby Boomer generation proves that it's finally worth it to quit your job to pursue a dream (it's even worth it to fail at that pursuit). 2) Working, or as it should be known, compulsive behaviorism, is financially NOT worth it. Twenty years … Continue reading Work Worth It?
Perpetual Sex Disorder
Perpetual War For Perpetual Peace, How We Got to Be So Hated by Gore Vidal Americans morality has nothing to do with ethics or right action or who ever is stealing what money--and liberties--from whom. Morality is SEX. SEX. SEX. -Gore Vidal in the book mentioned here The island of Mauritius is cool. It's also … Continue reading Perpetual Sex Disorder
Rosemarie Or Rose Marry
Cut down our rosemarry bush today. Well. I didn't cut it down completely. But in the words of the redneck (who I am) and the thoughts of the vulgar (who I should be?) I thoroughly decapitated a mostly dying four square foot colossal rose-merry bush today. We had it growing on the south side of … Continue reading Rosemarie Or Rose Marry
A Life Time It'll Take
Where is the most damage from thirty-plus-years of American't political conservatism? Is it the economy? Is it the federal budget? Is it the middle class? Surprise! Yes to all the above. But here's the thing. All the above could, if the political will (and knowledge) were there, be fixed. Seriously. With the wave of a … Continue reading A Life Time It'll Take
Ethics vs Smarts
The Facebook game has no end. Or does it? Who remembers AOL? Who remembers its demise? If you learn from the demise then you can re-start anew (no matter how many redundancies you make). My worst-guess is the Zuck figured out AOL's demise better than anybody else. Hence Facebook. But to read that Zuck is … Continue reading Ethics vs Smarts
On Facts
The insistence on the primacy of personal opinion regardless of fact destabilizes and destroys the primacy of all fact. -Chris Hedges, American Fascist
My Dotcom Book
As bad as things were at the end of the 20th century, the beginning of the 21st century is obviously worse. But there was some good in the 1990s that's easy to forget. Anyone remember the Dotcom boom? I'm still waiting for the definitive book to be written about why the new-economy was so easily gobbled up by … Continue reading My Dotcom Book
Fail Upward Validity
Only in America, baby. Land of Disney and religious fervor run amok. There is now no way to argue the reality that failing is winning. Proof of this is in recent World Cup loss where US team will advance and, of course, in politics and economics where winning is endless, empty and empirical. Good luck … Continue reading Fail Upward Validity
Book vs Mirror
American Fascist by Chris Hedges After reading numerous Christopher Hitchens books, delving in various online resources featuring his firebrand contrarian POV, I realized something profound when he died. 1) The man scared the beejeezus out of me. 2) Not only is he the smartest and most well-read person I've ever experienced, but I quickly realized that there'll be … Continue reading Book vs Mirror
Afeared Yet
If you thought the war mongering and greed freakshow that is the beginning of the 21st century was scary wait till the reality sets in of who/what your parents really are. Indeed. There is nothing more scary than the infamous Boomer generation. No other generation in human history has taken so much and given so … Continue reading Afeared Yet
Span Lifetime
The span of a lifetime is as short as a goose tale that fell while she was trying to go south when everyone else was going north. She thought.
Beach Dream And Lunger Head
A plate of cooked crabs. Ok. What/Where is the problem with that? The beach was screeching. Two horseshoe crabs were half buried in the foam left by the churning waves. Horseshoe crabs are a freak-show. They have blue blood. Later I turned over the crabs and one was empty of its self, the other looked … Continue reading Beach Dream And Lunger Head
Useless Eaters All But One
Nothing in my useless eating worst-life will amount to an ounce of what Aaron Schwartz did. And that's a good thing. That said. The real sad thing about his demise is that bureaucrats and corporatists will never see how their compulsive behaviorism is at the root of what's wrong with everything. From the lawyers and … Continue reading Useless Eaters All But One
How To Make Change With A Bar Of Gold
Don't know why this interests me. Gold. Worst-Gold. What's the point of gold these days? Seem so backward to think of gold as it once was. You know, that value thing. But that is how the gold-lusters think of it. Right? Sure, it was the catalyst and springboard to the fiat world we traverse today. … Continue reading How To Make Change With A Bar Of Gold
Plain Wonder
Why wasn't I shocked to see a twelve year old boy plowing a field yesterday? Maybe I was shocked. Or maybe what I was shocked by was how normal it felt to see something like that. We drove through the farmland of The Plains People yesterday. A boy was guiding four majestic horses towing a … Continue reading Plain Wonder
Flight Worries And Milestones
Another flight to the new country in the morning. Here's a link to an article regarding the same flight I'll use to return to the old country in about a month--as long as THEY get the landing gear fixed. My only worry is that I too will have to circle around the Delaware Valley for … Continue reading Flight Worries And Milestones
Creamed
If the Corporation is milk then there is proof that butterfat doesn't always rise to the top to give us... (guess how this ends)
Digging Wrong Holes
Buy books at a bookstore? Wait. Let me check my calender. Na. I'm good. The thing is, I've gone full digital as of 2014. Took me a lot of years to get here. Of course, the good or bad thing is, I can even remember the last time I went into a bookstore and bought a … Continue reading Digging Wrong Holes
Ronald McDonald Meets The Amazon
Bezos gave away a children's book to the audience to accompany intro of new smart phone. So. Like. Does that mean he's trying to get the kids hooked like a certain fast-food seller did with a clown? Nomatter. New phone looks great, very impressed with evolving eco-system Amazon products are connected to. But there is … Continue reading Ronald McDonald Meets The Amazon
Ersatzbesatzungkinder
Literally cut the chord this year. No. Seriously. I cut the cable chord to my TV in February. Or was it March? Nomatter. Even though I have an extra chord in a box somewhere, I'm keeping the TV disconnected. For me, the TV is now just a screen. A screen for my little hockey-puck box … Continue reading Ersatzbesatzungkinder
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