Where does the buck stop? Does it stop with the lie or with a truth? Or does it stop when both lie and truth are made to merge? Enter Christopher Hitchens. The grand debunker of lies and grandest debunker of truths dictated by religious nut-bags (which are ultimately lies). What is it that makes me … Continue reading Skip The Buck
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Fail Not Alone
America was a country founded by failures who could not get along in the Old World and who came to a wilderness because there was simply no place else to go. A fascinating article that I wish I read when it was first published in 1976. Wow. What was I wasting my youth on in 1976? … Continue reading Fail Not Alone
Struck Who Most
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
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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
Soap & Presidents
Still waiting. But. Will someone come along and replace him? Can't wait. Waiting is futile. Move on. I guess. http://youtu.be/z2hEMggPBmo
Who Taught The H-Word
There you have it. Less than sixty-thousand voters in the rural-bourgeois south are waking up to the inalienable right(s) of life, liberty and stupidity. They vote-out an incumbent that only a few years ago they loved--when their bank accounts reflected better the lust for debt and false ideology--and vote-in a guy that's probably two-steps worse. Oh well. The only surprise … Continue reading Who Taught The H-Word
Is This Huge
NSA spying? Privacy? Digital footprint? Why isn't this being covered more? Is there any other hardware maker that has ever offered something like this? It is in its infancy but the more I worst-think about it the more worst-baffled I get. Apple is offering a way to protect your privacy by randomly generating identifier codes (MAC … Continue reading Is This Huge
What? I Wanna Edumacated.
About time, dear worst-reader. About time someone step-in and finally let Das Volk know that getting an edumacation ain't about getting a job and making munny. No. Indeed. It's about filling the gap/chasm of never having to grow up and being raised by those who never grew up before you. And while you're at it, … Continue reading What? I Wanna Edumacated.
Boom Your Controversy
Hard earned PBS underwritten funding paying off. And a bit shocked about how much time the producers of the videos that are connected to the link below spend on Google and FB. Almost get the feeling that the ill-doings of fear-mongering, The Patriot Act and the resulting behaviour of various smiley-face government agencies isn't what the "discussion" … Continue reading Boom Your Controversy
Out With The Old In With The…
In one of my old (analog) folders are twenty-eight and a half rejection letters from various publishers. I am so thankful to these publishers. From them I learned to embrace my inner worst-writer. Does that mean I should hate them? Of course not. Am I now prepared to move on? Big NO there, too. Should I reject Amazon for … Continue reading Out With The Old In With The…
Automaton Demise Eminent
Oh look. Eurowasteland, under the führung from Germania and whatever random Munich trade-fair, is trying to bring some innovation to the continent. And how do they propose to do this? They choose what the Chinese have chosen so that the world can have tech products made with slave labor. Wait. That's not exactly right. Nomatter. … Continue reading Automaton Demise Eminent
How To Carry A Gun
What struck me was the moment in the vid (at around 24:00) where Bob Bergdahl is walking while carrying a rifle. As he approaches the camera and then passes it he changes the way he carries the rifle. I can only assume that he does this because of the responsible way he learned how to handle … Continue reading How To Carry A Gun
How To Be King
How do you become king? Who picks you? What grants you the right? Nomatter. Half of Eurowastelands problems could be addressed (not solved, of course) by getting rid of the useless that claim thrones. But then again. It's 2014. That monarchs still exist says it all. Spain's King Juan Carlos To Abdicate After 40 Years On … Continue reading How To Be King
Obsoletism 101
Even though worst-writer knows they're coming, he's relieved there were no hardware announcements at today's WWDC14, Apple's developer conference. Reason? I dread all Apple announcements because they are only another indication that the krapp I've bought so-far is that much closer to what Apple does best: making krapp obsolete. Sure. In a day or three or maybe in a … Continue reading Obsoletism 101
Know Known Knows Unknown
Don't forget to watch the vid to the link below. There might just be a few wows in there--especially when its admitted that Dubya committed war crimes. But I'm sure we all knew that, or? Otherwise you can buy the novel this guy wrote to accompany his story-telling about govt. service and such. (Sarcasm off.) Ex-Counterterrorism … Continue reading Know Known Knows Unknown
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