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Jun 22 2019
Cervical Injuries
Feeling a little Whiplash? In the last week Unindicted Co-conspirator Bottomless Pinocchio has brought us within minutes of War with Iran (if you believe his story which is squirrely as hell) and also a Pogrom against Brown People which is now umm…, postponed. Trump says he will hold off on planned ICE raids for now …
Jun 21 2019
Pathos
Pathos is a communication technique used most often in rhetoric (in which it is considered one of the three modes of persuasion, alongside ethos and logos), as well as in literature, film, and other narrative art. Emotional appeal can be accomplished in many ways, such as the following: by a metaphor or storytelling, commonly known …
Jun 21 2019
Cartnoon
Half a Manhattan One worked well enough, but you didn’t need much. There’s are few things that won’t blow up pretty good with a Thousand pounds of explosive provided you put it in the right place. The other was an elite illusion that required a great deal more Physics than the brute force (and more …
Jun 20 2019
Reparations
Look, it didn’t just stop with Slavery, or the Civil Rights Movement. Economically disadvantaged populations are that way in part due to decades and centuries of exploitation and discrimination. Jews are routinely stereotyped for their prevalence in certain professions, this is usually a response to the fact they were barred from pursuing other, “nobler” occupations. …
Jun 20 2019
Pre-Debate Froth
I don’t know if Sam has anything special happening next week, or indeed that she will have new material at all, Stephen is running live special episodes and Seth will probably be new on tape meaning his jokes are going to be about a day behind. I’m also not sure how we’re going to cover …
Jun 19 2019
Feel the BuhBye’den-Mentum
Biden epitomizes everything bad about Hillary Clinton without the charisma or brain. His nomination as the Candidate of the Democratic Party is about the only scenario where I can see Unindicted Co-conspirator Bottomless Pinocchio eeking out a victory of sorts. Biden represents nothing except the failure of Neo Liberalism and the smug self righteous satisfaction …
Jun 18 2019
Social Sciences
A big problem with Social Sciences is that the phenomena they want to describe are in many ways unique and unduplicateable. This is less true in History which purports to be the story of what is and one can, with a reasonable degree of confidence pick up an incised lump of dirt off the desert …
Jun 18 2019
How Can You Live Downwind…
And pretend nothing’s happening? Do you think these statements are anti-Semitic and a denial of the reality of the Holocaust? Ocasio-Cortez presses case that U.S. is running ‘concentration camps’ at border amid Republican outcry By John Wagner, WashingtonPost June 18, 2019 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) pressed her case Tuesday that the Trump administration is running “concentration …