Ok, so maybe taking the DNA of the greatest economic predators of the Reagan era and cloning their steroid and coke addled replicants as freeks and geeks for a dystopian 80s themed carnival was not such an outstanding business concept as I thought it was, at least I cured boneitis. Ok, so maybe I didn’t …
Tag: ek Politics
Aug 02 2018
Last Night On ‘Painfully Obvious Questions’
Why is it always about bees? When did that stop being funny? It’s both homophobic and a rape fantasy at the same time! Rational Thinking, Optional You know, like those ‘naughty’ Mediterranean sea sides. Other Things To Do With Russian Billions
Aug 01 2018
Wannabe
Ok, so $15,000 for a ostrich jacket (sigh, Gingham). First of all it’s not a lot for ostrich- Paul Manafort’s $15,000 jacket? That’s nothing, says ostrich expert by Luke O’Neil, The Guardian Wed 1 Aug 2018 On Tuesday the trial for Paul Manafort, Donald Trump’s campaign manager, began in Alexandria, Virginia. Facing a bevy of …
Aug 01 2018
Rocket Docket
Jury, Opening Arguments, First Witness. That was quick. Bottom line- blame it all on Gates who signed everything too and was skimming more than his share. Tad Devine is best known as a Democratic operative for Bernie Sanders and like many political professionals took advantage of the United States’ inflated reputation as some sort of …
Jul 31 2018
Mars Needs Women
Just how long have we been receiving these mysterious signals from outer space? Look up! Mars is closer to Earth than it’s been in 15 years By Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times Jul 31, 2018 Heads up, sky watchers: Tonight, Mars is going to be closer to Earth than it has been in 15 years, …
Jul 30 2018
Collusion is not a crime.
No, it isn’t. Though it is defined as a criminal conspiracy. Criminal Conspiracy is conspiring, that is acting and advising with a group, to commit a crime, like say money laundering or election fraud. I’ve always felt the corporatist buy in to the bowlderized “collusion” complicit but this very public abandonment of that story line …
Jul 30 2018
Gingham
As fabric always cotton. As a pattern colored on the warp yarn along the weft, this usually manifests as small square checkerboard rather than a stripe (vichy). Why would I know? Fabric is a near universal trade good (normally stores value a little better than food) and the adoption of mass production economies based on …
Jul 29 2018
Not Rants
Really!?! Beyonce and Jay-Z Who are these people and why do I care about them again? R. Kelly Oh, I don’t need any reminders about you, but just for context. He urinated on a 14 year old girl. On videotape. He bragged about it. Thank goodness we respect fine upstanding businesspeople and politicians instead of …
Jul 27 2018
Reality laughs
From the Start, Trump Has Muddied a Clear Message: Putin Interfered By David E. Sanger and Matthew Rosenberg, The New York Times July 18, 2018 Two weeks before his inauguration, Donald J. Trump was shown highly classified intelligence indicating that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia had personally ordered complex cyberattacks to sway the 2016 …