Well, first of all, Public Education is a system of conditioning an Army of obedient Meat Puppets as Labor Slaves for Corporatists. Now don’t mistake my cynicism. I had a wonderful Education I greatly enjoyed, mostly because my Teachers were scared of me in that Anthony Fremont kind of way. I admit I am somewhat …
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Aug 09 2020
No More ‘Game of Thrones’?!
Sadly we are without John this week and reading the YouTube Descriptions (or maybe I’ve visited often enough that I get automatic notification, I’m just happy I get less Fascist spam) informs me that the final Marble Runs of the 2020 Season will be posted next week. Well, I’m kind of sad but the absence …
Aug 08 2020
This Afternoon’s Presser
There is no reason to believe it will be any different from yesterday’s. I had the good fortune not to watch any of it myself, but some people think it’s… Instructive. Calling it a ‘peaceful protest,’ Trump flouts coronavirus guidelines with golf club gathering By Toluse Olorunnipa, Washington Post August 8, 2020 Just before 7 …
Aug 07 2020
The Death Cult Rebellion
One thing I don’t quite buy into is the optimistic projection of saving 60,000 lives (that’s 20 9/11s by the way). I don’t think 95% compliance is achievable, look at traffic laws (another full disclosure, I work closely with a company that measures traffic law compliance), the numbers are pretty horrible. When was the last …
Aug 05 2020
Blue Voices
I have my opinions, some of which you have heard. A Two-Part piece from Vice.
Aug 03 2020
This is not a comedy show.
This is Clio. This is why John Oliver gets a pass and everyone else gets the ax because they’re not funny at the moment. John Oliver was never funny, he’s British and people mistake accents and class racism for humor when in fact all English people are deadly serious all the time and it’s only …
Aug 01 2020
Richard Nixon, Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, William Henry Harrison, Warren G. Harding, and Russell Crowe’s Jockstrap
Things HBO Money will buy for $2000 Alex. Also Marble Runs.
Jul 31 2020
Opening Schools
Oh, Major League Baseball. Cardinals’ positive tests, postponement create another coronavirus crisis for embattled MLB By Dave Sheinin, Washington Post July 31, 2020 The Cardinals’ game Friday in Milwaukee, which was to be the Brewers’ home opener, was postponed, MLB announced, and will be made up as a doubleheader Sunday; the teams’ scheduled game for …
Jul 31 2020
Mike Fink
The King of the Keelboaters was a real, live jive, Legend of the United States Western Frontier (well, if you consider Ohio the Western Frontier) like Daniel Boone and Dan Morgan, not some fictionalized Paul Bunyan or Pecos Bill. Consider that the next time you dismiss some completely true story as a mere Conspiracy Theory. …