tl;dr? Let me explain. No, there is too much. Let me sum up. Neo Liberalist Economics is a bunch of rattle shaking Shamen motivated by faith and greed. There is no evidence at all that it benefits any except the very wealthiest. There is considerable evidence that it is destructive of society as a whole, …
Tag: ek Politics
Nov 25 2018
Not A Rant (Bigger Than Watergate)
Velshi and Moore Trump Is Beginning to Lose His Grip By Stanley B. Greenberg, The New York Times Nov. 17, 2018 Because the votes were counted so slowly across the country, we were also slow to realize that Democrats had won the national congressional vote by a margin greater than that of the Tea Party …
Nov 25 2018
Not Done Catching Up
I’m really surprised at the fact that both Seth and Stephen were all live last week. I kind of missed most of it as I was watching other things, but YouTube is good like that. IKEA has declared war on Stockmanns over sweeping forest broom tariffs! Honey, I suppressed myself! Traitor Pence
Nov 23 2018
Forget it, Jake. It’s Chinatown.
Look, it’s been 44 years since it’s release so I trust I’m not “spoiling” things (Ilsa flies off with Victor and Blaine and Renault disappear into the fog while La Marseillaise swells in the background). The big reveal in Chinatown is that Katherine is Evelyn’s sister and her daughter. Ok, that says something about how …
Nov 23 2018
Catching Up
Melania It Just Doesn’t Matter Either one of them, other than the deep seated hypocrisy of Republicans. “Lock Her Up!” Eat Your Vegetables Chicken “I bet you’d be on my side if I had killed a journalist”
Nov 21 2018
Abuse of Power
Journamalists, Pundits, and Bloggers are getting this all wrong. Breaking news on the most significant legal scandal to hit this White House since the report that Donald Trump tried to fire Bob Mueller. This is truly a bombshell. President Donald trump tried to order the Justice Department to prosecute not one but two of his …
Nov 20 2018
Turkeys Away
“Oh the Humanity!” Did you watch the whole episode? How could you possibly think this was a good idea? Tossing a Bird That Does Not Fly Out of a Plane by Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic 11/20/18 Here in Yellville this cold and rainy weekend, there are turkeys everywhere—turkey shirts and turkey costumes and turkey paraphernalia. …
Nov 20 2018
Not A Stunt
I sort of (but not really) hate pointing out that a substantial part of the U.S. population are what is politely called “low information” but I call ignorant. Sending Troops to the border was a transparent appeal to Trump’s most racist bigoted base. There are Customs and Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (the …
Nov 19 2018
Pelosi
I got asked by Richard and Emily today whether I thought Pelosi wouls win her Speaker’s race as if I knew something about politics, which I do actually because I write about it here every day and I read a ton of stuff that doesn’t make the cut. What I told them was it was …
Nov 19 2018
A Star Is Born (2018)
“The one movie even Neil deGrasse Tyson can’t ruin.”- John Oliver Hah. Rick Roll. Seriously, last show of the season which is extremely disappointing. Oliver will return in February and I can’t wait. Losing regular programming for the next 2 and a half months is one of those things that make this such a SAD …
Nov 18 2018
Our Amazon Overlords
Thanksgiving Season? Nah, it’s time to shop. I have my eye on a Canon VIXIA HF R800 (Richard and Emily are constantly asking me what I want for ek’smas and I seldom have a good answer so I mostly tell them underwear- you can never have enough) which has incredible specs and is rated a …
Nov 17 2018
Soy Boy
What medical professionals will tell you about extreme diets is… Well, they’re extreme. Now if you have a paleo view of diets you primarily think of them as a way to control your weight and while an All Grapefruit diet can peel off the pounds and Grapefruits are not unhealthy (unless you’re taking one of …