Honor and Duty
They go where they are sent and do what is necessary, so the rest of us don’t have to. That’s the idea, anyway. Sometimes they get sent places they shouldn’t be and told to do things that shouldn’t be done, … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: May 2012
For Those Who Think I Have No Problems With Mr. Obama
This is an article by journalist Christopher Hedges about a historic court case just recently which overturned an egregious and unconstitutional provision of the Defense Authorization Act with which I and anyone with a clue about the nature of abuse … Continue reading
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Should the World End…
…give me a call. I’m halfway through the current draft of a novel I would like to finish by month’s end (not likely) so I probably won’t be posting much if anything here. Meantime a couple of new images so … Continue reading
Posted in Art, blog, career, Life, Personal, Photography, Science Fiction, Writing
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Brief Comment About Debt and Taxes
This won’t take long. I do not intend to put up links or post graphs and charts or cite stats (at least, not much). This is just a short post to make what ought to be an obvious observation but … Continue reading
Posted in current affairs, history, Life, Politics
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Devaluing Fame In Missouri
”Feminism was established so as to allow unattractive women easier access to the mainstream of society. ” ”They oughta change Black History Month to Black Progress Month and start measuring it.” ”We’re not sexists, we’re chauvinists — we’re male chauvinist … Continue reading
Posted in Absurdity, culture, current affairs, Politics
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Enough Is E #$%*& Nuff
Governor Jan Brewer of Arizona has apparently signed a bill into law that allows employers to interrogate their female employees about their sex lives. Details, as far as I’m concerned, are not as important as one overriding principle: When I … Continue reading
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Bill Donahue and Lawful Bigotry
I don’t care much for Bill Donahue of the Catholic League. I find him a throwback, a kneejerk bigot who opens his mouth and everything I find insupportable about politicized religion comes out. That said, I also find him refreshing, … Continue reading
Preferred Position
I really like Neil deGrasse Tyson. He’s my kinda scientist and he speaks well. Please watch the entire video before continuing with my little bit. Okay, there’s a lot in that with which I agree. In fact, he gets to … Continue reading
Storm Impressionism
We had a bit of a violent rainstorm last week. Made for an interesting Impressionist work.
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All Or Nothing
I don’t do many posts about evolution here. It is a topic of interest to me and many years ago I went through a spate of reading everything I could find by Stephen Jay Gould, Richard Dawkins, and a few … Continue reading
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