“Conspiracy theory” has always been used as a pejorative one-stop label as a means to dismiss any alternative explanation of an event which doesn’t conform to the ‘official’ explanation. The term ‘conspiracy theory’ was concocted by the CIA to discredit anyone daring to point out the many glaring discrepancies, oversights, and outright lies in the […]
Where is Bill Hicks when you need him? Oh, well – Jimmy Kimmel will have to do. Humor, sarcasm and outright mockery are effective ways to deal with dictators, especially those as loathsome and corrupt as the amateurs who currently run our country. Tyrants despise humor, and their sense of humor rarely rises above the […]
In response to a question about the current state of the music industry, famed music producer Tony Visconti told an audience at the annual SXSW festival in Austin, Texas several years ago that pop music “Can’t get any worse!” Visconti claimed that record labels are simply repeating the formulas of the past, with diminishing returns. […]
Voltaire: “Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” John Stuart Mill: “I did not mean that Conservatives are generally stupid; I meant, that stupid persons are generally conservative.” H.L. Mencken: “Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.” The fact that a thoroughly corrupt and incompetent cretin […]
It’s a pattern historians have seen many times before: It starts with the quiet dismantling of oversight and the abolition of regulations, and it ends with institutions that serve only those in power. The US used to have strong institutions and a vigorous vocal opposition; but seeing these government watchdogs being summarily dismissed should make […]
No doubt 2025 will be another banner year of record profits for the US weapons makers and multinational oil companies. Even though US troops aren’t currently engaged [officially] anywhere, the war machine still raked in trillions of dollars in profits supplying military operations in Israel and Ukraine. Apparently there is no power in heaven or […]
Everyone can see what the consequences will be once Donald tRump takes over, but like the proverbial deer in the headlights, the Democrats appear to be mollified and utterly incapable of preventing the impending catastrophe. America is well and truly fucked. The ultra-right wing evangelicals, the billionaires, the MAGA morons and the Supreme Court have […]
A recent study from the EU has shown that contemporary song lyrics have gotten simpler, more repetitive, angrier and more self-obsessed over the last 40 years. To the surprise of no one. The researchers analyzed the lyrics from more than 12,000 English-language songs across several genres from 1980 to 2020. Senior study author Eva Zangerle, […]
Once again the US stands alone against the entire world in opposing any ceasefire in GAZA. I am ashamed and disgusted to be an American. Again. Why must we always be on the wrong side of history? The day after vetoing another UN resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, “president” Biden cynically bypassed Congressional […]
I sure am glad Hollywood is on strike. Not because of the pitifully low wages or the hostile work environment or unsafe conditions or lack of benefits. Not because the studios deserve it for treating their workers so poorly. It’s nothing to do with AI taking away their jobs, or even because of my long-standing […]
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