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Let's Laugh Before Monday: Watch DC Cab! 22 Jul 2013 | 09:28 am
In the midst of a horrible week, I have been watching a lot of movies from the 70's. If you haven't felt the stress of last week, I'm impressed. First some music, then some humor. All from the la.....
The Fire Rises while the Zombies Walk: Margaret Prescod's Hyporcrisy and Charles Pierce's Butcher's Bill 17 Jul 2013 | 06:30 pm
"Some [people] just want to watch the world burn!" -- The Dark Knight I live here in the City of Angels. Once upon a time, I grew up among the dilapidated towers of New York City and I saw DC bega....
All You Need to Know about the #Filibuster Game: #Borking and The Bloody Indiana 8th 16 Jul 2013 | 04:42 pm
[HERE THERE BE SPOILERS -- SEE THIS AWARD WINNING MOVIE] In the Crying Game, Fergus (Stephen Rea) goes from an IRA Terrorist to someone in love with a London nightclub singer. The spoiler occurs ...
3,143 Counties, 3 Large States, and 64 Squares: Reform, Restructure and Ressurection 11 Jul 2013 | 04:51 pm
To: Mrs. Dhillon, Vice Chair, CRP; Mr. Steel, National Committeeeman and Mr. Priebus, RNC Chair; CC: Chairman Vafiades, RPLAC; Glenn Reynolds, Instapundit; Robert McCain, The Other McCain, Jim Hof.....
What #Benghazi Begat: Post Egypt Coup Edition 9 Jul 2013 | 02:32 pm
Here is why we on the Right don't trust the Partisans of the Left and their friends in National Media. There have only been 8 Ambassadorial Deaths in America's 237 years; None died under fire during ...
July 2013 Tip Jar and a Gothy Muse (Comic book Style) 8 Jul 2013 | 01:22 pm
I dropped away from the Valley because I had a small adventure. Yes, this is LA, we occasionally get some of those. Instead of living an action-adventure or a spy movie, I got to live out a Slipstre...
Independence Day 2013 5 Jul 2013 | 12:22 pm
I have returned to the Valley on quiet feet. Fireworks were scarce in the (All Democratic) run Los Angeles. Fun killers, I say. With the revelations that President Obama manipulated Federal and Int...
Space and the American Polity 1: Colony Ships 27 Jun 2013 | 08:30 am
It's summer, so time for me to try to theorize the Fantastic and bring it to the Pragmatic. Two summers ago, it was the Technological Singularity and the American Polity (1, 2, 3) and now, spaceships...
The Ancien Regime is so scared of the Future, they Sent the IRS! 12 Jun 2013 | 01:50 pm
In politics and policy, one either fights for what is or what will be. The Democrats of 2010's fight for the New Deal (80 years old), the War on Poverty (49 years old) and for Trains (Started in Amer...
The Ancien Regime is so scared of the Future, they Sent the IRS! 12 Jun 2013 | 01:50 pm
In politics and policy, one either fights for what is or what will be. The Democrats of 2010's fight for the New Deal (80 years old), the War on Poverty (49 years old) and for Trains (Started in Amer...
