Confession time.
I supported McCain, as recently as this summer. Had this been the McCain-Clinton race that everyone expected, and had McCain not chosen a ditzy fact-challenged provincial moose-hunting Alaskan hicktard as his running mate, I probably would have chosen him over Hillary. The Clinton years had their place in American history, but […]
I’m not going to write about the Merrill takeover this morning. Jim Kunstler did a fine job with it, and besides, come on: if you’re not expecting more and worse of this, you’re just not paying attention. The financial shakeout of the subprime lending fiasco has only begun to impact the American economy; […]
Once upon a time, there was young woman named Katrina. She didn’t have much to her name, was just getting started in life, and arrived in West Palm Beach, Florida in the late summer of 2005 with a slight touch of attitude but otherwise unremarkably.
Katrina’s arrival in West Palm Beach was noted by some, […]
And now for today’s little ray of sunshine, courtesy of the British Defense Ministry.
Information chips implanted in the brain. Electromagnetic pulse weapons. The middle classes becoming revolutionary, taking on the role of Marx’s proletariat. The population of countries in the Middle East increasing by 132%, while Europe’s drops as fertility falls. “Flashmobs” - groups rapidly […]
As a culture, we really dig on the magic beans. Reality is way too much of a hassle for us - surely, someone in charge has already figured out all that cool Star Trek technology, and is just waiting for the right time to spring it on us. Technology will provide. The […]
