Rejecting Rejection
HT: John Fea.
Author: Tom Van Dyke
On the Third Rail: Race, Poverty, Culture
“Generational poverty” is often used or taken as code for “black.” Even by those who mean well. However, rural poverty is just as persistent, and it of course is as caucasian as it is anything else and usually more so.… Continue Reading
Merger Mania in 2012!
Interesting emailia from me Dad: 1. Hale Business Systems, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Fuller Brush, and W. R. Grace Co… Will merge and become: Hale, Mary, Fuller, Grace. 2. Polygram Records, Warner Bros., and Zesta Crackers join forces and become: Poly… Continue Reading
About Tebow Time
According to a recent poll Hispanic fans also feel that a holy power is helping the Broncos quarterback as 81 percent of those polled believe God is behind Tebow, compared to 59.5 percent among blacks and 38 percent among whites.… Continue Reading
So You Want to be a Rock and Roll Star
A tasty bit of emailia that came my way: Craigslist Ad: We are a small & casual restaurant in downtown Vancouver and we are looking for solo musicians to play in our restaurant to promote their work and sell their… Continue Reading
Abortion and Eugenics
Eugenics still exists. There’s no nice or PC way to say this, but we abort our imperfects now. JP Morgan, a rich bastard everybody hated and for good reason, was drug up before the Senate for whatever. A flak for… Continue Reading
Merry Christmas from the Moon
Remembering the important things, as these men did, seems longer ago and even farther away with each passing year, and to some, even more silly. But Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah to all those here gathered anyway, and may we… Continue Reading
John & Yoko’s Happy X-Mas: Not Very Happy
[Do stick around for the punchline.] So I’m in the local liquor store here in SoCal, owned by the Mexican Mafia and clerked by Armenians, buying a few oil cans of Foster’s green, the ale, not the blue one, the… Continue Reading
Christopher Hitchens is Dead
Age 62, wrestled with cancer since spring 2010, knowing he could not win or even get a draw. But he gave death hell. http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2011/12/In-Memoriam-Christopher-Hitchens-19492011 I adored Hitch since the first time I read him. Don’t remember when, I subscribed to… Continue Reading
My Dog Died Today
Thx in advance for your sympathies, all. Of course, we weren’t lucky enough she died in her sleep. That was wishful thinking, that the decision would be taken out of our hands. Middie the Wonder Dog was 15 afterall, and… Continue Reading