Category: Society
Dealing with the Devil
A vile an ugly man has died today; Senator Frank Lautenberg of NJ. I won’t mourn the passing of someone who used emotive prevarications to benefit himself at the expense of others; good riddance to this bad rubbish. “Isn’t calling a man Evil pretty extreme?” I hear the voices in the peanut gallery ask, “Can you truly know what Evil lurks in the heart of men? Or does only the Shadow know?” I may not know what cruelties Lautenberg suffered as a child at the hands of his parents; I can only half-imagine the trauma of being an impoverished Polish-Jew,...
Meditations Upon Psychohistory: “Whispering Leaves” by Cesar Tort, Part 1
Children have been the garbage bin where the adults dump the unrecognized parts of their psyches. It is expected that the child-garbage bin absorbs the ill moods of her custodians to prevent that the adult feels overwhelmed by her anxieties. If I kill the soul of my daughter I thus kill the naughty girl that once inhabited me. ~El Retor no de Quetzalcoatl, English Translation, (Pages 415-610 of Hojas Susur rantes) by Cesar Tort Not to be confused with the fictional Psychohistory of Asimov’s Foundation novels. Introduction Some time back I thought about writing a post on the moral imperative...
The Right Continues to be Right
So I noticed this article making its way around Facebook – Obama admits that he’s a socialist. Obama himself, the Times explained, has been “longingly” telling his inner circle that what he’d really like to do is what Sen. Jay Bulworth, played by Warren Beatty in his 1998 movie “Bulworth,” did: to go public as an unabashed, angry and admitted socialist. No surprise here – and yet, I seem to remember a lot of Liberal snark going around when Republicans, Libertarians, Tea Baggers, and Professional Bloggers pointed this out some time ago: Quite frankly, this is just another data point...
Win a Glorious Hat!
Karl’s having a contest right now to win a Commie Obama Hat – you just have to guess how many one-dollar bills are in his Swear Jar – the deadline is tomorrow at noon, so hurry! Go hear to check it out, and then you too can look as stylish as Aaron and myself.
Projected Sexual Dystopias
Let me start off by saying that I’m a Spiritual Optimist, and a Material Pessimist. The Dual Pessimist is a boor to be around. The Dual Optimist is a Sanguine Fool, who begins large projects but never completes them. And as for the Spiritual Pessimist/Material Optimist? These are the natural slaves of the world, boors who never dream bigger than their corporate job, but think you’re being a Negative Nelly for pointing out how badly run the company is, regardless of whether you’re offering solutions or not. Me? I dream big – I pursue the projects that most people think...
Bill Burr on Bankers
“So you tell me – am I sounding crazy or am I making sense?” Let me remind you, Bill Burr is a stand up comic who rags on bratty women – and he’s talking about bankers. Glad to hear he knows about Iceland. Add in the SSRI Bomb when the Depression really hits, and you wind up with this. Interesting times, folks, interesting times. ͼ-Ѻ-ͽ My novel My Twitter
Matt Forney is Ferdinand Bardamu
Matt Forney’s decided to go public, and admit his responsibility for the Despicable Deeds at In Mala Fide. I confess that I wasn’t one of the people who figured it out, he had to tell me. But I couldn’t have done it without you, the readers. As arrogant as I sound sometimes, I really do wonder how people can enjoy my writing without wanting to punch me in the face. It’s the adulation and praise that in part motivates me to keep going. As of this writing, MattForney.com has just shy of 10,000 visitors a month, roughly the same amount that In...
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