Cops in Louisiana busted the great Willie Nelson and members of his band for marijuana and mushrooms. Apparently he had quite a stash, as befits one of the greatest god-damn men that has ever lived. Let’s hope the cops responsible for this travesty have been laughed off the job already. I realize stupidity is a [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘News’
September 13, 2006
Is America safer?
With the fifth anniverary of the attacks of 9/11, a popular topic among bloggers is “are we safer with five years of the Bush doctrine behind us”. Of course there’s no way of knowing that. The correct question is “do you feel safer”? Well, do you?
Consider the following:
The man who instigated 9/11 is alive and [...]
September 12, 2006
Fact is, who knows?
Do you ever wonder why people believe what they believe? Is it because they like the source of the information? Does some information “resonate” with certain people so it has the proverbial “ring of truth” to it?
Last night I was surfing channels and caught a few minutes of “The Drug Years” on VH1. The segment [...]
September 10, 2006
Americans can save themselves
All is not well in the Age of Bullshit. The politicians are steadily degrading our way of life. All the while the people fuss about silly issues that tend to be framed in liberal and conservative terms. We the people are distracted. Those that depend on corporations to keep them informed are utterly clueless. [...]
August 30, 2006
China and the human organ trade
It’s difficult knowing what to think and/or believe in the Age of Bullshit. For the most part, I don’t believe anything I don’t see for myself. My standard reply when ask what I think about almost any sort of bullshit is “I don’t know. I wasn’t there”.
Unfortunately there’s the “where there’s smoke there’s fire” rule. [...]
August 29, 2006
Rebuilding New Orleans?
New Orleans has big problems. If you keep up with the news, you’re doubtlessly aware of their moronic-racist mayor, their rampant criminals, and their monumental struggle to recover from Hurricane Katrina. What hasn’t been in the news since the storm, however, is what I find interesting.
Before Katrina, New Orleans was on borrowed time. The wetlands [...]
August 25, 2006
Global warming, radical climate change, and mass hysteria
Climate change, radical or otherwise, is one of the many areas outside my area of expertise. Maybe I’ve read 100 articles on the subject, usually under the guise of global warming, in the last 17 years of so, but only a couple of them were in Nature or Scientific American. Is it getting warmer? You [...]
August 23, 2006
Democrats as tough guys?
Yesterday evening I screwed up and sat down with my remote out of arm’s reach. As a result, I wound up watching the CBS Evening News. From the commercials I learned a lot about the drugs I’ll be taking, if I live much longer, and somehow find fools to pay for them. And I realized [...]
August 19, 2006
My big baby
My best friend is an eight year old basset hound. In a little while, we’ll be visiting her dermatologist because of her ongoing skin problems. The tab will run from somewhere between $75 and $750 dollars, depending on what he has to do, and whether I get any prescribed meds from him, or from some [...]
August 14, 2006
News
Despite my best efforts to avoid it, and much like the proverbial dog returning to its vomit, I can’t seem to help but keep up with the news. I firmly believe that the news is biased, untrustworthy, and largely irrelevant-at least in my own little world. Still, it’s often more entertaining than the crapola that [...]
