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McCain torpedoes “skinny repeal”: for once in his life, the faux-maverick gets it right. Sort of.

Posted on 2017.07.28 by winterSmith 3 comments

After a long, distinguished career of talking the talk and then cowering like a whipped bitch caught with her nose in the trash, John “Mavericky McMaverickstain” McCain finally did something right. Republicans’ seven-year quest to wipe out President Obama’s Affordable Care Act came to a crashing halt around 1:30 this morning, when Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) shockingly bucked his party and

Health

Kicks

Posted on 2017.07.26 by winterSmith Leave a comment

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Royalty

Posted on 2017.07.23 by winterSmith Leave a comment

… everywhere.

Icarus (a small self-portrait)

Posted on 2017.07.23 by winterSmith 2 comments

Icarus (a small self-portrait) Dandelions think they’re bluebells. Moths believe they’re butterflies. No one told them, or they wouldn’t listen. What if I’m mistaken, begoggled, peddling DaVinci’s madman machine toward high noon?

Floyd Mayweather is going to give Conor McGregor the girlfriend experience

Posted on 2017.07.20 by winterSmith Leave a comment

And by “girlfriend experience,” I don’t mean the prostitution/sugar daddy thing. I mean the kind of experience that Floyd Mayweather routinely lays on the women in his life. My initial reaction to the talk of a Floyd Mayweather/Conor McGregor match was bafflement: what the fuck are McGregor and Dana White thinking? He’s going to get beaten senseless. If it’s a pure

Sports

On Broadway: Denver neon…

Posted on 2017.07.19 by winterSmith Leave a comment

There are some great old neon signs on South Broadway in Denver/Englewood. These are of the Gothic Theatre. (All shots in this series are taken in Englewood, a ‘burb bordering Denver to the south. But hey, it’s all Denver to me.)

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Enlightened

Posted on 2017.07.13 by winterSmith Leave a comment

Photography

I’m suffering from DTSD (Donald Trump Stress Disorder); you may be, too

Posted on 2017.07.11 by winterSmith 6 comments

[UPDATED July 16, 2018] I wrote this just over a year ago. And the only thing that was off is that I think I underestimated. I know a lot of people, and I’ve had a year to watch, to listen, to discuss, to take stock. My conclusion is that most of us are worse off than we were when I

Health

Mash The Beatles: Saturday Video Roundup

Posted on 2017.07.08 by winterSmith Leave a comment

Up today, the greatest band of all time collaborates with Mark Ronson, Queen, Pink Floyd, A-Ha, Blondie, the Jackson 5, Motley Crue and The Nine Inch Nails. (Bonus points if you got that joke.) We haven’t done a mashup SVR lately, so away we go. This first one has no video, but you have to hear the song.

Saturday Video Roundup

Any way the wind blows…

Posted on 2017.07.06 by winterSmith Leave a comment

This is the best thing you’ve seen all week.

Happy 4th of July: what does “freedom” mean to you?

Posted on 2017.07.04 by winterSmith 5 comments

America is a great idea, but it’s hard to love these days. At some point tonight millions and millions of us will find ourselves sitting in a stadium or a park or maybe on a city rooftop or a grassy hill in the country, staring at the sky, celebrating our country’s anniversary by watching the annual fireworks show. I won’t

One of the world’s largest football clubs has been assimilated by Nike

Posted on 2017.07.01 by winterSmith Leave a comment

The new Chelsea kits are disappointing, as predicted. But the Nike marketing and branding coup is the real story. Not long back I offered up some thoughts on the forthcoming dark years, as Nike was set to take over kit design for my beloved Chelsea FC. That has now happened, and my predictions were dead on in spots, close in

Dear Dana Loesch: can you and your NRA friends math?

Posted on 2017.06.30 by winterSmith Leave a comment

How many American progressives own guns, and wouldn’t it suck to find out you guessed wrong the hard way? Did you see this one yet? I would offer some insightful analysis, but what am I going to say that isn’t obvious to anyone with an IQ above 60?

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Monet in Atlanta during the monsoons

Posted on 2017.06.29 by winterSmith Leave a comment

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Republican healthcare plan is “mean”? Every time you parrot Trump’s words you let the GOP off the hook.

Posted on 2017.06.25 by winterSmith Leave a comment

“Mean” is when you make fun of someone’s shirt. This bill isn’t “mean.” There’s this thing people are saying here recently and it needs to stop. Now. The thing they’re saying? The GOP “healthcare” bill is mean. These were President Donald’s words on Tuesday. “Mean” is reportedly the word President Donald Trump used Tuesday to describe the House GOP’s American Health