It’s about tribalism. You cannot work with Trumpists. Period. You must defeat them and then fix the problems that handed them control. It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into. – Jonathan Swift Since the moment of Campaign 2016 when it became clear that Donald Trump actually had a chance,
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San Diego’s MLS hopefuls and Crayola ought to have learned from history. #NewCrayonColors It started innocently enough in 2012, when the geniuses at Mountain Dew decided to ask the Internet’s help in naming their new “green apple with attitude” flavor. The results included “Hitler Did Nothing Wrong,” “Diabeetus” and “Moist Nugget.” Shortly thereafter the Slovaks staged an Internet campaign to name a
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I’ve seen several of these attempts at categorizing sources lately and this, from Vanessa Otero, is probably the best so far. (It’s marginally better than the Reddit guide to fake news, which I discussed a few weeks back.) Still, that the Wall Street Journal is only regarded as skewing a little conservative is a bad joke.
Read moreThe 2017 remake of the manga classic is marvelous to behold, but not especially filling emotionally. Went to see Ghost in the Shell the other day. In IMAX. IMAX 3-D, to be precise. Initial impressions: 1) It’s just fucking gorgeous. The designers have studied the classics, from Blade Runner on down, and they create a world that does justice to the
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The AP says the “bathroom bill” cost North Carolina $3.76 billion. The real damage is likely much, much higher. The AP yesterday released an analysis indicating that reaction to North Carolina’s discriminatory HB2 – the “bathroom bill” – cost the state a staggering $3.76 billion in lost business, projected over 12 years. That’s a remarkable hit to economy, but as I
Read moreMy series with marbles, glasswork and water continues. The first shot features a different take on the small glass piece I posted recently.
Read moreFriends, Romans, Countrymen – lend the 3rd Millennium Sound your ears. I recently introduced 3rd Millennium Sound (3MS), a Facebook group devoted to sharing and discussing a particular strand of really interesting emerging music styles, including Electro-Pop, Darkwave, Industrial, contemporary Trip-Hop, Shoegaze/Dreampop, maybe a little EDM, perhaps some TrancePop, etc. Group member contributions have been wonderfully illuminating – even I had no
Read moreSad news on a Saturday evening – the legendary Chuck Berry is gone. There are barely words to articulate Berry’s importance to Rock & Roll. A genius in his own right, his songwriting, his showmanship and his innovation with the electric guitar influenced everyone who followed. In truth, there had never been anything like Berry and there hasn’t been anything
Read moreMy girlfriend’s great-great grandparents. Maybe Civil War era, roughly?
Read moreDedicated to my girlfriend Julie, who had surgery this week and who loves marbles as much as I do. I’ve been working on a little series. I have always loved glasswork of any sort, and marbles have fascinated me since I was a kid. My macro lens provides me with a chance to explore this interest in new ways. Here are
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Uber says they’ll stop using Greyball. But this is only the latest outrage from America’s most incorrigibly corrupt business. Time to#DeleteUBER. As in, delete the company. Permanently. You may say I’m a dreamer / But I’m not the only one The American corporation exists for one purpose: to “maximize shareholder value.” Thanks to a variety of factors, including a Supreme Court decision that
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President Donald is doing a great job of making America miss George W. Bush. And now Michelle Obama and the “liberal” media are chipping in. Barf. First there was the hubbub back during the election that nobody in the Bush family could bring themselves to vote for Donald. Then more recently it was former President George W. standing up to Donald
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The Attorney General should resign – whether he’s guilty or not. Here’s why. By now you have probably read a good bit about Attorney General Jeff Sessions and whether or not he unlawfully met with the Russian ambassador to discuss the 2016 Presidential election. There is a great deal of lawyering on the horizon, but for the moment here’s what
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