I was just sitting around daydreaming about the kind of world I’d rather live in. There’s so much to change; this exercise always makes me think of The Lathe of Heaven. But maybe you’ll enjoy this one:
I was just sitting around daydreaming about the kind of world I’d rather live in. There’s so much to change; this exercise always makes me think of The Lathe of Heaven. But maybe you’ll enjoy this one:
According to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, the US abandonment of Afghanistan to the Taliban has had a major impact on the amount of opium being produced in the country. [unodc]
Just a few news clips to illustrate a thing:
In my previous posting about Israel/Palestine and language, I commented that not enough blame is directed towards Britain. I think that probably needs some support.
The legend of the Mar A Lago documents has blossomed like some kind of strange weed, with tendrils everywhere. And, it just seems more stupid the closer I look at it.
I’ve been following the tribulations (and am looking forward to the trials) of Donald Trump. It’s fascinating, to me, the level of stupidity and bad lawyering that the republican fascist party has managed to scrape together.
I did this back in 2010, when I was speaking at a conference in NYC. As it happened, I had to drive because my favorite bus service was temporarily shut down, so I had the cargo capacity of a car.
I often hang out at Daily Kos, and it’s depressing how many ideologically pro-biden cheerleaders there are, there, as ideologically pro-trumpers, elsewhere. I guess the great game depends on having some on both sides.
In 2021, I did a posting about Smedley Butler and the great Wall St banker’s plot to overthrow the US government. [stderr]
Russians are all in the news, today.