God Swill

Preamble
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[Note: On the anniversary of their TRYST three years ago,
Bush and McCain are reluctant -- for some reason -- to be
seen together. Monday's GOP speeches, including Bush and
Cheney have now been canceled due to the impending landfall
of Hurricane Gustav at New Orleans, Louisiana.]
Let me start with this: The GOP and their Right Wing Hate Machine [...]

Nothing Profound

I awakened, returning from the Land of the Freed Balloons, and there was a thought, no, a conclusion, no, even more than that, a deep conviction that hasn’t altered all day.

McCain Breaks Clarence Thomas Record!

Today, John McCain broke the GOP’s world record for cynicism by picking a breeder Barbie™ doll from Alaska as his running mate.
In a grotesque setback for oratory in general and political oratory specifically,

Happy Katrina Anniversary, John McCain!

It’s the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina taking out New Orleans and a huge chunk of the Gulf Coast between Louisiana and Florida. Bet you’d like a CAKE, John McCain!

Oh, that was the cake that you and Bush paused for three years ago TODAY. Maybe this smaller picture will give you a better reminder (courtesy [...]

Bernie Ward Update … ?

According to the last information I have, Bernie Ward is due for sentencing in court in San Francisco  today, August 28, 2008.
When more information becomes available, I’ll post it.
Courage.
UPDATE, 11:57 AM PDT: Here is the story at KGO in San Francisco, where Bernie used to be a talk show host:

Bernie Ward sentenced to 87 months
Thursday, [...]

Today is Our Fifteenth Wedding Anniversary

And there will be no blog, as we have plans that preclude the writing time normally accorded this blog.

Courage.

More Ratf**king in Denver

If you don’t know what “ratfucking” is, read yesterday’s post. It’s OK. I’ll wait right here until you get back.
Back? OK.
Today’s kindergarten bullying insult is “I know you are but what am I?”
And today is anti-officially, according to Recreate ‘68,
Tuesday – No Racism/Imperialism
So, today we will studiously avoid commenting on a bunch of white lefties [...]

Denver is the Ratf**king Capitol of the World

All along the icy wastes there are faces smiling in the gloom.
Roll up roll down, Feeling unwound? Step into the viewing room.
The cameras were all around. We’ve got you taped; you’re in the play.
Here’s your I.D. (Ideal for identifying one and all.)
Invest your life in the memory bank; ours the interest and we thank
you.
The ice-cream [...]

Engineering Math

There is a political point in this, so don’t let the math scare you. There won’t be any pop quiz.
I took an awful lot of math in high school and university.  Fourier Series and L’Hopital’s Rule and Fibonacci Series, and suchlike. But the best math lesson I got was from my father, who’d picked it [...]

The Snarkoleptics Attack

The big story is, of course, the perfectly stage-managed “who is it?” media frenzy that the Obama campaign whipped up for the Democratic Convention. (It’s Joe Biden, but then everybody knows that now). The Veepstakes, as media has now dullardly dubbed it.

What We Say and What We Do

Once upon a time, Mark Twain tells us‡, there was:
THE WOUNDED SOLDIER.
In the course of a certain battle a soldier whose leg had been shot off appealed to another soldier who was hurrying by to carry him to the rear, informing him at the same time of the loss which he had sustained; whereupon the [...]