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Further proof that every absurdity uttered in jest eventually comes to pass in reality:Mexican state issuing llegals GPS devices.I was wondering why the above news item from The Telegraph sounded familiar, and then I recalled this Untethered post from last May (relevant passage in boldface): Gracias por llamar La Casa Blanca. Para Ingles marque elContinue reading “Truth, Stranger Than Dale”

Sympathy for the DevilFor how can we condemn something that is ephemeral, in transit? In the sunset of dissolution, everything is illuminated by the aura of nostalgia, even the guillotine.Not long ago, I caught myself experiencing a most incredible sensation. Leafing through a book on Hitler, I was touched by some of his portraits: theyContinue reading “Sunday Sermon”

In the late stages of starvation the body turns to its own muscle tissue as a source of protein, literally devouring itself in a last ditch effort at survival. The functioning of the brain becomes impaired as cellular processes fail. The subject becomes listless, apathetic, and withdrawn as he consumes himself.The solitary man, having byContinue reading “Blahhg Post”

Flush out your headgear, new guy. You think we waste gooks for freedom? This is a slaughter. If I’m going to get my balls blown off for a word, my word is poon-tang.–Animal Mother, Full Metal JacketNews from Iraq the mainstream press isn’t reporting, via Dahr Jamail in Tomdispatch: Then there are the emails IContinue reading “Horrorshow: delete”

I propose: “Civil war” is not an accurate description of the current situation in Iraq. It is in fact a euphemism for what is happening in Iraq. A traditional civil war would be an improvement, presenting the U.S. with a more predictable environment, and organized factions with which to negotiate, or support, or oppose.As itContinue reading “Definitions”

I was gambling in Havana,I took a little riskSend lawyers, guns and moneyDad, get me out of this—Warren Zevon, Lawyers, Guns, and Money We’ve all seen films and television programs utilizing the standard Twilight Zone-like climactic device wherein the protagonist must convince people of some imminent but fantastical-sounding peril (“the aliens are coming”; “we’re beingContinue reading “Lawyers, Guns, & Money”

Left behind in the muck by the receding waters of Tuesday’s Democratic tsunami are countless predictable articles characterizing it as a refutation of Republican immigration “hardliners.” At least one comprehensive reform supporter is a little more honest, noticing that the newcomers are well to the “right” of the Democratic leadership; most outflanked their Rebublican opponentsContinue reading “Elitist Benevolence Threatened by Representative Democracy”

(This originally ran on Dec. 7, 2005, when I thought that Saddam Hussein was sure to embarrass us with his antics and revelations during his trial; I offer it up here as a premature eulogy for a man scheduled to become the most conspicuous sacrifice to the Bush Administration’s political designs, a sacrifice that threatensContinue reading “An Inconvenient Man, The Sequel”

Cross-promotion is a great, unacknowledged evil in our time.I’m referring to the practice of using of one product to promote another unrelated product, usually because both share a corporate parent. Some of you will remember an incident from a few years ago when this gargantuan beast, normally unnoticed by virtue of its very size andContinue reading “Our Cross-Promotion to Bear”