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Blahhg Post

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 The subject becomes listless, apathetic, and withdrawn as he consumes himself.The solitary man, having byContinue reading “Blahhg Post”

Sexual Perversity

Youth, beauty, strength: the criteria for physical love are exactly the same as those of Nazism. In short, I was in the shit.—Michel Houellebecq, The Possibility of an Island Sexual innocence has gone to market.In our liberated era, sexuality is increasingly valued, and modesty increasingly devalued (once was a person was a deviant if overlyContinue reading “Sexual Perversity”

Horrorshow: delete

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”

Definitions

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”

Lawyers, Guns, & Money

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”

Elitist Benevolence Threatened by Representative Democracy

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”

An Inconvenient Man, The Sequel

(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”

Our Cross-Promotion to Bear

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”

In the Bunker with Barney, Laura, and Me

I will not withdraw even if Laura and Barney are the only ones supporting me.George W. Bush The following diary fragments were found by rebel forces of the breakaway American states near the ruins of President George W. Bush’s secret bunker at the close of the Second Civil War in May of 2008. The authorContinue reading “In the Bunker with Barney, Laura, and Me”

Sitting in a Bar in Granite Falls

“Hey, if it isn’t the diehard partisan. How’s tricks?”“Screw you.” “Buy you a beer?”“I’ll buy my own. Hey Mike, Jack straight up.” “Whoa. Worse than I thought. Buck up, amigo; I’m sure Saddam’s death sentence will enliven, so to speak, the base, no?”“He gassed his own people!” “How about that Foley character?”“Ain’t it just likeContinue reading “Sitting in a Bar in Granite Falls”