Where pretty lies perish.
Posted in Culture, Globalization, Goodbye America, Self-aggrandizement, Ugly Truths on Jan 27th, 2012
This is not mine. Jim Bowery, a commenter over at The Inductivist (a blog I occasionally indulge), tells the parable of the smart birds manipulated by the genius birds. I link to it because it is very good in that way parables are supposed to be good: by illuminating ancient and immutable dynamics in human … Read more
Posted in Culture, Goodbye America, Self-aggrandizement on Jan 22nd, 2012
Pop quiz: What’s the one major consumer expense that has been rising at a faster rate than healthcare? Take a look at this chart: Academia. What a scam. In 1971, the Supreme Court ruled in Griggs v. Duke Power Co., in the first and most famous of the disparate impact theory cases, that the use … Read more
Posted in Goodbye America, Pretty Lies, Self-aggrandizement, Status Is King on Jan 13th, 2012
Barack Obama, June 4, 2008 (via Mangan’s): Now let me be clear. Israel’s security is sacrosanct. It is non-negotiable. . . . Any agreement with the Palestinian people must preserve Israel’s identity as a jewish state, with secure, recognized, defensible borders. Barack Obama, January 6, 2012: Illegal immigrants closely related to U.S. citizens would no … Read more
Posted in Funny/Lolblogs, Girls, Goodbye America, Self-aggrandizement on Jan 12th, 2012
Chuck Rudd over at GLPiggy has a funny post about a chick elaborating the kind of man every woman deserves. Needless to say, it’s the very Moloko Plus of female self-absorption. (What’re you offering in return, sweet cheeks? An ass the size of a barn door?) A commenter wonders where the equivalent “Every man deserves…” … Read more
Posted in Culture, Goodbye America, Self-aggrandizement, Status Is King, Ugly Truths on Jan 7th, 2012
Debt and changing demographics are intricately entwined. Any economist who doesn’t include in his analysis of the causes of exhorbitant debt, stagnation, unemployment and declining happiness the unrelenting force of demographic change is doing his profession, and his readers, a disservice. Judging by the vanishingly small number of economists who take an honest look at … Read more
Posted in Alpha, Funny/Lolblogs, Game, Goodbye America on Dec 19th, 2011
How’s that for an omnibus blog post title? A reader sent a link to a hilarious blog called ‘Texts From Bennett’ which is a compendium of text message conversations between some dude and his 17-year-old white cousin who, with great pride, thinks, or rather wishes, he’s part black. I’ve been a reader for about two … Read more
Posted in Funny/Lolblogs, Goodbye America, Hungry Hungry Hippos on Dec 7th, 2011
From this story: I’ll start. “King Kong swats at a cheap tipper.”
Posted in Culture, Current Events, Goodbye America on Dec 4th, 2011
Randall Parker offers the clearest reason why Mitt Romney will wind up being anointed the Republican candidate for President. Romney’s the best bet for the Republicans. He’s got very high analytical skills, understands finance, understands business management, and knows how to be a CEO. His Mormonism is not important. That he governed a liberal state … Read more
Posted in Goodbye America, Ugly Truths on Nov 28th, 2011
With all the data pointing to an entrenchment of epidemic-like proportions of single momhood in the U.S., it’s helpful to remind ourselves why this is so bad not only for the health of the nation and its posterity, but for the well-being of the children who suffer under a regime of single moms. As we … Read more
Posted in Funny/Lolblogs, Goodbye America, Hungry Hungry Hippos on Nov 19th, 2011
Hat tip to Gmac for tweeting a link to this hilarious fat girl meme. I laughed and laughed. I read somewhere that the Census Bureau (or was it the CDC?) predicts that 80% of Americans will be OBESE by 2050. Imagine that. A whole country full of waddling fat asses. Where do I renounce citizenship? … Read more
