Sacred Disorder | Cliff Bostock's blog – 'Finally, I came to regard as sacred the disorder of my mind' (Rimbaud)
It begins
This seriously looks like parody from the early days of Saturday Night Live to me. But it’s not. It’s Fox News showing off the stupidity of its reporters. more about “It begins“, posted with vodpod
Greenwald’s chilling description of the U.S.
As anyone who knows me personally knows, I am a huge fan of Glenn Greenwald, the former constitutional lawyer turned author and blogger for Salon. Unlike the usual pundit, Greenwald questions everything, does the investigative work journalists are often too lazy to do these days, and has a talent for seeing the bigger picture. Today, […]
Authentic torture
I’m sure you’ve read about “positive psychology.” You may have even read books by Martin Seligman, its principal theorist and advocate. Among them are Learned Optimism and Authentic Happiness. Now it turns out that Mr. Smiley has been cited in a new book for a most unhappy line of work. This is from psychoanalyst Stephen […]
Yes, we can assimilate Republican bullshit. Yes we can!
Under the heading of “Don’t Say We Weren’t Warned,” come two stories today. First, Mr. Obama, in his relentless push “to the center,” has now proposed his own version of “faith-based initiatives” that continue George Bush’s disbursement of tax dollars to do-good religious organizations. Of course, we are assured that Obama proposes a kinder, gentler […]
Astrologer issues election-day warning
Beware! You may encounter a tall, dark stranger on your way to the White House! As if things weren’t bad enough, we should be bracing for an astrological cataclysm on election day. So reports the Utne Reader (in perfect seriousness): 1. “The election will be postponed or canceled due to some ‘national emergency.’” 2. “One […]
Big bad John
This has got to be the most horrible political ad I’ve ever seen. It exploits every cliche that Republicans are “real men” doing the “Lord’s work.” more about "Big bad John", posted with vodpod
A quick summation…
…and explanation of the corrpuption that House Democrats exhibited last week. more about “A quick summation…“, posted with vodpod
Pundits and politicos uncover elitism!
Here’s Stephen Colbert’s send-up of the tedious claim that Barack Obama is — gasp! — an elitist. I found it particularly repelling when New York Times columnist David Books recently wrote that Obama had image problems because he’s not the sort you imagine at an Applebee’s salad bar. That’s a reprise of the criticism that […]