Griftopia by Matt Taibbi In The Beginning There are two scams in the 1990 movie The Grifters that reveal everything there is to know about how things work--and not just in America but in the whole western world. The first scam I want to worst-write about this day, dear worst-reader, is actually shown twice in …
Biggest Brother Ever
http://youtu.be/wxu7VZRAYOY Let's begin from the begin(ning), shall we? It started with Big Brother. Then there was Bigger Brother. And now… Excuse me, phone is ringing. Did all of this spying on citizens (video below) start with a novel? You know the old saying: life emulates art. (Or is it the other way 'round? Nomatter.) There are …
Blue Dog Go Home
Major primary losses for conservatives in PA. Oh thank goodness. But wait. These conservatives are Dems. Oh my. Nomatter. Down with conservatives. Is there good news for anti-conservatives in the future? Not sure. It's been a long time coming but perhaps, even in the state of PA, the wake up call post tea-partier fiasco of 2010 has …
Afraid Of Snail Shells
Prelude: Living in fear is not a natural human condition. That is a comforting thought, eh. The reason it's not natural is because its opposite is universal and interchangeable. But what is the opposite of fear? We have a great capacity to help one another. That too must be a comforting thought. Yet. We do …
Flatroof Expatriates
Ich Will Kein Flachdach Sein by Yassin Nasri As much as I’d like to, there is no way to dramatize my expatriation. Should I try anyway? Ok. The short theatrics to my experience has been simple. Move abroad. Experience lots of bullshit. The end. That’s it. For the past twenty years that’s how I’ve seen …
