ranting musings expat dropout consume-to-survive skeptic (and other) stuff
Finally broke down, dear worst-reader. I splurged the 4,99-€ to rent Snowden last night. Do I regret it? In German the answer is: Jein. It's a cross between ja (yes) and nein (no). I suppose the more significant question is: would I do it again--as in maybe even buy this movie so that I can …
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Finally, dear worst-reader, I've found something out there on the interwebnets that I can relate to--especially regarding the batsh*ttery of the cult of Edward Snowden. As I've worst-written here, I'm not a big fan of Snowden. In short, I question whether or not this so-called whistle blower is all he's cracked up to be. Also, my …
Sometimes I (worst)wonder about the voice(s) that raised me. Obviously I didn't listen much to them, yet they somehow were able to embed in the depths of the 90% brain that's used so little. Have the 20+ yrs in #Eurowasteland brought about those distant voices? Has the trauma of expatriate-ism dis-embedded those voices? Not sure. …
Update: I guess I stand corrected. Since posting things have changed in the map. But I reckon I'll just leave the original map--for posterity. Link that motivated this update: Americans implicated in Panama Papers | The Guardian I'm perturbed as usual, dear worst-reader. Once again my expectations are overwhelmed by the rampant dispersal of new fangled …
https://youtu.be/SGCSy2Ogoa4 As usual, dear worst-reader, worst-writer is shocked. (But I'm not surprised.) I'm shocked that #americants once again just don't get it. I mean, come on. Do you really believe that Blackberry died such a tragic death because the Canadians are so bad at managing a corporation? Or could the whole demise of Blackberry have something …
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Two worst-news issues this morn, dear worst-reader: gun control and privacy. What do these two issues have in common? Well, my guess is... Nothing. Absolutely nothing. Or? While reading through the hysteria that is the byproduct of madness on a scale never before seen, I couldn't help but find some irony in these two stories. …
No. Seriously. Here's a question for ya, which is also kinda paraphrasing (the fabulous) Ronda Rousey: In an all-out, open fight, I bet Hillary Clinton would kick Edward Snowdens ass. Well, dear worst-reader, there you have it. The big Ed, the Snow(ball)den, has come out to tell us--us measly muggle-born non-techies--that what Hillary did with her private …
https://youtu.be/XEVlyP4_11M Still waiting, dear worst-reader. Waiting for that moment when it's revealed that the Snowden leaks have revealed something. Wait--wait. I know--I know. You/Most think the leaks were worth it--even though those leaks are under lock & key by a few money grubbing opportunists. And the reason most people think the leaks were worth it is simple. …
Maybe it's getting to be too much, dear worst-reader. I really thought I could breeze through this little (personal) experiment without any damage. If so many others can do it, I thought, so can I. Or? Binge-viewing TV though isn't turning out to be what I thought (it would be). But it is better than that …
Have to go serious cynical this morn, dear worst-reader. Here it goes. While watching the below linked interview on Democracy Now, about half-way through it, I was overwhelmed with a feeling of disingenuity. Amy Goodman was interviewing a so-called whistleblower named John Kiriakou and for the first time, after years of watching her, I actually thought that Amy …
Today's prediction, dear worst-reader, has to do with the extinct Germania snow leopard, spies and Germany finally stepping up to face the worldly role it has so gallantly been avoiding for the past twenty years. The Germania snow leopard was an animal that for a brief time in its history stalked the grounds between Kölnia …
Hard earned PBS underwritten funding paying off. And a bit shocked about how much time the producers of the videos that are connected to the link below spend on Google and FB. Almost get the feeling that the ill-doings of fear-mongering, The Patriot Act and the resulting behaviour of various smiley-face government agencies isn't what the "discussion" …
conspiracy theory noun 1) a belief that some covert but influential organization is responsible for an unexplained event 2) a royally fucked up society produces individuals who cannot face reality and thereby turn to other means to deal with their inability to comprehend As worst-stated here and here, worst-writer is torn on the Snowden issue. Trying to …
Come to terms with errors and more errors. Or maybe they're not errors. The thing is this. He has a platform and a really large bullhorn. Listen to what he says? Yes. But does he really provide answers? Not sure. But then again, maybe there are no real questions asked of him. Nomatter. For history will tell of this. …
Oh, dear worst-reader. The news is slow of late. I think it has something to do with journalism being owned these days. You know. Owned like religion, wives and copyrights. So I found myself dredging more than usual this morn to find something of interest and a potential subject to worst-right about. Thank goodness the …
