How Many Times?

We will not wallow in the misery of others.

We will not wallow in the misery of others.

We will not wallow in the misery of others.

We will not wallow in the misery of others.

We will not wallow in the misery of others.

Really, we won't.

Daily Log

Squoze out nine items (+ this filler). Washed several dishes.

Slept well past 1300. Took nap after about eight hrs. of, if not consciousness, activity.

Did not dress. However, forced to sport robe post-nap due to chill in evening air. Into each life, &c.

Idea? I-Dea?

Yes, shoot us now, we were reading about the latest flimsy mask for sadism & voyeurism, The Hunger Games.

“The Hunger Games” taps into a vibrant current of pop culture and indeed of Western civilization in general, one that never really runs dry. It’s the idea that our species remains cruel and barbarous at heart, that the strong will always rule the weak by whatever means necessary, and that our collective obsession with sports and games and other forms of manufactured entertainment is a flimsy mask for sadism and voyeurism.

How special a snowflake is typist Andrew O'Hehrir, to think this an idea rather than the simplest & most obvious of observations? Get a grip, you fucking nitwit, before someone stronger fucks you!

Example of cruel & barbaric manufactured entertainment:

Christian Cyborg

The recently late Peter Bergman (as C. Cyborg) & the remaining Firesigners, for Jack Poet Volkswagen."Selling you, the mark ... of excellence."

Coincidental, but we spend a lot of time at 5944 Figueroa in beautiful Highland Park (now a CVS) literally just about where Mr. Bergman is first seated.

Added:

Mao Moment

Listen below, but it's helpful to read it in black&white (& weep). The Tom Snyder "You wonder what goes through their minds" line seems fitting.

"When people read the Constitution and say, 'Oh, we get our rights from the Constitution,' that is wrong," he said. "The Constitution does not give us rights. It recognizes rights that are written on our heart because we are a creature of God. That's where we get our rights from."

What the fuck? Those pay attention to the real world, as opposed to the Babylonian Mystery or whatever's informing Santorum, realize that "rights" are never (ever) given, but that they flow naturally from the barrel of a gun or the point of a spear. We can only suppose that we "creature(s) of God" will next have our crimes written on our backs. W/ a fucking needle.

Oh, just one more question: Where was gawd & his written-on-our-hearts rights throughout the history of human horror prior to the Constitution-which-doesn't-give-us-rights? Huh? Where?

Cracker Patrol

Expanding on a themebrought to our attentionboth here & here.

Sugarcoat the hateful sounds of horror w/ this underneath:Whose gawd is righteous now, bit-chezz?

There's A Reason These Stories Are "Exclusives"

What? If?

What if democracy is just an illusion?

In the US, the dominant political discourse consists of ideas put forth by the ruling class.

Then a lot of tl;dr, ending:

And perhaps there's the real problem. If you believe the US is a democracy, if you believe in the rule of the many and not the rule of the few, then the Citizens United ruling could not be more troubling. But what if this is not a democracy? What if this, as Dionne suggests, is an oligarchy of billionaire capitalists? More horrible to ponder, what if democracy is yet more intellectual cover, another one of those illusions, for the exploitation of American workers?

Then the theory of the ruling class fits perfectly. Citizens United and the United States were made for each other.

Why Taxes Are Evil

McArdle manquée (But she's trying!) Katherine Mangu-Ward reveals the deep thinking behind principled glibbo opposition to the coercion of taxation:

Doing your taxes sucks. Paying someone else to do your taxes sucks, too.

Also taxes are icky. Thank you, good night.

Rock News & Views

Regular readers/viewers may have noticed our linking to coverage of LACMA's Rock. Neither for nor against, we are only amused. Someone thinks about it & types. (We couldn't be bothered.)

One question: Shouldn't they have started the trench a bit earlier?

Related, barely: Non-LACMA light standard display.

It's Magic!

Over-reaction.

Now it appears there will be residual magic.

More Fun Ahead

No Moderates Allowed

Juan Williams: "The death of the political middle is the defining shift taking place in American politics today. It is ending the tradition of political leadership that rises above ideology, region, party, religion and even race to attain statesmanship ... The Congress has become an increasingly uncomfortable place for voices of moderation. Many of them are fed up and have decided that 2012 is the year they will call it quits ... Because of the exodus -- if not expulsion -- of the remaining moderates from Congress this year, American politics will become even more polarized and dysfunctional. If you like the ideological extremism and obstructionist paralysis that has characterized the 112th Congress, then you will love the 113th."

No, it never ends. Until it's over. All over.

And sure, much of the leadership that rises above (to statesmanship, yet) is fondly mis-remembered crap that never happened, but what of history isn't?(Modi!)

Last Fucking WARNING To The Wicked

And when the right time comes, don't say we didn't.

One Lies, Another Swears To It

Where we stopped reading:

Meanwhile, the Limbaugh apology for crude language (including the epithets “slut” and “prostitute”) in his three days of ridicule of free-contraception activist Sandra Fluke poses an uncomfortable question for his critics: now that he’s said he’s sorry, repeatedly and somewhat emotionally, what, exactly, do they mean to accomplish with their continued pressure to try to force sponsors to sever ties with the show?

Junior High-Interpretation Shorter:

"You're just jealous!"

When Giants Walked The Earth

Smoggy Day At The Antenna Farm II

Smoggy Day At The Antenna Farm I

Sometimes These Things Just Leap At One

Listening not required.

Kill Kill Kill Kill Kill!

We got a rage to live!!!

COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- A University of Maryland student has been arrested and charged with posting an Internet threat claiming he planned to go on a shooting rampage on campus hoping to kill as many people as possible.

Campus police said in a statement that 19-year-old Alexander Song, of Fulton, Md., had been identified as the person who posted plans on a website for a rampage that would "kill enough people to make it to national news." The message also warned people to "stay away from the mall." Police did not elaborate.

We'd likeare going to get revenge, kill as many people as possible & make the national news. Whatcha gonna do, coppers?

Fxing What Ain't Broke

Stealing these shots straight from The "Eastsider."

Once:

Then:

Why?