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Obligatory Update
The function of this blog seems to always be changing, or at least vague and multifaceted. It’s served as an online journal of sorts, a writing portfolio, and just a general platform for my voice – which itself changes. For … Continue reading
Posted in Depression & Anxiety
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Holocaust By Attrition
Plenty of people have compared Trump to Hitler, including me, but we’re not saying he’s currently equivalent to Hitler in the arena of mass murder. What we are saying is his rise to power resembles that of Hitler’s and other … Continue reading
Posted in Political
Tagged Discrimination, GOP, healthcare, Holocaust, Jeff Sessions, Nazi, Poverty, Private Prisons, Republican, Trump
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Betsy DeVos Against The World?
Recently, one of the most questionable nominees in the Trump Cabinet gained the limited support necessary to be confirmed as Secretary of Education. The Senate vote resulted in 50-50 split, but Mike Pence fulfilling his duty as Vice President broke … Continue reading
Fake News, Fake Problems: The Right’s Alt-Reality
Republican, or more broadly conservative, issues are no longer real issues. The “issues” and talking points that seem most important to the Right include opposing progress and reality itself. Their reasons for believing some of the things they believe can … Continue reading
Posted in Political
Tagged bubble, church and state, climate change, conservatives, fake news, fake problems, fossil fuels, global warming, GOP, healthcare, homosexuality, immigrant crime, immigration, marriage equality, minimim wage, political right, politicians, politics, President Obama, President Trump, Racism, reality, religious conservatives, Republicans, same sex marriages, science, secular, secularism, supreme court, treason, voter fraud, voter ID laws, wealth inequality, xenophobia
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2017: A List Of Mostly Dire Predictions
I’d originally written this at the end of December and thought I’d scheduled it to post on New Year’s Day. It didn’t. Then I debated posting it all and forgot about it. I came upon it again while cleaning up … Continue reading
Posted in Political
Tagged 2017, climate change, Donald Trump, global warming, natural disasters, nazis, neo nazis, news, predictions, President Trump, prognosticate, prognostication, protests, Racism, the future, US, world politics
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Standing Rock: A Modest Suggestion Of Strategy
A war is being waged right now against indigenous people by state-backed corporations to make profit from a dangerous and increasingly obsolete resource. The protestors and even journalists covering the conflict at Standing Rock are having false charges brought against … Continue reading
Fighting ISIS and Ideology: A New Approach
In the wake of the terror attacks in Paris the other night, that ISIS has claimed responsibility for, (or any abhorrent act of extremism) our initial visceral reaction is to literally fuck’em all to death, nuke the entire Middle East, … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropological, Philosophical, Political
Tagged Afganistan, Aid, Aid Money, France, Ideology, Iraq, ISIS, justice, Mercy, Paris, Refugees, Revenge, Strategy, Syria, Terrorist, war, War on Terror
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Black Lives Matter Damnit!
Where the fuck do you even begin with this? I feel dirty for writing this because it feels like it’s politicizing tragedy. It shouldn’t be a conservative vs. liberal, but it kind of is. Fox and conservative media outlets spin … Continue reading
The Iron Astrolabe 