If Nigeria warns of an impending cultural collapse, does anyone in America hear it…?
Why is Trump bombing Nigeria? Sure, oil… but also they were way ahead of us on seeing the true meaning of “maga”: “The more he talks, the more I realize…
Tag: books
Under the Throes of Big Umbrella
How odd and yet perfectly logical that a description of a dystopian future defined by cannibalism and disassociation has the same feel as America under Trump: “It’s a shrill silence…
Maybe This Wasn’t So Hard to Foresee
What is the most depressing thing about Trump? “That was the chilling sight: the lines of tired people, worn out from a long hard day of work, willing to stand…
What happens when Scarecrow gets wet?
What does it mean that the Russian spy agent/chief was reading Batman #189, the first Silver Age appearance of Scarecrow, during one of his key scenes in A Dandy in…
June 23 makes you crazy
We don’t talk or write about June 23 – because it is the kind of date that drives you crazy: “…Policeman Fox was alone in a private room with MacCruiskeen…
So Ballard was TOO optimistic about humanity?!?
J.G. Ballard is not subtle. All his women are DTF, and when he has a point, he is going to hammer it into the text. Maybe that’s due to the…
Put the Fake Fox in charge of the fake news channel
Reynard, that mythical trickster, has more integrity than the average Fox News viewer. Reynard is willing to stand on principle, and help those he dislikes, against oppressive governance. I can’t…
One Child Controls Our Future
“—you know what a tyrant is? Somebody who pisses on your shoes and blames you for it.” from The Skin and its Girl. by Sarah Cypher. pg. 49. “Zelensky sure…
Can we skip to the end?
“Trump’s finally done it. He has to lose some supporters now.” “I’m not sure which recent terrible act, statement, or decision you are basing that on, but I’m gonna have…
Hopefully someone cleaned up after him…
Funny how, in the evolution of language, some words don’t exactly lose their original meaning, but you would never use them in that context in modern prose. For example: “He…