“I have no mother now. I have no father. I cannot bring another brother to the world.” — Antigone You got him at last, Mars, Lord of War. My bro cheated your curses for 56 years but you finally took him last week, you devil’s spawn of rabid dogs. In his final days, you mocked him with your dandy little sport in Ukraine. Then, you shamed him with the beginnings of what … [Read more...]
Wasting workers where everybody knows your name
If your sister or daughter were killed on the job because the boss didn’t care about safety, you’d do something, right? For years, I’ve been waiting for Hollywood to right an old wrong, so let’s reopen the wound and leAt it bleed anew. America has reached one helluva low ebb if the most bearable story in Monday’s New York Times involved the deaths of 146 workers. The … [Read more...]
The most dangerous animal in the world
Winter 1963 It felt like the world would freeze With John F. Kennedy And the Beatles “The most dangerous animal in world” was probably the title of one of the greatest speeches I ever heard, a work of ironic perfection: It was never given. I witnessed that jungle-worthy admonition as a 16 yeard-old kid seven decades ago. They came as part of a ridiculous … [Read more...]
Washoe will decide presidency in 2024
You are more important than you ever thought you could ever be, dear fellow denizens of the High Desert Outback of the American Dream. I’ve been practicing (and malpracticing, in the auguste opinions of defeated opposition) Nevada follytix for over half a century. I proceed from a healthy respect for history, an unfashionable pursuit as we abandon English and revert to … [Read more...]
Elon Musk, President of the United States
President Biden is supposed to be the most powerful man in the world because he controls the most formidable military. Alas, that mantle has now passed onto Athe egocentric shoulders of Nevada’s champion corporate welfare queen, Elon Musk. Last year, the richest man on the globe scuttled Ukrainian drones attacking the Russian fleet because he didn’t want to piss off his pal … [Read more...]
Death by a thousand cuts
Whatever might the Orient Express, trolley cars and the new phone book have in common? All such were intentionally neglected into the ground by their corporate overlords. America’s rapacious railroads weren’t making enough money on their passenger lines, so they intentionally made the service so bad that people stopped using it. Thus advised my Uncle John who was once the … [Read more...]
A tale of two cupcakes
“Your first game should be against East Cupcake,” NCAA champion basketball coach Al McGuire said many years ago. The second contest of the season should be against East Cupcake State, preferably home games, the story goes. The UNR Wolf Pack just took that lesson the hard way. They were not even accorded the honor of Cupcake Number One. That diss went to fellow Mountain West … [Read more...]
You bet your life
“Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.”-- H.L. Mencken (paraphrased) The last bastion of our beleaguered democracy is under new and unexpected assault. A bunch of Wall Street bandidos are pushing the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to allow big league betting on follytix. This ain’t no barroom pool. This monster is the zombie … [Read more...]