The Life and Times of H-Bomb Ferguson

RIP

Psychosis 101

or tighter than a tick.

If wishes were fishes

where would we be?

Let the games begin

Part Deux

Take your Soma, dear

The Times is so reassuring, especially about the need for victory

Let the games begin

Part 1

Delusion defined

and ill advised to boot.

A touching tribute to Robert Altman

in music.

Today's Lesson

or No Fool Left Behind

Seventeen questions for George W. Bush

Well worth the wait.

Reasons to be cheerful

are free.

Some holiday snark

Violation

Lest we forget

what Mickey does.

Countdown to Ecstasy

If we don't begin a planned exit, there's a good chance we'll find ourselves in an unplanned one

My Kingdom for a Caption

outside the silver lining

not on your life.

Turing Test Proves 2-Year-Olds Not Human

and what do you care?

Sign me up

as I live and breathe.

Venceremos

in spite of it all.

From the archives

'Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over'

A voice after my own black heart

with a refreshing splash of cynicism.

But seriously

after all the hype of the campaigns and election day, what could democracy really be?
Of course, the obverse is more likely

Quote du jour

"Karl Rove is not Aleister Crowley, Severus Snape, Darth Vader or Satan. You can kill him by ensuring your vote is counted and being vigilant at your polling station."

[via]

Shhhhhhh!!!!!!!

Stealthy version of it can't happen here

In the guise of an NPRM [Notice of Proposed Rule-Making] alleged to propose a change only in the required timing of transmission of information already required to be provided to the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the CBP has actually proposed a fundamental regulatory change with far-reaching (literally and figuratively) legal, policy, and logistical implications: The NPRM would replace a requirement for ex post facto notice to the CBP of information about who is on each vessel (ship or plane) with an unconstitutional system of prior restraint of international travel, entirely unauthorized by statute and inconsistent with the U.S. obligations embodied in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

Chronicle of a failure

foretold.

Clairvoyance

Read about it here, see it here. [a rollover]

TV is the thing this year

or in 1914.

Direction

No surprise here.

"West Wing" - Biblical Quotes

For you folks who watch TV, this is probably a piece of cake.

Not grocking in the free world

A 2005 study by Anthony Leiserowitz, published in Risk Analysis, found that while most Americans are moderately concerned about global warming, the majority—68 percent—believe the greatest threats are to people far away or to nonhuman nature. Only 13 percent perceive any real risk to themselves, their families, or their communities. As Leiserowitz points out, this perception is critical, since Americans constitute only 5 percent of the global population yet produce nearly 25 percent of the global carbon dioxide emissions. As long as this dangerous and delusional misconception prevails, the chances of preventing Schellnhuber's 12 points from tipping are virtually nil.

Post Halloween roundup

of evil.

Keeping and kept

not for naught