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William Bradley’s ‘The Dawn of ‘Just Me’: Zack Snyder’s Neoliberal Superheroes’, just published in the Los Angeles Review of Books, contains a telling paragraph,...
William Bradley’s ‘The Dawn of ‘Just Me’: Zack Snyder’s Neoliberal Superheroes’, just published in the Los Angeles Review of Books, contains a telling paragraph,...
My very first animated gif: via GIPHY
Tessa dog kept a close eye on her mommy's plate during dinner. Grilled chickens! Yum! Posted by Steve Pollock on Friday, May 6, 2016
Oh AARP, no you did NOT just address me as "AARP Grandparent"!! My siblings, my cousins are the grandparents (and proud… Posted by Steve...
Nothing techno, really. Just the LED colored lights over the deck as reflected in the shiny metal miniblinds in our patio glass door. Posted...
Naw, the deck's not on fire. Just the new fire pit column, patio furniture, LED lights and tiki torches. Never knew owning a deck...
Crossing the dam at a picture-perfect Lake Percy Priest on a beautiful spring afternoon. Posted by Steve Pollock on Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Exhibit A: On the left, a specially designed combo dog toy, with rope tug and BPA-free chewing knobs, locally sourced,… Posted by Steve Pollock...
Spring is springing upon Hermitage. Posted by Steve Pollock on Tuesday, March 8, 2016
The tree in the driveway is in full bloom on this nice late winter evening in Hermitage. I'll take a better pic tomorrow. Posted...
Among savages incapable of retaining collectively learned experience, a perpetual infancy results. I can no longer figure out these days whether I’m reading history...
[Fair warning: Not a happy or basset-y post. (Didn’t help my, shall we say, outlook on life, that our water heater failed and flooded...
“WN737-700 N753SW, operating as Southwest 345 from Nashville (KBNA) experiences nose gear collapse on arrival at KLGA.” …
“Alan Turing, the Enigma codebreaker who took his own life after being convicted of gross indecency under anti-homosexuality legislation, is to be given a posthumous pardon.” …
“America currently has no functioning democracy. ” James Earl Carter, 39th President of the U.S. “Amerika hat derzeit keine funktionierende Demokratie … Ich glaube,...
“Individual citizens have the duty to violate domestic laws to prevent crimes against peace and humanity.” Edward Snowden “I believe in the principle declared...
Susan Ohanian’s piece in « Daily Censored » needs wider distribution. Here are two highlights: “In response to a poverty rate that tops 90%...
Susan Ohanian’s piece in « Daily Censored » needs wider distribution. Here are two highlights: “In response to a poverty rate that tops 90%...
The person I personally refer to as Joey the Rat, Pope Ben-a-Nazi XVI, announced his resignation today. A review of his greatest hits is...
“Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law – for if we are...
I was the first registered Republican in my family. I cast my first vote in a presidential election for Ronald Reagan, the second for...
“How long? Not long. Because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., 1965...
“And that’s the way it is …” Walter Cronkite It feels as if the last bit of actual journalism in America is now dead....
“The whole world is watching what we do here. We’re going to win or lose this war depending on how we do this.” Ali...
And now two right-wing terrorists have committed two political murders in two weeks. First Dr. Tiller in Wichita, a murder which was, from the...
The governor of Connecticut signed «marriage equality into law today». Equal protection under the law as provided in the U.S. Constitution was thereby affirmed...
It’s a great title for a great «column». Frank Rich of the New York Times sums up very thoroughly and very presciently the status...
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier announced that Germany will join the U.S., Israel and other countries in a «boycott» of the upcoming United Nations...
Gavin Newsom, the man who presided over our first civil union ceremony when he was still a San Francisco supervisor, wants to get a...
High-profile celebrity civil commitment ceremony: check. Quaint British setting (the same location as Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles’ ceremony in April): check. Crowds of...
Before I forget, I didn’t fail to notice that the « Fascist Michigan attorney general who is trying to strip faithful Michigan couples of all...
Thank you, Canada! And thank you Neil Hodgins and all our wonderful friends! Pics are up: « The Wedding » « The Reception »
Dear Fascist Michigan Voters-For-Prop-2: « Screw. You. »: ‘A Michigan judge ruled on Tuesday that a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage does not prevent the state...
• Attack of the killer allergy eyeball reddeners today. Got so bad I had to make a run to CVS in the rain to...
1-Apr-01 (but no, it’s no April Fool’s joke) The Article That Set Me Off: « SFGate.com Suspends Three Staffers Over Column » My E-Mail to the...
Original Message From: Doe, John Sent: Friday, December 01, 2000 6:54 AM To: airbeagle Subject: Palm Beach Video Funny, slightly mean: « Confused Palm Beach...
In the current election season, and following revelations of Shrub’s DUI in Maine, here’s the latest rant. The following is an e-mail that is...