The USPS, swamp rats, & the Military Industrial Complex
Jim and August discuss the failure by both parties to address the shortcomings of the USPS and how each are using that as a political weapon against each other. As a bonus, we ask viewers to consider whether or not neoliberal ideals have a place in government institutions. Has this lead to the swampyness as we know it? Let us know what you think.
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An unusual feature of the building is the ring bolts in the floor. Most of the rooms have at least one or two of them, including ours. Made of steel, the rings are about 4 inches in diameter and ½ an inch thick. They are set deeply into the concrete and would take a good deal of jack-hammering to remove. The rings keep the patients from running away. Not all the patients; only some of……
… and unlike Jackie O.
As is the wont of liberal commentary, things are supposed to take on a higher meaning other than face value, including it now seems, footwear. Melania Trump was spotted wearing fashion pumps unpleasing to Liberal World, quickly rising to a Let-Them-Eat-Cake level of nonsense. She is the new Marie Antoinette for favoring one set of loafers over another. Which, of course, invites comparisons to previous first ladies and what their fashion……
Antifa, the suppression of debate, and the coming of corporate tribalism…
Antifa are not anti-fascist. They have brought to American shores a political style of thuggery more in line with European political movements of the early 20th century. Do not let the name distract you. While they claim to be anti-fascist, their method and rhetoric are more in tune with Leftist totalitarianism. Despite the widespread invocation of Nazism or Italian Fascists, the closest approximation to a……
Modernity as another in a line of Catholic schisms…
Christian Theology, you ask? Well…that there is one big can of worms. Actually, it’s more like a 2000 year old tangle of cobwebs. Dusty. Old. Took a really, really long to accumulate. So, so many threads. And once you walk into them, engaging with them, trying to untangle them…the strands start falling apart. You walk in and the strands get sticky and clingy and after awhile…the strands……
Or why Lucky Luciano is a better baby-sitter for your kids than any African tyrant…
In part 2 of this series, School of Vice described an academic theory called Hobson-Leninism. The theory describes what the industrial societies of white Europe are supposedly to have done during the colonial period; that is they took advantage of far off places in native black or brown lands, stripped them of natural resources, abused the indigenous population; and essentially do……
Mike Tyson, as a boxer, has been called The Baddest Man on the Planet, one of the greatest punchers of all time, the hardest hitter in the history of heavyweight boxing, the scariest boxer ever, and perhaps the most ferocious fighter to step into a professional ring and one of a very small group of men to have regained a heavyweight championship title after losing it. In short, he is one of the greatest boxers……
You know who I’m talking about. Every family has at least one…
There you are…at the latest family get-together, minding your own business when suddenly and for no good reason, you find yourself being verbally beaten about the head and shoulders by your sister-in-law…again. Suspiciously butch yet avowedly hetero-, politically Left-leaning, and Bernie Sanders loving Rhonda (or Ronnie has she prefers it) has you backed into a corner with her finger poking repeatedly into your chest,……
At any given time in history and in any given place, there is a climate of opinion. Climate of opinion is loosely defined as the ideas swirling about in the public sphere contributing to the debate about current events. What people see on TV news programs or read on their favorite internet journals contribute to the atmosphere of ideas and opinions. For any reader of news and opinion, the ideas presented run up against their……
The strike conducted by the US Military in the pre-dawn hours Friday morning on a Syrian Air Base was a classic naval bombardment using new style weapons. The weapons employed were 59 Tomahawk Cruise Missiles which travel at sub-sonic speeds, are terrain hugging, and can carry payloads of different types. The payloads employed last week were conventional explosive ordinance of 1000 pounds apiece. The missiles are somewhat misnamed as they use a two stage propulsion……