This was a great weekend. First off, I got my first real, full paycheck at my new job. Later Friday, teriel & lupabitch came down for FaerieWorlds here in EUG and have been crashing here at Triflorian. I finally went to FW today as I had the day off. I also saw atlas_mason doing his thang at FW ( Read more... )

FACT CHECK: Distortions rife in health care debate

If I haven't posted this before, let it be known that I am very much in favor of everyone in Post-Modern Civilizations to have easy access to Health Care. Yes, that's the short version--you're welcome.

We're in a Depression with record Unemployment as we're trying to be the last industrialized country to get Universal Health Care, but apparently people are more concerned with Obama's US Birth Certificate. This is after 2 separate declarations by the state of Hawaii that he is a US-national, settling the matter. So what do the time-wasting fucks ( Read more... )

heron61 pointed out an interesting poll done by Time called Now that Walter Cronkite has passed on, who is America's most trusted newscaster?. I find the fact that Jon Stewart won a landslide to be the most trusted newscaster in America to be many things--funny, ironic, sad, and yet heartening. It's funny because he is adamant about his show "not being ( Read more... )

Sharia Law--it's not just for Muslims, anymore!

As a long-time student of Comparative World Religions, I have made every attempt I can to be open-minded about people's beLIEfs and cultures. I've embraced (and often, practiced and/or tried) a great many Paths that most Humies would find utterly repugnant, disgusting, &/or perverse. But I have ( Read more... )

Although I'm not naive enough to beLIEve that wee humans will ever revert to a Paleolithic lifestyle (or anything even close, even in the event of a nuclear disaster), I still find study of Paleolithic (and Neolithic, etc.) humans to be quite fascinating and eye-opening ( Read more... )

Palin resigns. Oh, thank the Gods. Pleeeeeease don't come back, lest I must Banish her with Extreme Prejudice.

What follows is a C&P from here. I'm reposting it in its entirety because I think it's so important. Most emphasis is all mine ( Read more... )

Stoned wallabies make crop circles. That's fucking awesome.

This reminds me of the caribou of Scandinavia that get drunk on the fermented (apples?). I love Nature.

"After Michigan, the state with the second-highest jobless rate in May was Oregon at 12.4 percent, followed by Rhode Island and South Carolina at 12.1 percent each. California's was fourth-highest in the country." (emphasis mine ( Read more... )