The Grand Moff Is Off— To The Caymans.
Dressing up like the Grand Moff Tarkin from Star Wars has nothing to do with Harold’s errant biblical predictions calling for the destruction of the entire planet.
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Newtster Nihilism
Newt Gingrich as the incarnation of Gozer the Traveler Two years ago, in Terrified Beyond The Capacity For Rational Thought, I wrote: In their devastating November 4th defeat at the hands of an inexperienced, junior senator from Illinois, the Rethuglicans are in desperate search of a leader, someone that can match the intelligence, boldness, charm, and overwhelming popularity of Barack …
Pendulum Waves
While ya’ all are waiting for tomorrow’s Rapture, enjoy this demonstration of harmonic oscillators, which if nothing else, suggests that there is more to the structure of the universe than initially meets the eye. Impish me, I’m thinking of laying out on my front walkway: a baseball hat, a shirt, a pair of jeans, and at the bottom of the …
Moral Insanity: Psychopaths & Sociopaths II (Update)
The head of the IMF was pulled from an airplane and arrested for the violent sexual assault of a hotel maid A few days ago in Moral Insanity: Psychopaths & Sociopaths, I compared sociopaths and psychopaths, concluding that the latter are usually high functioning predators that can be found concentrated in the financial industry. I concluded the post with this: That …
Prisons For Profit
You just can’t make this shit up Here’s NPR’s report on the Prison Industrial Complex, from last fall. File it under by previous post: Moral Insanity: Psychopaths and Sociopaths. h/t Digby
Moral Insanity: Psychopaths & Sociopaths
Sometimes I wish I believed in reincarnation. I mean, if all of history’s most prominent psychopaths had reincarnated at the same time, and through their manipulative talents came to occupy positions of power, there could hardly be a better explanation for the situation we find ourselves in today.
