demagogue : a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power A lot of people think President Trump is a racist, among other things. Not only that, a lot of people believe that anyone who supports him is also a racist, among other things.[…] Read On
My brain is completely fried. I’m like a vegetable. And that really bums me out. I hate being useless. Now I’m sitting here trying to figure out which vegetable sucks fried. Jicama I guess. That’s it, I’m like fried jicama. Now I’m craving fajitas and margaritas. How did I get[…] Read On
Twitter may be a cesspool of vitriolic trolls and losers who seriously need to get a life or at least a job, but once in a while you come across an observation that’s so insightful and witty you almost want to stand up and shout, “Holy crap, there IS a[…] Read On
While the media narrative is focused on identity politics and socialist entitlements, nobody stops to consider how we could possibly have turned out a generation of entitled brats like AOC who don’t have a clue why socialism doesn’t work in the first place. Never mind that kids aren’t taught civics[…] Read On
Neuralink, Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface startup, just revealed a system it hopes to start testing on humans next year. Think about it. Surgically implanting thousands of electrodes so your brain can connect directly to the internet through a high-bandwidth USB-C port. Sure. Sign me up. I mean, what could possibly[…] Read On
There’s a big misconception about white-color crime. Far too many people seem to think that top executives have no moral compass. That corporate America’s CEOs would sell their mothers into slavery to make a buck. You hear that sort of thing all the time from the likes of Elizabeth Warren[…] Read On
You climb the mountain to see the world. You don’t climb the mountain so the world can see you. – Maureen Dowd If you know anything about child psychology, you know that children are all ego all the time. To a child, attention is a zero-sum game. The more you[…] Read On