Today there is a “march for life” in Washington, DC. There are a lot of women there, who insist that they are feminists. There may be some men who also would claim this, since being a feminist isn’t limited by sex. They all declare that they are “for life”, aka against abortion and birth control. … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – wannabee theocrats marching in DC today
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Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – And of course Flint, Michigan still has toxic water
From the helpforflint.com website "Children and adults up to age 21 and pregnant women who were served by Flint’s water system within the past two years should be eligible for new Medicaid health coverage. Others in those groups already on Medicaid are able to apply for additional coverage." Update: the lead levels have gone below … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – And of course Flint, Michigan still has toxic water
Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – the resemblance is striking
Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – “alternative facts” and that tie…
It is no surprise that Trump is having a tantrum over the fact that it was noted that the audience for his inauguration was quite a bit smaller than other inaugurations. He was so taken aback that the truth was told that he dishonored men and women who have died in service to this country … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – “alternative facts” and that tie…
Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – the lying lips of a prince
We’re deep in it now. The sad little orange man has been inaugurated thanks to the ignorant and fearful and greedy who have sold their honor and responsibility for false promises. Update: The women's march is doing quite well. Poor Donnie, he doesn't react well to reality. What will TwitterFuhrer do? https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/21/us/womens-march.htm ( I don't know … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – the lying lips of a prince
Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – 960,000 tons of what?
I’ve been crossing swords with a particularly tenacious Christian, “scientific christian” (you already know where things are going with that screen name) and the discussion has gone far and wide, though mostly staying around the idea of having evidence supports one’s claims. My apologies for anyone who commented in that thread and has thus been … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – 960,000 tons of what?
Not Polite Dinner Conversation – “The Snow is Very Dirty”
This is the warning they have in Beijing, don't touch the snow, it's polluted. "“We suggest everybody stays indoors,” Beijing’s Meteorological Bureau said in an announcement obtained by TIME. “The snow is very dirty! The snow is very dirty! The snow is very dirty!” This was what the US was like pre Clean Air Act. I … Continue reading Not Polite Dinner Conversation – “The Snow is Very Dirty”
What the Boss Likes – Brothers Bright, Whitestone Motion Pictures – Appalachian gothic
I'm very fond of American myths dealing with our own monsters and magic. This started with reading stories about Pecos Bill and Paul Bunyan, a strange turn when I read "The Lottery" and the Cthulhu mythos, the stories about "Silver John" by Manly Wade Wellman, and into role-playing games like "Deadlands". Southern gothic is a subset. … Continue reading What the Boss Likes – Brothers Bright, Whitestone Motion Pictures – Appalachian gothic
Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – a star in the east…. wait a minute…
I think I’ve mentioned here on this blog somewhere that I ran the planetarium when I was in college as a work-study job. Every November and December, we ran a Christmas star show, which showed that the story was a lot of nonsense. But people still flocked to it because they didn’t pay attention and … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – a star in the east…. wait a minute…
Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – fundamentalist white rural America
White, rural fundamentalist America is where I grew up. This article on Raw Story (which seems to have come from Alter Net) gets it very much right. http://www.rawstory.com/2016/11/the-dark-rigidity-of-fundamentalist-rural-america-a-view-from-the-inside/ "When you have a belief system that is built on fundamentalism, it isn’t open to outside criticism, especially by anyone not a member of your tribe and … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – fundamentalist white rural America
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