Archives for December 2016
‘Extravagant mourning for celebrity musicians is a way to confront our own mortality’
‘Gay bar owners have a point regarding service dogs and the ADA’
David Cole writes: In plain talk, any dog can go into any establishment as long as the owner says it’s a service dog. The owner might be telling the truth, or the owner might be lying, but it makes no … [Read more...]
‘Brexit happened, which is British for “Trump is going to win”‘
Gavin McInnes looks back at 2016: Keith Scott was shot by police after refusing to cooperate. He was armed but the story became all about him being assassinated by police while reading a book because he’s … [Read more...]
‘This is why I show ‘Double Indemnity’ to my USC class…’
to encourage them to wrestle with a pair of larger contexts, having to do with genre and with place. What does it mean to view this as a California story? What does it suggest about the psyche of the state? At the same time, I want to insist, Double Indemnity achieves what all great art … [Read more...]
Coming soon: ‘Dark Star Rising: Magick and Power in the Age of Trump’
Gary Lachman (yes, from Blondie...) wrote one of my favourite books, Turn Off Your Mind. I just finished his Colin Wilson bio, and [Read more...]
‘I don’t wanna say Donald Trump has contempt for established rules, but he’s planning his third term’
Joe Bob Briggs explains "How to think Trump": Scott Pruitt, the Attorney General of Oklahoma, is being appointed by Trump to head the EPA because Trump wants to piss off the environmentalists. “Environmental” is in the … [Read more...]
Scott Adams explains ‘the talent stack’
Scott Adams writes: The idea of a talent stack is that you can combine ordinary skills until you have enough of the right kind to … [Read more...]
Ta-Nehisi Coates is so stupid, he didn’t know who St Augustine was
And being black, he didn't have to care that he didn't know, we wuz kangz or something, right? And he's literally a … [Read more...]
Fauxcahontas redux: Another day, another fake Indian
I understand why white people want to pretend to be Indian, at least in Canada: You get tons of free stuff, a pass on being a bully and a scold, and [Read more...]