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American Feudalism - 10
"clique" to enlargeThe graphic to the left, from National Priorities Project, says a lot.There has been a surge in military spending for wars since circa 2000, leading to a doubling of military...
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The War of the Warms - 2
Downtown Denial CitySeveral years ago on this date Dredd Blog took a glance at the warming wars (The War of the Warms), a little scandal about ignorance (Agnotology: The Surge - 7).This particular war...
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A Tale of Coup Cities - 11
Subtitle: "When You Are Governed by Anarchists."It is a plague upon the people and the nation that the officials of government do not obey the supreme law of the land.Especially when they do so...
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Earth Day 2014
U.S.A. (blue) had a piece of the Polar Vortex over itThis past year brought on conditions that caused the polar vortex to lose some of itself by sending some of that cold south to the U.S.It was like...
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Message of Science & Religion - Western - 2
A Star Explodes (supernova)Will Rodgers said "I only know what I read in the newspaper."Scientists only know what they read in the scientific literature.Religionists only know what they read in the...
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Terrorism & Hate Crimes Merging? - 2
Mein DelusionIn the first post of this series, about five years ago, we noticed the sharp rise of hate crimes during the Bush II administration.Another series framed the issue as an evolution from left...
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How Fifth Graders Calculate Ice Volume - 3
Earth viewed from spaceIn the previous post of this series we noted that the volume of both Arctic and Antarctic Ice is mathematically calculated the same way.The result of that calculation is then...
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Symbolic Racism: A Look At The Science
"I am not a racist"The subtitle for this post might be "Symbolic Racism: One Result of Cultural Toxins of Power."More about that deeper into this post, but first let's set the foundation for some of...
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El Cid vs. Joe Six Pack - 4
Torture: Abu GhraibOn this date in 2009 we noted the movements around the globe that were trying to bring justice to certain war criminals.We focused on events in Spain in that regard.This series looks...
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Economic War Of The Pacific - 3
This series began about four and a half years ago in October of 2009. In that first post I quoted knowledgeable people concerning issues of the economic impact that Asian Nations, and specifically...
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It Takes A Culture To Raise A Compulsive Liar
Big TommyThere are several definitions of the word "culture," but for today's post I am working from the definition: "culture - n 1. the total of the inherited ideas, beliefs, values, and knowledge,...
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Weekend Rebel Science Excursion - 30
There are times and places where mystery and science overlap.Do you think that the Epigovernment is unaware of that, or rather, that they study this closely through their surrogates?And use it on...
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Government Climate Change Report - 8
In 1990 Congress passed, and President Bush (Bush I) signed into law, a bill that concerned global warming induced climate change, a subject that was then recognized as settled science in both the...
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Symbolic Racism: A Look At The Science - 2
"Hello, hello ... anybody here?"In the first post of this series I discussed the theory that racism is a culture based dynamic, for the most part subconscious, which is inbred into us by our cultural...
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Government Climate Change Report - 9
In this series we have been blogging about the expected details of The National Climate Assessment.But now the waiting is over and everyone is talking about the newly released report (Guardian).The...
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In The Wave Strike
‘In The Wave-Strike Over Unquiet Stones’the brightness bursts and bears the roseand the ring of water contracts to a clusterto one drop of azure brine that falls.O magnolia radiance breaking in...
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Symbolic Racism: A Look At The Science - 3
Reference MaterialIn the first post we looked at the historical basis for slavery written in the U.S. Constitution in 1789, before it was changed by the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865, some 76 years...
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On The Origin of "Conspiracy Theory" - 4
In this series we have been looking at the notion of conspiracy and conspiracy theory.What has been disclosed in these posts is the dual nature of our culture's discourse on the subject.In actuality,...
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On the Origin of the Genes of Viruses - 9
At various times in this series the notion of "a different genetics" and a "genetics prior to carbon based life forms" has been discussed.The notion is that pre-RNA and pre-DNA genetics had a different...
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Will This Float Your Boat - 4
America divided by Climate Change This series began with a resort to the caution that should be at the forefront of polar ice cap melt concerns: "They continually, substantially underestimate the melt...
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