The Elections of Pontius Pilots - 5
The lesser of two evils method is ineffective.This Dredd Blog series deals with the reality that our feeble democracy does not afford us a choice among candidates in primaries who would have a positive...
View ArticleThe Peak of Sanity - 8
In the previous post of this series I talked about how the captains of industry and government knew exactly, and said so in 1957, what would happen if they did not go on one of those "go to the moon...
View ArticleWarrantless Searches - Unreasonable - 2
In the first post of this series we considered Arizona v Gant, 556 U.S. 332 (2009).That Supreme Court case affirmed an Arizona state appellate court's opinion that a warrantless search was...
View ArticleOn The Origin of the Crusader Pathogen
Carefully Watching TVI. Introduction A pathogen is "any agent that can cause disease."A disease is "a disordered or incorrectly functioning organ, part, structure, or system of the body resulting from...
View ArticleIs A New Age Of Pressure Upon Us? - 6
Active Volcanoes Under Polar Ice SheetsIn this series we have been discussing the pressure changes on the Earth's crust that melting ice sheets have induced in the past, are now inducing, and will be...
View ArticleOn The Origin of the Crusader Pathogen - 2
In the first post of this series we took a look at the concept of war as a germ, as envisioned and expressed by President James Madison long ago.He saw war as a germ in the sense of it being a source...
View ArticleOn The Origin of Tornadoes - 4
Ben McMillan @ StomChasingVideoDuring this series there has been both a record or near a record low number of tornadoes and a record high number reported.A peak was reached a couple of years ago when...
View ArticleBackwards To The Future - Moon? - 2
Stargate 1.0Remember going to the moon?I don't mean in the '60's, I mean in the 21st century.What ever happened to going to Mars?If humanity lasts long enough to go anywhere to stay awhile, it should...
View ArticleThe Dogma of The High Priest In Chief - 3
"You are doin' a heckuva job Bremmie"The asshole pathogen (On The Origin of Assholes) is acting up again in the cup of neoCons which is Bremmer full of crap and running over.It is giving sane people a...
View ArticleAutopoiesis: It's Not Just For Machines Anymore
SN-1987-A: Autopoiesis at work?It is Friday, so let's do a weekend rebel science excursion just for the fun of it.In today's post I want to once again bring up and then focus on aspects of denial which...
View ArticleOil-Qaeda: The Indictment - 3
Today let's take a look at the early beginnings of lawsuits against Oil-Qaeda a la (Oil-Qaeda: The Indictment, Oil-Qaeda: The Indictment - 2).Waves of the future?But first, note that we have had...
View ArticleA Cure For Congress & The Supreme Five: Fickle Fecal Transplants
Extinction is about bad timingTiming is everything in some circumstances ("I'm such a profound believer that timing is everything; I would tattoo that on my arm." - Drew Barrymore).The Supreme Five...
View ArticleThe Queens of Stalingrad - 8
Protesters as Blair, Bush II, & Brown (AP/Lefteris Pitarakis)This series is about the madness that has infected the U.S. and other governments.Another aspect of this series is the attempts to treat...
View Article2,000 Posts For Dredd Blog
Today's post is the 2,000th post on Dredd Blog.It is hard work to research subjects and share ideas for free and without advertising, but it can and has been done.When bloggers contemplate strenuous...
View ArticleYou Are Here
I have mentioned the interesting phenomenon of "you are here" directives on Zoo maps that visitors are given at the Entrance Area to some large Metropolitan Zoos.On one post some humor was generated by...
View ArticleBlind Willie McTell News - 4
News Weak PresstituteThis series has dealt with so called journalism (McTell News), the fake journalism plaguing the American public with bread and circuses in place of meaningful information. In a...
View ArticleAgnotology: The Surge - 9
Sarah Palin on SteroidsIn this series we have been exploring the interesting field of the study of ignorance generators within American society / culture.In the first post of this series, for instance,...
View ArticleIraq's April 30 4th Of July & Iran's Win - 2
Middle Eastern ProtestersToday I am reposting a post of five years ago to show how our foreign policy has been frozen in You Are Here machinations for decades.It is from July 1, 2009 where the issues...
View ArticleNew Continent Found - Garbage Gyre II - 8
"Our food, the fish, is in here somewhere"On March 25, 2009, Dredd Blog posted a piece titled "Garbage Garbage Garbage" concerning the dumping of massive amounts of garbage into the oceans of the...
View ArticleSecurity: Familyland, Fatherland, or Homeland? - 4
"Luke, I am your father."In today's post we will consider a taboo portion of a concept that originated in ancient civilization, yet still persists in civilization today.I don't know if "the dark side...
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