I just watched the fourth installment of the Torchwood miniseries, Children of Earth. If you haven’t watched it and plan to, don’t read this post. It contains spoilers. If you’ve watched the entire five episodes of the miniseries, don’t spoil the ending for me; I haven’t watched the fifth episode yet.
In the show, alien baddies [...]
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24 Jul
Spock!!!
3 Jul
Happy Independence Day!
No one ever says that. It’s always “Happy July 4th.” It bugs me.
On this day in 1776, the wording of the Declaration of Independence was approved. Sure, it was one giant “Go away ye overbearing olde fuckers!” to the British Empire. That part was fabulous in its own right; but further than that, the document [...]
10 Jun
On with the Finger Pointing!
The gunman was a white supremacist. I am absolutely appalled that a white guy was responsible for this. That he did it because of some loony racist ideals is absolutely reprehensible. And the fact that it happened at the Holocaust museum, when the gunman was likely a Holocaust denier as many white supremacists are, is [...]
2 Jun
Prejudice Subordinates Judgement Every Time
Alexis de Tocqueville was a fucking prophet. I’m thinking of starting a religion. Can anyone guess what I’m reading? Here’s a hint:
A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.
Well, here’s another:
Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. [...]
12 Mar
Don’t Panic.
Ha!
Irrational rationality surfaces yet again!
[Via the AJC, paper edition last Sunday. Here's the Prickly City website.]
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