Kahomono - Still Lucky After All These Years

Random musings on whatever catches my attention that day

David F

Stop The Fear

The marvelously Orwellian-named Department of Homeland Security is sponsoring programs aimed at schoolchildren called Stop The Bleed. The Times calls this an acknowledgment of "the sad reality that shootings at the nation’s schools are far too prevalent", but I call it something else: Fear maintenance.

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David F

Nazis Again

Or as Pumpkin calls them, very fine people. They're marching again today in Charlottesville and Washington, DC. Last year they only killed one person. I'm sure they would like to expand on that total this time around. I hope they fail. In fact, I hope…

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David F

The Nib

If you have been reading this blog for any amount of time, you have surely noticed that I post a lot of political cartoons. Since there is no longer any way to parody what goes on in our government or media, I maintain that political…

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David F

Out of the Nest

Everyone has to leave the nest eventually. I like to look for interesting covers of well-loved songs in these posts. This one I found went past "interesting" all the way to "WTF". It was released as a single on June 2, 1967 -- the day after…

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David F

Check.

I was browsing New Yorker cartoons on Instagram and I found this cartoon. Then I did what they always warn you not to do: I looked at the comments. rickjwise@washd_out oh boy... well do you talk to and look at nobody? Has no one EVER sexualized…

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