“It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.”– Upton Sinclair What it is Why it’s controversial Flashpoints this week Jason K. Pargin – A Prophet for the New Millennium We manually transcribed, verbatim, a video essay of a Facebook post by Jason K. Pargin. […]
Category: Collapse of Democracy/Civilization/etc.
Yesterday’s blott (R.U.R.) was partially inspired by a documentary called “Generation Wealth,” currently available on Amazon Prime. Although the documentary is thought provoking, especially the commentaries by Chris Hedges, I cannot recommend the movie. It has moments of extreme vulgarity, and has a very unfocused, shotgun feel to it. The documentary is a parade of […]
We’re reading Top Five Regrets of the Dying: A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing by Bronnie Ware. We mentioned this book in a previous blott. While discussing the first of five regrets, Bronnie tells a thought-provoking story: Top Five Regrets of the Dying: A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing by Bronnie WareHay House […]
Just when we thought we’d run out of curated absurdities, The Guardian comes to our rescue! With this story, the road can go on forever, and the party will never end. The Legal Settlement Bizarrely, the legal settlement requires Tripp to attend Thanksgiving dinner at the General’s house. WLBOTT Ministry of Poultry Affairs notes: His […]
Long view: History shows anti-science waves (from Galileo to climate denial) rise and fall. What remains steady is the truth itself – and those who hold to it. Let me explain the source of today’s agitation. The director of the CDC was just fired because she was following science-based criteria for various CDC policies. The […]
Sometimes superheroes do wear caps… and carry sub sandwiches!
All relationships go through ups and downs. Yesterday, we were trying to create an image of Satan kicking tRump out of hell. “We have standards!” screams the Devil. Elder G balked at creating an image where Satan was literally giving him the boot. WLBOTT: G, I’m concerned that political censorship has crept into chatGPT’s standards. […]
From the AP WASHINGTON (AP) — A man charged with a felony for hurling[1] a sandwich at a federal law-enforcement official in the nation’s capital has been fired from his job at the Justice Department, Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a social media post Thursday. A video of Sean Charles Dunn berating a group […]
[ed. note: Please don’t take any tax advice from WLBOTT. Just to be safe, maybe don’t take any advice from us.] Are you a wee bit peeved that the tRump administration is giving ICE a budget bigger that Israel’s military? How about a radical idea – give away so much of your income that none […]
Alligator Alcatraz Evan Power – fashion icon, Florida GOP chair, and official spokesman for GOP Jesus. WLBOTT imagines his spiritual evolution: Who Joins ICE? We’re not talking renaissance men. We’re not talking deep thinkers. A Psychiatrist Examines the Cruelty US President Donald Trump toured the Alligator Alcatraz migrant detention center in the Florida Everglades on […]