A Place Rumored to Exist

We chipsters recently had occasion to watch a movie we had seen almost 15 years ago; and, seeing it again, thought we would jot down some thoughts about it.   Hombres Armados (1997), by John Sayles  ....  [ continue reading ]

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Delusions of Office

Is Obama truly as historically oblivious as he appears to be or is a more dangerous psycho-pathology at work?   [READ]

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The Resentful Spirit of Republicanism

No sooner than the ink was dry on Juan Carlos’ abdication than a noisy swarm of republicans swelled the streets of Spain demanding the abolition of the monarchy and, in what must certainly qualify as an act of useless, political nostalgia, chanting the anthems of the Second Republic ....  [continue reading]

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A Wolf Hiding under Tufts of Wool

Obama read a speech today which has been billed as a signaling a “shift” in foreign policy.  Nonsense.  As we have said before, “Empires do not go Swiss.”  [continue reading]

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Chanting on the Cheap

In an idling moment, we came across Vatican Television’s broadcast of the 2 Pope Canonization Duo, last Sunday. It certainly was impressive to see the millions filling and overflowing Vatican Square, .... [continue reading]

Resurrection in Review

Chipster is reading Resurrection by  Leo Tolstoy.  It is not a particularly good novel because Tolstoy uses his characters as vehicles for didactic points rather than developing them of their own accord.  But although the character development is flat, the novel is carried along -- toward Siberia -- on its story line, . . . .   [continue reading]

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The One Percent Holocaust

  

Silicon billionaire Thomas J. Perkins has criticized the "persecution" of the rich by the radical poor as a "Progressive Kristallnacht."   . . .  [READ]

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Obama's Silver Platter

    

Last week, President Barack Obama announced his reforms of national surveillance while simultaneously defending NSA phone snooping as necessary for national security.  [ READ ]

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Informationally Modified Awareness

The headline read: PURPLE TOMATOES HEADING FOR SHOPS.  According to the report,  "the new tomatoes could improve the nutritional value of everyday foods"   ....  [ READ ]

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Speaking for the People of the World

A new grass-roots organisation in Mexico is seeking to convoke a Popular Assembly.   The manifesto on its home page states, ...  [ READ ]

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Wizmography

WIZMOGRAPHY is the science of cluttering simplicity with useless functionalities poorly explained.     [READ more]

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Dripping Honey

  

A mere month after Pope Francis exhorted the Church to fuss less over homosexuality  [ MORE ]

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