Category Archives: Bizarre But Real

The Impossible Has Happened — Speed of Light Barrier Breached (Maybe)

I picture your average physicist walking around with his jaw permanently hanging open at the mindbending discoveries both macro and micro that are emerging almost monthly. If it’s possible to exceed the speed of light, then a nearby galaxy could … Continue reading

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Troy Davis is Dead, a Victim of Our System of ‘Justice’

Perhaps Troy Davis’ execution will become the cause that finally ends the Dark Ages of state-ordered executions in this country; of course, I thought that about the seven men (of fourteen total) released from death row in Illinois. When half the … Continue reading

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Bill Maher and Keith Olbermann Try to Bring a GOP Voter to Reality with the Facts

Yeah, it’s funny because it’s so true. As a poor fool who has tried to penetrate the steel shell of misinformation, illogic and sheer stupidity that surrounds the average Teabagger, I’m acutely aware of the frustration illustrated by the comedy bit below. These … Continue reading

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The Jack and the Beanstalk Memo

The possibly apocryphal story is that an unknown number of years ago, a major Hollywood studio wanted to remake the children’s fable “Jack and the Beanstalk” for a modern audience.  A script that stuck closely to the original tale was submitted … Continue reading

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Judge Vega on Teabagger Walsh: “He’s No Different Than Anyone Else”

Loudmouthed Republican Congresscreature Joe Walsh (not the guiter-playing rocker, of course) has spent his short career in national politics knocking others for not taking responsibilty for their actions, as well as being a general Tea Party douchebag about everything else. But … Continue reading

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What America Did For Entertainment Before the Inner-Tubes Stole Our Brains

All I can tell you is that this video says a band called — ho, ho — ‘The Genteels’ performed this grimace-inducing monstrosity named “Take It Off!” and that looks like the great Mamie Van Doren doing the striptease. I … Continue reading

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Perry is the New GOP Frontrunner by a Wide Margin

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Discovering a ‘New Earth’

In a few billion years our sun is going to grow hotter and turn red meaning life as we know it will not be able to exist on our burnt-cinder Earth. Of course, by that time we may be human-robot … Continue reading

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Today’s Quotes: Can We Have Some Capital Gains?

Or, You Don’t Know Jack… I once read some emails on the Innertubes authored by MoDo, AKA Maureen Dowd, notorious columnist for the New York Times. Dowd is an intelligent woman and a good writer, even if I don’t always … Continue reading

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Mother Tongue-Tied

Multilingual people from non-English-speaking countries say English is the hardest major language in the world to master; as well as the conundrum of why we have words like enough, though, through, thorough, and thought where the ‘ough’ is pronounced differently, … Continue reading

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