"It ain't easy, son."

from january...

What's right: No Death Star, with righteous reasons.

What's wrong: The 113th congress.

What's left: Gun sales through the roof. Ammo sales through the roof. 100,000 new NRA members. A (mostly) southern, aging, Django-fearing, white christian freak show known as the GOP.

Life in the Shadows

If you are fortunate to ride public transit home from downtown after midnight because you don't want to drive drunk, you may have this fleeting observation:

This is true. RT @mcampbellSD: Soberly watching the world function at 1:30am is FASCINATING.
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) May 11, 2014

The ride home is revealing. Of course you have the

Christians across the globe are being slaughtered

shabby tribalism lives in the United States of America too. So wrapped around the axle of religion, she can't see her own religious bias.

Christians across the globe are being slaughtered RT @akrontaterman: dont care i dont watch secular news lies period #FromtheWatchman
— lisa jennings (@agoodeye) June 26, 2014

This is a Basic Science Fail

this is not a quote from a philosopher. this is a quote from an average american. this same guy rails against everything, check his time line.

When we look up at night and see the stars, are we looking at the past or the future!? I think the future.
— William J. Journey (@Alaskanbushman) June 13, 2014

James Woods is a Constitutional Expert

"Obama doesn't even share a 'nodding acquaintance' with the Constitution." @RealJamesWoods #tcot #tlot #tgdn #lnyhbt pic.twitter.com/58QzLiTNLK
— Michael A Nöthem (@mikandynothem) June 20, 2014

as is @mikandynothem

Failed Leadership

@ByronYork

is a senior conspiracy theorist correspondent  of the right wing. To wit,

The admin has tried to fog up question of whether US troops were hurt searching for Bergdahl. This makes it harder. http://t.co/5Nqg9dLEtQ
— Byron York (@ByronYork) June 18, 2014

Keep up the good work of wasting your time on empty armadillo holes.

This is what you get

when you divorce yourself from reality:

Dick Cheney on Obama & Iraq: "Rarely has a US president been so wrong about so much at the expense of so many." http://t.co/kXcGecKoWu
— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) June 18, 2014

sometimes it's easier to be myself. sometimes I find it better to be somebody else.

Dave Matthews Band - So Much To Say

It's All Fun and Games

even while all your shit is hoovered...

omg RT @CIA: pic.twitter.com/za2I6My5Sn
— Jeb Lund (@Mobute) June 7, 2014

https://twitter.com/deanjnorris/status/475004300028956672

Roland Adams

Google him. F-4G crew chief. Killed by everything wrong with safety. 

Memory of a Stand Up Guy

I had a friend, Adan Noguiera. We got into a big ass brawl with some assholes at Raw Power, a punk club on San Pedro at Woodlawn in the early/mid 80s. I slipped out the back door, fired up my '65 Galaxie 500 and pulled up to the alley door. Adam, still putting up a good fight, came out as I was honking my horn and hopped in. I sped off into the night. We had a late night meal at Taco Cabana, then went home and went to sleep.

Adan was the first gay male I ever knew. And his parents hated him for being gay. He was a stand up guy. The last I heard from him was six years ago on Facebook. He'd become a republican. True story.