yeah, there IS a goddamn difference

20 Jul

Concise and cogent discussion. Well done!

gregfallis.com

I keep hearing comments like this:

“There’s no difference between Trump and Clinton. Both major political parties are corrupt. The only way to force change is to vote for a third party. The only way to express my disgust with the current political system is to vote for a third party. The lesser of two evils is still evil. To think there’s a choice between Trump and Clinton is an illusion; they’re both the same.”

You know what this is? Twaddle. It’s nonsense; senseless; silly bullshit. And I’m hearing this twaddle multiple times a day. I’m mostly hearing it from former Bernie supporters who now believe Bernie is a traitor for doing what he always said he’d do — support the Democratic nominee.

I’d intended to write a thoughtful, well-researched analysis detailing exactly why those sorts of comments are twaddle. Hell, I was even prepared to discuss the etymology of twaddle…

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Press Release: Chaos Territory

12 Jul

Hey I got noticed!

horroraddicts.net

On May 5th 2016 Marc Severson released his first novel called Chaos Territory: Book One in the Chaos Series. Here is the blurb:

29602612Welcome to the Weird Wild West! Matthew Sandstrom is a Government Land Office agent in Chaos, Arizona Territory ca. 1900. He is drawn into a series of disturbing circumstances involving a family of homesteaders who are missing and a trading post that serves a mysterious tribe known as the Su’mok. When the wife of the trader at the post is found wandering in a nearly catatonic state and her husband has also disappeared Sandstrom is alerted to the dark advance of ancient dangers. Discovering that a primordial terror has been unleashed he sets out to do his best against unknown powers. With the help of some Indian allies and his friend Mose Broadaxe he challenges indescribable forces for control of humanity’s future on earth. Set in…

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Hello world?

22 Nov

What is amazing is that in addition to my ReTired Tucson Teacher and Armchair Marcaeologist on TucsonCitizen.com (http://tucsoncitizen.com/tired-tucson-teacher/ http://tucsoncitizen.com/armchair-marcaeologist/  ) and something on Yahoo I rarely visit. I also have this site which I wouldn’t have even known about had not David Moyer not started following me.

Portrait of a guy who doesn't have a clue?

Portrait of a guy who doesn’t have a clue?