(*Hippie-crits coined by commentor @yourgoogleaccount8428)1 If one didn’t know much about Burning Man,2 this season’s festival brought it to international attention over labor-day weekend; and though many of the Burners have only passing resemblance to the hippie counterculture of the ’60s, yet many of the anti-system attitudes prevail in our selfie-, consumerist-, cancel-culture of today. […]
Stu•pid•i•ty* noun – an idea, act, or expression that shows a lack of good sense or judgment “Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.” ―Albert Einstein “Human beings always[?] do the most intelligent thing … after they’ve tried every stupid alternative and none
As we “wrap-up” this season of surfeit and spending, perhaps we should commit, in the coming year, to a serious investigation into the many cons—beyond this seasonal Santa-con—that Babylon (and her minions) have been and are inflicting upon us. This Déjà Vu ~ Times blog and the Déjà Vu ~ Times II blog1 have already
St. Paul’s Chapel & World Trade CenterPublic Domain ~ See footnote 6 for source If we were accused of believing in the God that George Washington and the first U. S. Congress invoked to bless the United States, following Washington’s April 30, 1789 inauguration,1 would there be enough evidence to convict us? Perhaps the best (or worst)
This post is in commemoration of the annual Babylon Boomerang that begins every December 26th. In some countries, it is called “Boxing Day” in accidental acknowledgement of all the gifts (unwanted, unneeded) that giftees box up to return to the “free” market for cash (or preferably credit from the POV of a bait and switch