Category Archives: Current Events

The rare external event worth commenting upon

Yeah, so it’s hot

Posted on July 23, 2006 by Marchbanks

You’d think they were all about to melt into a puddle of ghi like Little Black Sambo’s tigers. Continue reading →

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You can’t understand what happened when you’re staring in the wrong direction

Posted on September 2, 2005 by Marchbanks

I think the true parallel to Katrina will turn out to be a much older storm—the Galveston Hurricane of 1900. Continue reading →

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No assault. No battery. NOT EVER.

Posted on August 14, 2005 by Marchbanks

No assault.  No battery.  No excuses.  Not right.  Not ever.  Not ever.  NOT EVER. Continue reading →

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“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion . . .”

Posted on July 31, 2005 by Marchbanks

It should be the concern of our democracy that no child shall feel uncomfortable because of belief.  This condition cannot be met if a schoolmaster is empowered to establish a standard of religious rectitude based on a particular form of worship. Continue reading →

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The Lord of the Rings:  The Return of the Rant

Posted on December 28, 2003 by Marchbanks

Yes, Peter Jackson got a lot of things right.  What I’m on about are all the things they got massively wrong. Continue reading →

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OIL FROM IRAQ READY TO FLOW

Posted on August 17, 2003 by Marchbanks

Petroleum To Be Piped To French-Mandated Tripoli Continue reading →

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Nobody pays any attention or remembers anything

Posted on August 14, 2003 by Marchbanks

All the Chicken Littles running around the northeast (and that includes the Gummint) need to fucking GET OVER this “Terrorists!  Terrorists!  BOOGABOOGABOOGABOOGABOOGA!!!!!” response to every large-system mechanical failure that happens. Continue reading →

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Now this one is just BEYOND insane

Posted on February 4, 2003 by Marchbanks

Florida governor Jeb Bush has proposed to abolish the Florida State Library. Continue reading →

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From a member of the DorothyL listserv

Posted on November 4, 2002 by Marchbanks

“Fact is, Dubya is a Texan the way Alice Cooper is a woman.”

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A curious premonition

Posted on October 7, 2001 by Marchbanks

Was Something trying to tell me something? Continue reading →

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