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1 month ago
in Manny Miranda: Hispanics, Unlike Blacks, ‘Think Like Everybody Else’ on The Washington Independent
Ironic that Miranda is point-man on this, given the extent to which he hyped up the conservative theory that Democrats opposed Estrada's nomination to a federal appellate court because they feared it would launch Estrada for being the first Latino Supreme Court nominee. http://www.mirandafund.com/Miranda%20Memogate.pdf
1 year ago
in Jack Chick and his Weirdness | The Cosmic Tap on The Cosmic Tap
Several years ago I visiting my parents and went with my grandmother to the Super Walmart. We were getting into the checkout line and I realized I'd forgotten something my mother had requested, and dashed off to grab it. I was back in two minutes, and my grandmother, who speaks a little English but reads none, handed me a Chick tract describing Hinduism as human-sacrificing devil worship and asked what it was. I was so furious that I couldn't marshal enough of her language to explain it to her -- and given her happy outlook on life and where she lives, her conviction that everyone is friendly and kind, I didn't want to explain it.
After I calmed down, I had to wonder at what kind of person would keep that particular tract on him in a town where less than 1% of the population could possibly be Hindu. I imagined him as having a jacket like the guys who sell fake watches on Canal Street in New York, with a dozen internal pockets in which to keep his dubious wares, except instead of muttering "Rolex, I got Omega, Cartier," he mumbles, "Witchcraft, abortion, I got your Dungeons & Dragons..."
After I calmed down, I had to wonder at what kind of person would keep that particular tract on him in a town where less than 1% of the population could possibly be Hindu. I imagined him as having a jacket like the guys who sell fake watches on Canal Street in New York, with a dozen internal pockets in which to keep his dubious wares, except instead of muttering "Rolex, I got Omega, Cartier," he mumbles, "Witchcraft, abortion, I got your Dungeons & Dragons..."
4 years ago
in Vacancy on Will Wilkinson
And if you need furniture, I'm pretty much giving some away: bed, couch, Pottery Barn coffee table that I ended up with on a "scratch it and buy it" policy...
4 years ago
in Fucking Mormons on Will Wilkinson
Reminds me of discovering that in Milton's theology, the Garden of Eden was fucking and vegetarianism. I don't know how libertarians feel about the latter, though.
Also, I didn't realize that Objectivists could be polyamorous (unless they are following Rand's biographical example and not her written injunctions). I thought that if they did what Rand said to do, they would find the Highest and fuck it. And somehow never get pregnant, which really is the most appealing aspect of sex between Rand's creators; these people make everything -- railroads, metal, energy -- except babies.
Also, I didn't realize that Objectivists could be polyamorous (unless they are following Rand's biographical example and not her written injunctions). I thought that if they did what Rand said to do, they would find the Highest and fuck it. And somehow never get pregnant, which really is the most appealing aspect of sex between Rand's creators; these people make everything -- railroads, metal, energy -- except babies.
4 years ago
in I Hate Giant on Will Wilkinson
When I lived in the DC area (by which I mean West Falls Church), I was in walking distance (by which I mean "could carry week's worth of food") of both Whole Foods and Trader Joe's. And yet I doubt anyone who actually lives in the District would trade places.
Has Whole Foods resolved its labor issues, though?
Has Whole Foods resolved its labor issues, though?
