What we can learn from Canada and Vash the Stampede

This is how you make your country great: #BienvenueAuCanada pic.twitter.com/rUhrIXiFcR — Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) January 28, 2017 For that matter, replace “country” with any word that represents a community. Because the way you make any kind of community better is with love, not hate. Fighting hate with hate only creates more hate. The way you… Continue reading What we can learn from Canada and Vash the Stampede

Plague Music joins thousands of other sites in protesting SOPA/PIPA

In case you missed it, Plague Music — in good company with Wikipedia, BoingBoing, Reddit and thousands more — was blacked out yesterday to protest SOPA/PIPA. Ironically, this ended up being our highest traffic day, due largely to being listed on the SOPA Strike page (which was reposted on numerous blogs and forums). However, just… (read more)

franklin roosevelt’s second bill of rights

watched mike moore’s capitalism: a love story last night.  this speech from FDR stuck with me.  in fact, i cried as i was watching it.  what if FDR had been able to enact these propositions?  would sarah palin exist?  would g-dub?  would we be billions of dollars in debt and our entire economy and social structure… Continue reading franklin roosevelt’s second bill of rights

“One Big Ass Mistake, America”

One Big Ass Mistake America That’s what I saw gracing the back of an old Ford pickup truck as I took the cat to the vet on Thursday. it immediately made me think of a Saturday Night Live sketch from last week that we just saw the night before. my first thought in response to… Continue reading “One Big Ass Mistake, America”

another sad event in history…sarah palin resigns

i will throw my two cents in. today is a sad day in history.  sadder, even, than G-Dub’s last day in the white house.  why?  because no longer will we be able to look forward to such gems as this from sarah palin’s resignation: “We know we can effect positive change outside government at this… Continue reading another sad event in history…sarah palin resigns