Category Archives: File Under: Unicorns

Living to Work

Posted on Friday, September 9, 2011 by Keith

Douglass Rushkoff is making some noise again: I understand we all want paychecks — or at least money. We want food, shelter, clothing, and all the things that money buys us. But do we all really want jobs? We’re living … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on the Royal Wedding

Posted on Wednesday, May 4, 2011 by Keith

The wedding of Prince Humperdink and Princess Buttercup this weekend got overshadowed by our collective blood lust on Sunday but I wanted to try and at least sort out a little of what was going on, at least in my … Continue reading →

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I Called It! I’m So Sad…

Posted on Friday, August 7, 2009 by Keith

This makes sense and that is the problem: Incredibly, President George W. Bush told French President Jacques Chirac in early 2003 that Iraq must be invaded to thwart Gog and Magog, the Bible’s satanic agents of the Apocalypse. Honest. This … Continue reading →

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“You Keep Using This Word. I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means.”

Posted on Wednesday, April 2, 2008 by Keith

There was an interesting discussion over at Boing Boing earlier about libraries and how they handle books on the occult. Cecile Dubuis wrote a master’s dissertation for University College London titled “Libraries & The Occult.” I’ve only read bits of … Continue reading →

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Welcome to Fantasy Island

Posted on Thursday, October 25, 2007 by Keith

China Mieville has a great article over at In These Times about Floating Utopias and the sinister, libertarian shadow, the tax-free micro-nation. It’s a fun read* but the best part is his summation of Libertarianism: Libertarianism, by contrast, is a … Continue reading →

Posted in File Under: Unicorns, Kooks, Politics | 3 Comments

The Love Gun

Posted on Monday, July 9, 2007 by Keith

It’s hard being a satirist these days. No matter what great little idea you come up with to poke fun at the powerful and well connected, it pales in comparison to the tinfol hat, bat shit snorting insanity that actually … Continue reading →

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Never fear! Science Fiction Will Save You!

Posted on Thursday, May 31, 2007 by Keith

Has it ever seemed to you like the folks over at Homeland Security think they live in a science fiction universe, where water can be made to explode and a nut with a home made shoe bomb is a credible … Continue reading →

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The Un-discovered Country

Posted on Saturday, April 21, 2007 by Keith

In order to reach the conclusion that there is no Limbo, the Pope sent out an official Vatican exploration team, led by a driven, sincere priest who wanted to find out if Limbo was real for personal reasons, to see … Continue reading →

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