Starting with Ayumi, the mass conquest plan begins. The apple on the desk is a pretty classy touch, and the rooftop confession scene is an extremely enjoyable one, all the way to the ending high-kick by Ayumi. For all the extra plot elements behind Keima’s actions now, Wakaki Tamiki ne...
Noting the clear cause-and-effect is “politicizing tragedy“. (Framing mass shootings as “tragedies” is an additional sleight-of-hand: Tragedies arise from inexorable Fate rather than human choices.) Learning from the Uvalde shooting that 18-year-olds should not be able to buy assault weapons...
It would be something more along the lines of what President Clinton did in December 1998 during Operation Desert Fox: several days’ air and naval bombing against Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction facilities for exactly the same kind of behavior. And then Iran will do what? This is the k...
Tell me all that you know I'll show you snow and rain “Bird Song†was dedicated to/inspired by Janis Joplin, who passed away in October of 1970. Ms. Joplin was both a friend and earlier occasional collaborator with the Grateful Dead, dating...
Just because they fit, I included in the bag my vintage Pentax-110 50mm f/2.8 and 24mm f/2.8 lenses, which are actually the smallest interchangeable lenses ever mass produced. They were made for Pentax Auto 110 cameras in the late-1970’s through the mid-1980’s, but, with an adapter...
Stacks’ booth at The Junk Ranch — where you can see many of the items she has “rescued” over the years — can be found in its usual place right beside the little white ranch house near the front of the grounds. She says she loves participating in the event. ...
We’re watching that mass delusion happen right before our eyes in the Trump administration 2.0.” During the following week with reporters, Trump continued to spew misleading assertions, wild exaggerations and blatant lies, culminating on Fox News with his explanation for the blanket pardon of the...
20世纪早期的不明飞行物看起来像飞艇和潜艇。到了20世纪40年代末,它们演化成了飞碟;不久之后,人们开始将不明飞行物描述为由小绿人驾驶。更近期的UFO目击事件描述中,它们看起来更像是无人机编队。虽然对头顶上奇怪事物的外观感到困惑可...
Unemployment is as low as it was just before the Covid-19 pandemic and near its historic best. Domestic energy production is higher than it has ever been. The manufacturing sector has more jobs than under any president since Mr. Bush. Drug overdose deaths have fallen for the first time in...
Nations. Every time you look at a globe, you’re participating in an illusion: that the Earth’s land mass partitions neatly into nations. On the globe, ungovernable places like Afghanistan and Syria look every bit as solid and well-defined as Belgium or Japan. In spite of ourselves, we ...