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Mammon Mob Comes for Retirees

Around here we've devoted a lot of page inches to sounding the alarm on the ticking economic time bomb that is the student debt crisis. We've also spent years discussing reasonable, just, and workable solutions. But no matter how often we demonstrate that lending at interest for consumption is immoral,…
February 29, 202435 Comments
Sandman Cancelled

Sandman Canceled by China

Yet another controversy plaguing the scandal-wracked World Science Fiction Society refuses to die as credible allegations of censorship, and a subsequent cover up, swirl in the wake of 2023's World Con in Chengdu. The home of oldpub's once-prestigious Hugo Awards, World Con made its Chinese debut last year in a…
February 9, 20247 Comments
Late Night HypnoJournoClowns

Late-Night HypnoJourno Clowns

If you were of college age back in the aughts, it was impossible to miss the late-night news parody show craze. Once Comedy Central's saucy puppet shows went off air for the day, the syncopated sounds of smug one-liners punctuated with mindless laughter would filter from dorm rooms, cheap apartments,…
February 6, 202416 Comments
Trump Disqualified

Court Disqualifies Trump for 2024

Colorado's Supreme Court dropped a bombshell ruling yesterday, declaring former President Donald Trump disqualified to appear on the state primary ballot. The decision held that the Civil War-era Disqualification Clause in the Fourteenth Amendment applies to Trump for taking part in an insurrection. Four of the seven justices said that…
December 20, 20237 Comments
Jesus Cleanses the Temple

Cassidy Cleanses the Capitol

Hat tip to neopatron Bayou Bomber for passing along this post from his blog chronicling the cleansing of Iowa's state Capitol. For those who hadn't heard, the Iowa state government gave the Satanic Temple permission to vandalize their capitol building with this monstrosity: Officials and members of the public alike,…
December 15, 202316 Comments
Henry IV at Canossa

Politics Is Downstream From Religion

The epic prelude to my acclaimed Soul Cycle is funding now. Get the book early, choose from a wide assortment of exclusive rewards, and help us hit the Interior Map Art stretch goal. Pledge now. A wise man once said that when the same idea is attacked from opposite sides…
November 13, 20234 Comments
Tomatoes

Rotten Tomatoes Indeed

Special Offer: All writing is persuasion. But knowing what approach works and when can be a challenge. Let best selling ghostwriter Joshua Lisec show you the best persuasive techniques to supercharge your writing. Check out his offer now. Once again, the Pop Cult-captured entertainment establishment is admitting what they vehemently…
September 7, 202315 Comments
Woke Soyjak

Woke Is the New Racist

Come one, come all to the ongoing tug-of-war between two Boomer memes! The prize? 2/3 of US consumer dollars. Politicians and businesses cower in fear of being accused of racism. As we saw during the George Floyd riots, a racism charge is perceived to be so serious that many businesses…
August 25, 20239 Comments
Pop Cult Hipster

Shades of the Pop Cult

The "I f***ing love science!" crowd gets short shrift around here, but one of their favorite boutique mantras may have some truth behind it. Time does indeed seem like it must be subjective sometimes. Case in point: It's now been ten years since the consumer revolts of the 2010s promised…
August 7, 202311 Comments
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No Participation Trophies

If you spent any length of time on social media this weekend, you couldn't escape seeing culture warrior Conservatives backsliding into the Pop Cult slop funnel en masse. Many of the same people who lamented the outrage marketing that turned Captain Marvel from a near-flop to a billion-dollar hit fell…
July 25, 20237 Comments