Tag Archives: Psychopaths

A Call For Enhanced Optimism

We all read Flowers For Algernon in school.  Daniel Keyes’s story of a man and his beloved mouse enhanced to genius, then reduced by the same drug to a descent into imbecility, is pathetic, horrific, and emotional.  It makes an … Continue reading

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Change Is Our Only Hope

As a ferocious liberal who does not like the Left-Right dichotomy, which artificially polarizes us, and as an Appalachian, born and raised in the Laurel Highland Mountains of Western Pennsylvania, bituminous coal country, I became radicalized by witnessing the culture … Continue reading

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Lorde’s Suppressed, Censored Grammy Acceptance Speech

Lorde: Thankyou soo much everyone for making this song explode because this world is mental. (Laughter). Planet Earth is run by psychopaths that hide behind slick marketing, ‘freedom’ propaganda and ‘economic growth’ rhetoric,[1] while they construct a global system of … Continue reading

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“Merry Fuckin’ Christmas, You’re Fired, Sucker” by MD/SC

Vampire Banksters Eat my flesh Out of work My pay is death Healthcare scam Bleeds me dry Tax my pain Pollute my sky Poison food Sustains us slaves Fracking water Pours the flames Hell’s the wealthy Buying power Them or … Continue reading

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Ex Nihilo, Ad Nihilo

Take their pleasures as they find them Safe behind a numbered door Take their measures as they’re given Find their lovers on the floor Consequence restores renewal Contemplate aftereffect Make their statues where they conquer Waif will huddle in their … Continue reading

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Try Not To Think of Elephants

I dare you to read this list and not think of Republicans, Teabaggers, Religionists, and Corporatists. Glibness Superficial Charm A Grandiose Sense of Self Worth Pathological Lying Cunning Manipulation Lack of Remorse Lack of Guilt Shallow Affect Lack of Empathy … Continue reading

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