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The official DHS Twitter account basically did this comic in so many words but genuinely: https://x.com/DHSgov/status/1991532782003044710?s=20 I'm not sure what's…
I don't blame them for being furious. But that it came up in my cartoon is just a coincidence. :-)
The allusion to Charlotte's Web would have seemed completely random last week. Or maybe not completely random, but maybe just…
I don't doubt it, @Watcher, but I limit myself to talking about what I know, which, as a Brit, is…
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Category Archives: Whatever
Guest post about Amazon.com
Last night, a concerned GLBT activist wrote and asked if we would post about Amazon. I told her that if she wrote a guest post about the subject, I would be happy to post it. Here it is. UPDATE: Thanks, … Continue reading
Posted in Whatever
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Mother's Remedies
A few years ago, I set out to write a poem that was cute and funny and rhyming. It doesn’t seem to have a home in the current market, so I thought I’d post it here instead. Mother’s Remedies by … Continue reading
Posted in Mandolin's fiction & poems, Whatever
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Make a Video to De-Fang NOM
OK, thanks to Shakesville, I have just realized that the abbreviation of the National Organization for Marriage is NOM. That’s right. NOM. The ammunition to defang this group is in our hands! Someone must merely find a way to combine … Continue reading
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My Website is Gone
For those of you familiar with moderateleft.com, you may be wondering why the site is not so much there right now. Well, my registrar helpfully never notified me that the domain name was nearing the end of its operational life, … Continue reading
Posted in Whatever
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Facebook photos
I’m not really keen on having photos of myself on facebook and flicker accounts. As in, I’d greatly prefer that people didn’t take photos at parties and such and then post the ones of me publicly, without permission, tagged with … Continue reading
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Christianity Is The Problem
In all the discussions about Same Sex Marriage, the rarely-acknowledged elephant in the room is that there is no coherent non-religious opposition. The religious opposition, of course, boils down to “people who are not members of my chosen religion should … Continue reading
Posted in Same-Sex Marriage, Whatever
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Dollhouse Review: Episode 7 'Echoes'
When I watched the preview for ‘Echoes’ the first thing I said was “Oh God, I hope they don’t turn Caroline into an animal rights activist. I liked Caroline.” This clearly says more about my issues than it does about … Continue reading
Posted in Buffy, Whedon, etc., Whatever
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The Dumbest Thing Mike S. Adams Has Written So Far Today
Remember Dr. Mike S. Adams? Sure you do! He’s the misogynistic, anti-feminist douchebag who somehow teaches at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. At any rate, one of Mikey’s friends sent him an email the other day — allegedly, … Continue reading
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No, Really, Your Spam is Delicious, Not Like All That Other Tinned Meat.
Dear Gambling Debt Consolidation, Ways to Make More Money Now, Naked Porn Naked XXX, and others, We thank you for your comments about how “you just found the blog” and “i think ur right about that” and “wow what a … Continue reading
The Trouble With Topher
In Aspects of the Novel, E.M. Forster argues that there are essentially two types of characters: flat and round. (I’m describing this from memory, since for some unfathomable reason I’m a novelist who doesn’t own the book, so correct me … Continue reading
Here's a perspective of the impact of illegal immigration you might be interested in: https://pjmedia.com/jamie-wilson/2025/11/20/the-lie-that-broke-a-nation-jobs-americans-wont-do-and-the-economic-and-social-devastation-it-hid-n4946215