Trump’s latest cabinet pick for Secretary of Education is ‘Michigan royalty’ Betsy DeVos. This is not only a potential disaster for American public education, it’s another sure sign that when Trump says ‘Drain the Swamp!’, he must mean his version of Opposite Day. As in crony capitalism on steroids. How swampy is Betsy DeVos, in…
Read More Pyramid Schemes, Dunbar’s Number, and Betsy DeVosLet’s face it, the alt.right are Neo Nazis, pure and simple. They’re not ‘white nationalists’. They’re not ‘dapper’. They don’t simply want a ‘white homeland’ free from all ‘colored’ influences…they want to crowd out and exterminate the Other. We know this, we’ve seen this dance before. Their tools are misinformation and resentment, fear, and a…
Read More How to deal with Neo NazisCorel’s new digital arts platform Painter 17 is out now, and I’m fiddling around with it this week. I finished this teaser art piece for the new version of Moro’s Price in about 30 minutes, and that was because I was slowly playing around with some of the new Artist’s Favorites brushes. I should have…
Read More Painter 17 teaser art…Or be impeached, or even be assassinated (possibly even by his own people). And that should scare the crap out of every liberal in America. The Trump alternatives are worse. Even if none of those things happen, Trump has made it pretty clear he has neither an inclination for nor an interest in the details…
Read More Donald J. Trump will be forced to resign…This is a long shot, for actually doing anything…but you can sign a petition to the US Electoral College to recast or overturn their votes for Trump. They have a little over a month. Try this site, for more information. Clinton won the popular vote, but not the Electoral. Hmm. When have we seen this…
Read More How Electors can redeem their honor(Soon to be an artist’s book.) For a couple of years, I’ve been taken to task by well-meaning folks who want me to make only positive, light-hearted, beautiful books that affirm life and hope. And I do – I’ve got a lot of those on the workshop table, or in development. But being a nihilist,…
Read More Narrow ShoreOne of the perils of being an Independent voter, as well as mostly a nihilist, is that I often think of the worst possible outcome…and expect to see it. I’ve never been as completely saddened by America as I am now. #Whitelash and emotion-based politics carried the day over dull competence and multicultural globalism last…
Read More So that happenedI wear this right angle weave necklace every election and most national holidays. The seed beads are old stock Czech. The blue and white chevron beads are Chinese or Indian, circa 2006. The glass millefiori button is Japanese from around the 1950s, I think. I made it right after the 9-11 attacks in 2001. It…
Read More Election DayWarning: I will say some unkind things next. If you’re a US citizen, are you registered to vote? Will you vote tomorrow? Why haven’t you already voted? (It’s going to be a mess at the polls, and early voting by absentee ballot is so much easier, if your state allows it!) Some quick notes: If…
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