I love how people are like, "Oh yeah, let's all be peaceful and respect everybody," until something that they think is evil shows up, and then they're like, "Oh yeah, hit that person!" And what's funny is that you usually think the evil person is evil because they are all like, "Oh, we want to hurt … Continue reading Hurting Evil People →

The arena of politics is fraught for a lot of reasons. It's the subject of power, a subject on which humanity as a group is pretty much insane, from a historical perspective. Very few people ask themselves why they want to be in power, assuming that power is its own end and that one has … Continue reading Why Politics is Such a Fraught Subject →

You know, once in a while I see people post about immigration into the US, or get unhappy about it, or something, and I wonder if they understand how immigration into the United States works. Here's a reasonable summary here of ways to legally immigrate into the US. As you may notice, there actually is … Continue reading Immigration →

I find it amazing that we live in a world where it is so easy to directly hear what people are saying, to directly see places that are far away from you, and to get first-hand accounts from numerous individuals of what is happening, and yet people still choose to get filtered, edited information second-hand … Continue reading Going to the Source →

If you are angry now after the 2016 election, it is because there was a year-long news cycle that prepared one half of the country to be violently angry NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENED. If you don't think this is true, you don't have enough friends who were on the other side of the election or … Continue reading You’re Angry Because You’re Supposed To Be →

Most of the time, things happen for a reason. Once in a while there are accidents, but when we have something of the scale and scope of something like a national election and how the media reports on it, it's very unlikely that what you are looking at is a coincidence. In fact, usually thing … Continue reading Things Happen for a Reason →

Hi hi. So, wow, politics! Apparently that's a thing. But really, here's what's up: In the USA, there is only one major political party. It is called the Money And War Party. It has two faces: the Angry Party and the Sympathy Party. Both of these are really just ways of making the Money And … Continue reading The Only Political Party →