Retired Front Page 7/3/20

December 19, 2020July 3, 2020 by L@L

[Originally written on 1/2/20 with minor revisions on occasion until 6/5/20. Retired on 7/3/20] In my previous edition of this page, I mentioned that fall was transitioning into winter, hoping that afforded me time to work on any number of works-in-progress. The seasonal change [it’s now summer] hasn’t provided the kind of time I need … Read more

Presidential Pandemics

February 14, 2022March 26, 2020 by L@L

M²gD³S and other poxes

By Len@Large

The precipitating clinical presentation:
The 2020 Super Bowl concludes and a 73-year-old orange-white male presents to the academy of the twits-o-sphere^NMwith the following:

(Ed.—The identity of the subject has been masked in order to comply with
HIPAA regulations concerning patient confidentiality)

Discussion and hypothesis development
I did not watch the game or any of the post-game coverage so it wasn’t until the next day that I learned of this from my daily morning canvassing of commentary peppered with unpitying pouncing of the political punditry. Such tweety birds!

Upon hearing of the error, and noting that it was quickly corrected, I began to wonder how many people think the KC in the tweet is in KS? A little research from an unimpeachable source (LOL!) suggested there are many, regardless of their educational level or station in life, present across all socio-economic and status groups, be they pissants or presidents—or possibly a pissant president.

Something about this botch bothered me. It seemed more than just a minor misstatement…more a prodrome for what I have long sensed is a widespread endemic/pandemic condition concentrated in certain cells or demographic corps. [Ed.—not corpse. More later.]

So here at L@L, we decided to conduct a searweous examination to determine with our patent-pending process to produce scientific-scertainty,^L@L as to which of the following correctly corroborates thinking that a city named after a state must, therefore, be located in that state, is caused by:
a) an infectious disease, possibly caused by alien DNA or other “foreign influences;”
b) an intellectual/mental disorder/dysfunction;
c) weaponized Wuhan flu;
d) all of the above;
e) none of the above, therefore, by default, the Russians, or something…

A lesion in national memory

February 16, 2022February 22, 2019 by L@L

Photo by Antoine Julien, used with permission

Going toward the light?
The near-death of the Democratic Party

[Part 2 of a series that started with New Year; same hysteria and ignorance.]

Sometimes I feel o.k. but when I talk I stutter
I can’t remember back a few minutes ago
The doctors all come up with the same answer
Boy if I’m that far gone there’s nowhere else to go.

I hope that it’s only amnesia
Believe me I’m sick but not insane
Yeah, I hope that it’s only amnesia
My friends they don’t look at me the same.
(partial lyrics from the song “Amnesia” by the Pousette-Dart Band)

I continue this series by telling a tale of things most my age or older—e.g., the aged-sage™ Jane Curtin, a septuagenarian—should recall. But one particular historical sidebar may not be known by some, forgotten by others, but once known or reminded might prefer to pretend never happened. Those much younger may have been taught some of the political history, but the financial sidebar they almost certainly and universally don’t know. This series is a parable for those who have ears to hear, eyes to see, and an ability to learn from history.

New Year; Same ignorance and hysteria

June 3, 2020January 12, 2019 by L@L

As has been the case for at least the past three New Year’s Eves, I was deliberately asleep well before the ball dropped at midnight, thus I missed all the politicalization and instant punditry that apparently is now standard fare for any-and-all late night television and non-political social events. The new year began in the … Read more

Holiday Humbug?

April 23, 2020December 10, 2018 by L@L

[with addendums ]

‘Tis the season! It starts earlier each year as the shopping season with its commercial, sales, and music now starting to appear in July. In few years, all pretense of traditional Judeo-Christian religious values will have been successfully submerged, subsumed, and re-emerged as one giant new secular-mercantile season that coincides perfectly with the most important religion of them all: The advent of the new football season (eliminating Advent itself), much to the glee of the lefty social(ist) engineers.

And it shall be called—sing it with me:
Fa-La-La-La-Laa-pa-loo-ooo-za! (!די לאַ-לאַ-לאַ-לאַ-פּאַלואָזאַ)

[Ed. postscript added 12/26/18: Take a look at this.]

Many things are indicative of the season besides those mentioned above, including mass solicitations by all manner of allegedly charitable enterprises. I donate to a select group at various times during the year and often come to regret doing so, mostly because of what happens during this time of year. Some of you will nod along with what follows.

M2gD3S and other poxes

Going toward the light? The near-death of the Democratic Party

M²gD³S and other poxes

Going toward the light?
The near-death of the Democratic Party