Tis The Season

Tis The Season

  [Click on BLUE links for sources and more information]   It’s a great time for drunks and gluttons.  Just a few weeks after gorging on roast turkey, oyster stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, green bean casserole (with cream of mushroom soup and crispy...
Udder Nonsense

Udder Nonsense

  [Click on BLUE links for sources and more information]   If you have read any of the posts on this site, you must be aware that Napkin Art adds an interesting historical and artistic dimension and adds immensely to the delight factor, if any is to be...
Welcome to the American Kleptocracy

Welcome to the American Kleptocracy

  [Click on BLUE links for sources and more information]   Kleptocracy:   a government or state in which those in power exploit national resources and steal; rule by a thief or thieves.   Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead.  David Glasgow Farragut...
The Greatest Heist in History

The Greatest Heist in History

  [Click on BLUE links for sources and further information]   Better views of some of the charts and some of the analysis used in this post can be found HERE:  Wage Stagnation in Nine Charts     America can be divided into five income classes:  the...
Shy Red

Shy Red

  [Click on BLUE links for sources or more information]   In this age, the mere example of nonconformity, the mere refusal to bend the knee to custom, is itself a service. Precisely because the tyranny of opinion is such as to make eccentricity a reproach,...