New Trend in Suicides

“Zanesville, OH – Eccentric resident releases 57 wild animals, kills self.” For years we’ve had to put up with deranged men storming into businesses and schools, shooting up the joint, and then blowing their own brains out. Now at last a healthier trend is emerging. Some recent examples: – John Smith, prominent Kansas farmer, sells [...]

The Future of the United States

To simplify, Democrats trust Government to save us from Big Business. Republicans trust Big Business to save us from Government. In the future, everyone will work for Big Business or Government, or be old, poor, or recently graduated. The old, poor, and recently graduated will spend a lot of time at home on their computers. [...]

The Future of Capital Punishment

I don’t want to go dark in this blog, which is, in general,  relentlessly, mindlessly upbeat, but I just heard a bit of gossip in an Austin bar that comes directly from the Texas legislature, and it seems like something worth passing along. Background: Before the U.S. assassinates someone via predator drone, a death panel [...]

Death by drone: what does the future hold?

Now that U.S. drones are buzzing around blowing up evildoers and their collateral families, including the late U. S. citizen Samir Khan of North Carolina, we must ask what the future holds in this respect.  A few obvious facts: 1. States, and then cities, towns, and villages will acquire predators. 2. These predators will eventually [...]

Don’t put cheese in the toaster.

You’ve probably heard that the U.S. is slipping into third-world status in some respects. Here’s a portent: someone has posted a sign at work, DON’T PUT CHEESE IN THE TOASTER. What does this sign indicate? It indicates that one of our many workers from a foreign country is used to high-tech toasters that can accommodate [...]