He who dies last wins

Death & star trails, originally uploaded by Midnight-digital. An excerpt from "Mine Is Longer Than Yours," by Michael Kinsley in the New Yorker: The government statistics on how people die are lavish and fascinating. Let’s forget for a moment that it’s a catalogue you can’t really shop from. And yet you also can’t put it …

This machine kills Fascists

this_machine_kills_fascists, originally uploaded by ivalladt. Strange coincidence: On Wednesday, on his terrific blog about arts and culture in Venango County, Dittman posted a link to a t-shirt with a graphic of a guitar and the words "This machine kills fascists." I thought, "Neat graphic. Don’t know what it means, but interesting." Meanwhile: I subscribe to …