The once rare specters of hypochondria, germophobia and agoraphobia became required behavior for participating in polite society over the past year. These conditions remain the same mental illnesses they were in the twentieth century, but are now compulsory prerequisites for social acceptability in America and much of the industrialized world. The fact that millions of … Continue reading
When Doctors Considered Hand Washing A Baseless Conspiracy Theory
175 years ago, when the practices of western science were just starting to catch on, one rebel doctor proposed the novel idea of hand washing to his colleagues as a means of preventing infection from spreading throughout his hospital, in-turn making himself the most ridiculed pariah of his day. In this case, the infection that … Continue reading
The Spirit Of Taking: Fat Cat Miser Nick Checota Attempts to Pull Himself Up By YOUR Bootstraps
Dissatisfied with crippling the local music scene, transplant millionaire Nick Checota now demands Missoula’s charity so he can remain affluent. He appeared in multiple media spots last week to finally concede at last what his TIF opponents saw coming over a year ago: the imminent, systemic financial collapse of the entertainment industry. “The industry as … Continue reading
Sorry Ochenski: Biden Is Not Going To Save The Environment
Whether you’re a Democrat, Republican, or part of the growing percentage of Americans who decline to identify themselves with either mainstream political party, it is important to remember that neither party could possibly be responsible for every one of our problems. And while Americans’ faith in the competence and honesty of their government representatives declines … Continue reading
Planet of the Propagandists
Mikey Moore has a new documentary out. It’s a bit different than his last film, Where To Invade Next, which ended with a profound message of optimism for the future, and faith in humanity. This new documentary, Planet of the Humans, embraces nihilistic pessimism as the central mood, gently nudging the viewer toward the acceptance … Continue reading
Hall-Monitor Hypochondriacs
Why it is easier to fool people than it is to convince them that they’ve been fooled? The corporate media have driven many well-meaning and highly educated people into a Coronavirus-fueled, Obsessive-Compulsive frenzy. Literally overnight, countless citizens suddenly became Facebook-epidemiologists with pseudo-degrees in Medical Microbiology, policing their friends and neighbors about how they should behave, … Continue reading