Category Archives: Nihilism

A Swan Dive Into The Abyss

Posted on October 25, 2015 by johnrachel

America is being hollowed out from the inside, becoming a lacquered shell of an empire filled with the abscess of its steady self-impoverishment. It is a swan gracefully diving into the abyss of its own disintegration. On its current course, either greed will drag its demise out over decades, or nuclear war will make the finality instantaneous. Continue reading →

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Don’t call me crazy . . . just call me maybe!

Posted on October 16, 2015 by johnrachel

Life is full of both surprises and setbacks. We don’t usually have to seek them out. We certainly don’t have to buy over-priced medications to get kicked in the head. Continue reading →

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The Post-Feminist Apocalypse

Posted on October 9, 2015 by johnrachel

The ideal of femininity and fullest expression of potential for the female gender is always evolving, as it adapts to the unfolding realities of our world. Girls want to have fun, yes. But they’ve learned to stand their ground. Continue reading →

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I’m not worried … yes, I am … no, not really … well, maybe a little.

Posted on October 5, 2015 by johnrachel

Did the Pope mention Alfred E. Neuman during his recent visit to the U.S.? Continue reading →

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What Passes for Rationality in the Modern World

Posted on September 16, 2015 by johnrachel

Who in their right mind would come up with MAD __ mutual assured destruction __ then destabilize it with policies which replace its precarious, paranoid, hair-trigger brinkmanship with more confrontation and a renewed arms race? Continue reading →

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“We want our money back!”

Posted on May 31, 2015 by johnrachel

We have been ripped off! Now we want our money back. All $4.82 trillion of it! Continue reading →

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Freedom of the Press

Posted on April 30, 2015 by johnrachel

There is indeed freedom of the press in America. But it’s not quite what I understood it to be. Now it’s the freedom to keep Americans in the dark. It’s the freedom cherry-pick from the vast array of newsworthy items and only publish those consistent with the preferred narrative of our government. It’s the freedom to suppress anything which our government would find inconvenient or untimely towards pressing its manufactured version world events. Continue reading →

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The March To Corporate Totalitarianism

Posted on April 18, 2015 by johnrachel

It’s all but over folks . . . except for the revolution. Anyone want to borrow my pitchfork sharpener? Continue reading →

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The Case For Female Circumcision

Posted on February 27, 2015 by johnrachel

What twisted logic could possibly justify such an inhumane, degrading and completely offensive practice, perhaps the ultimate assault on the dignity of females __ the mutilation of their genitals? Why would you want to know? Continue reading →

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What is more evil than pure evil?

Posted on February 24, 2015 by johnrachel

Hitler was given a pass by the German people on his less than savory activities, the collateral damage, all the unpleasant but necessary slaughter required to achieve the greater glory of Germany. Is this the example we should be following when our own leaders implement genocidal wars, support homicidal regimes, torture and kill ‘enemies’, often innocent people who never have the opportunity to defend themselves? Continue reading →

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