Update from the Nerd Desk

The desk selfie has a rich tradition on the Internet. Here's a particularly classy example.

And another  - that's Anime, by the way, if you didn't know. I didn't  - not till a few years ago. But how I've learned.

Sailor Moon outfit - Sailor Moon apparently is a thing. Who knew? The nerds knew. Oh how they know.

And a depressing non-anime bonus picture:

Flags of a feather

I should note that as concerns the Holy Flag Code, wearing the US flag in any way except as a patch on a uniform is expressly forbidden.

This is textbook perfect use of the flag during a soldier's funeral. Allah bless are troops!

These colors don't run - they offshore to Asian sweatshops, preferably in countries with a dictatorship. FREEDOM!

CHILDREN, HEAH!

"CHILDREN for sale! Get your fresh CHILDREN, HEAH!"

"Hey! Dude! 4 CHILDREN UP HEAH!"

"4 CHILDREN coming up!"

"42.50 buddy!"

Like the Weekend?

Thank a Union Member. Through blood, sweat and tears, Unions brought us the weekend, healthcare, pensions and retirement plans, disability insurance, everything that makes the Western, industrial world great.

Rest assured, well and truly proven over the history of humanity, the rich and powerful do not want you to be overly happy or particularly healthy. As long as you do their bidding, as cheaply and with as little fuss as possible, than all is good. Demand your human rights? Have some thugs.

Better yet, use the police as your goonsquad and thug brigade. Let the man being truncheoned pay for his own beating, though taxes. Brilliant!

Alas, we seem eager these days to give back all the rights these folks fought for. And for why? Because of insanity. Thanks Republican Party and supporters!

Back The Way It Used To Be

A tidy Hooverville, 1922 Seattle. Looks cozy and inviting, right? Oh for those good old days when you knew your neighbor and lent a hand, after a good day of honest work for honest pay. Every man had his castle. His luxury penthouse in Hollywood.

The shack with stove is a pretty common housing choice around the world, even today. It's affordable and Green. Time to bring it back to America!  Or if you're truly a Fiscal Conservative, simply live out in a tent in the middle of the prairie - that will stretch your dollar for luxury items like tea, and socks, and awesome gowns.

Vote Tea Party! They'll solve America's housing crisis!

Always Forget

You'll recognize this photo if you focus on the woman on the right, with the baby. This was in the 1930's. Not so long ago, poverty stalked the American countryside, just like it stalks/ed most countrysides. Yet we've found a way to banish it - Socialist Democracies with mild forms of Capitalism. See all the Nordic states for proof.

We knew this in America, yet we somehow forgot, and now live in direct opposition to the idea that working folk should have decent lives. Amazing turn of events, really. Good job, evil guys.

60-70 years from a nation starving to old people protesting teachers making any money above the poverty line. LOL America!