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The Course Of Empire

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  Portrait of Thomas Cole by Asher Brown Durand, 1837. The Savage State. The Arcadian or Pastoral State. The Consummation. Destruction. Desolation. Thomas Cole, The Course of Empire. 1833 - 1838. The United States has left Consummation and entered Destruction. Our politicians are of very mixed quality, and scoundrels lurk on both sides of the aisle. Here is Huey Long, ha ha, on the differences between the parties: https://youtu.be/KvZb8y7Cp7w  

Fritz Eichenberg, a Halloween tribute!

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   Dame Folly Speaks The Follies Of Old Age The Follies Of Princely Power The Follies Of Teaching The Follies Of The Court The Follies Of The Monks The Follies Of The Popes The Follies Of War The Follies Of Worshiping Idols    The Human Comedy The Dream Of Reason This portfolio of ten wood engravings by Fritz Eichenberg, based on Desiderius Erasmus' famous Humanist tract, was published by the Aquarius Press of New York and Baltimore in 1972 in two editions. The principal edition consisted of 150 sets of the engravings, in a custom clamshell box. This copy is one of ten Collaborator's sets, each of which includes one of the cancelled blocks created by Eichenberg for the project. The block, housed in a well in the portfolio, was engraved for plate 5, "The Follies of Teaching"; the ten engravings are numbered V/X Almost all of the Collaborator's portfolios are in institutional collections. This edition is rarely available for sale. The Peacea...

Discrimination!

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  Black magic bunny.  Why won't the local Wiccans let Billy join them? His Disgrace and Greatest of Calamities Satan, Lord High Priest of Discord and Enemy of All Free Will, when asked about Billy's rejection, said, "No fucking way.  I got standards too, you know, and that goddamn rabbit is too weird for any coven".  He then sprayed the faces of worshipers with ice cold semen as they recited the Lord's Prayer backwards.  "That rodent should try the Unitarians", said the blood soaked Horned God while baring his buttocks to a line of bankers and politicians advancing toward him on their knees.    It just ain't fair. Well, phooey.  Nothing works.

Always Something To See On The Coast

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    I've had it with this goddamn rabbit.  

A Few Of My Faves

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  0 Perseus D Bunny.  I left out the winged sandals, the mirrored shield, the Cap of Invisibility, and the flying horse.  Those things are not realistic. The Iliad, Texas Style! To ravage, to slaughter, to usurp under false titles, they call empire; and where they make a desert, they call it peace. My gladiator bunny has worked his way up to command of a legion.  The wolves don't care, they follow the Alpha, and as long as Flamma keeps them satiated with blood and gold that is just fine with them.   Flamma is consumed by ambition and is an extremely able and successful general.  The Emperor really should arrange an accident for this rabbit.  Bunnies just want to have fun. Odysseus has told Polyphemus, the Cyclops, that his name is NoMan.  That night, after eating several sailors and drinking wine, Polyphemus goes to sleep.  Odysseus and his remaining crew sharpen a po...

Undeserved But What A Great Song!

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  Jesse James we understand, Has killed him many a man. He robbed the Union trains! But history does record, That Bob and Charlie Ford Have laid Jesse James in his grave It was on a Saturday night The stars were shining bright, When they robbed that Union train! And it was one of the Younger boys That gathered in the spoils, And carried that money away. In his small home unaware, A-straightening pictures there He thought he heard a noise- And as he turned his head Well, the bullet killed him dead. Fired by Bob Ford, one of the boys. Poor Jesse had a wife She lived a lady all her life! The children they were brave- But history does record That Bob and Charlie Ford, Have laid Jesse James in his grave. youtu.be/u8UyhYncH-Q Jesse James by Ry Cooder, from The Long Riders soundtrack.  1980.  Bob Ford was the dirty little coward that shot Mister Howard.  (The false name Jesse was living under).  In April 3, 1882, after eating breakfast, the Fords and James went into th...