RANDOM JACK

[Editor Note: Those of you who have from time to time checked the contents of this web log are familiar with the adventures of the Beatlick...

By Jack Random Prosperity for the prosperous Austerity for the poor Less for those with the least For those with the most more College for t...

RE: HUNTER S THOMPSON BY JAKE BERRY An except from an email to my brother Jon regarding Hunter Thompson and morality: Thanks for the latest ...

By Jake Berry Choose a thick cut - 
 preferably a fat ham. 
 Drill a small hole through it. 
 Insert a spark plug into the wound.
 Wrap a li...

In an update of events in India regarding Arundhati Roy, the author relates that while the charges of sedition have been dropped, the attemp...

As we wrestle with the issues of an election in America, the world continues to remind us that we are fortunate to live in a nation that all...

NOVEMBER 2, 2010 This is intended as a general guide to voting in the upcoming California election for like-minded progressive independents....

In response to "The Long View of American History: The Fall before the Rise" by Jack Random (reprinted below). "But we do kno...

The Financial Con of the Decade Explained So Simply Even A Congressman Will Get It http://www.zerohedge.com/article/financial-con-decade-exp...

RANDOM JACK: SPORTSLAND ESOTERICA. With the rest of the world focused on the World Cup finals, America’s latest obsession was the decision ...

[Note: Jimmi wZ is a resident of northern Florida, Gulf side. I asked him for his thoughts...] Its a travesty. All profit oriented, even th...

Date: May 23, 2010 3:09 PM Our first full day here in Tusayan we popped for an expensive IMAX movie about the Grand Canyon. After that we we...

Date: May 21, 2010 9:17 PM Well we sped out of Organ, NM, with the most power I guess I have ever had in this engine. I blew a valve, whatev...

RANDOM JACK. DISSEMINATE FREELY. By Jack Random When one considers statewide initiatives to amend the constitution, the fallback position ...

A JAZZMAN CHRONICLE. DISSEMINATE FREELY. BEYOND IMPATIENT (And the Oil Flows on Like a River Rising) By Jack Random It is not just the Gulf...

Now that South African Tim Clark has won the Players Championship, the unofficial fifth major in professional golf, it is time to revisit th...

Subject: Astor Park, Beatlick Survival Camp Date: Mar 18, 2010 12:59 PM Another hot dusty day out here at Astor Park. Neil showed up with hi...

APOLOGIES TO LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI: In my commentary on education (Blame the Teacher Syndrome, Dissident Voice, 15 March 2010) I made so...

Sad but so true! I see this played out on a weekly basis when I teach chess at Dr. George Washington Carver Elementary School. They are ce...

By ivan arguelles bride's shadow made white by truck going all the way to Big Sur bums depleted by dhamma tight band around head no high...