Category Archives: Communism

Last Drainpipe to Brooklyn, Last Chance to Turn Around

Posted on December 19, 2019 by Nathan

It’s time for some more Super Mario Bros. Super Show episode reviews! If that doesn’t interest you, hopefully I’ll have another post up before you can say “pasta power.” The Great BMX Race – The title is pretty clear about … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Beatles, Cartoons, Communism, Economics, Humor, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Music, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games | Tagged albatosses, alligator dundee, aunt luigeena, awazon river, birdo, bob-ombs, brooklyn bound, butterfingers, captain lou albano, cher, cher's poochie, communist manifesto, crocodile dundee, dance, danny wells, dogs, fire flowers, fryguy, jungle fever, karl marx, king bowser koopa, koopa pack, koopa troopas, luigi mario, mama mario, mama mia mario, mouser, mushroom kingdom, pam matteson, paul elder, pizza transformer, princess peach toadstool, q*bert, quirks, ratigator, salvador drainado, sewer shark, shabba-doo, sheldon, shy guys, snifits, snow world, spear guys, stars in their eyes, super mario bros. 2, super mario bros. 3, super mario odyssey, the great bmx race, toad, triclyde, virtual boy wario land, wizzrobes, yoshi's island | 4 Comments

Money Makes the World Go Askew

Posted on January 6, 2018 by Nathan

I’m constantly seeing stuff about Bitcoin, although admittedly a significant amount of it is jokes about how no one can understand it. I’m not sure why play money invented by smug tech geeks really deserves national attention; we might as … Continue reading →

Posted in Capitalism, Communism, Corporations, Current Events, Economics, History, Politics, Technology | Tagged bitcoin, commodities, commodity money, crytpocurrency, currency, dark web, fiat money, gold, gold standard, goods and services, protest, representative money, stock market | 1 Comment

The Exceptionalism That Proves the Rule

Posted on July 4, 2015 by Nathan

The phrase “American exceptionalism” has become a rather confusing one, in that it gets tossed around a lot, but it’s not entirely clear what it means. It’s sort of like “political correctness” in that respect. Does it mean general politeness … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Communism, Economics, History, Mormonism, Politics, Religion | Tagged alexis de tocqueville, american communist party, american exceptionalism, bible, christopher columbus, city upon a hill, garden of eden, gospel of matthew, jesus, joseph smith, joseph stalin, mitt romney, political correctness, president george w. bush, president ronald reagan, young zaphod plays it safe | 1 Comment

No Money, Mo’ Problems

Posted on March 11, 2014 by Nathan

As I said back in this post, whether or not Oz uses some form of money is no more consistent than many other aspects of the series. Certainly the earlier books show money in use, with children paying for green … Continue reading →

Posted in Communism, Dick Martin, Economics, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Socialism | Tagged bill the weather-cock, david hulan, down town, emerald city, general quakes, glinda of oz, gold, grampa, grampa in oz, halidom, j. l. bell, jinxland, kiki aru, kimbaloo, king kinda jolly, king pompus, little wizard stories of oz, lucky bucky in oz, merry go round in oz, money, mooj, nome kingdom, ojo, ojo in oz, ozma, ozma of oz, ozure isles, prince tatters of ragbad, pumperdink, quok, ragbad, rash, regalia, scarecrow, seebania, the emerald city of oz, the forbidden fountain of oz, the giant horse of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the lost king of oz, the lost princess of oz, the magic of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the purple prince of oz, the queen of quok, the road to oz, the scarecrow of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tik-tok and the nome king, tin woodman, tippetarius, troth | 4 Comments

Moore Money

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Nathan

Capitalism: A Love Story – It took me a while to get around to watching Michael Moore’s latest documentary, and as with most of them, I agreed with his main points while taking some issues with how he presented them. … Continue reading →

Posted in Capitalism, Catholicism, Christianity, Communism, Corporations, Economics, Religion, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged capitalism: a love story, democracy, fahrenheit 9/11, jesus, michael moore, occupy wall street, president george w. bush | Leave a comment

A Whole New World Order

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Nathan

Conspiracy theorists love to talk about something called the “New World Order,” leaving the rest of us to wonder what this actually means and why it’s a bad thing. After all, it’s not like the CURRENT world order is without … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Cold War, Communism, Conspiracy Theories, Economics, Fundamentalism, History, Politics, Religion | Tagged antisemitism, barry goldwater, fred koch, frederick hicks, futurism, h.g. wells, john birch, john birch society, koch brothers, new world order, one world government, president dwight eisenhower, president george h.w. bush, revelation, tea party, united nations | 2 Comments

Off the Marx

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Nathan

You know, I’m not a communist, but I have to admit the idea has a fair amount of appeal. Too bad it hasn’t worked, but then, it’s not like the form of capitalism we have in this country is really … Continue reading →

Posted in Capitalism, Christianity, Cold War, Communism, Corporations, Economics, Historical Personages, History, Marxism, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Socialism | Tagged communist manifesto, jesus, josef stalin, karl marx, middle ages, norman cohn, the pursuit of the millennium | 10 Comments

Category Archives: Communism

Last Drainpipe to Brooklyn, Last Chance to Turn Around

Money Makes the World Go Askew

The Exceptionalism That Proves the Rule

No Money, Mo’ Problems

Moore Money

A Whole New World Order

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