Editor’s Note: Long term readers will know that we are running a series of short, comic pieces by Luke Haines which whack selfish Baby Boomers and/or Dragons (six of one). This week, we get the Ermitrude the pig, plus the Bechdel Test. “Jeeeeeeeeesus…” I winced as I sat up. I’d slept in my clothes, which…

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By Bill Albee I recently visited old friends who live in The Villages, which is retirement area in Florida near Ocala that has around 100,000 residents and is growing at a rapid pace. My host, who is a very conservative Republican, proudly showed me all around, pointing out the various village squares, community centers, golf…

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Editor’s Note: Luke Haines has given us a truly bizarre parody of the Tolkien books which also, somehow, takes a few shots at greedy BabyBoomers…including his loyal editor (that would be me). So, without further ado, here is episode three. It contains the obligatory titillating busty innkeeper’s daughter. Plus a pig shed. The town in…

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A Controversial Paragraph From the Traditional Haggadah By Rabbi Yeshaia Charles Familant וְהִיא שֶׁעָמְדָה לַאֲבוֹתֵיֽנוּ וְלָנו; שֶׁלֹא אֶחָד בִּלְבָד, עָמַד עָלֵיֽנוּ לְכַלּוֹתֵנֽוּ. אֶלָּא שֶׁבְּכָל דּוֹר וָדוֹר, עוֹמְדִים עָלֵיֽנוּ לְכַלּוֹתֵנֽוּ. וְהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מַצִּילֵנוּ מִיָּדָם Vehi She’amda, La’avotainu Velanu Shelo Echad Bilvad, Amad Aleinu Lechaloteinu Ela Sheb’chol Dor VaDor Omdim Aleinu Lechaloteinu V’HaKadosh Baruch Hu Matzilenu…

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Editor’s Note: Luke Haines has provided us with a parodic series of short pieces saying terrible things about Baby Boomers (like his editors) and nasty, horrible warty creatures (also not like his editors). This is episode two. It was a long flight to the Lonely Mountain, but ultimately worth it. It cut out a lot…

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By Michael E. Berumen There are three major forces of our own manufacture that serve to alienate large swaths of people from one another and engender all manner of evil in our species. These are ancient forces; however, they are neither intractable nor ineradicable. One is the extremes of inequality in wealth (and hence, power),…

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When someone chooses belief over evidence, we have a cult…and a problem.   Editor’s note: readers may have missed several stories that were posted to LR Net during the brief period when we were off the air. That being case, we will be reposting them over the next few days. This is one such story.

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