for twenty-five dollars and pieces of silver

I foresee a strong need for these arguments in the future, as nerd engagement with the new Star Wars movie ramps up: ( why it's not okay to bag on Carrie Fisher about her weight )

hrim namah shivaya

It's fucking shocking, to me, that we're still at the releasing new comprehensive reports stage of our public relationship with the reality of climate change. We were there ten, twenty years ago. The shock of realization about global warming was a driving force in American culture back in my early early childhood, the ozone layer; 80s shit.