Upon Taking the Photographs Out of the Envelope and Looking Again

Twenty years later

That blue sky

Twenty years

That blue

Sky

Still

So

Terribly

Blue

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Nurturing the Love of Wilderness

There is nothing quite so sublime as your first fresh kill. You look down at the lifeless beast and chills of exaltation course through your body.

Oh to be an innocent little girl again, frolicking among nature’s bounty!
God Bless America

“Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.”

(Samuel Johnson, Essayist and Poet)
If They Gunned You Down?

When police shoot innocent civilians, mass media often selects images of victims that suggest they’re not truly innocent after all. A brilliant response has arisen on Twitter. Using the the hashtag #IfTheyGunnedMeDown, users speculate how they’ll be shown if they’re ever shot down.
Shut Up and Be Happy

Your neighborhood watch officer will be by to collect urine samples in the morning. Jello Biafra with a timely announcement. Image by Winston Smith.
Conformity Tip #112
The Family That Shoots Together

Are you look for a moral and patriotic book for a child in your life? Of course you are! Look no further than the heartwarming children’s book My Parents Open Carry.

The family that shoots together stays together!
When Fascism Comes

“When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross.”

(Sinclair Lewis in It Can’t Happen Here)
Our Artists

Remember

Meat Knows Best.
Gay Boy

Let’s conduct an experiment. You and a million other young men are playing Halo 3, a popular first-person shooter video game. Only you have chosen to use “xxxGayBoyxxx” as your gamer tag. What could possibly be the response?

Another admirable investigation into primate behavior in America.
Do Something Amazing

The American Air Force offers some bitching ideas on how you can make your mark in the world!
Crime and Punishment

“A man in Kabul, who had just served a prison sentence for having defied the prohibition on images, told me about a scene he had witnessed: A thief whose right hand had already been cut off had stolen again, and so the Taliban cut off his left foot. Afterward, when they were beating him in prison, he shouted, “If you cut everything off I will continue stealing with my teeth! Because I have nothing to eat!””

(from William Vollmann's article, “Across the Divide,” 2000)
Some of the Nonsense
was Evil

Kurt Vonnegut on Sea Pirates and the brave history of America from his Breakfast of Champions.
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