Salt City Sinner

posted on 8/30/2013 by the Salt City Sinner  ...well, WND has been infiltrated by ONE pagan, anyway. Now, when it comes to religion, I am not one to throw stones – both as a matter of principle and because my house is made of the very thinnest glass. After all, according to Jesper Aagard Petersen's 2009 book on contemporary looney-tunes belief systems*, people like myself are “often seen by other occultists as dangerous or worrisome revolutionaries.” In short, I would never criticize someone for letting their religious freak flag fly. I am, however, perpetually delighted by the pratfalls and hypocrisy of “pure” religious believers (usually these falls from “grace” involve sexual proclivities of a nature that they have spoken out against pretty heatedly – see Ted Haggard et. al. -- but not in this case). This brings us to WND. Big Joe Farah's perpetual conspiracy engine has been a source of much mirth   here  at Salt City Sinner and   elsewhere . WND (former...

posted on 8/16/2013 by the Salt City Sinner Happy Friday, ye godless, begodded and many-godded pilgrims! The sun came up in the East this morning, gravity apparently still works, and water is still wet, and thus homophobes are still engaging in contortions of screwball logic and epic bouts of sulky wailing about their supposed persecution at the daintily manicured hands of the gays. The fact that most Christians – that is to say, those who are not affiliated with the likes of Big Joe Farah or Pat Roberson – do NOT feel the iron boot of Hitler / Stalin / Obama on their necks doesn't faze these wild-eyed true believers, who see themselves as beleaguered heroes desperately trying to warn an ignorantly sleeping population of God-fearing Americans that they are done for. The Supreme Court's DOMA ruling prompted what was probably the apex of this screeching so far ( jeepers! ), but it is anti-discrimination laws – the slowly evolving legal framework that, in some places ...

posted on 7/28/2013 by the Salt City Sinner peace through victory, victory through vegetables It struck me the other day that while I have   written about  my community garden – and community gardening in general – before, I haven't taken the time to explain why gardening is something I enjoy, and something you might want to try yourself. As a matter of fact gardening is a capital g capital t Good Thing, for you, for your community, and for America! Gardening is an activity with deep roots (lol) in human existence. We cultivate the soil and it cultivates us back. The act of planting and tending to vegetables, flowers, herbs, whatever strikes your fancy, teaches us important lessons about the interconnectedness of life and the natural rhythms, cycles and processes that are inextricably a part of human life as well as the life of the garden. Gardening also has outputs as well as inputs: never underestimate the appeal of a large supply of fresh, delicious, healthy pro...

posted on 7/18/2013 by the Salt City Sinner  At dawn’s crack in the hollow betwixt two hills, the hairy clusters of men bunched and steamed in the chill air. The mighty fist of loyalty had jerked them all rudely from their homefires, jerked them all the way to the root of the Short Tower. Lord Dickens Smallwood was Warden of the Short Tower, a stub of a man only as tall as he was wide, and given to agitated frothing at the slightest provocation. He dug his thighs into his mount and pulled up short before a banner bearing the sigil of his house: a wilted orchid, purple on a pale field. Ser Boner Cartwheel, Smallwood’s strong right hand, planned to take the Rear Guard into battle. “There,” he spat, veins bulging beneath his squat lavender helm as he stabbed at a map with a long, hard finger. “We shall penetrate them THERE.” “I know not,” Smallwood replied, chewing one slick, hairy lip. “Ser Hardpole, called the Cock of the Fountains, will be standing tall in that tigh...

posted on 7/9/2013 by the Salt City Sinner  It’s another beautiful summer in Salt City, which has enjoyed such robust temperatures for the last few weeks that I’m half-surprised that Temple Square’s golden angel Moroni hasn’t liquefied like a doomed Rocket Pop. After my   harrowing abduction  at the hands of our first brony President, there has been plenty to keep me busy, so my apologies for the absence – rest assured that Salt City Sinner was simply biding its time, and has not gone into remission. Plenty to keep me busy, and there’s plenty to keep you busy, too, if you feel the inexplicable urge to emerge from your (hopefully) air-conditioned shelter. Here’s a quick rundown of some of my favorite upcoming events. SALT LAKE HARM REDUCTION PROJECT MEETING, 7/10/2013  The Salt Lake Harm Reduction Project is just getting started, so if you want to get in on the ground floor, come out and meet these folks. Harm reduction is an approach to drug and al...

posted on 5/24/2013 by the Salt City Sinner  It’s 9:17 PM on a sleepy Sunday night in Salt Lake City, UT -- in the avenues, to be precise. It’s a quiet, friendly neighborhood, currently in the process of winding down after another day of civic excellence. It has been warm, but not hot, and a breeze floats through my open bedroom window, gently ruffling my Batman bed sheets. I am on the verge of falling asleep, awash in that meditative state that bleeds into unconsciousness, when I hear my front door open. This is odd since I am A) not expecting visitors and B) pretty certain that I locked it. Before I am fully awake, I see a tall silhouette glide silently into my bedroom, and I hear a voice that I instantly recognize. “Sorry to bother you,” the voice says, “but it’s been a hard few weeks and I needed a kindred spirit to talk to.” Even in a startled and half-dozing state, it’s impossible to mistake Barack Obama, 44th President of these United States of America, for an...

A Photo Blog- Posted  by: ViewFinder 5.27.13 March 25,2013 at 12:00 several hundred Salt Lake citizens gathered together in solidarity against Monsanto and the law just passed and signed by President Obama-  H.R. 933: Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 Apparently Monsanto has a very LONG ... DARK past, one that includes the chemical manufacturing of PCBs (Polychlorinated bipheryls)- which led to a $600,000,000 payout to residents of Anniston, Alabama.  During the early 1960's Monsanto was one of the producers of the toxic herbicide Agent Orange widely known for the death and disability brought to the people of Vietnam and the U.S. Soldiers who were also affected. After a little research I believe that Monsanto does not own Academi (Formerly Blackwater, also formerly XE).  However from 2008 to 2010 Monsanto has reportedly  admitted in email  that their relationship existed.  Reportedly it w...