2016 – The Official Site of Jim Snowden

President Elect Donald Trump Has Conflicts of Interest In At Least 20 Countries. How Dangerous Can That Be?

By jim_snowden November 29, 2016Uncategorized

Donald Trump’s global business interests, which he refuses to abandon or place in a legitimate blind trust, not only raise the possibility of influence peddling and graft unseen in past…

I Understand You

By jim_snowden November 10, 2016The Larger World

Hey, you. White dude with the red cap. You with the gun rack in your pickup's rear window. You who live in a white rural town where people are real and eat…

Requiem

By jim_snowden November 8, 2016The Larger World

"There are times when I'm ashamed to be a member of the human race and this is one such occasion." --Colonel Dax Paths of Glory I am in a state of…

Watching The Shining In the Time of Trump

By jim_snowden October 27, 2016Criticism

This evening, thanks to TCM and Lincoln Square Cinemas, I caught The Shining on the big screen for the first time. Though I've seen the picture dozens of times over the…

If Davis Moves To Vegas My New Team Will Be…

By jim_snowden October 14, 2016Uncategorized

The Green Bay Packers. The sleaze surrounding the Las Vegas Stadium is too much for me. If the Raiders are in it, I'm out. I'll always be a fan of…

What You’d Have to Believe To Believe Trump’s Newest Conspiracy Theory

By jim_snowden October 14, 2016Uncategorized

I've written about conspiracy theories on this site before, mainly with a view toward sussing out the difference between genuine conspiracy and fantastical nonsense (Climate change denial, Kurt Cobain was…

Is This Raiders-To-Vegas Sleazefest Going To Kill My Fandom?

By jim_snowden August 28, 2016Sports1 Comment

It seems almost cosmically unfair. The Raiders might, with a little luck, break the 8-8 barrier for the first time since they lost the Super Bowl in 2002, yet I…

The Alt-Right’s Self-Image vs. Reality In Two Tweets

By jim_snowden August 26, 2016The Larger World

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This Sketch Knows The Meansing of Cleansing

By jim_snowden August 23, 2016Comedy

Ah, Gemma Arrowsmith, you do silly people so well... [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeaANk_QWKs&w=560&h=315]

Obama: Trump is Unift To Be President. (Video)

By jim_snowden August 2, 2016The Larger World

The President's statement is worth watching in full, and he's right. It speaks volumes that a major political party in the most powerful country on Earth isn't willing to turn…