Environmentalism – VoVatia (original) (raw)
Category Archives: Environmentalism
Don’t You Know That You’re Toxic?
Four movies, several SPOILERS. Vegas Vacation – Beth grew up with these movies, and references them frequently, but I didn’t watch any of them until my adult life. And I only just got around to seeing this one. It’s the … Continue reading →
Posted in Animals, Cartoons, Catholicism, Christianity, Conspiracy Theories, Environmentalism, Games, Humor, Magic, Monsters, Music, Religion, Satanism, Toys, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged bats, blackjack, cheech marin, chevy chase, christie brinkley, chucky, cult of chucky, fairies, ferngully, gambling, hexxus, john hughes, lawrence pazder, michelle remembers, michelle smith, national lampoon, pollution, randy quaid, robin williams, samantha mathis, satan wants you, satanic panic, sid caesar, tim curry, tommy chong, tone loc, vegas vacation, virgin mary, wallace shawn, wayne newton |
Holy Hanna-Barbera!
The Hanna-Barbera Now initiative at DC Comics started in 2016, with the idea to use characters from the old studio’s cartoons in more modern and often darker stories. I’d been interested in the Flintstones series for a while now; it’s … Continue reading →
Posted in Advertising, Animals, Art, Book Reviews, Cartoons, Comics, Environmentalism, Families, Humor, Plays, Politics, Prejudice, Relationships, Religion, Technology, Television, The Flintstones, The Jetsons | Tagged aliens, astro, augie doggie, bamm-bamm rubble, barney rubble, cosmo g. spacely, dc comics, dogs, dorothy parker, elroy jetson, exit stage left, frank pugh, fred flintstone, gay marriage, george jetson, george o'hanlon, great gazoo, hanna-barbera, hanna-barbera now, homophobia, homosexuality, huckleberry hound, jane jetson, jimmy palmiotti, marilyn monroe, mark russell, marriage, mike feehan, nasa, pearl slaghoople, pebbles flintstone, peter potamus, pier brito, president richard nixon, puns, quick draw mcgraw, robots, rosey the robot, roy cohn, satire, snagglepuss, squiddly diddly, tennessee williams, tony danza, who framed roger rabbit, wilma flintstone |
The Mike Is Bugged
I have to admit that I didn’t actually see the fly on Mike Pence’s head at the debate last night. I did see pictures of it on Twitter, though, and a lot of related jokes. I guess we need a … Continue reading →
Posted in Corporations, Current Events, Economics, Environmentalism, Humor, Politics, Prejudice, Religion, Television | Tagged 2020 presidential election, abortion, coronavirus, debates, donald trump, fracking, hate groups, joe biden, kamala harris, mike pence, pollution, racism, republicans, taxes, trickle-down economics |
Too Much Malarkey
I watched the debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden last night, so I might as well comment on that and related political issues. Do people really change their minds about whom to vote for based on debates? It’s not … Continue reading →
Posted in Climate, Conspiracy Theories, Corporations, Current Events, Economics, Environmentalism, Global Warming, Prejudice, Religion, Science, Television | Tagged 2020 presidential election, abortion, chris wallace, coronavirus, democrats, donald trump, green new deal, health care, impeachment, jeb bush, joe biden, president richard nixon, presidential debates, racism, republicans, senate, supreme court of the united states |
Half-Civilized
When Dorothy first comes to Oz, the Good Witch of the North tells her, “In the civilized countries I believe there are no witches left; nor wizards, nor sorceresses, nor magicians. But, you see, the Land of Oz has never … Continue reading →
Posted in Environmentalism, Fairy Tales, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Oz, Oz Authors, Poetry, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Science, Technology | Tagged agriculture, aunt em, china country, cities, civilization, dorothy gale, electricity, emerald city, fairies, garden of eden, good witch of the north, gump, munchkins, ozma, phonograph, pollution, professor wogglebug, sapphire city, science fiction, shaggy man, telegraph, the emerald city of oz, the enchanted island of yew, the marvelous land of oz, the master key, the patchwork girl of oz, the road to oz, the tin woodman of oz, the wizard of oz (1939), the wonderful wizard of oz, tik-tok of oz, tin woodman, victor columbia edison, who's afraid, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the west, winkies, witches, wizard of oz |
We’ll Be Riding Out This Storm
Beth and I went to see Tori Amos live at the Beacon Theatre last Tuesday. We’ve seen her perform a few times, but not in some years. This tour is in support of her new album, Native Invader, which I’ve … Continue reading →
Posted in Albums, Christianity, Concerts, Environmentalism, Music, Mythology, Religion, Tori Amos | Tagged ditty bops, juliana v. united states, natashya lorien hawley, native invader, scars on 45, st. veronica |
Respect Your Mother
Mother! – Beth is a fan of Darren Aronofsky’s films, and we finally saw this one at the Nitehawk Cinema in Williamsburg, the part of Brooklyn that you can’t get to from other parts of Brooklyn. That’s an exaggeration, but … Continue reading →
Posted in Christianity, Environmentalism, Mythology, Names, Norse, Relationships, Religion, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged adam and eve, allegory, bible, cain and abel, darren aronofsky, ed harris, genesis, home invasion, javier bardem, jennifer lawrence, jesus, metaphor, michelle pfeiffer, mother earth, mother!, noah, ragnarok, revelation |
I Will Survive
It’s fascinating how many different scenarios people have come up with for the total collapse of society. I haven’t really done much research into the Preppers or Survivalists, those who stock up on provisions in their bomb shelters so they’ll … Continue reading →
Posted in Advertising, Cartoons, Christianity, Conspiracy Theories, Current Events, Economics, Environmentalism, Food, Mormonism, Politics, Religion, Television, The Simpsons | Tagged apocalypse, bible, donald trump, dr. ben carson, glenn beck, gold standard, goldline, great tribulation, homer simpson, jesus, jim bakker, joe scarborough, left behind, marge simpson, prepping, rapture, survivalism, televangelism, vic berger |
You Can’t Use Facts to Prove Anything That’s Even Remotely True
This National Geographic article on science denial brought up some points I consider on occasion. It’s strange how some aspects of science have become so political, with global warming and evolution especially being viewed as left-wing concerns. Oddly, the anti-vaccination … Continue reading →
Posted in Capitalism, Christianity, Climate, Conspiracy Theories, Corporations, Drugs, Economics, Education, Environmentalism, Evolution, Food, Fundamentalism, Genetics, Global Warming, Health, Medicine, Politics, Real Time with Bill Maher, Religion, Science, Snobbery, Television | Tagged big pharma, bill maher, bill nye, creationism, dan kahar, elitism, individualism, joel achenbach, monsanto, national geographic, president george w. bush, skepticism, tribalism, vaccination |
God Said to Noah, There’s Gonna Be a Floody-Floody
You may recall that I was quite interested in seeing Darren Aronofsky’s Noah movie, but various forces conspired against me seeing it in the theater. Beth and I finally managed to see it on DVD last night, and it kind … Continue reading →
Posted in Christianity, Environmentalism, Judaism, Mythology, Religion, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged angels, anthony hopkins, bible, cain, darren aronofsky, deuteronomy, emma watson, genesis, giants, ham, jennifer connelly, methuselah, noah, noah's ark, og, shem, tubal-cain, watchers |