A good, but very 18th-century style, post/treatise: The Sickness of Life: On the Problems with Anti-Natalism He spends a lot of words on the philosophy of it all. None of that matters. As I commented there: This is as obviously not-really-believed as the Many Worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics. If any of these people actuallyContinue reading “Too Wordy”
Category Archives: Politics
Only Seven Years?
In seven years, I will be eligible for Social Security. I just stated that I’d bet my first check that I don’t get my first check. Except it won’t happen that way. It’s very rare for things to just collapse and go away. Social Security will not just vanish in the next seven years. TheContinue reading “Only Seven Years?”
Rapid City Needs a Micro-Nuke
If an Alaskan airbase can get one, perhaps we can work with Ellsworth, AFB. More later, but I have had that open in browser tab for almost a month. Time to get it archived.
Principled or Not?
Paving a $32 Trillion Road to Ruin One should shudder at the societal disorder that will ensue if we don’t tackle our 33 trillion debt An American Greatness contributor, the Hon. Thaddeus G. McCotter (M.C., Ret.) represented Michigan’s 11th Congressional district from 2003 to 2012 The article is nothing particularly interesting. Just OMG! We’re spending too much,Continue reading “Principled or Not?”
The Fourth Turning
It’s a book. I’m not sure I agree with it, but the thesis is that we’re stuck in a four-phase historical hamster wheel. Despite the shades of Calvinism and Psychohistory, which greatly disturb me, I’m going to engage on its own terms. The fourth turning/phase is what we’re in, now. While I have quibbles withContinue reading “The Fourth Turning”
External Validation Gets Out-of-Hand
When the need for external validation gets out of hand, one ends up with Pride Month – note how “gay” has been dropped. What does “Pride Month” even mean? Heteronormativity is a thing (it even spell-checks!). That dreadful Miller advertisement is proof enough. However, it should be a thing because hetero is normal. I’ve alwaysContinue reading “External Validation Gets Out-of-Hand”
The Narrative Be Framed
Good Country People, subtitled “America is far more complex than the hollow sentimentalism of its blind champions or the chaotic cynicism of its perpetual detractors”, is dreadful. It pretends to be an apologetic for conservatives, but it just reinforces the Leftist narratives that the Right are blind cheerleaders and America sucks. With friends like these…
Right-wing Extremist
According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, as reported by NPR, as seen on Twitter (none of which are linked because they all need to die and sending ad-revenue generating eyeballs to them doesn’t help with the bankruptcy process), the Gadson flag is a symbol of right-wing extremism. Therefore: I can’t believe I found it.Continue reading “Right-wing Extremist”
Hyperlinks
An addition to the litany of ways our government is woefully behind the times… I’m looking into the record of my senators. Senator Thune’s website is quite helpful. What I discovered there is not. Here is some text from a linked bill (reformatted a bit, since PDF hates copy/paste): To modify conditions of funding forContinue reading “Hyperlinks”
Marked Up 