I deleted a bunch of accounts from this site today. Because spam. The account registration bots have gotten out of control lately, and I had to add a captcha plugin to the account registration page. So I took the time…
Openly Theocratic: On Doug Wilson And The Paradox Of Tolerance
Doug Wilson sat down with NPR and gave a shockingly honest interview. Well, it shocked me. I really hadn’t realized that full-on theocracy was considered so acceptable in any U.S. social circle that they’d be this up-front about it when…
Trump Is Up, $TRUMP Is Down: There’s A Metaphor For Ya’
Trump, damn his name is making some serious bank off the presidency this time around. It’s really the only thing he’s been genuinely effective at. He’s brought oligarch-level corruption to the United States. Historically, U.S. political corruption has been an…
Federal Body Inspectors: The State Wants In Your Pants
This should not be a controversial statement, but it apparently is these days: the State has no legitimate interest in the contents of your pants. Or mine; or anyone’s. You could make an argument that sex is a reasonable piece…
The Un-AI: Futurism Almost Gets It
The Futurism web site is surprisingly skeptical of the generative “AI”/LLM industry, for a web site called “Futurism”. But it’s not skeptical enough. For example, go read today’s piece at Futurism with the probably-too-long title: Bosses Are Becoming Obsessed With…
Beta Mail: They Have The Outline Of A Plan
Just so you know, ‘ratfuck’ is actually a legitimate term in political science. So don’t go getting all offended if it gets used here a bit today. The plan, as far as it’s obvious from outside the inner circle of…
On ICE: The Cruelty Is The Point, And The Problem
ICE and CBP have always had a cruelty problem. As can only be expected. The kind of person who is attracted to that kind of job can be expected to be cruel. Especially if they get a spiffy, dramatic uniform.…
Alan Greenspan: Speaking Ill Of The Dead
Apparently Alan Greenspan has died. And nothing of value was lost. If you want a real obituary for the man, go read the one at Lawyers, Guns & Money. It’s fine. But if you want to really understand who he…
In Versailles: The Hack Writers Struck Again
So, a proto-fascist State that was the aggressor in a war that they then lost signed the surrender document in Versailles? Is this 2026 or 1919?! Saturday we were speed-running “The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire”, today we’re…
UFC: Ultimate Failure of Capitalism
State-sponsored gladiator fights for a hand-picked audience of the absurdly wealthy, the inexplicably powerful and some soldiers who met the aesthetic requirements; remotely viewable by anyone who paid a fee to the President’s friend. That was … a thing that…