Herdwatching

Somewhere around 20 years ago the Soviet Union finally had the good sense to realize it had failed. This realization was not inevitable, the the underlying failure was. When the wall finally fell, I was a trained tank crewman in the US military who had spend the previous 3 years under the realization that war [...]

The iconic image for the Obama campaign was the famous Shepard Fairey “HOPE” poster. They even sold signed prints of his work at fund raising events. Fairey’s medium is the totalitarian state propaganda image. From the beginning this was a good match since Obama is a man of strong socialist sympathies, mentored by communist sympathizers. [...]

I don’t think it is possible to deny that racism exists in America. What seems to be in contention is how much of it, and in what form. Of course how to lessen it’s impact and what sort of societal attitudes are useful to do that are also a point of argument. Recently Keith Bardwell, [...]

I’ve been twittering a lot of late, and as such the number of pure blog style entries here have dropped off. I don’t see that as a problem to be honest. However, occasionally there is something worth a long form comment. Enter our hero, Van Jones. I am sure Van is a man who passionately [...]

This week I am in Kansas, with the family of a girl that is precious to me. Her mother lies in an ICU hooked to a respirator after suffering a multiple organ failure event probably related to her diabetes. She is currently sedated and unconscious while a feeding tube provides her nutrients and a bag [...]

We have discussed the hatred that drives many Obama supporters in the past ( examples: link and link ). The saga continues. With Al Franken now a Senator (by any means necessary) the picture of the 2008 elections is now complete. The issue, the only issue, was revenge. People voted for Franken simply because the [...]

Ghandi has a lot in common with Quantum Mechanics. His principles are rarely understood by those who think he makes good evidence for their lunacy. Recently on twitter discussing the recent “troubles” in Iran someone pulled out this little bit of fluff from our patron saint of starvation… "First they ignore you, then they ridicule [...]

A couple of parents in Sweden have decided to throw away anything to do with reality and human development in order to follow a particularly silly conceit of modern radical feminism. “In an interview with newspaper Svenska Dagbladet in March, the parents were quoted saying their decision was rooted in the feminist philosophy that gender [...]

Generally speaking points of law get ignored when there is a good freak out to be had. Not only are they complicated but relatively few people even bother to read them and even fewer really have any idea what it is the court system does. The recent decision in CA about Prop 8 is a [...]

I have been a fan of the folks at Wrongcards since some angry feminists turned me onto them. I found myself over there a few minutes ago and decided it was worth linking to some of the good ones.             Enjoy