by Didact | Sep 18, 2016 | Uncategorized
It’s truly instructive and illustrative to watch the way that The Donald defangs his critics in interviews. Like most extroverted Alpha males, he does it through a very cleverly crafted combination of charm, wit, resolution in the face of criticism, and a stoic...
by Didact | Sep 17, 2016 | Uncategorized
Commenter Kapios alerted me to the latest launch trailer for Top Gear Series 24 the new Amazon Prime show featuring the former hosts of what was formerly THE GREATEST TV SHOW IN THE WORLD. And, like him, I reacted very much the way a 5-year-old kid does...
by Didact | Sep 16, 2016 | Uncategorized
Take up the White Man’s burden– Send forth the best ye breed– Go, bind your sons to exile To serve your captives’ need; To wait, in heavy harness, On fluttered folk and wild– Your new-caught sullen peoples, Half devil and half child....
by Didact | Sep 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
Well, you know the rest: The inspiration for digging up that ancient classic comes from LastRedoubt’s recent post on New York City’s bungled attempts to provide FREE WI-FI KIOSKS!!!- which inevitably got used for, um, er, less-than-G-rated purposes. If...
by Didact | Sep 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
It’s still way too early to be breaking out the champagne- or, if you’re like me, the 18-year-old Speyside single-malt- but it would appear that Trump-Muad’dib is opening up a bit of a lead over his increasingly creaky, screechy, shrill, and...
by Didact | Sep 13, 2016 | fat girl jihad, Uncategorized
A certain model and (((actress))) by the name of Kate Upton weighed in on the row concerning sportzball players who have decided to take a knee when The Star Spangled Banner is played just before a game on September 11th: In my opinion, the national anthem is a...
by Didact | Sep 12, 2016 | Uncategorized
No, not the John Ringo book- the song that inspired the title for the book, by an outfit called CRUXSHADOWS: I actually cottoned on to this one thanks to reader and friend LastRedoubt, who pointed out the link between the song title and John Ringo’s book, in a...
by Didact | Sep 12, 2016 | Uncategorized
Friend, commenter, and writer (an actual writer, not a hack like me poking around on a blog) Carey has just released a new e-book, a novella of sorts consisting of a story told in 11 parts. It concerns a man called Cade, a fallen instrument of God who must do...
by Didact | Sep 12, 2016 | Christianity, Uncategorized
At the Gates The armies of the invaders were gathered outside, tens of thousands strong. Within the walls, the defenders looked out on a plain swarming with enemies; there was no safe refuge to be found anywhere nearby. The city had been under siege for two long and...
by Didact | Sep 11, 2016 | fat girl jihad, gym idiots, Uncategorized
This is how lifting bros wish the world worked: I got that from a not-exactly-unattractive lady who’s been sending me some rather interesting WhatsApp messages of late. She knows, of course, that I lift, so make of this what you will. As far as I’m...
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