“We are Forerunners. Guardians of all that exists. The roots of the Galaxy have grown deep under our careful tending. Where there is life, the wisdom of our countless generations has saturated the soil. Our strength is a luminous sun, towards which all intelligence blossoms… And the impervious shelter, beneath which it has prospered.”

Begone, demon!

Tech support as exemplified by the very first Sluggy Freelance comics, waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back in 1997: Damn you, John Ringo, you insanely talented bastard! You got me hooked on this impossibly awesome webcomic! Share this: Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on...

You know the economy sucks when…

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President BAMF

Getting shot by a would-be assassin tends to give one a certain perspective on things… I’ve known for quite some time now that Ronald Reagan was underestimated and written off many times during his lifetime by his opponents- though never by his true...

Oh, so that’s how you do it

I’d always wondered what the proper form was for belly back-flopping in to a pool… Share this: Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Share on WhatsApp (Opens in...

The longest day

It has been 71 years since over a million men stormed the beaches at Normandy. Yet the gifts bought by their sacrifices- and the awesome, and terrible, price paid by more than two hundred and twenty five thousand of them- on that day live on. A war whose roots...

Someone fetch the smelling salts

Whatever this dude’s smoking, it’s clearly hazardous to your health Clearly, the jug-eared buffoon in the Oval Office has gone round the bend: On Tuesday, former Obama advisor David Axelrod informed an Israeli television channel that President Obama...

That’s one way to deal with the problem

And here’s the problem You know it’s a messed-up world when Communists make Americans look weak-kneed and morally indecisive: China’s top court said it has executed a primary school teacher found guilty of raping or sexually abusing 26 girls. Li...

Slaying the white horseman

Or so we’d like to believe, anyway: Technically, the white horseman was “Conquest”, not necessarily “Pestilence”, but anyway, that’s a minor detail. This does sort of put things into perspective, though, eh? Share this: Share...

The warrior mentality

As I said, Chris Weidman is a champion worthy of respect and admiration. Just how much respect and admiration, though, doesn’t become clear until you see how the guy trains: Chris Weidman stands in rather stark contrast to certain previous champions....

RIP John Nash

John Forbes Nash Jr., the genius who formulated the concept of the Nash Equilibrium which is so central to game theory, died yesterday in a car crash in New Jersey: The Princeton math genius whose life story was the subject of the film “A Beautiful Mind” died Saturday...