by Didact | Aug 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
Back when George W. Bush was elected President, an email hoax was circulated reporting that President Bush had the lowest IQ of any occupant of the Oval Office in the entire history of the nation, and that President Clinton had, by far, the highest ever recorded....
by Didact | Aug 26, 2015 | Uncategorized
The folly of unlimited immigration becomes more transparent by the day: The overwhelming majority of immigration to the United States is the result of our visa policies. Each year, millions of visas are issued to temporary workers, foreign students, refugees, asylees,...
by Didact | Aug 25, 2015 | Uncategorized
During l’affair de Gallo a few months back, I posted a write-up in which I argued, among other things, that a boycott of Tor Books and Tor Online is not only permissible, but perfectly justified, in light of certain, shall we say, injudicious...
by Didact | Aug 24, 2015 | Uncategorized
Now THIS is a speech that I really wish university students would hear on graduation day: Back when my sister graduated from university last May, I wrote up the speech that I wished someone would have given that hot and sunny early summer morning. I thought I’d...
by Didact | Aug 21, 2015 | Uncategorized
It isn’t often that you see anything sensible coming out of an Indian court of law. But this is one rather happy exception: An Indian court has ruled that a divorced woman can only continue receiving financial support from her ex-husband if she never has sex...
by Didact | Aug 17, 2015 | Uncategorized
“Why yes, I AM as big a jackass as I look right now” There has been quite a lot of sturm und drang released on teh interwebz recently about the comments made by one Nick Kyrgios during a tennis match in Canada against French Open champion Stanislas...
by Didact | Aug 14, 2015 | Uncategorized
Lots of money- well, not any more, obviously, given how over-the-top the regulations have gotten- versus an honourable and productive career? Hmmm… tough choice: (Full disclosure: I work for a bank. A big one. No, I’m not a bankster. Or a trader. Yes,...
by Didact | Aug 14, 2015 | Uncategorized
… well, maybe not THAT one If you subscribe to cable or satellite TV, you have unquestionably found yourself wondering why the hell you’re paying $80 a month (or whatever it happens to be) for 150 channels’ worth of pure garbage. Evidently, the...
by Didact | Aug 11, 2015 | Uncategorized
IT’S A TRAP!!! I can tell you from very real and very personal experience that if you visit India, you are virtually certain to get a nasty case of the trots at some point. The South African cricket team found this out in the worst possible way when TEN of...
by Didact | Aug 6, 2015 | Uncategorized
Bastard got me hooked on E NOMINE. And now I can’t stop listening to these crazy Germans. It’s like listening to RAMMSTEIN on really good crack, with choirs and Latin hymnals thrown in for good measure. The addiction has gotten so bad, in fact, that I...
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