by Didact | Mar 23, 2013 | Uncategorized
America is at that awkward stage.It’s too late to work within the system,but too early to shoot the bastards. — Claire Wolfe Recent events in Cyprus have made it abundantly clear that governments around the world will no longer even pretend to recognise limits...
by Didact | Mar 18, 2013 | Uncategorized
And thus, it begins (h/t Vox Day). Zerohedge ran an article yesterday concerning the EU’s blatant money grab into Cyprus’s banking system which should be required reading for anyone who wants to know what will happen in the Western world as the leaks in...
by Didact | Mar 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
Now that he’s retired, my father has vastly more time for reading and keeping up with news and op-eds than I do. Which means, of course, that he sends them to me and to his friends around the world whenever he can, to gauge our views on a variety of subjects. He...
by Didact | Mar 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
The Pointless Divide Danger & Play posted a brief but very good take on why he is neither a liberal nor a conservative: Big Government: Liberals say, “We need a strong social services program since I am afraid of losing my job and being unable to support myself.”...
by Didact | Mar 4, 2013 | Uncategorized
Normally I would have posted some sort of weekend link list, to promote the good works of other bloggers, but the fact is that last week was insanely busy, and I’ve spent the weekend basically resting and catching up on my HALO. Not exactly a...
by Didact | Feb 18, 2013 | Uncategorized
VDH looks into his normally spotless crystal ball and sees a silver lining: There are reasons for pessimism about the world in general and America in particular, which is more divided politically than at any period since the turbulent 1960s—torn apart by fresh...
by Didact | Feb 17, 2013 | Uncategorized
(Note: This post was written in two parts with about 9 hours of extremely necessary sleep in between them, so if it seems a little disjointed or the publication time doesn’t jive with events described, it’s not your imagination.) God’s Teeth, but I...
by Didact | Feb 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
Bloody hell, what a bonkers week it’s been. Until this weekend, I’ve literally had no time to do anything this week other than go to work, come home, eat, and sleep- other than a rather enjoyable concert a few days ago, on which more later. I’ve also...
by Didact | Feb 4, 2013 | Uncategorized
Oh, sure, George, go on, tell us another one: Reckless banks will be allowed to go to the wall so taxpayers never have to bail them out again, George Osborne will announce today. The Chancellor will outline plans to ring-fence high street operations from the...
by Didact | Feb 3, 2013 | Uncategorized
Courtesy of Vox Day, here’s an article that should tickle Da Bernank’s funnybone good and proper: Zimbabwe’s finance minister has taken a hard look at the cash strapped country’s bank accounts – and discovered it only has £138 and 34...
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