by Didact | Jan 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
To my complete lack of surprise, a major new potential pandemic has reared its ugly head thanks, yet again, to the Chinese. I was there in Singapore in the summer of 2003 when SARS hit. I saw firsthand exactly what that disaster did to the region’s economy in...
by Didact | Jan 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
If you know anything about watches and watchmakers, the phrase “Russian watch” probably fills you with incredulous amusement. It should not be possible for the Russians to make a watch that is: A) Totally reliable; B) Extremely rugged; C) Very good value...
by Didact | Dec 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
Reader JohnC had an interesting question for me from the Mondaydact Browser Crash for this week: Hey Didact, what are your thoughts on the Indian bill on citizenship? No Muslim can apply. The article that he references in his question can be found here, and I’m...
by Didact | Dec 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
If you happen to be something of an Anglophile, as I am, then it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that PommieBastardLand has gone into terminal decline at this point. It is impossible to escape the headlines that come out of the Sceptred Isle every day that show...
by Didact | Nov 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
I am on LinkedIn for professional purposes under my real name and as a result I get LinkedIn news alerts from time to time. One of these alerts caught my eye because it presents perhaps the best news for the American tech sector – or rather, for American tech...
by Didact | Nov 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
Commenter Himself had some solid points to add to my previous post about the hold that Communism has on both the Russian people and the Western world: I’m not getting the russiaphobia the left is trying to stir up. When asked about current matters, or the west...
by Didact | Oct 16, 2019 | Uncategorized
There is a legend in foreign policy circles concerning the way in which the borders of Jordan and Saudi Arabia came to be. The eastern border of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan – which is ruled over by, supposedly, a really-for-real descendant of Islam’s...
by Didact | Oct 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
As most of you know by now, Senator Bernie Sanders from Vermont was rushed to hospital a few days ago and two stents were inserted into his arterial passages in order to unblock the blood flow in his body. The irony of this very high-quality and very high-speed...
by Didact | Oct 2, 2019 | Uncategorized
Remember that Mel Gibson period-piece film, The Patriot, which actually was a rather good, if somewhat inaccurate, stylised portrayal of the battle for American independence in the southern colonies? Do y’all remember that scene where the colonial Congress of...
by Didact | Sep 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
In the wake of Robert Francis Shamrocks Padraig Kilkenny Guinness Begorrah O’Meara Shillelagh O’Rourke’s strident insistence that the Daemoncrats absolutely will come and take your guns, Paul Ramsey provides a pessimistic Gen-X Hard Right take...
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