“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.”

The Anti-Gretard

I was perusing the Russian corners of teh innarwebz – OK, fine, admittedly I read the Russian news websites in English, просто потому что я могу говорить и понимать русский язык очень плохо и медленно – when I came across an article in RT extolling the...

The rage of the storm

His Most Illustrious, Noble, August, Benevolent, and Legendary Celestial Majesty, the God-Emperor of Mankind, Donaldus Triumphus Magnus Astra, the First of His Name, simply keeps WINNING!!! at a truly breathtaking pace. And there is a very good reason for that:...

The dangers of an edifice complex

Trawling through teh BoobToobz on a Saturday evening is usually a dreary experience, but sometimes you do come across a gem or two that makes the effort worthwhile. One of these popped into my feed, thanks to the YouTube algorithms that evidently have noticed that I...

The face of the enemy

Jason from the Blue Collar boys is delighted to see the Clown News Network finally being honest about what a bunch of arrogant dipshits they are: In case you’re wondering about the NPR interview that Jason references at the beginning of the video, that...

Tell us again how you f***ing love science

Being in my mid-thirties, and therefore a legitimate, card-carrying member of Ye Olde Phartes Clubbe – I have the hip and knee pains to prove it – provides a certain perspective on life that the younger and, shall we say, less world-weary among you...

Corona-chan comes for you

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...

Simps gonna simp

Chaps, remember when, as our friend 1st Sgt Terrence Popp (USArmy, Ret) put it in a truly hilarious video from very nearly a year ago, “Jeff Bezos lost half his pesos”? Turns out that his phone got hacked after he got a “malicious...

The girl from Kharkiv

A recent story in everyone’s favourite daily large-circulation tabloid caught my eye concerning a young woman from Ukraine who decided to sell her virginity for about US$1.4 MILLION, mostly because it serves as both confirmation and warning of some very painful...

“Harry and the Half-Blood Princess”, indeed

The title of this post is a direct reference to a classic missive by our beloved and dreaded Supreme Dark Lord (PBUH) Vox Day, who wrote back at the end of November 2017 – more than two years ago – that he expected that “young” (he’s my...

The Africa Conundrum

A very charming and earnest white chap has been worrying over that old bone of contention, namely, how to fix Africa’s incessant problems, and comes up with a novel solution – add MORE white people: Possibly the biggest misconception about Africans,...