by Didact | Oct 14, 2014 | Uncategorized
And you’re surprised that I’m wearing a HazMat suit in public? But we knew that already. Guess what else is highly contagious? Two patients who had symptoms similar to those Ebola and were rushed to a New York hospital today do not have the virus, it was...
by Didact | Oct 13, 2014 | Uncategorized
Apparently the Argentinians, not satisfied with pushing glorified vinegar on us in the form of their Malbec wines*, are extremely put out at the “fact” that the hosts of THE GREATEST TV SHOW ON EARTH decided to drive through their country in cars that...
by Didact | Oct 12, 2014 | HALO, Uncategorized
The Mantle. You still hold to that [fairy tale] after all that has happened? After this thing has consumed a million worlds? Can’t you see? Belief in the Mantle sealed our doom! Weakened our [protectorates], bred dependence and sloth. Our [so-called...
by Didact | Oct 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
It is difficult to think of anything worse than reading through the tedious, turgid, illogical twaddle of a feminist’s hyperbolic arguments. The only thing that I can think of is to read through an otherwise excellent, logical, concise, well-argued and...
by Didact | Oct 9, 2014 | Christianity, Uncategorized
“A nation is not conquered until the hearts of its women are on the ground. Then it is finished, no matter how brave its warriors, or how strong its weapons.” — Ancient Cheyenne proverb There was a book that I read a while back- I think it might...
by Didact | Oct 7, 2014 | fat girl jihad, Uncategorized
(Credit goes to El Capitan for finding this little gem.) Apparently our intrepid Benevolent Government Overlords are now spending damn-near half a million dollars to figure out why fat girls can’t get dates: The federal government is spending nearly a half a...
by Didact | Oct 4, 2014 | Uncategorized
One of the more odd character traits that can be observed among Americans- across all shades of the political spectrum- is a curious fascination with meddling in Israel’s domestic and foreign affairs. If I didn’t know (at least slightly) better, I...
by Didact | Oct 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
The venerable Prof. Ian Plimer- perhaps best known for his vociferous, uncompromising, and (usually) rigourous take-downs of the pseudoscience that is most properly known as the “Anthropogenic Global Warming” theory- had some typically blunt things to say...
by Didact | Oct 2, 2014 | Uncategorized
As if the flu wasn’t bad enough, now we have an actual haemorrhagic fever imported straight from Africa to deal with: Schoolchildren in Texas may be at risk from Ebola today after five children who attend four different Dallas schools came in close contact with...
by Didact | Sep 27, 2014 | Uncategorized
Pretty much that. In which a Telly writer asks why the story of PIMCO investment chief Mohamed El-Erian’s decision to quit his job to be with his family was such a huge deal: I do hope you’re sitting down. A story has broken which caused its main...
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