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...
by Didact | Sep 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
I recently had the opportunity to re-establish contact with an old acquaintance of mine from college. She and I have done very little to keep in touch other than my sending her an annual happy-birthday email; beyond that, we’ve not seen each other in nearly ten...
by Didact | Sep 23, 2014 | Uncategorized
I’ve met the people. They’re not too bad… as long as they’re drunk. So Scotland remains part of the United Kingdom- and judging by the poll results, it wasn’t even close in most areas. It would appear that the pro-Unionist...
by Didact | Sep 21, 2014 | Uncategorized
The utter absurdity of her statements aside, it is actually genuinely impressive to see a woman playing the gender, race, and criminal cards all at the same time, all in the same statement: After the dust appeared to have settled from the storm created by the...
by Didact | Sep 21, 2014 | Uncategorized
To be as fair as possible, it would be weird NOT to want to get an eyeful of that… In which Jim Goad asks some rather pointed questions about the Lizard Queen’s, um, personal preferences: Jenny McCarthy, easily the finest female specimen ever to appear on...
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