by Didact | Jul 25, 2013 | Uncategorized
I realise that I’ve written on this subject before, but now might not be a bad time to revisit it. It should be plainly obvious to anyone with half a brain that lifting restrictions on women serving in front-line combat is a spectacularly stupid idea. It’s...
by Didact | Jul 21, 2013 | Uncategorized
Vox’s recent post, included in my linkage for the week, regarding the rather thorny question of whether it is permissible to strike women who attack you, makes for some thought-provoking reading: First of all, there is nothing more intrinsically wrong about...
by Didact | Jun 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
It just gets worse every day: The NSA has been working with at least seven European other countries to collect personal communications data, according to Wayne Madsen, a former NSA contractor who has come forward because he does not think the public should not be...
by Didact | Jun 23, 2013 | Uncategorized
In which a woman who plainly thinks far too highly of herself completely misses the point: Men of my father’s generation would never have dreamed of telling their wives they could not have another child because they wanted more time to themselves. They just got...
by Didact | Jun 16, 2013 | Uncategorized
Obarmy’s reaction to the outrage of the people at his efforts to establish an American Panopticon are exactly what I expected from a high Delta with a massive inferiority complex: President Obama said Friday that the programs have made a difference in tracking...
by Didact | Jun 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
Think what you will of Edward Snowden, but before you make up your mind,watch the entire interviewthat he did with The Guardian while on the run in Hong Kong. As far as I’m concerned, he’sa goddamn hero.This man sacrificed everything- a very lucrative...
by Didact | Jun 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
I have been following the Snowden affair with some considerable interest, not least because it vindicates every last bit of mistrust and hatred that I have for this country’s government. I plan to write at some greater length about this, mostly because as...
by Didact | May 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
You just know that it’s in the offing for a society that rewards stupidity in such lavish fashion: She said of finalising her contract: ‘I am happy with the seven figure settlement I have reached, with who I feel to be the best adult entertainment company...
by Didact | Apr 21, 2013 | Uncategorized
The Telegraph is known in the UK as a “right-wing” newspaper (though here in the US it would qualify as very much a centrist or even left-wing publication), and even then is not exactly known for being a cheerleader for George W. Bush. So it’s...
by Didact | Apr 20, 2013 | Uncategorized
April 15th is a date that should be marked down on the calendar as the one date on which the American people ought to be able to tar and feather government officials without fear of reprisal. Why? Because it is, of course, Tax Day. Let’s get one thing clear...
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