“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.”

Misdiagnosing the Problem

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...

Security or Freedom?

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...

Welcome to the Panopticon

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...

Remember, YOUR PEOPLE Elected These Arseholes

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...

Speaking of Civilisation Collapse…

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...

Dubya Reconsidered

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...

Death and Taxes

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...

Inside North Korea

Obviously this is written from a very Western perspective, but it’s an interesting read nonetheless: They take us to an almighty monument, a hammer, a sickle and a calligraphy brush: workers by hand and by brain, symbols of an old religion. Many people...

Gym Etiquette 101

One of the first things that anyone who goes regularly to any gym to work out with heavy weights needs to learn is simple gym etiquette. I can’t quite believe that there are people who go to the same gyms that I do who don’t get this, but the reality is...

Monkey + AK-47 = Hilarity

At some point you really do have to wonder how clever African guerrilla fighters can possibly be if they’re giving loaded assault weapons to chimpanzees. Maybe, just maybe, if the West stopped interfering, the whole lot of them would wipe each other out just...