by Didact | Feb 18, 2013 | Uncategorized
VDH looks into his normally spotless crystal ball and sees a silver lining: There are reasons for pessimism about the world in general and America in particular, which is more divided politically than at any period since the turbulent 1960s—torn apart by fresh...
by Didact | Feb 18, 2013 | Uncategorized
The reality of Islam is that it is a political ideology first and a religion second. When you remove the political component of Islam, and de-fang its core ideology of expansion through warfare, Islam becomes pretty much harmless, exactly as Islamophile and...
by Didact | Feb 17, 2013 | Uncategorized
(Note: This post was written in two parts with about 9 hours of extremely necessary sleep in between them, so if it seems a little disjointed or the publication time doesn’t jive with events described, it’s not your imagination.) God’s Teeth, but I...
by Didact | Feb 17, 2013 | Uncategorized
Just got back from a day-long basic handgun course. It’s colder than a witch’s tit outside, and it’s actually going to get worse (somehow) over the next couple of days, so I figure I might as well blog while my brain is still defrosted. Taking...
by Didact | Feb 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
Can’t say I’m even slightly surprised that NHS hospitals are turning out to be places you go to die, not places you go to get better: More than 3,000 patients have died ‘unexpectedly’ in just five NHS trusts in the past two years. The five are among nearly...
by Didact | Feb 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
Bloody hell, what a bonkers week it’s been. Until this weekend, I’ve literally had no time to do anything this week other than go to work, come home, eat, and sleep- other than a rather enjoyable concert a few days ago, on which more later. I’ve also...
by Didact | Feb 4, 2013 | Uncategorized
Hilarity ensues: First, note that he refers to the situation as a “problem”. This is directly contrary to the stance he has publicly been taking until now, which was the unconvincing pretense that he was enjoying the conflict. This is good, in...
by Didact | Feb 4, 2013 | Uncategorized
Oh, sure, George, go on, tell us another one: Reckless banks will be allowed to go to the wall so taxpayers never have to bail them out again, George Osborne will announce today. The Chancellor will outline plans to ring-fence high street operations from the...
by Didact | Feb 2, 2013 | Uncategorized
It’s not often that you come across a book right in the wake of a public tragedy that was published some time earlier, and yet seems perfectly suited for the times. Matthew Bracken’s first entry in his Enemies trilogy, however, provided me with one such...
by Didact | Jan 25, 2013 | Uncategorized
Now if this were ancient Sparta, and the Persians were at the gates of the city, this sort of thing might not be a bad idea. Then again, the difference is that Sparta’s women actually had some idea which end of a spear to use in combat. This, on the other hand,...
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