“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.”

The Speech

On October 27th, 1964, a handsome-looking former actor in his early fifties took to the stage of the Republican National Convention in San Francisco, California. He was there to deliver a message that he, and he alone, had spent years of his life honing on the...

Stupidity is contagious

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...

Globocop

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...

Because they’re fat, dammit

(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...

“Unfair” should be a banned word

Didact Sr. sent me an interesting article showing that the Swiss still, for the moment at least, have their heads screwed on right when it comes to the never-ending and frankly pointless debate about who should pay for health care: Swiss voters on Sunday rejected...

Why the love-fest?

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...

Restoring sight to the blind

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...

Clinton clam-bake

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...

An incomplete hypothesis

Yes, this is fairly normal in Israel. Personally I think the Tavor TAR-21 might be better suited for buying, uh, feminine hygiene products, though- don’t you agree? The esteemed Col. Tom Kratman published a trilogy of articles recently exploring some interesting...