Freeze for Scotland
May 22“I’m appalled and outraged. What the BBC are doing is stealing Scotland’s heritage. It is a kick in the teeth to one of our most iconic industries.” Before you click, try to guess what monstrous crime the BCC has committed.
Libretto Stiletto
May 06I just saw a Muslim cleric on Fox News who was clearly saying “Barack Obama, you will pay” (it was even part of a chant that rhymed with “way”) and the subtitles changed it to “Barack Obama, you will die.” There’s some journalistic integrity for ya.
But In An Alternate Universe, China Is Much Freer
Apr 18The Chinese government is banning tv shows about time travel because they treat “serious history in a frivolous way.” But wait, there’s more. The powers that be are also training their sights on shows featuring “fantasy,” “mythical stories,” “bizarre plots,” “absurd techniques,” “feudal superstitions,” “fatalism,” “reincarnation,” “ambiguous moral lessons,” and “lack of positive thinking.”
Shoeless, Metal-free, and Obedient
Mar 08Whenever I see this ad – – all I can think is: “you’re such a professional, you always have your lunch money ready for the school bully ahead of time.”
Atlas Shrunk, Part 5: Or, More Reasons For Pessimism
Mar 03Atlas’s description of Halley’s Fourth Concerto: It rose in tortured triumph, speaking its denial of pain, its hymn to a distant vision. … The Concerto was a great cry of rebellion. It was a ‘no’ flung at some vast process of torture, a denial of suffering, a denial that held the agony of the struggle [...]
How Roger Pilon Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Empire
Feb 02Bradley Manning and Julian Assange should be treated like a thief and a fence respectively, because our rulers need to conspire secretly with each other, and it would be gauche for the rabble to inquire into the doings of their betters. Thus speaks the director of Cato’s Center for Constitutional [sic] Studies. (CHT Walter Grinder [...]
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