Neil deGrasse Tyson and the value of philosophy
Philosophy is the Mother of Science, in whose skirts the child hides when it’s scared…
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Oh, It’s Much Too Late For The Stick
Originally posted on According To Hoyt:
? Yesterday night I had one of those moments when you feel like you should get up from the computer and go look in the mirror, to make sure your consciousness hasn’t – somehow — transferred over to another universe, and you’re not, by any chance green with poka…
Are You Pondering What I’m Pondering?
heheheheh…
Liberal Paradise Prisons
Originally posted on Asylum Watch:
Frankenstein Government carried the following quote yesterday from Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona. Sheriff Joe understands “liberalism”. A “Liberal Paradise ” would be a place where everybody has guaranteed employment, free comprehensive healthcare, free education, free food, free housing, free clothing, free utilities, and only Law Enforcement has…
Dear Society: Kids Cry, Deal with It
Originally posted on The Matt Walsh Blog:
Alright, everyone. I know we can’t agree on everything. Or most things. Or anything. I know this world is full of strife and contention, controversy and division. I get it. This is what it means to live on a mortal planet populated by the fallen hordes of sinful, prideful, vengeful beings.…
If This Goes On
Originally posted on According To Hoyt:
I’ve been listening to If This Goes On in audiobook while I clean the house. I still think that Heinlein was right about the coming theocracy – that is he was right about the theocratic impulse that he saw in the American people. I see it too. It’s what…
On the Question of Human-Hobbit Interbreeding
Matt Yglesias asks an interesting question: “If Elves, Hobbits, and Men can interbreed in Middle-Earth, aren’t they the same species?” I’m not sure if the ability to breed entirely defines a species (as Yglesias mentions, we interbred with Neanderthals, and I still think they’re classified separately, though some say otherwise), but I’d call it a… Read More On the Question of Human-Hobbit Interbreeding
Film Review: ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’
This actually looks interesting…
December Comic Book Post: No, Batman is not Fascist.
I picked up the new Three and The Star Wars yesterday. They’re pretty awesome, but I’m saving my discussion of them for a later post. Today I’m going to pick up a gauntlet cast down last month, and talk about Superman: Red Son, which will dovetail nicely into this piece by Chris Yogerst in the Atlantic, “Stop Calling Superheroes… Read More December Comic Book Post: No, Batman is not Fascist.
Saul Alinsky & Westboro Baptist Church
The possibility that the WBC is punking us doesn’t really seem that far-fetched. Especially given the recent tweet in support of Obama.
