Some thoughts on false consciousness.
I do find it bizarre that people think that making women dependent on others for their birth control makes them “independent.” As he notes, the left doesn’t want women independent, except from men. It wants them totally dependent on government, as the Julia video amply demonstrated.
Some might think that Jonah Goldberg is enjoying the Democrats’ melt down too much, but I think it’s just the right amount:
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, it took about five minutes for liberals to cast the chaos and confusion of the disaster as a searing indictment of not just the Bush administration but of conservatism itself. Whatever the merits of that argument (and there are not many), Katrina was at least a surprise. The October 1 deadline for Obamacare was set by Obama’s own administration years ago — and it caught them completely off guard. The president may now claim that he knew nothing, but he must have wondered why Henry Chao, Healthcare.gov’s chief project manager, set the bar of success at sea level last March: “Let’s just make sure it’s not a Third World experience.” At this point, it could only be more of a Third World experience if Healthcare.gov required enrollees to pay with chickens.
Go forth, and share in his joy.
A trailer for what looks to be a very frightening movie.
In a sensible world, Randall Munroe would have just put a lot of “journalists” out of a job.
Are they finally over, thanks to Apple?
I noted in an email to someone the other day that, just as young people have no concept of what quality phone service sounds like, many of them have never heard good music, either, due to the overcompression and crummmy digitalization over the past few decades. I hope that the article is right, and that we can get back to a good listening experience soon.
Five reasons it’s a second-rate superhero franchise. I never liked it much in the comics, either.
Some ruminations on technology and advertising.
Yeah, I’m getting caught up on my Lileks — had a busy week.
The latest installment. Lileks watches so you don’t have to. Also brings the funny.
It’s available on Youtube now.
[Update a couple minutes later]
Here’s one of the brilliant comments over there:
he just sounds like a typical neo con who would prefer to send cheap chinese labor into space rather than waste money on returning white men to their families.
same type who wants more young americans to die for israel.
This is a sign of a broken brain.
BTW, fun fact. That picture of the book? It’s virtual, created by PJTV. It doesn’t yet exist in physical form, but it should next week, and it should look exactly like that.
In which I talk about the book, which should be for sale in the next week or so (I’ve been having a nightmare experience with the printer, which I hope is almost behind me).