We all recollect occasions in which a fellow took an action which resulted in his gain and our loss: we had to deal with a bandit. We also recollect cases in which a fellow took an action which resulted in his loss and our gain: we had to deal with a helpless person. We can recollect cases in which a fellow took an action by which both parties gained: he was intelligent. Such cases do indeed occur. But upon thoughtful reflection you must admit that these are not the events which punctuate most frequently our daily life. Our daily life is mostly, made of cases in which we lose money and/or time and/or energy and/or appetite, cheerfulness and good health because of the improbable action of some preposterous creature who has nothing to gain and indeed gains nothing from causing us embarrassment, difficulties or harm. Nobody knows, understands or can possibly explain why that preposterous creature does what he does. In fact there is no explanation – or better there is only one explanation: the person in question is stupid.
If this is really her name, it’s a good way to cash in on it, but I’m wondering who’s being parodied here–the President, or sufferers of Bush Derangement Syndrome?
If this is really her name, it’s a good way to cash in on it, but I’m wondering who’s being parodied here–the President, or sufferers of Bush Derangement Syndrome?
If this is really her name, it’s a good way to cash in on it, but I’m wondering who’s being parodied here–the President, or sufferers of Bush Derangement Syndrome?
We have a new (in more than one sense of the word–it’s depressing when the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is younger than me) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
[Update at 12:25 PM EDT]
Whew, that’s a relief. I knew he was born in 1955, but I assumed that it was after I was, since I have a January birthday. But it turns out he’s one day older than me…
Jim Bennett, author of the Anglosphere Challenge (among other things), has started a group blog on issues relating to the Anglosphere, both its past and its future. Among his co-bloggers there is “Lexington Green,” of the Chicago Boyz.
There are several interesting posts up already. In one, he asks who might be the UK’s Lincoln with a long interview with Liam Fox, who he thinks might be a potential candidate for the role. In another, he offers some advice for assimilation in the UK from America’s own history.
Go check it out, and bookmark or blogroll it. I suspect it will have some interesting commentary in future.
Jim Bennett, author of the Anglosphere Challenge (among other things), has started a group blog on issues relating to the Anglosphere, both its past and its future. Among his co-bloggers there is “Lexington Green,” of the Chicago Boyz.
There are several interesting posts up already. In one, he asks who might be the UK’s Lincoln with a long interview with Liam Fox, who he thinks might be a potential candidate for the role. In another, he offers some advice for assimilation in the UK from America’s own history.
Go check it out, and bookmark or blogroll it. I suspect it will have some interesting commentary in future.
Jim Bennett, author of the Anglosphere Challenge (among other things), has started a group blog on issues relating to the Anglosphere, both its past and its future. Among his co-bloggers there is “Lexington Green,” of the Chicago Boyz.
There are several interesting posts up already. In one, he asks who might be the UK’s Lincoln with a long interview with Liam Fox, who he thinks might be a potential candidate for the role. In another, he offers some advice for assimilation in the UK from America’s own history.
Go check it out, and bookmark or blogroll it. I suspect it will have some interesting commentary in future.
On 9/27 Tierney’s column in the New York Times (subscription required; the cheapest option is get home delivery and go on permanent vacation hold) again picked up the alt.space agenda of colonization. His advice, “If officials hope to get money for NASA’s new program of manned exploration, I suggest they go to Capitol Hill with a two-word sales pitch: gray goo.”
I second the sentiment that civilization protects and heals itself, but a rich planet can afford a stylish colony just in case the unthinkable happens.