A Bit Late, But...

(Belated) Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

May the next year be less crappy. :)

That About Sums It Up

The Copenhagen Watermelons*

Despite what those ingenious headlines in the Philippine Daily Inquirer say, Copenhagen was a dismal failure as a summit. And it shows.

Glad to see that watermelon pop. Thank God. One world government averted for a while longer.

*Watermelon = green on the outside, red on the inside.

A Snapshot of Modern Feminism

What does it say about your movement when your most profound "philosopher" is a fictional caricature of post-modern ennui and neurosis played by Sarah Jessica Parker?

The Face of Feminism is Equine

I think it says more about the pathetic state of modern society than it says about the character, really.

Internet Archeologist Uncovers Ruins of "Friendster" Civilization

from the Onion...



Internet Archaeologists Find Ruins Of 'Friendster' Civilization

For the Climate Change Enthusiast in Your Life

Here's a long, but fairly simple explanation of the extent of the manipulation the current klack of climate scientists have subjected the climate data to in order to create the current man-made climate change scare. 

A Double Standard Explained

Not perfect (way too vulgar), but it will do for now. :D

My Problem With "Man-Made Climate Change"

It's hard to choose one problem really. That it is a panic produced by fudging and falsely manipulating scientific data is one. That it has become an almost cultish cause, complete with court prophets, is another.

Gore 3:16 says...CARBON FOOTPRINT! WORLD ENDING!

But the biggest problem that I see in all the hype surrounding man-made climate change ("global warming" has lost its charm, what with a great cooling now in play) is that it has become the latest Trojan Horse by which to foster idiotic Malthusian ideas upon the world.

The countries that will inevitably be hit hardest by neo-Malthusian measures that put man as the center of every problematic thing are the poor countries.

From Zenit:

According to Vidal, the trust's calculations show that the 10 metric tons of carbon emitted by a return flight from London to Sydney could be offset by preventing the birth of one child in a country such as Kenya.

The sheer arrogance of these moneyed fools allows them to think that their return flight from London to Sydney is more valuable than one Kenyan child. Not only is this maliciously racist, it reflects that long standing corruption at the heart of the rich: the problem of the world is poor people. Just enough of us in here, but way too much of you.

So, if you can, say no to this climate change fear-mongering. No to neo-Malthusianism!

Hey, if even a moron like John Lennon can see it...  

Immanuel Kant's Critique of Aesthetic Judgment

Explained with comic books.

This is so going into my pedagogy files.

Thoughts on an "Aberration"

I have often read of the claim that the nuclear family (dad, mom and kids) was a modern aberration, because prior to the 19th century most families included extended members such as grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc. (I encounter the argument again in the comments here.) This assertion is often a pretext for the old "its takes a village to raise a child" canard, and shows up in the arguments of people preferring greater government control over how children are raised, such as the arguments of those who wish to ban home-schooling.

The problem with this assertion is that, when you look at the registries of these towns, every child has but one mother and one father, with the rest of the extended family being designated as aunts, or uncles, or what have you. If it were true that there was no nuclear family at this time, then John of Medievalburg would have had five daddies and ten mommies.

What these people fail to see is that the nuclear family is at the center of the extended family. The nuclear family is not an aberration of modernity. What is an aberration of modernity is the nuclear family standing alone.

Noynoy Aquino III for President, in summary: "Politics is the business of getting power and privilege without possessing merit"—P J O'Rourke

Strasbourg Can Go to Hell

In an effort to show the world how bad an idea pan-nationalism has become, the European Court of Human Rights decided it had the right to alter the culture and history of a European country by ordering the Italian government to remove all crucifixes from public schools in name of (what else?) that much-abused and highly misunderstood concept: religious freedom.

Somehow, this has lit a fire under an increasingly complacent Italian society. The fact that mayors all over Italy are passing resolutions to defy the ruling, and that the Italian government has taken the the Jacksonian approach to stupid court rulings ("You've made your ruling. Now let's see you enforce them."), is an encouraging sign that all is not yet dead in Italy.



The very materials of which the ordinary, everyday crucifix is made are meant to fade into the bacground: not ivory or silver or gold, but dark wood and darker metal. It is just there in the background, so unnoticed that we do not think of it; that we blaspheme, cheat and fight in its presence; that we do not realize it is there - until.

Now that I think about it, yes, I do have feelings for her. Frustration and disappointment are feelings too, right?