It’s (presumably?) nice to have high-falutin’ liberal-progressive values like these. (Clickit to biggit.) On the other hand, if those principles are no more than skin-deep . . . Oh, dearie me . . . Sundance notes: According to The Boston Globe, officials in Martha’s Vineyard are holding an emergency meeting to deal with the… Continue reading Hypocrisy, thy name is Martha’s Vineyard
Tag: Political Correctness
He’s right, of course: “woke” is a lie from start to finish
Victor Davis Hanson brings the smackdown to “woke” America. Our enemies abroad, particularly China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia, are watching all this woke, comic madness with absolute glee. They are delighted the United States is diverting trillions of dollars and man-hours away from production to ideological witch hunts, woke cannibalism, green virtue-signaling, spendthrift… Continue reading He’s right, of course: “woke” is a lie from start to finish
A politically correct Titanic???
I had to laugh at this take on the evacuation of the Titanic, if it happened today. I can’t embed it here, but follow the link below to see it on YouTube. It’s only a little over a minute long. https://youtube.com/shorts/eaDqJohZM_A?feature=share I’m only surprised they didn’t include a requirement for a COVID-19 vaccination certificate… Continue reading A politically correct Titanic???
Lake Mead levels aren’t about climate change, but over-consumption
The American Spectator points out the obvious. The water level in Lake Mead is reaching record lows and the popular narrative maintains that drought brought on by human-caused climate change is to blame. But the government’s own data from the Bureau of Reclamation shows this is not true. . . . As can be… Continue reading Lake Mead levels aren’t about climate change, but over-consumption
True dat – here as well as there
Courtesy of Legal Insurrection, I came across a couple of tweets. Click either image to be taken to the original tweet. First: I’ve seen precisely that in many less-well-developed societies over the years, at first hand, and sometimes to my grievous cost. Civilization is a veneer that is only skin-deep for many people. Apply… Continue reading True dat – here as well as there
Glenn Greenwald warns that Internet censorship is intensifying
In a series of tweets, journalist Glenn Greenwald – who is anything but right-wing or conservative – warns that overt, in-your-face censorship collaboration between the state and Big Tech is becoming worse and worse. Here’s the Threadreader version of his warning. The regime of censorship being imposed on the internet – by a consortium… Continue reading Glenn Greenwald warns that Internet censorship is intensifying
“Germany is committing ritual suicide”. Are we risking the same?
That’s the opinion of Michael Yon, who reports on the ground from Europe. The scary thing is, the conditions he reports seeing there are precisely and exactly the same conditions we can see in parts of almost all of our big cities in the USA. I could quite literally, right now, take you to… Continue reading “Germany is committing ritual suicide”. Are we risking the same?
“America’s democracy is teetering” – yeah, right!
It’s bitterly amusing – as well as infuriating – to watch the Washington Post trying to spin the political situation in America into some sort of threat to democracy. President Biden paused last week, during one of the busiest stretches of his presidency, for a nearly two-hour private history lesson from a group of… Continue reading “America’s democracy is teetering” – yeah, right!
The technological society doesn’t “need” most of us – but who defines “need”?
Yuval Noah Harari is one of the policy gurus assisting the World Economic Forum. He has a distinctly jaundiced view of the future of humanity, as illustrated by these quotations: “AI is not even near its full potential; it’s just in its infancy. We haven’t seen anything yet. So, every 10 years, you are… Continue reading The technological society doesn’t “need” most of us – but who defines “need”?
Why, precisely?
I nearly spat a mouthful of supper all over my computer screen yesterday evening when I learned that Star Wars “fans” (if such idiots can truly be described as “fans”) are molesting themselves and the series with utterly gormless speculation. I give you two headlines (no, I’m not going to quote from the articles,… Continue reading Why, precisely?