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Wealth is Political Arbitrage
A feel-good piece with a bit of virtue signalling tells us that the elitists and super-wealthy are starting to understand the common people, and sympathize with them. Those weird billionaires who are...
View ArticleThe Future is Stupid
Years ago, I saw the movie Timeline, itself an adaptation of Michael Crichton’s novel of the same name, and I was struck by one very profound insight in the otherwise atrocious film. Superior knowledge...
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The ShirtStorm Social Experiment
Back in 2014, Matt Taylor was condemned by the media for wearing a shirt depicting scantily clad pinup girls with guns, cars, and helicopters during a press conference about his achievements...
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Humor: Don’t Steal People’s Stuff
On a more lighthearted note, it can be pleasing to see someone get their just deserts. In this case, the only flaw is that the deliverer of righteous fury felt bad after the deed was done. I’d be...
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Idiot of the Week: Reality is Racist
Rant warning. This is going to be bad. You’ve been warned. You know, I see a lot of stupid shit on the Internet. I consider it a service to scour the bottom of the intellectual barrel in search of...
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A “Shooter” at OSU, Little Green Fuckheads, and Other Assorted Prog Idiocy...
Yeah, the title is long. The post will be mercifully short. So here’s a sampling of Progressive stupidity in no particular order. First, in Canada, a female MP from Alberta takes issue with the loss of...
View ArticleHitler is a Cliche
Good old fashioned rant time: You know folks, I miss the days when there were other evil caricatures. More than just Adolf Hitler. You could call somebody Joseph Stalin, or Satan’s spawn, or the...
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Food, Virtue Signalling, and Narcissistic Supply
Recently, there has been some foofarah over the President’s food preferences. Namely, he likes his steaks well done and slathered in ketchup. The horror! The utter, unmitigated gall of a man to order...
View ArticleBureaucrats and Their Nits
Nitpicking is, of course, a favorite pastime of bureaucrats everywhere. Oregon’s state engineering board, however, managed to ascend to heights heretofore unattained by the American subspecies. The...
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Social Justice is Word Salad
Folks, we’ve gone beyond mere doublethink into the Twilight Zone of Social Justice insanity. There is nothing too stupid, too bereft of meaning, to become an SJW headline. It’s getting to the point...
View ArticleThis SJW Should Win a Razzie
I don’t even have much commentary for you. Just go read the article and watch the video contained therein. This SJW delivers a terrible, B-movie hate crime performance trying to make out a bunch of...
View ArticleInsight From a Reader
A reader of The Declination by the alias of fslenentine had this to say on the matter of Padraig and others like him. The question of Padraig’s intellectual insecurity is more consequential than is...
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Modern Media, Superiority Complexes, and the Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect
Social media is full of long-winded, acrimonious debates about politics, sociology, cats, etc… It’s enough to make a man seriously consider giving it up completely. My colleague at Liberty’s Torch...
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Political Children
Well, dealing with a newborn, doing a lot of work, and getting my home fixed up and ready to sell all at the same time is… fun. And by fun, I mean sleep-depriving. But I’m coming up to the end on a lot...
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A New Mantra: Ban Nothing
Here’s a bit of heresy: ban nothing. Did that raise the hair on your back? Did it strike a chord? Did you find yourself thinking “but Thales, that can’t possibly work!” One of the more bizarre news...
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