Author: Jim

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Nitrocellulose illegalized

The government has defined nitrocellulose, a deflagrating explosive, as a high explosive. This makes anyone who creates ammunition subject to rules that are impossible to comply with. Fortunately the government has also issued an unprincipled exception, telling people not to worry about it. Just go on handling nitrocellulose as the deflagrating explosive that it actually …

culture

The puritan hypothesis in short

New world order university forum has issued a post criticizing the puritan hypothesis Their counter theory is that leftism is an efficient, centralized, and competently run conspiracy of evil people who for entirely rational reasons want to rule the world, and that leftism is composed of coherent, well defined, and unchanging beliefs. Well if that …

politics

On the day of the rope

On the alt right, a lot of people correctly observe that certain groups are all enemies, and conclude we have to hang them all, or give them all helicopter rides to the Pacific. That is a lot of helicopter rides. Does not follow.  A lot of these people are Havel’s Greengrocer, and will chant the …

party politics

There will be war

Politics is about who whom.  Politics is tribalism and sectarianism.  The question is simple.  Who’s side are these guys on?  What tribe to they favor grabbing all the loot, and what tribe to they plan to destroy?  Ferguson burning is real politics, not ethanol subsidies.  Milwaukee burning is real politics. The violence that followed Trump’s …

party politics

Hillary’s illness

The most notable symptom of her illness is the need for frequent and lengthy “naps”, often at inconvenient times that play hell with her schedule.  This sounds like alcoholism, since Parkinsons is bad all the time, while getting drunk comes and goes. Both alcoholism and Parkinsons can cause coughing fits, but by and large, when …