Hear the sound of the left ceasing to be the smart party, and becoming the stupid party: On the Livejournal science fiction blogs, there is, or recently was, a passionate debate called Racefail 09, wherein lots of bloggers accuse other bloggers of being racists. Those accused of racism are those that are very left wing and very politically correct – they are those least likely to be guilty, most likely …
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Not Science
Recently the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Research Organization) dressed itself in the robes of high holy science, and portentously announced that the wrath of Gaea was upon us. Other scientists asked for the details of the evidence, but alas, the highly scientific scientists of the CSIRO found themselves sadly unable to provide the evidence.
American empire is not working
I have long argued that the US should focus on destroying its enemies and not attempt to hold ground. Global Guerrillas observes that it was only when the Army/Marines attempted to hold ground that the US military ran into trouble. These advocates maintain that the US military should never hold ground in the future Who are “these advocates�
Britain falls
When the Roman empire in the west fell, it was decades, nearly a century, before Romans realized it had fallen. Falling is a process, which is hard to recognize at the time. A recent post in Gates of Vienna leads me to believe that in decades to come, future historians will date the fall of most of old Europe to Islam to 2008, or not long after. The first step …