Stares at the World

My Collected Writings on history, science fiction, philosophy, and women.

Nepotism, Fight Club, and Playing Catch Up 2

Society

Nepotism, Fight Club, and Playing Catch Up

Playing host to a Bunch of Lunatics winds up being pretty-much a full time gig (even with the lovely Alpha Unit doing all of the cooking); while I’ve been fairly active in other places, I haven’t been keeping up with telling you guys about it.  So right off the bat, a couple of linkages: Danny de Gracia and I had a telephone interview about Internet trolls, and how new-media (blogging, wikipedia) is changing the face of news and information.  Check out the transcript here, with a link to the audio. Captain Capitalism and I had a long conversation about the...

They Move in Too Soon 0

Society

They Move in Too Soon

Hpx83 and the Captain beat me to it (who incidentally is the most American American I’ve ever met), but I’d like to highlight one passage from this tragedy: In the summer of 1989, while out for a romantic meal, Matthew proposed properly with a diamond solitaire ring. Two months later, we held our engagement party for 40 friends and family at the little house we were renting at the time. The following year, we bought a tiny starter home in Grays, Essex, which we moved into with furniture we had begged, borrowed and stolen. We giggled with delight at the...

Too Much Trust of Doctors 5

Society

Too Much Trust of Doctors

Bill Powell explains the explains what the 23 Executive Orders mean for you: 16. Clarify that the Affordable Care Act does not prohibit doctors asking their patients about guns in their homes. Did you know that the AMA is one of the largest anti-gun establishments in this country? Personally if I had a doctor ask me about guns in my home, if I could control myself from bashing the bastard in the face, I’d walk out without paying. Just another good reason to stay away from these quacks. Allow me to coin a new term, “Credentialism Creep”: Credentialism is a...

Shaming Culture 3

Society

Shaming Culture

The Captain has a new post up, The Shaming of John Galt. The left uses shame and “shaming language” for one reason and one reason only – they are factually wrong, so they must “shame” what is “right” or what is real.  Since the left lives in a world that is not based in reality or the reality principle, they have to “change reality” and the best way to do that is to convince or outright brainwash people into thinking the opposite of what is true and the opposite of what is in their best interests. There are so many...

How to Defeat the Left 4

Philosophy / Society

How to Defeat the Left

First off, I need your support.  I’m doing a bit of fundraising just now, so I’d appreciate if you watched the following video, or click on this link for the details. That said, here’s why you all came here: my latest video, How to Defeat the Left: Pravda’s “America, Never give up your guns!“by Stanislav Mishin.