Stares at the World

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Society

The White Poppy Quislings

As my American readers may be aware, in Canada we wear a red poppy on our lapel during the week leading up to Remembrance Day (you guys call it Veteran’s Day).  The tradition traces back to Maj John McRae, who penned the following poem in 1915, shortly before losing his life in the First World War. Remembrance Day isn’t a topic I’ve addressed before because, quite frankly, there’s nothing for me to say; the words have been written, the speeches recorded, and it is our duty as patriots to intone them about the cenotaph on the 11th of November –...

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Society

Reality Fails the Bechdel Test

Swedish cinemas take aim at gender bias with Bechdel test rating You expect movie ratings to tell you whether a film contains nudity, sex, profanity or violence. Now cinemas in Sweden are introducing a new rating to highlight gender bias, or rather the absence of it. To get an A rating, a movie must pass the so-called Bechdel test, which means it must have at least two named female characters who talk to each other about something other than a man. Anyone with an ounce of sanity will be rolling their eyes at this bit of nonsense.  Nobody cares if...

Grand Theft Auto V and Misogyny 3

Fiction / Society

Grand Theft Auto V and Misogyny

By now I’m sure you’ve heard the complaints coming from the usual quarters: GTA V contains “disturbing” attitudes towards women.  It more-or-less started with a GameSpot Transexual praising the game, aside from this one “issue,” and since then it keeps popping up all over. Quite frankly, I’m sick of it. And yet, GTA V is a game that does merit conversation; it’s a game that contains theft, murder, and torture, over and above the alleged misogyny – surely this is worthy of discussion; by what grounds to we deliver a resounding “Shut your fool mouth, woman!” to the feminists that...

Being a Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing 9

Philosophy / Society

Being a Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing

The Slaying of Saint Skittles fiasco is heating up again, with a bevy of new reports coming out as the Zimmerman trial goes underway.  As a response, Sturges over at Apocalypse Cometh has taken it upon himself to write a series of posts about the legal ins-and-outs of self defense. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and more to come. He speaks as a man with experience in such matters, and given the vast quantities of Red Blood present in my readership, you’d all be doing yourselves a disservice if you didn’t read his thoughts on the matter. As for...

Sunday Funday: Italianface Minstrel Comedy 4

Society / Video

Sunday Funday: Italianface Minstrel Comedy

Many people these days are confused about where to draw the line between comedy and racism.  Allow me to adjust your misinformation. The following video about the number 24 is hilarious: While the following video about the number 28 is racist: H/T That should help clarify things.   ͼ-Ѻ-ͽ My novel My Twitter

Dealing with the Devil 7

Society

Dealing with the Devil

A vile an ugly man has died today; Senator Frank Lautenberg of NJ.  I won’t mourn the passing of someone who used emotive prevarications to benefit himself at the expense of others; good riddance to this bad rubbish. “Isn’t calling a man Evil pretty extreme?” I hear the voices in the peanut gallery ask, “Can you truly know what Evil lurks in the heart of men?  Or does only the Shadow know?” I may not know what cruelties Lautenberg suffered as a child at the hands of his parents; I can only half-imagine the trauma of being an impoverished Polish-Jew,...

Logos and Agape: Civilization’s Foundational Theology 11

Philosophy

Logos and Agape: Civilization’s Foundational Theology

Theology: to most of us who’ve suffered from a modern Education it sounds like “Philosophy for the superstitious.” In reality it’s far more than that.  Theology isn’t some discipline intended only for the musings of celibate priests, any more than Economic Theory is something that only Professional Econometricians ought to understand – it’s so foundational that not only do our morals derive from it, but so too the very heuristics by which we judge morality in the first place. Quite frankly, it’s Theology that makes up the ideological DNA of all Memetics. Throughout the Manosphere and the Alt-Right there is...

Why Do People Love Star Trek? 9

Fiction / Society

Why Do People Love Star Trek?

There’s actually quite a bit to this question. ͼ-Ѻ-ͽ And now a word from our sponsor, Glorious Hat by Karl! Voice work by Aaron Clarey. Spring? It’s been snowing up here lately – Obama Hat’s been keeping me warm! ͼ-Ѻ-ͽ My novel My Twitter