John Bolton is back. Trump has made him national security advisor just in time for that charm offensive with North Korea. Last time out Bolton failed to get Senate confirmation, requiring George W. Bush to nominate him (to the post of UN ambassador) as a recess appointment. This time, such […]
Conservatism
Jordan Peterson’s re-heated obscurantism
Nathan Robinson has written about the obscurantism of Jordan Peterson, and I’m not even the first to blog about it. Pankaj Mishra has been deconstructing Peterson’s mysticism here, while Kelefa Sanneh’s critique is here. After months of hysterical fanboy cheer-leading, it seems like this is the week everyone finally starts having […]
Pence photographed with gay man before taking him to private room for secret rendezvous
A few questions thrown at @vp and @campaignforleo but no replies from either (and no greeting to the press from Pence either). pic.twitter.com/iIsot8Zq3P — Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) March 16, 2018 It’s (groan) nearly St Patrick’s Day, and so the Irish prime minister is doing the usual in the US of […]
Man who introduced topless Irish dancing in the 1990s bemoans sartorial inelegance of today’s youth
https://twitter.com/MichaelFlatley/status/972480498160324608 Remember the old ways? They were the best. That’s why people say: “The old ways were the best!” Michael Flatley — who last made the news defending himself for performing at the Trump inauguration — certainly stands for the old ways. (BTW, point of information: Cary Grant, who appears […]
Question: How deranged are the NRA? Answer: *This* deranged…
Keep watching. Shortly they customize machine guns with pink paint and gold-leaf epigraphs because, you know, ladies. Other highlights: 3:44 Guy promotes free speech (“Our greatest weapon is truth!”) by smashing a TV showing news with a sledgehammer. 11:57 Presenters prepare an unusual gift for an expectant mother, by […]
It was kind of funny until they mentioned “bullet crowns”
Religion. Guns. Religion. Guns. Religion. Guns. Not just any old guns, but — no doubt because they are ‘in’ at the moment — AR-15s. Yes, the type of semiautomatic rifle used in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre. So what could be more appropriate at this time? How about […]
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