This post may have been better done a couple months back, so I’ll crib mercilessly from my friend the Didact who told the tale far better than I could [http://didactsreach.blogspot.com/2016/09/the-enemy-within.html]: > At the Gates The armies of the invaders were gathered outside, tens of thousands strong. Within the walls, the defenders looked out on a plain swarming with enemies; there was no safe refuge to be found anywhere nearby. The city had been under siege for two long and terrible mont…
Over the weekend a friend had mentioned, regarding the tactics being employed to undermine the president (the general path taken eminently predictable given the accusations made beforehand); namely, that even if they did “win”, the tactics they used de-facto set the rules of politics going forward. To anyone who’s given it a moment’s thought, related to game theory, this is a duh. But, there’s a deeper aspect here beyond simply the dynamics of how people respond tit for tat, and what behavior th…
Quotes from Conan movies aside… > [A post shared by Oleg Volk (@olegvolkphotography)](https://www.instagram.com/p/BbqkTSlll3-/) on Nov 18, 2017 at 9:29pm PST…
Well guys, that time of week again. Since it’s gotten cold all of a sudden most parts of the states, we start with a bit of beach. Or some nautical themes. And of course one of the usual suspects: > [A post shared by Sara Underwood (@saraunderwood)](https://www.instagram.com/p/BcclBHrHKOd/) on Dec 8, 2017 at 7:37am PST > [A post shared by Sara Underwood (@saraunderwood)](https://www.instagram.com/p/Bb-34abn59O/) on Nov 26, 2017 at 6:45pm PST…
There’s been a bit of a pissing match due to recent comments and actions by Jordan Peterson toward the alt-right and ethnonationalists. First, while not directly relevant to that bit of jackassery, a recent and outstanding vid where he generally takes apart communism, post modernism, etc., and gives some solid grounding for life. So. I’m not going to go as far as call him a coward for disinviting a lady who spoke with red ice – no, they’re not my crowd, so? – from a free speech event. First,…