What do you get when you cross Gregory Benford’s Great Sky River [https://infogalactic.com/info/Great_Sky_River_(novel)]with a spaghetti western? Blame. A brief voiceover gives us the setting. In the far, *far* future where humanity lost the ability to communicate with the city it constructed, that they lived in, and so the city deemed them illegal residents, and began to exterminate humanity. Our story starts generations later.An aside. Yes. Given the word choice, I’m sure some people would l…
I’ve mentioned before – socialism is evil [https://thelastredoubt.com/2016/12/socialism-is-evi.html]. I’ll go further. Leftism is a death cult of the mind, of the spirit, of thought, and finally, of bodies. Jordan Peterson can indeed argue that post-modernism didn’t come about until the 70’s – which explains why, even as murderous as they were, the leftism of Lenin, Stalin, and Mao were at least coherent, and so were their followers in the west – but I would argue that while it may not have gone…
Courtesy of the Didact [http://didactsreach.blogspot.com/2017/05/national-punch-millennial-day.html], he finds a millenial who writes: > Sure, some Millennials are guilty of being entitled. But turn on the news, and you’ll see some bigly examples of entitled, narcissistic Baby Boomers. Every generation is diverse. But at 75 million people, Millennials are the biggest, most diverse generation in the nation. We’re also the most educated. We know human-caused climate change is real. We know why th…
I was first introduced to Jordan Peterson on Stefan Molyneux’s show.Jordan Peterson is an atheist. Regardless, unlike many, even if only on a mythological level, he has a far more understanding view of religion and the role it, or something like it, needs to play than many who are not believers, and a far deeper understanding of the symbology than many who are. It’s hours and hours of listening, but episodes 9, 10, 12, and 13 of his podcast, “Maps of Meaning” are well worth every minute. Castin…
What do you get when you mix the inherent awesome of Space Battleship Yamato with the inherent awesome of Sabaton? An epic space battle set to the song “Midway.” Enjoy.…