I was looking at a G+ conversation initiated by Eric Raymond when someone of libertarian, nevertrump bent started utterly going off the rails about Trump being a fascist bent on taking over the USA, and his moves just being preparation for a coup. A bit of background. Eric is a libertarian who*explicitly changed his registration to Republican to vote for someone other than Trump in the primaries, but since the election, has found himself defending Trump more and more as the left has become incr…
An ardent feminist was trying to waste my time and attention, spouting about how the God Emperor was taking away abortion rights. I asked, how is he doing so, and got the expected screed on the recent EO denying federal funding to organizations that perform abortions, culminating in “and it’s my right.” I answered: no, it isn’t. No-one has a right to demand that I pay for your choices The simple reason is that there can be no universal right that requires anyone else to act to provide it to…
Since it’s still Friday, it’s worth noting that the lady I posted earlier knows how to ride a surfboard.…
The core Commands and Colors system developed by Richard Borg has been the basis for a number of games by a number of different companies that have adopted some version of the dice and command card mechanic. These include Commands & Colors: Ancients and Napoleonics, Memoir 44, Battle Cry, BattleLore, and Battles of Westeros. Only a couple of these, like Memoir 44 and Command & Colors: The Great War, now have computer versions available outside of playing the electronic “board” version via Vassal…
Ace of Spades is, as Vox Day noted, coming around, as evidenced by a recent post [http://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=368084] on how “How Losing My Political Values Helped Me Gain My Freedom”: > Donald Trump isn’t the bully; he only insults and abuses people in power who have attacked him. They’re the fucking bullies. The left, with their smears, their witch hunts, their slanders, their insults, their riots, their violence, and their weaponizing of the federal bureaucracy. There aren’t any rules an…