On July 4, 1776, a bunch of would-be oligarchs declared the independence of the American colonies.
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On July 4, 1776, a bunch of would-be oligarchs declared the independence of the American colonies.
In an earlier posting, I set up a general attack on fields of study with an aim to being able to claim that they are “discredited” [stderr] – so that, at some point, we can say “phrenology is bunk” without having to endure a cascade of phreno-apologetics in response.
It’s hard to understand the bizzaro-world where authoritarians live. As a skeptical person, I tend to think about what authority figures say, and question their motives and whether what they’re saying even makes any sense at all.
As I mentioned [stderr]: Fuck his highness Vajiralongkorn of Thailand.
Cardinal Pell has been charged with sex offenses. [bbc]
True Leaders
I know it’s all the fashion, in some circles, to belittle the “mainstream media” for being hard on Donald Trump – but I think the media ought to be more direct and less cautious in its wording.
One of the crucial failures of leadership during the Vietnam War was the way the pentagon managed to reduce a complex political/military/logistical situation down to a discussion about head-count. That allowed the military to focus discussion about the war into a question of head-count: how many dead Vietcong heads did you collect today? How many shiny new American heads did you ship over? How many came back?
A friend of mine made me watch this; I had had too much wine, perhaps, and really couldn’t believe I was seeing what I was seeing.
White House press spokesman Sean Spicer made the comments during an off-camera briefing to journalists in Washington. [bbc]