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No doubt there will be better analysis offered elsewhere of the curious example of double-speak and logical dysfunction displayed in Douglas Feith’s op-ed in today’s Washington Post, but this stands out for sheer nerve: In evaluating our policy toward Iraq after Sept. 11, 2001, my office realized that CIA analysts were suppressing some of theirContinue reading “Big Brass Balls”

Fool me once, shame on, shame on you, eh, fool me, uh–can’t get fooled again.–George W. Bush The newest trend in conventional wisdom regarding Iraq, going as unexamined by the major media as every previous stage of denial masquerading as incontrovertible fact regarding this war, reads something like this: Iraq is certain to descend intoContinue reading “Well Then, How Would You Undo This Voodoo That We Do?”

To counter Rousset and his like—and keep “progressive” intellectuals in line—Communist parties exercised the moral lever of “anti-Fascism.” This had the appeal of familiarity. For many Europeans their first experience of political mobilization was in the anti-Fascist, Popular-Front leagues of the 1930s. For most people the Second World War was remembered as a victory overContinue reading “Read: "Anti-Racism"*”

An obnoxious, industrial version of what sounds like Wagner, reverberating at ear stinging volume and smothered by an overwhelming, testicle vibrating bass, has me cringing and cupping my hands over my ears. Ballerinas with shaved heads wearing brown shirts and fetishistic black leather tutus are flitting toward me (somehow they manage to glide gracefully inContinue reading “*”

But life is short, and truth works far and lives long: let us speak the truth.–Arthur Schopenhauer You may have already read about the “BNP ballerina”, Simone Clarke, whose employer, the English National Ballet, is under pressure to fire her for her membership in the British National Party. Clarke was outed as a member ofContinue reading “Too Right Feet”

Further proof that every absurdity uttered in jest eventually comes to pass in reality:Mexican state issuing llegals GPS devices.I was wondering why the above news item from The Telegraph sounded familiar, and then I recalled this Untethered post from last May (relevant passage in boldface): Gracias por llamar La Casa Blanca. Para Ingles marque elContinue reading “Truth, Stranger Than Dale”

Sympathy for the DevilFor how can we condemn something that is ephemeral, in transit? In the sunset of dissolution, everything is illuminated by the aura of nostalgia, even the guillotine.Not long ago, I caught myself experiencing a most incredible sensation. Leafing through a book on Hitler, I was touched by some of his portraits: theyContinue reading “Sunday Sermon”