Homines libenter quod volunt credunt
Posted in Central Planning, If I Really Hated the Poor ..., Socialism on Jan 10th, 2021
Maybe they forgot how to count? More from Pipes: For such an ideal, was it not worth sacrificing the sorry specimens that populated the corrupt world Seen from this perspective, existing humanity was debris, the refuse of a doomed world, and killing it off was a matter of no consequence The unprecedented destruction of lives […]
Posted in Central Planning, Disingenuous, If I Really Hated the Poor ..., Socialism, Special Privilege on Jan 9th, 2021
M0re from Pipes: The massacres of 1937-38 virtually wiped out the ranks of “old Bolsheviks,” whose place was taken by newcomers. In 1939, 80.5 percent of the executive personnel of the Soviet Union’s Communist Party had joined since Lenin’s death 15 From their ranks came the top officials of the party and government, the so-called […]
Posted in Central Planning, Socialism on Jan 8th, 2021
From Richard Pipes’ incredible book Communism: A History The Great Terror struck at the party membership as well as ordinary citizens. At its height, in 1937 and 1938, at le one and a half million people, the vast majority of them in nocent of any wrongdoing even by Communist criteria, were hauled before troikas, […]
Posted in Methodology, Science on Jan 8th, 2021
From the wonderful Freeman Dyson, There is no such thing as a unique scientific vision, any more than there is a unique poetic vision. Science is a mosaic of partial and conflicting visions. But there is one common element in these visions. The common element is rebellion against the restrictions imposed by the locally prevailing […]
Posted in Environment, Family on Dec 26th, 2020
My father-in-law’s home was, for many many years, heated by coal. (In my own apartment in NYC, we had oil heat, which I contend is no better). The job of the coal delivery driver was not at all fun. He had to muscle and finagle an enormous truck close enough to the house so that […]
Posted in Government Gone Wild, If I Really Hated the Poor ..., Special Privilege on Dec 23rd, 2020
1 This thread commemorates those brave politicians who didn't let lockdowns slow them down Send me other examples by DM, and I'll add them First, Deborah Birx: retiring in disgrace after gathering 2 households and 4 generations for a Thanksgiving partyhttps://t.co/LjktJbHeee — Bachman (@ElonBachman) December 22, 2020
Posted in Flotsam and Jetsam on Dec 21st, 2020
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening By Robert Frost Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. My little horse must think it queer To stop without a farmhouse near Between the […]
Posted in Economic Illiteracy on Dec 17th, 2020
Posted in Disingenuous, Environment on Dec 17th, 2020
Here is some of the advice on how we can spread Christmas Cheer in a sustainable way: (their suggestions indented). Give creatively, thinking beyond material things (e.g. dance lessons, concert tickets, massage therapy, donations towards a cause etc.) Because things like dance lessons do not require studios, transportation to the facilities, and materials and emissions. […]
Posted in Politics on Dec 15th, 2020
Our gerentocracy doesn’t suck because they are old. No, it sucks because their ideas have been terrible for 50 years, and they continue jamming them down our throats to this day. Have a nice day.