Chutzpah Award
Bernadine Dohrn is worried about the Tea Party’s potential for political violence.
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Category Archives: Derangement Syndromes
Thirty years ago today
There’s a tribute video to Ronald Reagan, who was elected on this day in 1980, at Iain Dale’s blog. Thirty years ago today I had just moved into a student house in North Street, St Andrews where someone had pinned, … Continue reading
Posted in democracy, Derangement Syndromes, Liberalism, Politics
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CRB checks on students
The Sunday Times (paywall, so no link) reported this weekend on the growing number of students who are rejected from courses because they fail a CRB check. In the case cited, a young woman had been kicked off a vocational … Continue reading
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The biggest FAIL in the history of the internet
Well, that 10 10 No Pressure video certainly went viral. On the 10 10 YouTube page, Iowahawk sums it up, after the film is pulled by its makers, then re-uploaded by people who aren’t going to let it go away … Continue reading
Posted in Derangement Syndromes, environment, WTF?
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Sentence of the year
Becker, who after leaving prison trained as an alternative practitioner and now lives in a lakeside district in the most expensive quarter of Berlin and is dependent on state support, is expected to use her right to remain silent throughout … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, democracy, Derangement Syndromes, totalitarianism, WTF?
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Selective outrage
My “Statement of Concern” came about more by accident than by design. I was searching for someone or some subject on Google.com — can’t remember exactly — when I chanced upon multiple listings of Professor David Lloyd’s anti-Israel petition. That … Continue reading
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Legitimate resistance
Raping Jewish girls. This from a woman. Via Snoopy, UPDATE: There are some interesting double-edged swords there, though. The woman asks at one point, if it’s OK to assault Arab women, why not Israelis? There’s an “if” for you.
Posted in Derangement Syndromes, Islamism, Middle East
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Check Point Ahead
This is just plain cheating. If you’re driving in the USA and see a sign saying something like “Warning Narcotics Check Point Ahead”, it’s best to keep driving: The local sheriff’s office had established the signs as a “ruse” to … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Derangement Syndromes, Drug War, WTF?
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Truth and truthiness
I’m really disappointed by this. Colin Percival is a fine computer scientist. In a blog post titled In Defence of Truth he wrote the following: Surely, I thought, policy decisions must be guided by facts. Not so. Instead, I was … Continue reading
Insurgents
Interesting headline in the NY Times today: G.O.P. Insurgents Win in Del. and N.Y. First terrorists became insurgents, now a political movement in the USA can be smeared by implication and association. Classy, NYT.
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