Category Archives: socialism

CONGRESSIONAL POWER

Posted on May 10, 2013 by

How many divisions does Congress have? This paraphrase of Joseph Stalin’s dismissive comment about the Pope’s power and authority strikes me as a relevant question today, when Congressional hearings are beginning to lift a corner of the veil of secrecy … Continue reading →

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MAKING SHEEPLE

Posted on March 8, 2013 by

CBS reports that Nearly 80 percent of New York City high school graduates need to relearn basic skills before they can enter the City University’s community college system. De-education.  The best way to make mindless followers. Somewhere, Bill Ayers is … Continue reading →

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JEŠTĚD MOUNTAIN NEAR LIBEREC

Posted on February 8, 2013 by

Very impressive sight from cousin Pavel’s front porch… That’s a comms tower/restaurant/hotel combo on top, with ski slopes below.  They built the tower during the socialist era at significant cost, but it’s all analog.  They never converted it to digital, … Continue reading →

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OH LA LA! LES FRANCAIS HAVE A SENSE OF BWAHAHA!

Posted on January 24, 2013 by

Mon Dieu!  Who woulda thunk? This trip to the Czech Republic took us through Paris since, peculiarly, the booking agent could find no reasonably priced direct flights from JFK to Prague on fairly short notice. After going through the gauntlet … Continue reading →

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CENSORING THE INTERNET: SYRIA SHOWS THE WAY

Posted on December 3, 2012 by

This week, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) is holding a meeting in Dubai to discuss “what to do about the Internet.” (h/t The Weekly Standard)  There are many proposals in the ITU’s agenda, which runs to over 200 pages, and … Continue reading →

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OBAMACARE

Posted on September 9, 2012 by

You know you love it.  You know you want it. And if you don’t, you are a racist.  Just ask (Sékou) Touré to add opposition to Obamacare to his ever-growing list of things that constitute racism.

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OLD CZECH TRUISM – AS GOOD AS NEW

Posted on August 15, 2012 by

Here is some humorous commentary on central economic planning that used to circulate in socialist Czechoslovakia’s “underground” (i.e. where the 99% lived).  It strikes me as being eminently applicable as we watch Obama try to implement central planing in the … Continue reading →

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YOUR RETIREMENT MONEY REDISTRIBUTED (RERUN)

Posted on July 20, 2012 by

I thought I’d rerun this rant from November 2011. I have been thinking about a couple of progressive concepts that the Obama regime is likely to employ as a temporary way to feed its spending addiction.  (I say “temporary” because … Continue reading →

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L’AFFAIRE LINDT

Posted on May 30, 2012 by

The European Union is in crisis, and it’s not what you think.  Fiscal problems in Greece, Spain, Italy, Ireland and other places are nothing next to the — impending disaster represented by the Lindt chocolate bunny. As David Pryce-Jones at … Continue reading →

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EVICTING ORDINARY PEOPLE TO BENEFIT 1% GREENIE WEENIES

Posted on May 8, 2012 by

Error Theory has an interesting April 07, 2012 exposé about a pattern of evictions and confiscations of isolated residences throughout California’s Mojave Desert.  This process, a brainchild of LA County Supervisor Antonovich, was something that Lenin would have been proud … Continue reading →

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