Monthly Archives: June 2021

janan.ganesh@ft.com: ‘Great-power politics suits America more than nation building’. Philosophical Apprentice comments.

When will the political romance with Joe Biden come to an end? The alliance between the Neo-Liberals, masquerading as New Democrats, and The Neo-Cons, is sure to suffer unbridgeable policy disputes. The Neo-Cons are by nature – their Founder Leo … Continue reading

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@RColvile on ‘control of our borders’. Old Socialist comments

Always be aware when reading @RColvile that he is a Thatcherite in the 21st Century: think of this as a manifestation of Political Fiction, akin to Science Fiction, or a variation on that once genre of ‘Futurism’? Or have I … Continue reading

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Andy Divine reads the ‘Soul’ of Joe Biden, while wishing for less of ‘his awkward adoption of woke mantras’. Queer Atheist comments.

The critical reader of Andy Divine’s latest essay, confronts his title and sub-title: Our Very Catholic President The strange miracle of Joe Biden The first question is how long will Andy be so smitten with Joe Biden? But the second … Continue reading

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Bill Gates’ war against the foreskin. Queer Atheist comments.

What can an ordinary person, of whatever age or other demographic indicators, or even race, think of Bill Gates’ operation to circumcise the whole of African males, as the in order too of AIDS prevention. Along with his allies: https://www.jpost.com/health-and-science/israelis-train-africans-to-circumcise-against-aidsContinue reading

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janan.ganesh@ft.com on ‘The Parable of Obamacare’. Old Socialist scoffs!

Headline: What the parable of Obamacare teaches Republicans Sub-headline: The party can win a culture war but not a class war The headline and sub-headline are the utterly preposterous recitations of political catch phrases! The political hypocrisy, that both The … Continue reading

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Ben Hall : ‘ in Sunday’s first round vote, LREM flopped’ . Old Socialists comments

This has all the appeal of thick slice of Miss Havisham’s wedding cake! Macron did not ‘He proved it by winning the presidency convincingly in 2017.’ This is the Financial Times Party Line, endlessly repeated as ‘political truth’! According to … Continue reading

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Old Socialist comments on @RColvile latest political commentary.

How appropriate that my favorite Thatcherite @RColvile, in his latest essay, his reportage awash in self-infatuated political bathos, if that describes his retrograde politics: so fascinating is his self-presentation in its game of reporter/ideologue.  His careful, and to speak hyperbolically, … Continue reading

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@nytdavidbrooks almost irresistible cliched boosterism. Almost Marx comments.

Why should it surprise the reader that David Brooks would resort to the economist Mancur Olson, and his ‘ interest groups’ as the bad political/economic actors, holding back innovation and excellence, two concepts that marked the Reagan Era Free Market … Continue reading

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@PMCroninHudson on ‘the rules based international order’ and Joe Biden’s ‘Build Back Better’. Political Realist express disdain!

Patrick M. Cronin is a member of The Hudson Inst. : The Hudson Institute is a politically conservative American think tank based in Washington, D.C. It was founded in 1961 in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, by futurist, military strategist, and systems … Continue reading

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Jordan Peterson & Ben Shapiro on ‘Why Men and Women are Different’. Queer Atheist comments…

If ‘Social Science’ is ‘sovereign’ then ‘The Bell Curve’ partakes of that sovereignty? When one of its underpinnings is ‘Mankind Quarterly’? The Tainted Sources of ‘The Bell Curve’ … What sort of “stuff” could Murray mean? Surely the most curious … Continue reading

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