Month: January 2022

The Honkening

Mass protest against medical apartheid has broken out in the least likely place in the least expected way. The Freedom Truckers are descending upon Canada’s capital city of Ottawa, and it is quite a sight to behold. The convoy that descended on Canada's capital city of Ottawa over the weekend…

January 31, 202222 Comments

The Utopians

Author JD Cowan does the autopsy on corporate Christian art and finds both secular and nominal Christian utopians holding the knife. Living as a utopian is not dependent on where you spend your Saturdays or Sundays, it is about what you believe human nature will consist of hundreds of years…

January 28, 202210 Comments

Market Cargo Cult

Over at the Z Blog, the Z Man documents how Conservatives are as mired in a market cargo cult as the Left is in the sway of the woke cult. One reason Hollywood has no fear of going broke is they know most people will find a way to look…

January 27, 202214 Comments

Reader Meme

The following meme was submitted by a long-time reader for the fun of it. But it's too good not to share. If you're a tinhorn municipal dictatorship, and you've worked up a thirst from a long day of screwing over small business, beware ... The Kooldozer Space pirates OD…

January 26, 2022

The Breaking

A common denominator of Generation Y is the experience of being mugged by reality. This generation grew up during the last flowering of post-WWII economic largesse and post-Cold War optimism. In an era when every day was Christmas, Baby Boomers' promise that getting a liberal arts degree would guarantee a…

January 25, 202227 Comments

An End to Medical Tyranny?

Earlier this week, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a drastic rollback of Covid restrictions in the UK. Watch his full announcement: Some are hailing the PM's statement as the end of medical tyranny. Starting next Thursday, the British government will no longer mandate vaccine passports, face masks in public…

January 21, 202213 Comments

Making Martyrs

When a nation's established ruling order is overthrown or subverted, the new regime's first goal is to cement its authority. That means memory holing any evidence of a change from one form of government to another. It also entails silencing those who question the new rulers' legitimacy. Revolutionaries learned a…

January 20, 20228 Comments

Neopatronage Revisited

In light of Amazon's latest shenanigans, this time involving Dragon Award-winning mega best seller Nick Cole, author Benjamin Cheah revisits my concept of neopatronage. During the Renaissance, the wealthy supported up-and-coming artists through a patronage system. The artist was able to earn a living and create masterworks. The wealthy in…

January 19, 20229 Comments

Denny Destroys DC

The illustrious Man of the Atom makes his long-awaited return to bring us more deep comics lore. Picking up from last time, the tireless chronicler turns his attention from Marvel to DC. At National Periodicals, Weisinger edited Superman- and Batman-related titles early in his career, and was the long term…

January 18, 202227 Comments

Galaxy’s End?

A bombshell dropped over the weekend that has the potential to shake indie publishing to its core. The troubling development involves mega best selling newpub author, and fellow Dragon Award winner, Nick Cole. This ongoing story broke on Sunday night when readers noticed the popular Galaxy's Edge and Forgotten Ruin…

January 17, 202214 Comments