Month: January 2023

Houck Acquitted

Sometimes the good guys win, even in Clown World. A while back, we covered the case of pro-life activist Mark Houck, who was arrested in an FBI raid on his home, in front of his wife and children. One of multiple reprisals against Christians launched by the Moloch-beholden Justice Department…

January 31, 202310 Comments

It Was Messing With Their Test Flights

It's been too long since we had a proper high strangeness post. Lucky for us, the anon who provided this classic UFO account has returned with an intriguing update. Had an interesting conversation with dad yesterday at breakfast. We were listening to random Joe Rogan podcasts the last few weeks…

January 30, 20232 Comments

Star Trek: Insurrection

It's been quite a ride, but our Star Trek film franchise retrospective has finally arrived at the first post-Ground Zero Trek movie. After the crowd-pleasing tour de force of Star Trek: First Contact, fans were looking forward to the TNG crew's second solo feature. Expectations ran high. And why shouldn't…

January 27, 202310 Comments

How to Butter

Dead Internet search algorithms have reportedly made my post on how to make popcorn hard to find. Re-sharing it on Twitter kicked off a series of cooking discussions, which led to the subject of butter itself. Note: I do not use, nor do I recommend you use, butter on popcorn.…

January 26, 20232 Comments

A Rash of Sacrilege

The so-called Culture War is one front in an escalating war between Satan and the Church. You could be excused for not realizing it, since the media tends to bury reports of attacks motivated by hatred of the faith. Because the press is the enemy. But the situation is getting…

January 25, 20237 Comments

Promise Kept

The whole Elon Musk - Twitter saga elicited a lot of comment. From the beginning you had people saying it was all a grift or a publicity stunt. I said last year that Musk's purchase of Twitter would be completed in the fall, and it would take until early in…

January 24, 20235 Comments

Now or Never for Nihon

We've covered Japan's demographic woes here before. Some people scoffed at the ancient island nation's peril. But now her own prime minister is warning the time to address Nihon's population crisis is "now or never." Japanese Prime minister Fumio Kishida pledged on Monday to take urgent steps to tackle the…

January 23, 202312 Comments

Star Trek: First Contact

Our retrospective on the Star Trek film franchise left off on the installment that officially handed the keys to the Next Generation crew. Though a general audience pleaser upon release, Star Trek: Generations has since acquired a reputation as a mixed bag of good visuals marred by character mishandling and…

January 20, 202311 Comments

Con Inc Exposed

It's no secret that this blog has been critical of Conservative pundit Steven Crowder. After all, his career is one of the answers to the often-asked question "Why doesn't Conservative media ever do anything effective in the culture war?" But now, it looks as if Crowder is breaking the Con…

January 19, 20239 Comments

Losing Our Religion

It's been pointed out before on this blog that irreligiosity kills. Now, a new paper adds to the mountain of evidence that not just individual belief, but public group worship, is essential to one's wellbeing. Hat tip to authors David V. Stewart and Alexander Hellene. So-called deaths of despair such…

January 18, 20238 Comments