A House Divided

A House Divided

Another national election has come and gone. The 2018 US midterms treated voters to an electoral street brawl, complete with cheerleaders, hecklers, and odds makers barking from the sidelines. Numbers guys on both sides predicted big wins for their respective teams. With voter turnout at record highs, the only question…
November 7, 201836 Comments

The Last Redoubt on Virtue and the State

Inspired by a recent post on this humble blog, reader The Last Redoubt takes the political football and runs with it. Conservative, Inc. has fixated on how "big" the government is. Leftist cant in response to "it's too big" is that "size doesn't matter if it's good government" - and…
October 31, 201812 Comments
It’s Not the Size

It’s Not the Size

You can add Gab to the list of dissident outfits that have been shut down by concerted efforts by Leftist tech monopolies. This time the oligarchs' flimsy cover story involved hyperventilating over the recent mass shooting in Philadelphia. The shooter happened to have a Gab account, so our betters sunsetted…
October 29, 201826 Comments
Terminally Unhip

Terminally Unhip

I'm old enough to remember when Democrats were the Cool Party. All of the big movie stars, edgy comedians, and rock gods advocated for Leftist causes and held massive fundraisers for the DNC. What you saw in every form of mass media was that Democrats were open-minded free spirits with…
October 27, 201817 Comments
They’re Going to Pay

They’re Going to Pay

Wherein Julie Swetnick and Michael Avenatti discover that, like losing elections, taking a shot at a SCOTUS nominee and missing has consequences. They shouldn't have thought they wouldn't pay. The Stupid Party is finally learning that the Evil Party aren't misguided but well-intentioned loyal opposition. The Democrats are a mob…
October 25, 20186 Comments

Pure Narrative-spinning

Comments from a number of readers about the upcoming midterm elections. occasioned this follow up to a previous post. The mainstream media's assertion that married suburban women will abandon the GOP in droves over the Kavanaugh affair is pure narrative-spinning. They don't cite numbers because the numbers show women believed…
October 22, 20187 Comments
Are You an NPC?

Are You an NPC?

If you frequent dissident social media, you may have noticed a lull in the meme wars over the past year. Posting a Pepe or MAGApede meme would like as not get you labeled a Boomer. The salt flow had dried to a trickle as SJWs walled themselves into hugboxes behind…
October 19, 201820 Comments
Polls Are Propaganda

Polls Are Propaganda

Wherein I respond to a commenter who expressed trepidation about the rising Red Tide: Hmm, a lotta sources you posted still seem iffy on a republican blitzkrieg. Typical bet hedging? Democratic bias? Whaddya think? RCP still for some unfathomable reason has the AZ senate race as a toss up I…
October 17, 20182 Comments
Red Tide

Red Tide

Political commentators have been predicting that the outcome of Judge Brett Kavanaugh's stormy Senate confirmation would have a noticeable impact on the upcoming midterm elections. Now the numbers are coming in, and we are witnessing an unmistakable Kavanaugh effect. In case you haven’t been paying attention, the Republicans are going…
October 16, 201821 Comments
Vigorous Vulgar Language

Vigorous Vulgar Language

Three years after I cited Aftermath as the canary in Star Wars' coal mine, the author of the poorly written SJW message fic in question, soiboi poster child Chuck Wendig, has been informed his services are no longer needed. Chuck Wendig, the New York Times-bestselling author of the Star Wars: Aftermath…
October 13, 20188 Comments