Category Archives: Society

Foreigners Kill People: Australians to Blame

Posted on December 24, 2025 by JC

On the evening of Sunday the 14th of December, 2025, a father and son named Sajid and Naveed Akram killed fifteen people on Bondi Beach in Sydney Australia. The people targeted were people celebrating Hanukkah on the beach and most … Continue reading →

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Australia’s Social Media “Ban”

Posted on December 19, 2025 by JC

As of December 10th, Australia introduced it’s social media ban on certain websites for children under 16. I do not have accounts with any of the affected platforms and I had assumed that this effectively requires everyone who uses them … Continue reading →

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Familiarity Breeds Contempt

Posted on November 30, 2025 by JC

Adam Piggott wrote an article on his new Substack about the Indian concept of “izzat”. This is from a post on Kiwi Farms which has spread through X as that is where I first read about it. Rather than try … Continue reading →

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Logos Rising Review

Posted on August 31, 2025 by JC

Logos Rising: A History of Ultimate Reality by E. Michael Jones, Fidelity Press April 2nd, 2020 E. Michael Jones is a contemporary writer I’ve mentioned a couple of times on this blog including one post dedicated to an article he … Continue reading →

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From Thriving to Dying

Posted on June 25, 2025 by JC

In keeping with the tradition of this blog, I am commenting on something quite some time after it was current news. The article that follows was published on the Guardian website on January 11th, almost six months ago. It gives … Continue reading →

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Put A Chick In It, And Make Her Lame And Gay

Posted on May 5, 2025 by JC

The above video is from a South Park episode called ‘Joining the Panderverse’ from a few years ago. I haven’t watched this episode but the phrase that I’ve used as the title of this post became a meme simply because … Continue reading →

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Daniel Defoe on Marriage

Posted on April 27, 2025 by JC

Daniel Defoe is best known as the author of Robinson Crusoe which was published in 1719. It is a novel which popularised the castaway narrative and adventure novels set in the Caribbean. It remains influential and celebrated though I expect … Continue reading →

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Hammers and Barrels

Posted on April 7, 2025 by JC

This month has brought us yet another example of the cluelessness those who are terminally online have about the real world. Australian YouTuber Karl Jobst had the hammer thrust down on him in a defamation lawsuit brought by Donkey Kong … Continue reading →

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Rhetorical Retards

Posted on March 23, 2025 by JC

This post will be similar in theme to one I wrote about books and bookshelves some four years ago. The short of the last one is that many people in elite positions like to project themselves as well-read though they … Continue reading →

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The People Vs. Slush Funds

Posted on February 18, 2025 by JC

There has been a lot happening in the United States since Donald Trump’s inauguration particularly surrounding the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) which is headed by Elon Musk. Unlike mass media, I don’t have a short memory and so … Continue reading →

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