The endarkenment

With the dumbing down of education and politics and the rise of the new priests of the green god, the god of offense and the god of “health” – who have all demanded that the scientific method, facts and truth be perverted and sacrificed upon their altars the endarkenment is surely upon us. What is the endarkenment I imagine I hear you cry, why I shall tell you, it’s the undoing of the progress we’ve made since the enlightenment, the slow dimming and putting out of the lights of scientific rigor, debate and truth. What value truth if it offends, … Continue reading

Yoink! an excellent comment

Firstly, welcome to the new server, hopefully the only difference is it’s a little bit faster, I believe I’m now hosted in Holland somewhere. Now with that aside I’d just like to share a rather excellent comment that I’ve stolen fair and square from Captain Ranty as it’s really rather good. “Dan said… Basically what I reckon we’re seeing right now is the last few gasps of a dying system. Fiat money is the poison; combine this with giving politicians the sole responsibility for administering the financial system and you have a recipe for a disaster. Politicians, you see, are … Continue reading

That time of year again

I’m on the last page of my calendar and so it dawns on me that we’re at that time of year again, when smug adverts from the government will have “friendly” cartoon chaps or amusing eccentric types telling us that handing over vast chunks of our money for the government to piss up the wall is actually quite a pleasant thing to do. I am of course referring to the traditional “tax needn’t be taxing” campaign which comes around to brighten everyone’s Christmas. That’s right apparently the tax man taking 70% of your earnings isn’t really so bad, you know … Continue reading