Once upon a time, a fellow wanted to increase cigarette sales and couldn’t think of how to do it. He pondered this and percolated upon that. Sadly, he just could not create a solution. Until that is he came across some very wacky theories developed by those zany Germans in the 1850s called ‘psychology’. AsContinue reading “Women of Failure”
Category Archives: Politopical
Conspicuous Absences
There are many traffic lights out so be very careful, the news reports say. No one bothers giving clear instructions based on something realistic, like, say, the rules of the road, when navigating intersections where the lights are out. Why on Earth not? Could it be that no one in Australia has the moral fortitudeContinue reading “Conspicuous Absences”
Disaster Strikes!
In our exclusive this afternoon, insiders have revealed an entire nation has shit down! No fewer than 3 million people are teetering on the edge of starvation in Australia’s east as the ravaging remnants of Typhoon Alfresco dumps millimetres of rain with determinedly intermittent breezes across the coast. Not only have all the supermarkets shut,Continue reading “Disaster Strikes!”
Past Tense
My family started in 1066, and were placed next to the Welsh boarder. My ancestors spent most generations able to speak Celtic Welsh and the family was established by the Normans who spoke French. The accents of English I speak arose in London in the late 1800s and one evolved through the 1900s in Brisbane.Continue reading “Past Tense”
Sandbox
Kennedy puts into law the creation of a national currency, removing it from the Federal Reserve (a private company, by the way) and is thusly shot. Orange destroys thousands of businesses, ruining tens of thousands of lives, and international relations, and is lauded. …just highlighting the rules of the game. Ever wonder who is makingContinue reading “Sandbox”
Spiritual Matters
Do you believe in God? > Yes? Do you believe He is omniscient and omnipotent? > Yeah, I guess yes. Do you? Nope. I believe that if there is a god then he, and he is male, must be omniscient and omnipotent, and that he doesn’t give a fuck. Do you believe in praying? >Continue reading “Spiritual Matters”
Rich People
Lemme tell you a funny story. It comes for the days of yore, the days when no one knew what ‘public health’ was, mostly because it hadn’t been invented yet. There was no ‘running water’ or ‘sewage’, and certainly no rubbish trucks. Electricity hadn’t been applied to lighting one’s house. It was a vastly differentContinue reading “Rich People”
Moral Relativism
Where ever someone tries to state that morality is objective or subjective, I wonder at the context by which they make their claims. Is good real? Is bad factual? Most arguments I’ve come across grasp either at secular law or the evolving morality of a religion, neither of which are defined in clear terms. TheContinue reading “Moral Relativism”
The Comfort Game
Victims come in two forms: real and fake. The actual victims of abuse, public humiliation, assault and marginalisation are easy to spot with a particular look and manner, and responses which are not conducive to self care. Fake victims, and Western culture is full of them, are easy to spot with their hyper vigilance directedContinue reading “The Comfort Game”
Parent-Child
Elements to understand a society: Australia has long had a veil of white over it. We have a distinct history and location in the world both figuratively and literally. The culture here, like the continent, is evolving and changing yet there are one or two qualities which are surviving the environmental changes. From the 1820sContinue reading “Parent-Child”
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