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Category Archives: World
Political alignment, as told by OkCupid
I did a political alignment quiz and came out as 70% permissive social liberal, and 81% permissive economic conservative. And that apparently libertarian. I’m sort of okay with that, but I would have rather been placed dead on the capitalist/liberal … Continue reading
You are all mindless sheep. Yes, even you.
In Ender’s Game there’s a subplot wherein Ender’s older brother and sister decide that there’s something wrong with the world, and they’re too smart to sit by and watch humanity edge its way to another world war. They jump onto … Continue reading
Why can't schools (even partially) fund themselves?
The tl;dr of this Guardian on Labour cutting spending on schools article is that we have literally no money, so schools are going to have to start “tightening their belts” (a phrase used at least four times in that article), … Continue reading
Competition in services and employment
Although I usually talk myself back into objectivism by the end of it (and I’m sure that’s how this post will turn out), I do always think about the consequences of various things. A truly free market, for instance. An … Continue reading
Twitter and politics
John Prescott decided to write an article commenting on how politicians use social media, off the back of Cameron’s “twat” remark. He said that having to get your point across in 140 characters forces them to be concise and to … Continue reading
Lets irrigate Africa!
I was watching the rain today, and was wondering why places like Africa don’t get water. “Because it doesn’t rain,” was the obvious answer. So, if the water won’t come to them why not take the… water… to them… (Dammit, … Continue reading
It's hard to see your point…
I’m leaving it a little late, but I wanna look through party policies, more specifically MEP policies. The people I have a choice of are listed for the West Midlands. Is it wrong that I’ve mentally already ruled out Bushill-Matthews … Continue reading
Time to end capitalism, methinks.
Almost a hundred percent of the time our society works on the premise of being rewarded for doing something. To put that in little less vague terms; we make something, and then we sell it. People like having money to … Continue reading
Probably a woman driver. A *french* woman driver at that.
Two submarines, both likely carrying nuclear missiles, apparently nudge each other in the ocean and some people aren’t happy about it. I’m not sure what the fuss is. The first thing I’m annoyed about is why are we even hearing … Continue reading