Authoritarianism
Book Review: Why the Germans do it better
Sorry. This is not a book review. See SB for a refund. But the title of the book in question is amusing. There is no doubt that, indeed, Germans do some things so much better [more…]
Totalitarianism
Authoritarianism
Book Review: They Thought They Were Free
Sorry, this isn’t a book review……………As such. It is, however, an attempt to highlight the similarities between life in Germany during the early 1930s & life in the UK in 2021. In 1955, Milton Mayer [more…]
America
Downfall (This time it’s serious) 2020
So…………….according to the corporate media, this is it for Roossian-backed Hitler. Game over. The walls are closing in. It’s the last days of the Trumpian Reich. Go get those whistles & flags ready, people! Yes, [more…]
Authoritarianism
Just give me the facts : The Cult of Covid, Part 1
One of the hallmarks of totalitarianism is mass conformity to a psychotic official narrative. Not a regular official narrative, like the narrative of “Teh Cold War” or even “Teh War on Terror”, this is a [more…]
Arts
PMQs with Going Postal
Agenda Prime Minister’s Question Time Ten Minute Rule Motion: Conveyancing Standards Marco Longhi MP (Dudley North, Conservative) Legislation: Pension Schemes Bill [Lords]: Second Reading Motion: Motion to approve RegulatIons related to Public Health following the [more…]
Arts
Der Führer Speaks to the Nation
Ed. Boris Johnson, ruler by diktat, follower of science – those masks really work you know, decrees arbitrary imprisonment for the English population again, even though no one is dying anymore and the pandemic, if [more…]
Arts
Prime Minister’s Diktat Time
Ed. While I doubt many of us believe Boris Johnson’s in charge of much of anything (He’s even devolved ‘Green’ policy to Carrie Symonds for a quiet life), he’s the one at the top and [more…]
Authoritarianism
The EU Pandemic Relief Deal
A blueprint for a European superstate After intense negotiations, long days and nights of clashes and a distinctly sour note underlying the entire summit, European Union leaders finally agreed on an unprecedented 1.82 trillion-euro ($2.1 [more…]
Authoritarianism
The Great Lie of All Tyrants
The forces of totalitarianism have been chiseling away feverishly at our liberties for many years now. Their efforts have taken the guise of radical equalitarianism (income redistribution), radical diversity (whom one may hire or accept [more…]