"When I voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party, I never thought that leopards would eat MY face!" It's time we all admitted it. Intolerance in pre-1900s western civilization was a load-bearing structure. It stopped certain groups from doing certain

It is the belief of the boomer that everyone needs a handout. Black, brown, woman, gay... Everyone just needs some empathy...second chances for felons. Except for their own children. They need to bootstrap to pay 3k in rent, while being actively DEI discriminated against

Dragoncon is... large.

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I've been thinking about the Democrats' unforced error on the Abbey Gate Gold Star Families. A major problem for the Democrats is that America just spent the last 20+ years at war with an all-volunteer force, which means that we have an enormous cohort of combat veterans and

John @Scalzi and Devon Eriksen, two finalists for the DragonCon Dragon Award, engaged in a gentlemanly round of fisticuffs, to determine the Best Scifi Winner! (aka they both indulged me and posed for an amusing photo 😊)

Me: Do you like classic scifi? Guy: [pointing at badge] I would think so Me: [seeing "dare to be stupid" con-ribbon, think, oh, he likes Weird Al] Then you'll love Theft of Fire, written as a love letter to classic scifi! Chat. He was pointing at his last name. Pournelle.

African and American indigenous cultures did not "live in harmony with nature". They simply lacked the technological power to inflict widespread ecological harm in many cases. In others, they could, and in fact did, drive many species to extinction. But this, of course, is

Tell me, Spike Cohen... What is the difference between a bunch of armed military-age males who came to your homeland without your permission, leaving their women and children behind, having no intention of respecting your laws and living in peace with you... and an invasion

Plot Twist. Colorado Is Getting Exactly What They Voted For & Deserve “Colorado be like where all the American Patriots at with guns. We need help. We need somebody to do something ‌ My short answer for you is no. ‌ Why? Because people like you that vote the way you do. You

Nope. Libertarianism rejects the notion that the state is responsible for protecting retards from themselves. Paternalists govern to lowest common denominator, getting in the way of society's brightest, most creative, and most useful people in order to create, maintain,

Yes, I am aware that I talk very slowly when I'm thinking out loud. I can hear it, too. But I had a lot of fun. And we had plenty of time to talk about anything and everything. Robert has an absolutely killer studio setup... very comfortable. Thanks, The "What is Money?" Show !

For anyone who hasn't read Theft of Fire (it's great, btw), Devon is putting together what sounds like a hell of an audiobook, the way it *should* be done, and is doing a kickstarter for it. 👇 kickstarter.com/projects/devon…

Here's what Song of Ice and Fire actually wants to be, and why George can't finish it. The Song of Ice and Fire isn't actually supposed to be dark, Machiavellian, hopeless, or a subversion of Tolkien at all. It's just supposed to start that way. The details may be complex,