The Plague
“Are you able to condemn absolutely?” “No – but surely that is not necessary?” “It is not – though the situation is very bad. But testimony without reservation is the only testimony I will give – so I...
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Samizdata comedy quote of the day
Clever Churchgoers Avoid Arrest By Disguising Themselves As Rioters LOS ANGELES, CA—Religious people in Southern California have found a bold, creative solution for in-person meetings in spite of the...
View ArticleLording it over history can get out of hand
A Facebook friend of mine put this on her timeline, and after asking, she said I could post this here. I am sure Samizdata readers will appreciate the sentiments. Since banning and toppling is now the...
View Article“Say BLM not ALM” is a performance bond
And why, you may be asking, do I think it is like a ‘performance bond’ (whatever that may be)? Here is a historical analogy: The symbolic gesture of obeisance to Germany, made by Hungary [in winter...
View ArticleBLM (Black Lives Murdered)
The “Black Lives Matter” movement took yet another black life on Saturday. Eight-year-old Secoriea Turner was murdered when ‘Black Lives Matter’ activists shot up the car she was in after its driver...
View ArticleXinjiang: where lives don’t matter
Twenty prisoners live in one small room. They are handcuffed, their heads shaved, every move is monitored by ceiling cameras. A bucket in the corner of the room is their toilet. The daily routine...
View ArticleWhy they fear their lying eyes
cult conversions … occur by using doctrine to resolve some core emotional vulnerability. … A… clear sign that one is dealing with a cult indoctrination … is making the mark live up to contradictory...
View ArticleSamizdata quote of the day
I fear, however, that we are seeing a back-drop of indecision, buck-passing and even incompetence that will leave this generation more contemptuous of leadership and authority than any I can think of...
View ArticleThat should fix the comments…
Looks like the technical glitch (caused by a rubbish WordPress update) that had borked the comments & removed much functionality has been fixed for now by adding moar Russian hamsters.
View ArticleRead the story forwards, not backwards
The lie I hate most is the lie I once fell for. When George Zimmerman was charged with murdering Trayvon Martin, there was much I did not know till later. But from the day the story broke, I could see...
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Samizdata socialist anniversary quote of the day
“Our task is the protection of socialist achievements. … Those who do not respect our borders will feel the bullet.” (1970s Socialist Unity Party speech to Berlin Wall guards – video excerpts shown in...
View ArticleI wonder how long this Chinese tycoon will be seen in public?
Jack Ma, founder of Chinese e-commerce colossus Alibaba, might want to watch his back. An affiliate business of Alibaba, called Ant Financial, was due to float on the stock market last week but the IPO...
View ArticleKristallnacht versus BLM
Goering (shouting): “Why did you not kill 200 Jews instead of destroying so many valuables!” Heydrich (defensively): “36 Jews were killed.” [Words uttered during ministerial discussion with a...
View ArticleHow does this ban fit with that rename?
It can be hard to keep the narrative consistent. It appears that BLM enthusiasts love anti-police murals but just hate the idea of a mural claiming that ‘Black preborn lives matter’. Evidently the...
View ArticleAre incentives better than commands – when the goal is fraud?
In the old days, Mayor Daley commanded his goons to “vote early, vote often” and Lyndon B. Johnson ordered his fixers to write down the vote tally required.. Etc. I think incentives work better than...
View ArticleTime for a name change?
Although much of the focus in the UK political reporting is on Boris Johnson’s government (the UK has gone into “Tier 5”, which is basically a lockdown in plain language), it is worth remembering that...
View ArticleAll who died on the 6th supported Trump. What else do we truly know?
Truth is the daughter of time. Meanwhile, what do we actually know about the events of the 6th? Ashli Babbitt died because she was shot. Three protestors died of medical emergencies (it happens in...
View ArticleSamizdata quote of the day
“The precautionary principle is a gigantic paternalistic arm around humanity to keep all risk at bay.” – Philip Johnston, Daily Telegraph. (Item behind paywall.) I have friends and relations in the EU...
View ArticleThe logic of absurdity
The authorities police their lockdown laws as if the virus was reliably woke and as reliably anti-Christian – as if PC protests had a mysterious immunity but a church service was sure to be a...
View ArticleBuy Large Mansions
1909: “Socialism … It’s a grand scheme. You work for the equal distribution of property and you start by collaring all you can and sitting on it.” P.G.Wodehouse (comic author), ‘Mike and Psmith’. 2021:...
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