From Johnson's Dictionary: Neckweed, Siren, Pudder
Neckweed: Hemp.
To pudder: to perplex, to disturb, to confound.
Couple-beggar: One that makes it his business to marry beggars to each other.
Siren: a mischievous enticer.
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GKC on Waugh
Evelyn Waugh liked to send out satirical Christmas cards, and the apex (or nadir] of this practice was reached during the Christmas season of 1929. Waugh's card that year consisted of extracts reprinted from unfavorable reviews of his first novel, Decline and Fall. The harshest passage of all
Legislative Process, the Left Hemisphere, and Hayek
F.A. Hayek looking ahead 75 years to the world of COVID:
"[A] socialist government must not allow itself to be too much fettered by democratic procedure." F.A. Hayek, The Road to Serfdom
The parallel to the Hemisphere Hypothesis is stunning. The left hemisphere hates to be
St. John of the Cross Feast Day
He arguably wrote the most Zen-like passage in the Christian tradition
To reach satisfaction in all
desire its possession in nothing.
To come to possess all
desire the possession of nothing.
To come to the knowledge of all
desire the knowledge of nothing.
To come to the pleasure you
Prohibiting Things with the Experts
Question: What do government COVID lockdowns and Prohibition have in common?
Answer: They were both advocated by “the science” and “the experts.”
That's Jeffrey Tucker's point in a great essay he just published: The “Expert
Consensus” Also Favored Alcohol Prohibition
[https://www.aier.org/article/the-
Seven Days Make One Weak
The past 11 days made me weak.
You might recall that I had COVID the first week of November.
I didn't. Or if I did, I caught it again on December 1st.
I got tested this time and it came back positive. Plus, I lost my sense of
Orwell Paints Abortion in the Soul
In Keep the Aspidistra Flying, Orwell describes the protagonist's reaction to the suggestion from the girl he impregnated that she get an abortion:
"That pulled him up. For the first time he grasped, with the only kind of knowledge that matters, what they were really talking about.
L.A. Genocide
David Cole has written one of the most interesting and amusing essays of 2020.
Bonus: It's about Los Angeles.
Photo by Giovanni Calia on Pexels.com
[https://www.pexels.com/photo/low-angle-photography-of-brown-building-with-los-angeles-led-sign-2181230/]
Los Angeles has always fascinated
The 2020 Election and Men in the Gray Flannel Suits
November 2020: When holding leftist beliefs officially became a sign of monotonous conformist thinking
How did Biden pull off his victory?
He didn't do as well with minority voters as every presumed he would.
The Catholic vote continued to hover around 50% like it has for 20 years.
Satanism is on the Rise
And he's not talking about BLM, transgenderism, that pitiful Vanderbilt
place-kicker stunt, and couples wedding showers. He's talking about actual
Satanic activity.
Scary stuff at National Catholic Register this morning
[https://www.ncregister.com/interview/longtime-exorcist-satanism-is-growing-in-western-societies]
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