In Which I Tell You, Very Politically Incorrectly, How to Solve All of Society’s Problems

Philadelphia

I really, really, really wanted to write about something else this morning; I’ve spent so much time on the homicide rate in foul, fetid, fuming, foggy, filthy Philadelphia that I felt in a rut. Then the Memorial Day weekend happened, and I had two stories entitled Killadelphia in a row, as the blood flowed freely …

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Men Under Fire

  Capt. Blakely (Portrayed by Warner Anderson): Mr. Greenwald, there can be no more serious charge against an officer than cowardice under fire. Lt. Barney Greenwald (Portrayed by Jose Ferrier): Sir, may I make one thing clear? It is not the defense’s contention that Lieutenant Commander Queeg is a coward. Quite the contrary. The defense …

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Celestial Mechanics and Morality – A Total Eclipse

Orbital Mechanics

  Orbital Mechanics, Image: Wikipedia We are indeed in dark times. Our government seems feckless and focused on supporting criminals, both foreign and domestic, over the concerns and rights of you and me, the average American citizen. Government printing presses whirl endlessly, printing Benjamins with reckless abandon. Inflation? What, me worry? Our revered military appears …

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Black Lives Don’t Matter to the Credentialed Media

BLM

While I have mentioned the censorship of The Philadelphia Inquirer previously, we don’t always get the evidence quite so directly. Police Officer Miguel Torres, Badge Number 7191, reported on a shooting in Mantua: 16th District — Shooting Incident 35XX Fairmont Avenue on highway at 7L06 PM. Victim #1 – Black female 19 years old was shot …

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Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics: How The Washington Post Manipulates Statistics to Mislead Readers

The headline was dramatic: More than 311,000 students have experienced gun violence at school since Columbine. Read that, and you’d think that half the schools in America were being machine gunned down, which is, let’s be honest about it, exactly what the editors of The Washington Post want you to believe. But what, exactly, does …

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China, Part XIII – More Second Tier Geopolitical and Economic Goals

Part VI, Part VII, Part VIII, Part IX, Part X, Part XI, and Part XII of this multi-part series discussed the first six increments of the second tier geopolitical and economic goals and objectives of the Chinese Communist Party. This part summarizes an eighth portion of those goals and objectives.