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Judge Bans The Changing Of Genetic Makeup To Create Hybrid Sheep. Will A Ban On Catgirls Follow?

Posted on October 8, 2024 by The Political Hat

     There has been, for some unfathomable reason, a war on genetically engineering new hybrid species.   We’ve seen this opposition from legislators and executive branch bureaucratic red tape. Now a judge has weighed in to deter anyone from trying to … Continue reading →

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Witchcraft And The Politics Of Panic

Posted on October 7, 2024 by The Political Hat

     Online “witches”, typically of the Tumblr variety, have been a source of mockery by your humble author for some time now. We’ve had “Tumblr Witches” declare war on Donald Trump, Capitalist Patriarchy, opposition to “Transgender Women” in women’s bathrooms, Gentrification, … Continue reading →

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News of the Week (October 6th, 2024)

Posted on October 6, 2024 by The Political Hat

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Free to Choose Friday, Revisited (Part 6)

Posted on October 4, 2024 by The Political Hat

     With the Presidential election but five weeks away, this is a good time to revisit Milton Friedman’s ten-part Free to Choose each Friday before the election as a reminder of why politically good sounding policies are often bad economics.      The sixth episode: … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – The Coming Economic Doom: In Slow Motion; Looming Closer; Worse Than You Think

Posted on October 3, 2024 by The Political Hat

     Another “quick takes” on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.      The focus this time: Whichever party controls the White House when it comes will suffer … Continue reading →

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The Hot New Science: Indigenous Wisdom

Posted on October 2, 2024 by The Political Hat

     One of the more insidious assaults on Western Civilization is the attack on science and scientific expertise. Sometimes this done by a direct assault that not only posits the validity of anti-science “ways of knowing” and the rights and freedoms … Continue reading →

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Transgenderism Comes For The Daughters Of The American Revolution

Posted on October 1, 2024 by The Political Hat

     Transgenderism is a rejection of biological reality and of genetic truth. The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) is open to female decedents by blood of Patriots who contributed to the Revolutionary cause in the American War of Independence. So, … Continue reading →

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What Was Seen Is Now Hidden Again

Posted on September 30, 2024 by The Political Hat

     One of the reasons why the Gramscian “slow march through the institutions” works so well is because most people don’t care about underlying fundamental things and only care when, and only so long as, their superficial sense of normalcy is … Continue reading →

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News of the Week (September 29th, 2024)

Posted on September 29, 2024 by The Political Hat

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Free to Choose Friday, Revisited (Part 5)

Posted on September 27, 2024 by The Political Hat

     With the Presidential election but six weeks away, this is a good time to revisit Milton Friedman’s ten-part Free to Choose each Friday before the election as a reminder of why politically good sounding policies are often bad economics.      The fifth episode: … Continue reading →

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