Tag Archives: Leviathan

Let Them NOT Eat Cake

Posted on September 6, 2016 by The Political Hat

     Marie Antoinette apocryphally responded to a comment that the people did not have bread to eat by saying “then let them eat cake.”  This is meant to suggest that the French aristocracy was aloof an did not understand the people’s … Continue reading →

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Out: Higher Education – In: Higher Propaganda

Posted on September 2, 2016 by The Political Hat

     Keeping students ignorant of the past makes them more susceptible to the influences of Progressive propaganda, while ginning up faux outrages and fear mongering insures that most students, even if exposed to actual history and philosophy, will stay within the … Continue reading →

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Many Genders Good, Two Genders Bad

Posted on August 26, 2016 by The Political Hat

     The conflation of the terms “gender” and “biological sex” concomitant with the term “gender” as being something separate and distinct from biological sex, has led to the existence of biological sex being dismissed as a “social construct”.  Free of any … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Socialist Healthcare: No Treatment; No Surgery; No Doctors

Posted on August 25, 2016 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: The abundance of socialism, medical edition      First, a little mood music: … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Miseducating Civics; Miseducating Economics; Miseducating Women

Posted on August 11, 2016 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: Me not know education?  That’s unpossible!      First, a little mood music: … Continue reading →

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The Hot New Medical Advice: KILL YOURSELF

Posted on August 8, 2016 by The Political Hat

     People seriously signing a fake petition to require mandatory euthanasia for the elderly was both sad and frightening.  That doctors in “right to die” states are starting to push such ends is beyond terrifying: “Mary Beerworth, executive director of Vermont … Continue reading →

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The Food Justice Conference

Posted on August 6, 2016 by The Political Hat

     Is anyone surprised that a university is holding an event called “Integrating Racial Equity and Food Justice into our Personal Lives, our Professional Lives, and Learning Environments“?  In this event: “‘Participants will explore strategies to develop and expand their personal … Continue reading →

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Progressivism and Tram-Ride Democracy

Posted on August 3, 2016 by The Political Hat

     During the recent failed coup in Turkey, Erdoğan called on the people and even the opposition to oppose the in order to uphold the “principles of democracy”.  The irony of a man who called democracy a tram that one rides … Continue reading →

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Democratic Authoritarianism in Turkey

Posted on August 1, 2016 by The Political Hat

     What began as a rallying cry for “democracy” has now turned into a purge of dissenters.  The failed coup in Turkey, whether a “Reichstag” moment or simply a pathetic attempt at a coup, has given Erdoğan the excuse to declare … Continue reading →

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El Archipiélago de Gulag

Posted on July 30, 2016 by The Political Hat

     Venezuela continues down it’s path as a “socialist paradise” that other “socialist paradises” have trod down before: “Political arrests are a rare growth industry in Venezuela. When Nicolás Maduro became president after Hugo Chávez’s death from cancer in 2013, there … Continue reading →

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