Tag Archives: WTF

Quick Takes – Gaia’s Rights Get Moist: Whale Rights; Rivers Are People Too; Unalienable Great Lakes

Posted on May 22, 2025 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: Water, water everywhere, nor any rights to keep.      First, a little … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Purportedly Peer Reviewed Madness: Queer Canine Becomings; Butch Dyke Earth; Dyconsious Racism

Posted on May 15, 2025 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: As someone who has peer reviewed actual science articles about actual … Continue reading →

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Trans-Zodiac

Posted on May 13, 2025 by The Political Hat

     Much of transgenderism boils down to the idea of “right mind in the wrong body”, and that rather than have the mind conform to the body, the body must be sculpted to the mind, or the mind’s own self-image. To … Continue reading →

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The Gramscian Right

Posted on May 7, 2025 by The Political Hat

     “If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em” seems to increasingly be the motto of much of the modern post-conservative Right. The argument has ceased to be about supporting or opposing Marxist inspired ideology, but about which flavor of Marxist thought … Continue reading →

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Arrested For Complaint In The U.K.

Posted on April 21, 2025 by The Political Hat

     Without one of those rare “loicenses”, dissent in the U.K. is effectively dead. The British police will hunt you down for wrongthink expressed on social media or otherwise criticize those above the law.   But now, not just dissent and … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Presidential Apotheosis: Birthday National Holiday; International Airport; Mount Rushmore.

Posted on April 3, 2025 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: “God-Emperor of Mankind” isn’t just a meme, at least to Congressional … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – The More Things Stay The Same In Academia: Anti-Racist Rocks; Musical Privilege Checking; Queer Science

Posted on March 27, 2025 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 madness of the few obfuscates the hard work of the … Continue reading →

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Price Fixing, Nevada Style

Posted on March 12, 2025 by The Political Hat

     In the name of stopping “price manipulation” and “price fixing”, an overreaching proposal has been introduced into the Nevada legislature. Introduced by the current state Attorney General and expected 2026 Democratic Gubernatorial nominee Aaron Ford, AB 44 bans, in part: … Continue reading →

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The Memeification Of The GOP

Posted on March 4, 2025 by The Political Hat

     Over the past decade the Republican Party has transformed, for good or ill. For some, it was a purging of the “establishment” and “cuckservatives” and the rise of “fighters”. For others, it was a vehicle for vengeance and and emotional … Continue reading →

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Firing Line Friday: Tom Wolfe and The Painted Word

Posted on February 28, 2025 by The Political Hat

     In the hopes of encouraging a more civil, and illuminating, discourse, here is another episode of William F. Buckley, Jr.’s “Firing Line”.      The pretentiousness of “art” that is supposed to “make you think” is something that still plagues us today … Continue reading →

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