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Does Socialism Ever Work?

Here is another guest article from J Enigma. Massive thanks to him and all my guest posters. A while back, I wrote a guest piece for this blog entitled “Socialism Always Fails?” It did pretty well and engendered some discussion, but I think in that piece I danced around a

Trump's War on Democracy

I really fear for the state of US democracy. I mean, really. Things are dire in a way that Republican supporters and voters don't realise, like lobsters slowly boiling in a pot not realising as, incrementally, the temperature rises. There is so, so much I could write about

The Great Awokening: Cancel Culture & JK Rowling

Here is my conversation with David French on Unbelievable on the subject of cancel culture. I stress "conversation" because, although this was a debate, it was actually more like a good ole chat. I don't think anyone won, not least because an hour is not enough

Why Cancel Culture is Largely a Myth for Use in the Culture Wars

In response to the really enjoyable conversation I had the other night in recording an episode of Premier Christian Radio's Unbelievable with Justin Brierley and David French, I felt I needed to express my whole case given that an hour for three people to talk in doesn'

"I Do What Jesus Has Me do. I Give the Glory to God"

Mike Lindell, CEO of MyPillow, is on the board of a Covid-19 "miracle cure". But it looks rather like a grifter's gotta grift. What makes it all the more delightful, this utter deconstruction of his position by Anderson Cooper, is his invocation of doing it for

Via Twitter: https://twitter.com/mmpadellan/status/1296106683840761859?lang=en-GB

An Easy Win

Says so much in one image. Everything about Trump is bluster. Smoke and mirrors. Lies. UPDATE: In the spirit of proper skepticism, and thanks actually to Otto for making me research this, it turns out that the truth is very murky about where the caps are made. It turns out

Corruption & Lies: Trump & the Post Office

Postmaster General DeJoy is calling this a "modified organizational structure." It's really a Trojan Horse.Deliberate sabotage to disrupt mail service on the eve of the election — an election that hinges on mail-in ballots.#SaveThePostalService https://t.co/bLB1tDQzLu — Rep. Gerry Connolly (@GerryConnolly) August 7, 2020

Erdogan's Turkish Strategy: Using Religion for...Erdogan

I have reported several times before on Turkey and religiosity. See: * Is Turkey, under Erdogan, Becoming More Atheistic? * Is Turkey's secular system in danger? * Study: Turkish Students Increasingly Resistant to Religion The picture is at best confusing because the power of the religious right, and a rural/urban

This Is Racist.

This Is Racist.

I recently wrote a post on the Monopoly analogy to help explain systemic racism. Whilst many people protest (too much) against the idea that systemic racism exists, the simple fact of the matter is that there is myriad evidence to support it, from educational attainment data (in terms of teacher

Some More News

I'm sad about Michael Brooks right now, to cheer me up, I'm posting a fairly recent discovery I've had: Some More News. It can be incredibly insightful whilst being genuinely funny. Often you can miss some really big references and points because they come

Kanye West for President: Anti-Vaccine, Anti-Abortion, Return "Fear and Love of God" to Schools

The questions are: 1. Who will vote for Kanye West? 2. Which other candidate will this then hurt? I can't for the life of me understand why he is running for President. Oh, wait a minute, yes I can. He's at least two sandwiches short of

Debunking "The Myth of Police Brutality" Again

Debunking "The Myth of Police Brutality" Again

I recently produced an extensive article debunking the claims, at length, of Heather MacDonald's Wall Street Journal police "The Myth of Police Brutality" that many on the right held up to pronounce the central claims of the BLM movement to be erroneous. On top of my

Biden's Rising Evangelical Support

One thing that Trump has traditionally had going for him, support-wise, is white, evangelical voters. This is, on the one hand, surprising, given their highly moralistic outlook and Trump's reprehensible behaviour and general attitude. On the other hand, this is not surprising because it shows what a thin

Investing in Your Society

In the comment thread to my recent piece on statues, with regard to racism and Black Live Matter protests, Anthrotheist made this comment worthy of discussion: I can't help but feel like a lot of this conversation rests greatly on the degree to which people associate statues and

Quote of the Day: Geoff Benson on Liberals vs Conservatives

Quote of the Day: Geoff Benson on Liberals vs Conservatives

This is a comment from Geoff Benson (mate, we need to meet for another drink, Portsmouth way, when this mess is over!) on another thread concerning statues: You’ve finally made me realise the difference between the conservative approach and the liberal approach to these sorts of crisis presently afflicting

Media Buys: Appeasing the Baby

Yes, this will be a value-laden political point. I'll get back to the Argument from Reason in my next post. For the time being, let me talk about the leader of the free world, Donald Trump. The point I want to make today revolves around the fact that

CNN Humiliates Trump with Reply Letter to Trump's Hissy Fit

CNN Humiliates Trump with Reply Letter to Trump's Hissy Fit

Well, it should humiliate him, but will no doubt be water off a duck's back. As we all know, Trump is the most presidential of presidents. He doesn't react like a toddler, or a megalomaniacal narcissist. What's that? Oh, sorry, that's exactly

Crime & Punishment

This Just Utterly Blew My Mind

This absolutely blew me away if even remotely true, and there is absolutely no reason to think it isn't. Watch this, please, and let me know your experiences and thoughts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLUcS9X93NA Stay in touch! Like A Tippling Philosopher on Facebook: A Tippling

Trump's Litany of Ineptitude, Lies and Disingenuous Mistruths

CNN absolutely destroyed Trump's "press conference" on Friday in "The 39 most outrageous lines from Donald Trump's Friday 'press conference'". Here they are for your delectation:1. "We were very strong. We had the greatest economy in the history

Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson: "Where Are You?" Ouch.

Dwayne Johnson, though people have previously actually asked him to run for president because he's such a good guy, has distanced himself from any outright political position or statement. Until now. And my, he's saved up for a good one. This should hurt. He carries a

Republican Party

Conservative Joe Walsh Eviscerates Trump. It Started with Helsinki.

I will be returning to blogging about the philosophy of religion tomorrow with a post on the Argument from Reason. But before that, this is well worth a watch. Walsh was a congressman who originally supported and voted for Trump but has done a serious 180 since then and is

Trump Is Ripping up the Constitution and His Supporters Don't Care

It's hard not to be obsessed with politic at the moment; it is all-consuming, it is everywhere. I have argued over the Consitution with Trump cultists here many times and they appear to obsess over it. The drool over their own justification of the document. When it is

Quotes of the Day on Equality Politics

In my recent blog piece, "Black.", there was a number of very thoughtful or interesting comments to further discuss. This, from (((J_Enigma32))): I'm from Flint, Michigan, and as a disclaimer, I'm so white that the SPF on my sunscreen is measured in scientific

Black.

Obvious disclaimer: I am white. I suppose I am very white British and so speaking to the experiences of black people in the context of police violence and racism in the US is possibly problematic. Yes, I am privileged, and I don't give a damn if that triggers