Democratic Party Why Trump's Support Maintains Trump is doggedly holding onto the support he garnered to become President. With each moral and political transgression, his support either remains the same or even increases. One recent set of data from the Voter Study Group showed something surprising: more than 80% of Trump's votes came from
Crime & Punishment The UK and the ISIS Members' Death Penalty The Home Secretary, Sajid Javid, recently declared the UK would not get in the way of the US sought to impose the death penalty on two captured infamous ISIS members: The government came under attack from MPs and experts on Monday after it made a “secret and unilateral” change to
Brexit The Scandal that Is Brexit Call me a Remoaner all you like, but the current state of affairs concerning Brexit is absolutely scandalous. My UK readers will undoubtedly know most of this and so this is more for the benefit of my international readership. Yes, we hear it all the time: the public have spoken
News Trump Protests: Goodonya UK! Occasionally, I am proud to be British. These were the days. A really peaceful set of rallies with some delightfully understated signs. I am interested to know how the protests were reported by American media, so if anyone can enlighten me... And I do love a good placard.
fascism Trump and Fascism This was a recent piece by Fintan O'Toole in The Irish Times. I advise you read the whole piece here. After talking about the first step of rigging elections, as has been seen in the US and with Brexit to varying degrees, it goes on to say: Fascism
Brexit I Pity You, America. Britain has its own problems, for sure. We are heading full speed into a national disaster in Brexit with the Foreign Secretary (Boris Johnson) as well as the Brexit Ministers David Davis and Steve Baker resigning today. Not only that, but the main funder of UKIP and the Leave campaign,
News Scott Pruitt, EPA chief, Steps Down Yes, some good news, though who will replace him? Scott Pruitt has been constantly embroiled in scandal after ethical scandal, and it is all finally too much. The man is an absolute disgrace. Anyone who defends him needs to look at each and every impropriety and defend each and every
Trump How Do You Justify This Man, Trump? I am amazed by the people who steadfastly defend Trump. The guy is the most unprofessional President who appears to be a few sandwiches short of a picnic, and who acts like a brat on the school playground. He is allowing the swamp to pull his strings - you know,
Trump Space Force! It's a waste of money, but it'll be cool! Yes, this is a comedy video, but the Daily Show has a history of going to Trump rallies and really getting to know the inner thoughts of those Trump supporters. Holy cow, you gotta watch the second
human rights Convention on the Rights of the Child and the US. Someone recently contacted me through the message form here to say that I might be interested to know that the USA is the ONLY country, that is a member of the UN, that has not ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. I am indeed interested,
Trump Trump and the UN Human Rights Council As almost all of you will no doubt know, Trump (and his administration) is pulling out of the Human Rights Council. Timing is everything, oftentimes, and the timing of this is particularly interesting. The administration has come under immense pressure in terms of the fallout to the Can we connect
catholicism Is America's Christian Right Breaking Up? The Christian right in America has never before been under such a spotlight, primarily because it has been fascinating from a psychological and a political point of view to see how they have all been justifying (and sometimes not) the force that is Trump. Even here, at ATP, some religious
Deep Dive On Critics of SJWs I had an impromptu Tippling Philosophers session last night in the pub with some TPers. One of the main conversation topics we had was Social Justice Warriors (SJWs) and the issue a few of them had with them. Broadly speaking, everyone at the table was liberal with an interesting array
Epistemology Trump: Ruining the Social Fabric, Identity Politics and a Cure Worse than the Disease This is a good interview from Australian TV of Sam Harris, giving opinions on Trump, identity politics, Islam and free will. Well worth a listen. His incredulity about Trump's presidency and the impact on truth dissemination is on point. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcx6WNWcnNw&feature=
Trump Trump's Lies Are Now So Obvious Does this video not reflect something deeper and more serious than whether or not he has opened a letter and seen it or not? https://www.facebook.com/Channel4News/videos/10155963382216939/?hc_ref=ARQ9HSQMLNFT_rZGu17vribnkYnCm0SfiIPS2u0fhay8D6eqBR0fn_NVX8YZhOe-z30
Politics Fascinating Political Compass This is worth a perusal, and comes from a post to Jordan Peterson's facebook page. What do you think? Stay in touch! Like A Tippling Philosopher on Facebook: A Tippling Philosopher
equality Kaepernick's Protest It's such an extraordinary thing, and the reaction is to force players to stand in a Hitlerian manner in order to overcome freedom of speech. Forget the Second Amendment, let's worry about the First. These memes and vids absolutely and truly nail it. https://www.facebook.
Brexit Brexit and the Media As Winston Churchill once said, the best argument against democracy is a 5-minute conversation with the average voter, but there you go. Has Brexit represented a win for democracy? In short, no. We have a representative democracy whereby we democratically vote for a local MP to represent us in Parliament
Brexit Brexit, the Media, and the Future of Democracy I am taking part in a debate on this subject next week, on Wednesday night, in Bournemouth, at the Green House Hotel. Here are the details: Details Jonathan MS Pearce and David Warden The EU referendum raised profound questions about democracy. Was it a victory for democracy or a travesty?
SCOTUS US Elections as a Referendum on the SCOTUS I was listening to a very old early episode of the now sadly defunct Reasonable Doubts podcast, and an interview with Eddie Tabash. It was fascinating stuff - I have a lot of time for him. One of the take-away points about the interview was the notion that, when voting
capitalism On Free Market Economics: Free Market Success Stories Buckle up, this is another sizeable piece... (my series conclusion is below too, so don't miss that). In this series looking skeptically at libertarian claims of free market capitalism being the holy grail of all of reality, I have come to the section where I cast a skeptical
Trump A List of Egregious Things Trump Has Recently Done The man is unbelievable. Almost nothing this man does is beneficial for society. Nothing is positive. It's all so regressive. Let's list some stuff: * Trump White House axes Nasa research into greenhouse gas cuts (It's like removing the batteries from a smoke detector when
News Hail the Great Akala He is great. I've seen him a few times on BBC Question Time, but I missed this one. Some delightful sarcastic digs hidden in there, too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIb-NrlHwDw Stay in touch! Like A Tippling Philosopher on Facebook: A Tippling Philosopher
Mike Pence Pence as a "Titanic Fraud" This is well worth watching. Pence has always been a worry. This puts his worry well into focus. Stay in touch! Like A Tippling Philosopher on Facebook: A Tippling Philosopher
capitalism On Free Market Economics: No True Capitalism Here is my second post in my series on free market skepticism (here is my first). I will start you off with this comment: However let's move onto your left-wing economic degenerate lies where you say You then hit out with this garbage in response to me stating
