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Henry, right? And the U.S. west is supposed to be full of rough-and-tumble rugged individualist cowboys as well.
People get soft. All down hill since women got the vote.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions. People thought that giving women the right to vote would make them more logical, less superstitious and more informed. It seems to have made men more emotional and less rational.
Henry, I can’t speak to motives, and won’t speak right now to the characteristic differences between male and female cognition. I’ll simply note that I like the way men vote more than I like the way women vote.
There is a great passage in Anna Karenina about women getting the right to vote. There was a serious conversation whether or not women could be educated enough for democracy.
The passage goes on with the old prince making jokes. It’s a fascinating look into a world where people didn’t know what to do.
“Could be?” Perhaps. Are being? Absolutely not! But then neither are men either, these days. I do still think it’s a much more difficult proposition for at least most women.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r11Vl0zrrcM
By the way, that’s “explicit.”
You do have the How Ridiculous guys.
Thank you for being a person of intelligence, taste, and grace.
At least since the Sub-Standard folded. Am I right? AM I RIGHT?
Don’t you enjoy the Sub-Beacon? I do.
The sub-standard is an example of how funny ‘conservatives’ can be when they don’t talk about politics and it should be celebrated. I think that James would be a great addition to a pop-culture podcast like that.
(Honestly, I think when I replaced my phone I must have failed to update something. I assumed they’d gone away. I don’t keep up.)
We have largely shown ourselves to be the most subservient bunch in the world I’m afraid. I’m shocked how quickly the vast majority of the country embraced lockdowns. There’s a few of my friends I can converse freely with but most I know are down with the lockdowns and eradication. I’m only a numptie (Aussie term for not too bright) but I’ve been charting the Victorian “outbreak” and it’s telling me nothing is going on yet most are breathlessly waiting for the new cases number to reach below 5 (it’s currently around 10) and are angry at a few people who protest at the lockdowns and or are are an immigrant cleaner or meat worker who are found to be positive but still working – most likely because they’re casual labor and need to work.
Our media is all left wing slanted and most Australians think they’re way smarter than the average American – even my 9yo daughter told me that after her teacher told the class about her US holiday. Personally, I think we’re idiots who know virtually nothing except what they learn on the news or in a tweet.
A sad state of affairs.
I think the Sub-Beacon started up pretty much at the end of the Sub-Standard. I might have thought it would have the same “feed” so you would just keep getting it the same as the Sub-Standard, since Jon Gabriel’s podcast that he had with that other guy whose name escapes me, has a different name now, but it’s apparently still in the same place on the site and downloads to the same place in itunes…
Maybe in Fairbanks, or in the other bloated UofA strongholds. The legislature, not the governor hold all the cards. Wait, let me correct that. Three legislators hold all of the cards and the rest are completely powerless under the binding caucus rules.
Also, you should stop reading the ADN.
Just wondering, if Trump is re-elected, will Rob pledge AGAIN to be grateful for the next 4 years of progress and prosperity?
Until he isn’t…
I’ll check these out – thanks Rufus.
C
Because I fundamentally agree with you, I’m not putting more weight on this than a tongue-in-cheek, gentle ribbing.
You like the way I voted =p
We can help get you back to normal by making you a penal colony again. We’ll just send all our criminals to you. That should help rebuild the independence streak…
Johnny Carson could have been President . . .
I really enjoyed the discussion at the end of the show about the end of World War II.
That conversation could be part of current-day discussion by having Chris Wallace on the show and plug his new book
“Countdown 1945: The Extraordinary Story of the Atomic Bomb and the 116 Days That Changed the World”
But I’m not sure that sending them caught/failed criminals will increase the average intelligence…
In other words… you like the criminals who don’t get caught? ;)
I see what you did there. :-)
But they’re probably smarter, wouldn’t you think?
Well, probably, yes. Next question: if you must import a lot of criminals, do you want to bring in the dumb ones who are easy to catch, or the slightly less dumb ones who manage to get away with stuff — and are likely to run for office if given half a chance?
If I had a country with a history of law-abiding citizens to start with, I would either want no criminals at all, or the ones that would be most likely to screw up and get caught, and/or not run for office…
But we’re talking about AUSTRALIA!!! :-)
Australia, Australia, Australia, we love you! Amen!
Be careful. We’re always…lurking.
Nobody expects the Peter Robinson Inquisition!
His chief weapon is surprise!