Author: Wallace Runnymede
‘Dr’ David Duke Crashes & Burns: Israeli Literature Conference
Semantic grand wizard, uh sorry, semantic wizard and notorious antisemite David Duke is known primarily as a peddler of hate. Past comments on ‘Jew York City,’ ‘the unacceptably unaccountable Jew York Times Journalistic-Industrial-Complex,’ and ‘SSSSSSuspiciously-SSSSSScribed Jew Hampshire polling cards’ have…
UK News Headlines: Utopia, Dystopia, Heterotopia
Not long ago I read, or else maybe just made up off entirely off the top of my head, some rather plausible UK headlines: MP Sex Scandal: Cybersex Non-Mandela Selfie Embarrassment!!! Daily Mail Moral Panic Rabble Rousers Censor Phobostratus Pig…
Israeli Nationalist/Hamas Mutual Divestment Plan Goes Surprisingly Harmoniously
Various centre-right and far-right nationalist parties in Israel, including Eretz Yisrael Shelanu and Yisrael Beiteinu, have decided to respond to the controversial BDS movement by coming up with a divestment project of their own. From now on, no member of…
Ode to the Wide Stance Republicans (Your Love is Wide)
My stance is wide My love is deep True Christian men Don’t judge lost sheep! I was only on my winding way I pitched my tent in a valley gay I didn’t mean to cause dismay My enemies lied upon…
Interview: Katie Hopkins Educates Me on ‘Disrespectful Behaviour’
Some time ago, I posted on my Wallace Runnymede blog the following piece: London’s Drone-Happy Cockroach Caucus Loses Its Shit (But not its Bullshit) The “Foreign Office” in London (formerly known as Airstrip One’s Ministry for Eternal War) has recently…
Saving them from Themselves… What, you think They’re Animals or What?
Could it be that anti-foxhunting ideologues are the interspecies equivalent of Amnesty International and a certain scholar’s IntCom? Are they complacently presenting themselves as ‘speaking up for those who don’t have a voice?’ 😉 The lessons of Gayatri Spivak’s essay…
Bono: ‘Concert in Syria? Over My Dead Body, Lad…’
For some time now, people have been wondering whether Bono will be jetting off to Syria and Iraq, in order to single-handedly deliver the beleaguered citizens of these countries from the perils of war. But he’s not having it! C’mon…
Republican Godwin’s Law Bingo
I: Hitler had a single-payer healthcare system. II: Hitler persecuted innocent, well-meaning wealth creators, made them produce his bombs. Socialist welfare advocates want to do the same!
Inclusion Humor (II): ‘Hey, Can I Celebrate Your Diversity?’ Uh, no… Please Don’t
There is a ‘text’ and a ‘subtext’ so ubiquitous now, I feel it would be very unhelpful to attribute it to any one person. I do not wish to blame any one individual, or any number of individuals; clearly, the…
Inclusion Humor (I): The Complexity of Accessibility
Accessibility is a very current topic, but not all framings of accessibility are alike. Spot the difference: University admissions A We must have 50% of young people attending university, to make us viable competitors on the world stage, and set our stamp…