Category: Serious Commentary
Negative Thoughts & Feelings: Win The Game, Reframe!
Last time, I spoke a little about how choosing alternative categories and concepts will help you understand yourself and your place in this world better; by avoiding one-sided, prejudiced and unhealthy views. Don’t sell yourself short! Don’t demand ‘the right…
Do Gardens Follow the Dao As Well?
I am more patient these days. Most of the time, I am patient with myself and with others. I am in a lot less physical distress, despite big stomach pains still. I am able to take things more day by…
Random Thoughts (XV): Scabshamers, Silicon Valley & Silly Brussels Bureaucrats!
Silicon Masks, Black Souls At times of peace, Silicon Valley platforms look, at least partly, like open forums. But don’t look at them during times of normality. Look at them at times of exception. Then the mask slips completely! When…
Love, Despair & Singlehood: There is no Law Against Being ‘Extraordinary!’
Your romantic success does not depend on anyone but you. If that sounds scary, even cripplingly scary, it’s not. It’s the most beautiful thing in the world. Because from here on in, it really is up to you. I do…
INFALLIBLE GUIDE! How to Spot the Difference Between the Alt-Right & Alt Left! (OH WAIT…!)
The Alt-Right and SJWs both: 1. Get offended at stuff they read on the internet. 2. Get offended by other people being offended by stuff they read on the internet. 3. Need a safe space to run away from ‘harmful’…
God’s People SHALL Prevail!
It may be that some of my dear friends are Jews, and are not ‘out’ yet. I have no words of false comfort to offer you about the current situation in the UK, in Europe, in the Occident and indeed…
Don’t Let the Radical Socialist Corbyn Get his Reichstag Fire!
Jeremy Corbyn wants Brexit to be his Reichstag Fire. Be careful! Don’t let your desperation for regaining our freedom blind to the danger he poses our people. Anyone who votes for a representative of antisemitism is an accomplice in his…
How Much We Do Forget – Our Fights With Cuba, Iran and Socialism And How We Caused Them
My, My! How much we do forget! Obama tried to connect with our old foes Cuba and Iran to smooth out the decades old conflicts and make the world a more friendly place. However, now Mr. President Grinch has decided…
Open Letter to Suffering Autism Parents
NB: This is a longer version of the letter first published on Autistic Dark Web. Dear Autism Parents It is too easy to say the militant autism lobby are speaking ‘not in my name.’ I mean, it’s true, but it…
Suicide May Be Rational, But it is NEVER Reasonable
Suicide may be the ‘rational’ thing to do. It may be ‘expedient.’ It may be perfectly in accordance with worldly wisdom, and perfectly in line with worldly morality. But worldly wisdom and worldly morality are incomplete for a reason. FIGHT…
The Living Death of Theresa May: How Long Can London’s Most Notorious Political Zombie Cling On?
George Osborne notoriously (some would say renownedly!) compared Theresa May to a ‘dead woman walking.’ But it’s worse. It’s far, far worse. People are even comparing her to Anthony Eden, often considered the worst PM in UK history; although Tony…
The Benefits of Applying for a Pardon
There are times when people commit crimes that have cause great impact in their lives in future. When you are convicted of a crime, your life is negatively affected in so many ways. However, with good representation, you can successfully…
Brexit Britain is Easy Fodder for Satirists: but They Should Learn from 18th-Century Masters How to do it Properly Artwork courtesy of Richard LIttler (scarfolk.blogspot.com) Adam J Smith, York St John University If you thought satire was dead in the…
Broadcasting Rules are Killing Political Satire – Thank Heavens for the Internet Jonathan Pie/YouTube Allaina Kilby, University of Nottingham Political journalists, especially during elections, should provide balanced news coverage of parties and scrutinise each parties’ political agendas to help properly…
Three Things We Can all Learn From People Who Don’t Use Smartphones or Social Media ‘Someone likes me.’ Shutterstock. Rowland Atkinson, University of Sheffield and Mariann Hardey, Durham University Many of us spend hours every day tethered to our devices,…
#Revolution: How the Humble Hashtag Changed World Politics Changing the times. Shutterstock Joanna Rozpedowski, Durham University From fashion trends to global events, the hashtag (#) has become the conspicuous symbol of the Twittersphere. What only a decade ago denoted a…
History of Halloween
Halloween is celebrated on October 31st every year in several countries where people wear strange outfits to drive away ghosts. It was in the eighteenth century that Pope Gregory III proposed 1st of November to honour all saints. The evening…
Power and the Abuse of Language: A Rant by Rashad the Cackler
[The homeless old man, Rashad the Cackler is back with another rant. Enjoy as he spills his guts to passersby on a big city street corner.] *** We’ve got these democratic, capitalistic societies we’re so proud of. That’s how we…
From Fake News to Fake Profiles: Beware Feeble Imitations! (4-Chan & Reddit Fake Accounts of Wallace Runnymede)
NB: For various reasons, I have distanced myself from the Autistic Dark Web (which I have not been involved with for some time), and I give my reasons here. I respect some specific insights from various individuals involved with that…
To ‘Kowtow’ – An Unfortunate New Habit Imported From China
kow·tow ˌkouˈtou/ verb 1. Act in an excessively subservient manner. “She didn’t have to kowtow to a boss.” Synonyms: Grovel to, be obsequious to, be servile to, be sycophantic to, fawn over/on, cringe to, bow and scrape to, toady to, truckle to, abase oneself before, humble oneself to. 2. HISTORICAL Kneel and…
Are Autistic People Harassers, Supremacists & Dog-Whistlers?
NB: The intended public intelligence register never went ahead, on account of my health problems. Secondly, for various reasons, I have distanced myself from the Autistic Dark Web (which I have not been involved with for some time), and I…
We Do Not Have Any Rights Left!
For all art and criticism, a little dash of narcissism is necessary. But here, there lies a terrible temptation. Art and criticism are driven between the gap between me and The Outside. FIGHT THE FAKE NEWS! Share these HILARIOUS Related…
The End of Euthanasia? New Public Intelligence Register Tracks Death Threats & Potentially Defamatory Abuse
NB: On account of health problems, I never went ahead with the register planned here. And for various reasons, I have distanced myself from the Autistic Dark Web (which I have not been involved with for some time), and I…
New Medium Journal: Tyler’s Army!
I’m back on Medium! I’m running two journals currently… Enjoy! Give ’em a follow, and please do share anything that catches your eye! Libertarian Third Camp: Preliminary Notes By analogy with the Socialist Third Camp, the Libertarian Third Camp will…
What Kind of Immigration System Will We Have Post-Brexit? Ask Newsthump!
A funny story from the satire outlet Newsthump humorously portrays Jeremy Corbyn in terms of a common British trope: the ‘angry old man’ who doesn’t like ‘foreigners,’ is overly critical of immigration, and is very defensive about the economic interests…
Random Thoughts (XIV): Fundies, Agitators & Toxic Males!
Not All Faiths are Equal Yes, you judged rightly: I am indeed a man of peace. And I can see much good in many faiths. And it’s precisely from this spirit, that I simply cannot accept moral equivalence between all…
WTF?! Sacha Baron-Cohen’s Psychologist Cousin Makes HORRENDOUS Autism Gaffe! Please share!
What’s the worst Godwin fail you’ve heard all year? There’s a lot of it about, but I am quite sure you’ll all have no trouble agreeing that the story that’s about to follow is one of the worst you’ve heard…
Invitation to Freedom! The Souverainist International Will Destroy the Old World Order!
National sovereignty is not the past, it is the future! Join the Souverainist International, the future of our world! The Souverainist International will restore national sovereignty for ALL! FIGHT THE FAKE NEWS! Share these HILARIOUS Related Posts!NEW! Just In Time…
Victimhood is Mighty! The Autistic Dark Web Confronts the Bitter Orthodoxies of Disability & Mental Health
NB: For various reasons, I have distanced myself from the Autistic Dark Web (which I have not been involved with for some time), and I give my reasons here. I respect some specific insights from various individuals involved with that…
Bitterness Isn’t Working: The Decline of Radical Autism & the Rise of the Autistic Dark Web
NB: For various reasons, I have distanced myself from the Autistic Dark Web (which I have not been involved with for some time), and I give my reasons here. I respect some specific insights from various individuals involved with that…