Category Archives: Ramblings

Health and Skin in the Game

Posted on September 27, 2020 by JC

At the time of writing this I have no serious medical or psychological conditions. Apart from attention deficit disorder in primary school, I have never been diagnosed with or suspected of having a mental condition. I take no medication regularly … Continue reading →

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Why can’t they just leave us alone?

Posted on September 12, 2020 by JC

I used to say that I just wanted to live a simple, unassuming life. I didn’t want to be famous. I didn’t want to do anything heroic or even particularly special. I didn’t want a big house, a high salary … Continue reading →

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So QAnon is real then.

Posted on July 28, 2020 by JC

https://twitter.com/TwitterSafety/status/1285726277719199746?s=20 I’ve followed the QAnon on and off but never obsessively. I occasionally check the extensive coverage on Neon Revolt but I would never say I was on board with it as a whole. Similar with many current goings-on, there … Continue reading →

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Nobles and Peasants

Posted on June 27, 2020 by JC

I used to occasionally see an opinion article appear in the newspaper lamenting the democratic process because of the kind of people that were allowed to have a say. This was usually written by a some leftist who’d just seen … Continue reading →

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Let Sodom Burn Sodom

Posted on June 20, 2020 by JC

There are two jokes about places like San Francisco that I like. One is that if God doesn’t destroy it soon, he is going to owe Sodom and Gomorrah an apology.  The other is mischievously observing that there must still … Continue reading →

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Observations on Face Masks

Posted on May 2, 2020 by JC

I began writing this as an email but it ended up being a lot more detailed than I initially expected so I have turned it into a post. These are just some of my observations from my time living in … Continue reading →

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Ranking Australia’s Prime Ministers in the Socio-Sexual Hierarchy

Posted on April 25, 2020 by JC

This is my attempt to rank the last seven male Prime Ministers of Australia according to the Socio-Sexual Hierarchy (SSH). I have briefly referred to the SSH before here but an excellent overview can be found in the video I … Continue reading →

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The Artificial Winter

Posted on April 11, 2020 by JC

“Many human beings say that they enjoy the winter, but what they really enjoy is feeling proof against it. For them, there is no winter food problem. They have fires and warm clothes. The winter cannot hurt them and therefore … Continue reading →

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Reverence for Me but not for thee…

Posted on March 28, 2020 by JC

“The Church does not want to lose her clients, she wants to acquire new members. This produces a kind of secularisation which is truly deplorable”. “The world is going astray, the Church is going astray in the world, priests are … Continue reading →

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Raging Harpies

Posted on March 14, 2020 by JC

Not softlier pillowed is my head That rests by thine, unloving bride, Than were those jagged stones my bed Through which the falls of Nuki stride. The Flower Feast, The Tale of Genji, Part 1 Although I am intimately connected with … Continue reading →

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