The English patient

by liberal japonicus A lot of interesting reading about how the left lost in the UK. Here are some graphs for Irving Welsh’s take That the Conservatives, as Lord Forsyth admits, are now overtly abandoning Scotland in order to shore up core support in the south, should surprise nobody. One of the biggest myths is … Read more

Bridges Too Far

by Doctor Science I took a rather exhausting road trip Wednesday through Friday. I was already supposed to pick Sprog the Younger up at her Boston Area Liberal Arts College on Thursday morning, which involves driving up to my parents’ place in northeastern CT on Wednesday, picking up Sprog on Thursday, staying overnight with the … Read more

Blogroll spring cleaning

by liberal japonicus Time for a little cleaning. I’m going to go through the blogroll and delete any blogs that aren’t being regularly updated. Now’s your chance to recommend some blogs or suggest some to be pruned.

Totally Texas Takeover Thread!

by Ugh I have here in my hand* a list of military units that are known to the Secretary of Defense as being involved in the upcoming annexation of Texas and who nevertheless are still working and shaping the invasion inside the Defense Department. Pay no attention to the Defense Department officials standing in front … Read more

Your UK election thread

by liberal japonicus Commentariat regular sanbikinoraion, despite his Japanese handle (it means 3-CLASSIFIER-lion) requested a UK election thread, which is a brilliant idea. It’s a pretty exciting contest, with not only Labour and the Conservatives (who currently have a coalition government with the Liberal Democrats and whose leader, Nick Clegg, may lose his seat in … Read more