Saturday, February 28, 2026

Links from 2014

 Believing Against Extended comments from Donna B

New England's old numbered roads.  Rte 3 is now Rte 6; Rte 6 is now Rte 3.

Half Man Half Biscuit ("It's Cliched to be Cynical at Christmas") had a small but ongoing following in the UK. They split up in 1986 for "musical similarities" but reunited, and the Scouse (Liverpool) band has had years of sardonic titles, such as "Trouble over Bridgwater" "Achtung Bono," and "Back in the DHSS" (UK unemployment agency).

Us and Them The ethnonationalists won, not lost in Europe, (as of 2008) each boundary more homogenous after WWII than before. They just called it pan-Europeanism, pretending that was internationalism, which was considered holy by the elites, because they liked the internationalists in every other country. Now that immigration has increased, people are feeling the same tribalism they did before, just directed against different groups.

Chick's Got a Sword  St. Dymphna

 

 

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