Tuesday, December 26, 2017

Double M, Nearly Guaranteed

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-12-15/consider-the-consequences-of-believeallwomen
In other words, it's not that simple.

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-12-18/the-current-sex-panic-harks-back-to-the-era-of-coddling-women
In other words, it's not that simple.

Except, she tells the story quite well.

Sunday, December 24, 2017

No Glory In War

"He also knew secrets of the war which would have ruined careers. 
I don't think Dwight Eisenhower would ever have been elected president if Patton had lived to say the things he wanted to say." Mr Wilcox added: "I think there's enough evidence here that if I were to go to a grand jury I could probably get an indictment, but perhaps not a conviction."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/3869117/General-George-S.-Patton-was-assassinated-to-silence-his-criticism-of-allied-war-leaders-claims-new-book.html

This is not to say that I know what happened, just that even in a world saving victory over the enemy, there was incredible ugliness.