davidthompson tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1207902 2013-05-25T13:34:25+01:00 TypePad Because Socialism is Never About Envy and Spite tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451675669e20192aa4bc9f5970d 2013-05-25T13:34:25+01:00 2013-05-25T16:23:39+01:00 It has long since past the time [sic] when aggressive redistribution of wealth were government policy. So writes Guardian reader StevenMD, fuming on cue to a tale of sin and woe told by the paper’s Michele Hanson. Ms Hanson, you... David Thompson http://davidthompson.typepad.com/davidthompson/2013/05/because-socialism-is-never-about-envy-and-spite.html Friday Ephemera tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451675669e201901c79acc0970b 2013-05-24T00:11:00+01:00 2013-05-24T07:24:57+01:00 A good snooze interrupted. Sound essential. // Kneel before Zod. // A door impersonates Miles Davis. (h/t, MeFi) // Dog sack. A sack for dogs. // Beethoven’s hair. // Before NASA. // Microscopic crystal flowers. // Old London in colour.... David Thompson http://davidthompson.typepad.com/davidthompson/2013/05/friday-ephemera-2.html Funny How Quickly the Day Can Turn to Shit tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451675669e2019102621777970c 2013-05-21T19:15:36+01:00 2013-05-21T19:25:24+01:00 Somewhere in China, a man has difficulties with his scooter. Things start going awry top centre. Do watch to the end. Via Mick. David Thompson http://davidthompson.typepad.com/davidthompson/2013/05/funny-how-quickly-the-day-can-turn-to-shit.html Elsewhere (93) tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451675669e20192aa1d1859970d 2013-05-20T08:13:49+01:00 2013-05-21T09:07:47+01:00 Mark Steyn on the loveliness that is Obama’s Big Government: In April last year, the Obama campaign identified by name eight Romney donors as “a group of wealthy individuals with less than reputable records. Quite a few have been on... David Thompson http://davidthompson.typepad.com/davidthompson/2013/05/elsewhere-93.html Reheated (34) tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451675669e201901c3cd491970b 2013-05-16T09:24:16+01:00 2013-05-16T09:24:16+01:00 For newcomers, more items from the archives. Like Fun, But Less So. Bonfire Night is insufficiently glum. Something must be done. An earlier Guardian poll - Should Fireworks be Banned on Environmental Grounds? - was a close-run thing, with a... David Thompson http://davidthompson.typepad.com/davidthompson/2013/05/reheated-34.html He’s So Liberal, You See tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451675669e201901c27e347970b 2013-05-14T09:44:50+01:00 2013-05-14T16:26:29+01:00 In today’s Guardian, George Monbiot is stressing a pressing need. Specifically, The need for a disinterested class of intellectuals which acts as a counterweight to prevailing mores. And without which, Racism, nationalism and war are only three of the many... David Thompson http://davidthompson.typepad.com/davidthompson/2013/05/hes-so-liberal-you-see.html Elsewhere (92) tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451675669e20191021346e5970c 2013-05-13T07:41:53+01:00 2013-05-13T08:24:04+01:00 Kevin Williamson on innovation versus the state: We treat technological progress as though it were a natural process, and we speak of Moore’s law — computers’ processing power doubles every two years — as though it were one of the... David Thompson http://davidthompson.typepad.com/davidthompson/2013/05/elsewhere-92.html Friday Ephemera tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451675669e201901bfd9d88970b 2013-05-10T00:12:00+01:00 2013-05-11T11:55:14+01:00 Dexter the baby duck tries to stay awake. // Bohemian Rhapsody in Blue. // Scientomology. // Lovely amphibians. // A visual history of meteorite impacts. // Crashed planes, the passengers of which survived. // Essential for new parents, the Huggies... David Thompson http://davidthompson.typepad.com/davidthompson/2013/05/friday-ephemera-1.html Deadly, Deadly Biscuits tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451675669e2017eeaea4b5e970d 2013-05-08T08:08:12+01:00 2013-05-08T08:08:12+01:00 So deadly, in fact, we must be steered away from biscuits deemed too substantial: Biscuits could be made smaller under plans to cut obesity rates by reducing the amount of fat in the nation’s diet. Ministers are set to demand... David Thompson http://davidthompson.typepad.com/davidthompson/2013/05/deadly-deadly-biscuits.html Friday Ephemera tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451675669e2019101b8030b970c 2013-05-03T00:02:00+01:00 2013-05-04T17:48:56+01:00 “Kyukyoku!! Hentai Kamen!” Oh yes, it’s real. (h/t, Simen) // Hong Kong inflatables. // Kittens and fish. // Finger tripods for eating messy food. // Paper birds. // Animated atoms. // These nanoparticles are assembling themselves in real time. //... David Thompson http://davidthompson.typepad.com/davidthompson/2013/05/friday-ephemera.html Aesthetes Take Heed tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451675669e201901bacc68f970b 2013-04-29T08:49:04+01:00 2013-04-29T10:22:24+01:00 It’s time you philistines were subjected to rewarded with some cultural improvement. It’s for your own good, so I won’t have any complaining. First up, here’s a little something for the diary: The first collaboration between tattooist and fantasy artist... David Thompson http://davidthompson.typepad.com/davidthompson/2013/04/aesthetes-take-heed.html Detecting Movement tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451675669e201901b8fe22e970b 2013-04-25T07:38:38+01:00 2013-04-25T07:43:15+01:00 (Slightly) animated gifs by Nicolas Ritter: Via Laughing Squid. David Thompson http://davidthompson.typepad.com/davidthompson/2013/04/detecting-movement.html It’s Good for the Carpet and Smells of Candy Floss tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451675669e201901b830bc0970b 2013-04-23T14:33:51+01:00 2013-04-24T05:41:16+01:00 The New York Times reports on a breakthrough in cutting-edge eco-friendly parenting: When Jada Shapiro decided to raise her daughter from birth without diapers, for the most part, not everyone was amused. Ms Shapiro scattered little bowls around the house... David Thompson http://davidthompson.typepad.com/davidthompson/2013/04/its-good-for-the-carpet-and-smells-of-candy-floss.html Answers On a Postcard, Please tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451675669e2017eea785ef8970d 2013-04-22T12:05:28+01:00 2013-04-22T12:05:28+01:00 Physicist Vivian Leroy Chrisler, circa 1930. Okay, a clue. But just the one. David Thompson http://davidthompson.typepad.com/davidthompson/2013/04/answers-on-a-postcard-please.html The Random Panel (3) tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451675669e2017eea76f48b970d 2013-04-22T07:05:03+01:00 2013-04-22T07:50:38+01:00 Via Out of Context Comics. Remember, context is for weaklings. David Thompson http://davidthompson.typepad.com/davidthompson/2013/04/the-random-panel-3.html Friday Ephemera tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451675669e201901b5ced8c970b 2013-04-19T00:16:00+01:00 2013-04-19T00:16:00+01:00 It flies by folding itself inside out. // Portable, hand-pumped espresso kit. // Count the poop trucks of Dubai. (h/t, Maggie’s Farm) // Aquariums of note. I do like #22. (h/t, Elephants Gerald) // It’s not your grandma’s rocking horse.... David Thompson http://davidthompson.typepad.com/davidthompson/2013/04/friday-ephemera-1.html Tears in Space tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451675669e2017d42e70c8d970c 2013-04-18T10:29:14+01:00 2013-04-18T10:29:14+01:00 Chris Hadfield explains. Via. David Thompson http://davidthompson.typepad.com/davidthompson/2013/04/tears-in-space.html Stealing the Proles tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451675669e2017c3895c66a970b 2013-04-13T21:35:34+01:00 2013-04-14T16:53:07+01:00 Readers who followed this recent thread on Margaret Thatcher and her critics may enjoy Martin Durkin’s documentary, available on 4oD here and on YouTube here, Margaret: Death of a Revolutionary. Durkin’s film not only offers a useful history lesson, it’s... David Thompson http://davidthompson.typepad.com/davidthompson/2013/04/stealing-the-proles.html In Other Time Machine News tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451675669e2017c38938b56970b 2013-04-13T10:53:47+01:00 2013-04-13T10:53:47+01:00 Via Iran’s FARS news agency, this just in: [Inventor, Ali] Razeghi also claimed to have beaten competitors working on similar devices: “The Americans are trying to make this invention by spending millions of dollars on it where I have already... David Thompson http://davidthompson.typepad.com/davidthompson/2013/04/in-other-time-machine-news.html Friday Ephemera tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451675669e2017d42b3ef57970c 2013-04-12T00:11:00+01:00 2013-04-12T08:26:10+01:00 Cyclops cat. // Dogs wearing pantyhose. // Hairy chest sweater. // Space cuisine. // A collection of malformed brains. // Tunnelling beneath New York. // Black and white. // Robotic surgeon not quite foolproof. // This is falling snow. //... David Thompson http://davidthompson.typepad.com/davidthompson/2013/04/friday-ephemera.html Pristine and Cohesive tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451675669e2017c3886b9b7970b 2013-04-11T12:35:12+01:00 2013-04-11T12:35:12+01:00 This is an extraordinarily, absolutely, uniquely cohesive political entity and society… I’ve been there. I’ve seen it up close and personal… They do have a satellite circling the Earth. They do have a cohesive, pristine, innocent culture. A culture that... David Thompson http://davidthompson.typepad.com/davidthompson/2013/04/pristine-and-cohesive.html Reheated (33) tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451675669e2017eea13317d970d 2013-04-08T09:15:14+01:00 2013-04-08T13:56:01+01:00 For newcomers, more items from the archives. Spanking One’s Own Arse. The woes of being leftwing and insufficiently black. One needn’t be a cartoon Tory to marvel at Decca Aitkenhead’s classic Guardian piece Their Homophobia is Our Fault, in which... David Thompson http://davidthompson.typepad.com/davidthompson/2013/04/reheated-33.html We Creatures That Swarm and Multiply tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451675669e2017eea02eb28970d 2013-04-05T20:18:58+01:00 2013-04-05T20:18:58+01:00 Are being studied by minds superior to ours. NB: No technical skill, including HTML encoding, is assumed or necessary. Via Captain Capitalism. David Thompson http://davidthompson.typepad.com/davidthompson/2013/04/we-creatures-that-swarm-and-multiply.html Fingernails tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451675669e2017c385d220b970b 2013-04-05T12:14:46+01:00 2013-04-05T12:14:46+01:00 Slow Loris. One of Andrew Zuckerman’s creatures. There is of course a book. David Thompson http://davidthompson.typepad.com/davidthompson/2013/04/fingernails.html Elsewhere (91) tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451675669e2017c38477849970b 2013-04-02T08:10:59+01:00 2013-04-02T08:10:59+01:00 Mark Steyn on the decline of the family (and what that costs): Seventy percent of black babies are born out of wedlock, so are 53 percent of Hispanics… and 70 percent of the offspring of poor white women. Over half... David Thompson http://davidthompson.typepad.com/davidthompson/2013/04/elsewhere-91.html