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I thought I might take some time to lay before the assembled ranks of Whittledom an interesting (and worrying) aspect of the tangled and frustrating story of the UK’s attempt to re-establish independence from the EU, or in the vile, degraded shorthand of modern journalists “Brexit”. Although the Leave vote won the referendum, at 52% […]
What is it about this little thing that makes it an SUV? I can see getting 5 people in there with some discomfort, but 7? Maybe if the extra 2 are kids, little ones. I’m also amazed that people would pay $2,500 just for the privilege of ordering one. From their payment FAQ: How much […]
Dalibor Farny is a fellow who got interested in Nixie tubes back in 2011, started playing around with them, learned how to make them, and turned his hobby into a thriving business. How very American of him — yet he lives in the Czech Republic (I think). What is not so American, is that he’s […]
“A recreation of the Antikythera Mechanism in its most authentic form to date, with the intention of establishing the nature of the tools, techniques and technology used to create it.” It may take him quite a while to complete this recreation but it’s fascinating seeing the level of skill and attention to the techniques, tools, […]
William L. Gensert has an important message to all who would desire to remain Americans: fight now or lose. Writing in American Thinker, he highlights that although we outnumber the Socialists, they are winning the political and media war, and have every intention of stealing the presidency in 2020. After driving two hours to vote […]
I heard a fascinating take on Communism/Socialism a while back but unfortunately I can’t remember who said it (apologies if it was on BW!), nor the exact words, but the gist of it was this: Communism is the attempt to structure society as if it were a family. The Communist motto: “From each according to […]
If you haven’t heard of this story before allow me to explain the situation and give you the full context of this.Peter Boghossian, James Lyndsay and a third actor all of which college professors submitted a study for peer review in order to prove that Academia is irrevocably biased towards specific ideologies, Social Justice ideologies, […]
There’s a meme floating around claiming (presumably tongue in cheek) that Chelsea got into Stanford fraudulently. Maybe, maybe not. She’s a Clinton, after all, but there’s no evidence that she was involved this time around. What there is evidence of is that a significant number of our superiors in California bribed and/or cheated their way […]
It seems the Norwegians have been listening to Monty Python again. These aren’t African swallows, nor are they carrying a coconut, but the principle is the same. Fixed-wing drones are fast and fuel-efficient, but can’t land in a small space. Multi-rotor drones are slow and burn fuel, but they can land on a dime. The […]
This is not a good development. I mentioned earlier that Russian failures in space, showcased by American successes, would bring about a backlash of some kind. I didn’t expect to hear of it this soon. Ed Timperlake, writing in American Thinker, quotes Business Insider (I won’t send you to BI directly because they don’t allow […]
Benjamin Franklin said, “Nothing can be said to be certain except Death & Taxes.” Or maybe… death BY taxes? I just saw an article which states NYC’s budget, the CITY, not the State, is about 92 BILLION dollars. OKaaaay. NYC’s population is roughly 9 million. doing just a little math, that is over $41,000 per […]
You know, for people that we hate, instead of the usual dead cat.
The Little Rover That Could, which fell silent on a lonely plain on Mars on June 10th, 2018, has been declared lost after over a 1000 radio messages were transmitted to it in an effort to wake it up again. It has to be assumed at this point that the massive planetwide duststorm that silenced […]
Little known fact. Today is K9 Veterans Day. Anybody who has served in the Military around these working dogs or even been around the dogs in their working environment (Military or Civilian) will be able to tell you about their value. Mike Ritland runs an organization called Warrior Dog Foundation for the benefit of the […]