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Changing it up again this week; blondes in all shades, from ash to platinum. Also, something new: Make sure to follow my Tapiture page for all sorts of imagery goodness.
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No manifesto today. An oddball week kept me distracted from working on it this week. Posting of the manifesto should resume next week, as I’ve still got several issues to cover. Instead, let’s look at the latest atrocity committed in the name if Islam. Some stories:
London attack suspects probed in past investigations, official says
Two more arrests in brutal London attack
Woolwich attack: Lee Rigby named as victim
Woolwich terror suspect revealed as Muslim convert known to MI5 This story, incidentally, includes this gem:
Troops in London were advised in the immediate aftermath of yesterday’s attack not to wear their uniforms outside their bases.
But at Cobra this morning, it was agreed that issuing orders against wearing military uniforms in public would not be the right response to the outrage.
Who the hell ever thought this was a good idea? Is this what Great Britain has come to – in response to a horrific attack on a British soldier, why even consider having your troops in effect skulk quietly away? The proper response, if this thing becomes more common, is to adopt the Israeli model – have your troops armed at all times.
Moving on:
The bright spot in this story: The young woman who bravely tried to comfort the fallen soldier, then confronted the murderers. And where the hell were Britain’s men while this was going on?
Woolwich ‘Beheading’ Attack: Radical Preacher Anjem Choudary Blames ‘Murdering’ British Troops
Mr. Choudary: Fuck you, the horse you rode in on, your brothers and sisters, your first and maybe even your second cousins.
Note that earlier in this commentary I stated that the attacks were carried out in the name of Islam. Yes, yes, I know – not all Muslims are terrorists. I know that the radical nutbars are a minority in Islam. However true it is that not all Muslims are terrorists, it’s also true that if an act of terror is committed, ten will get you twenty that it was carried out by someone claiming Islam as motivation.
Look at some of the statements made by these fucking savages:
“We swear by almighty Allah we will never stop fighting you…Your people will never be safe.“
Senior Whitehall sources said the attackers are thought to have tried to film their attack whilst shouting “Allahu Akbar” – God is Great.
“We want to start a war in London tonight.”
In this they failed. When police approached them, one of the murderers fired an old, rusty revolver, which promptly blew up – following which the suspects went down under fire from the London cops who took 20 minutes to arrive on the scene.
It’s worth asking what it is about Islam that motivates people like this. You don’t see Christians, Jews, Buddhists or Hindus carrying out acts like this as a matter of routine, naming their religion as motivation. It may be that Islam is overdue for a reformation, of which Christianity went through in the days of Martin Luther. If that’s the cause, it would be good for the rest of the world if they would get cracking.
Now, the bright spot, one that makes one wonder if that reformation may already be under way; The Muslim Council of Britain denounced the killings, stating:
‘This is a truly barbaric act that has no basis in Islam and we condemn this unreservedly. Our thoughts are with the victim and his family.
‘We understand the victim is a serving member of the Armed Forces. Muslims have long served in this country’s Armed Forces, proudly and with honour.
‘This attack on a member of the Armed Forces is dishonourable, and no cause justifies this murder.’
It’s too bad that the two killers survived their encounter with the London police; it would have been better for everyone involved if they had died instantly at the scene.
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Rule Five Friday – Animal’s Manifesto, Part Seven
Part VII: Animal House – Higher Education
In the last segment, we mentioned the fact that not all children need to go to college. In this segment, let’s talk about the ones that do.
Higher education is a system that is going through a catharsis. The rise of on-line education will forever change the college experience, reducing the importance of traditional brick-and-mortar schools and allowing new models in which classes are taught not by full-time academics but by professionals who have real-world careers in the subjects they teach.
In the meantime, our college/university system is not performing as it should. There are a number of ways we could improve the system, and quickly:
Institute a broad reform of degree programs. It borders on fraud for institutions of higher learning to offer useless degrees. “Minority Women’s Studies,” “Ethnic Studies” and so forth produce graduates fit only to do one of two things: Remain in academia and perpetuate the fraud, or pursue a career that involves repeatedly asking “do you want fries with that?” Working against such a reform (among other things) is the fact that a college or university charges the same tuition for a nonsense degree as for a degree in the hard sciences, engineering or business, and the latter degrees are certainly more expensive to teach.- Continue the decentralization of higher education begun by the rise of online universities. New online models such as Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) as described in a recent paper by the libertarian Cato Institute not only provide alternatives to traditional universities, they also:
- Provide cross-border opportunities to students in other parts of the world.
- Eliminate the need for extensive travel, housing costs and so forth for students that would otherwise have to attend a college or university in another city or state.
- Reduce the overall cost of higher education, perhaps dramatically so, by eliminating much of the overhead costs.
Reduce, if not eliminate, the presence of the Imperial Federal government in higher education. Not only is there no Constitutional provision for the Federal government to be involved in higher education – and I remind you that the Tenth Amendment specifically prohibits the Federal government from engaging in any activity not specifically allowed – such involvement has proved to be wasteful and counter-productive. Let the states and private institutions handle college-level education, as was done throughout most of our nation’s history.
Likewise, the Imperial Federal government should be removed from the financial aid process. Again, states and private foundations could deliver financial assistance and counseling more efficiently, and it has been shown that an excess of easy financial aid actually serves to drive tuition costs up; this comes as no surprise to anyone who has studied economics, but apparently it is quite a surprise to the Federal government.
Colleges and universities are tasked with producing a product. Their customers are the students and the student’s parents. The product should be a literate, functional adult with skills that are marketable in the private sector; the system must produce a graduate who can offer value to an employer.
A typical Occupy protester.
In recent years we have seen the rise and decline of the unfortunate “Occupy” movement, many member of which were seen waving signs decrying their student loan debt and their difficulty finding jobs. (See columnist Zombie’s coverage over at Pajamas Media.) Among other things, one could see signs demanding forgiveness of student debt and elimination of tuition – yes, at least one protester demanded that “knowledge should be free.”
Well, knowledge is free – you can get all you want at your local public library – but a college or university cannot be free. Educators and administrative personnel have to be paid. Buildings cost money, as does maintenance and utilities for same. But that money must be earned, and to do so colleges and universities have an important task: To produce graduates capable of taking a productive place in society.
At the present they aren’t doing a very good job.
