Day: February 13, 2012

There’s Plenty of Conservatism in Quality Art; Conservatives Just Refuse To Embrace It plato-symposium-soul-mates

There’s Plenty of Conservatism in Quality Art; Conservatives Just Refuse To Embrace It

Tod Kelly February 13, 2012

When is art conservative?

Is There Conservative Art? IFRL-NaPP-Asia-Jakuchu-Parrot

Is There Conservative Art?

J.L. Wall February 13, 2012

In a post at American Times, E.D. writes: It’s the same in politics: conservatives aren’t so much...

One year later… IFRL-TLC-Scenery-evgeni-tcherkasski-1265439-unsplash

One year later…

David Ryan February 13, 2012

A year ago I was a broken man. A year ago I had just concluded a week...

Borat, Art, and the Eye of the Beholder IFRL-Mindiv-26542528295_c36e27e914_o

Borat, Art, and the Eye of the Beholder

Tom Van Dyke February 13, 2012

Borat: “I do a picture, only small, of the Tishnik Masacre. Where many Uzbeks…crushed!” Kindly Gray Hippie:...

David TC in reply to Dark Matter on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025Um, no. Literally none of what other people do is relevant to if a specific person committed a crime…
Dark Matter in reply to Dark Matter on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025This situation reminds me of the whole "U leaders don't deal with sex offenders" problem. The compli…
North in reply to Michael Cain on From Freddie de Boer: Abundance, Up To A PointOh I agree; I noted as such in my original comment. But I can't help but notice that all the stories…
Dark Matter in reply to Michael Cain on From the NY Times: DOGE Savings “85 percent less than its objective”Military spending is roughly half of that $1.6T discretionary spending I think Musk didn't review th…
Michael Cain in reply to Dark Matter on From the NY Times: DOGE Savings “85 percent less than its objective”Do those numbers put DOD and military spending done by other parts of the government in discretionar…
Michael Cain in reply to North on From Freddie de Boer: Abundance, Up To A PointTexas, and to a somewhat lesser extent Florida, build because they can sprawl. Where are the desirab…
Dark Matter on From the NY Times: DOGE Savings “85 percent less than its objective”All federal discretionary spending combined is $1.6T. This includes what most of us view as primary…
North in reply to Michael Cain on From Freddie de Boer: Abundance, Up To A PointThat is a fair critique to a very broad blanket statement but Florida and Texas are, iirc, the large…
Dark Matter in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025If it were still scientifically accurate, then maybe it would be. Or maybe we've become more accepti…
Jaybird in reply to KenB on Saturday Morning Gaming: Hollow KnightI am *EXCEPTIONALLY* irritated. I watched a youtube that said "fight them like *THIS*" and I went an…