Author Archives: The Political Hat

California Embraces Communists

Posted on May 17, 2017 by The Political Hat

     California is poised to end the ban on actual and literal Communists being government employees. “Lawmakers narrowly approved the bill to repeal part of a law enacted during the Red Scare of the 1940s and ’50s when fear that communists … Continue reading →

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San Francisco No Longer Belongs to Americans

Posted on May 17, 2017 by The Political Hat

     Citizenship ought to mean something. At present, the right to serve on a jury, the right to elected office, and the right to vote, are generally the only rights reserved for citizens.      Citizenship is an indicator of being a full-fledged … Continue reading →

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Queering The Shirt, Unqueered

Posted on May 16, 2017 by The Political Hat

     A shirt maker who refused to make a shirt with a message that he had qualms was attacked by so-called Kentucky Human Rights Commission because the shirt he refused to print endorsed a doubleplusgood message of queerness. This was appealed … Continue reading →

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In Sweden, Defecating in the Street isn’t Illegal, but Complaining about It is a H8 Crime

Posted on May 16, 2017 by The Political Hat

     A Seventy-year-old Swedish woman complained about immigrants setting fire to cars and defecating in the streets. The Swedish authorities took notice and did something about this outrage.      Oh, they didn’t do anything about the public defecation or arson, they decided … Continue reading →

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Venezuela Slides Ever Faster Towards Ever More Oppressive Dictatorship

Posted on May 15, 2017 by The Political Hat

     It is a sure sign of trouble within a repressive regime when the people no longer feel restrained from violently tearing down the statues of regimes objects of a cult of personality: “In one Venezuelan city, a statue of former … Continue reading →

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Mandatory Trans

Posted on May 15, 2017 by The Political Hat

     One of the arguments for legalizing abortion was the “right to privacy” between a doctor and a patient… even if that patient wasn’t old enough to consent to get pregnant. Indeed, other medical treatments can still require parental consent, or … Continue reading →

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News of the Week (May 14th, 2017)

Posted on May 14, 2017 by The Political Hat

  News of the Week for May 14th, 2017

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The Age of Synthetic Catgirls is Nyaa-igh

Posted on May 12, 2017 by The Political Hat

     Being an honest and open advocate of Mad Science, your humble author supports research to such and as the genetic engineering of catgirls for domestic ownership.      Now, researchers involved in the Human Genome Project are developing synthetic human DNA: “[T]his … Continue reading →

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Academic Thought-Criminal Runs Afoul of MiniTru

Posted on May 11, 2017 by The Political Hat

     An academic, using the standard pseudo-logic of Feminist and other grievance studies departments, has been declared an unperson by the modern academic self-declared MiniTru: “In late March, Hypatia, a feminist-philosophy journal, published an article titled ‘In Defense of Transracialism’ by … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Psychic Murder; Psychic War; Psychic Miasma

Posted on May 11, 2017 by The Political Hat

     Another “quick takes” on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.      The focus this time: Ill thoughts take form and the bane of Progressives doth arise! … Continue reading →

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