Paleo Retiree writes:
- The latest from “Idiocracy”‘s Mike Judge.
- A survey of the state of secessionist movements in today’s world. The Catalonia movement seems like one of the most serious of them.
- So who exactly was the victim?
- How trustworthy is Google?
- An amusing and informative Reddit Ask Me Anything session with Kink.com’s affable Peter Acworth, who gives the words “open” and “frank” fresh meaning. No visuals, but NSFW to the max where words, ideas and desires go.
- Has Big Sugar been as mendacious as Big Tobacco?
Blowhard, Esq.
Callowman
Sherbrooke
Eddie Pensier
Enzo Nakamura
Epaminondas
Fabrizio del Wrongo
Fenster
Brundle Guy
Glynn Marshes
Paleo Retiree
Atypical Neurotic
Question Lady
Sax von Stroheim
Sir Barken Hyena
The Mistaken
Uncouth Reflections 
The idea that greater inteconnectedness both formal (i.e., EU) and informal (population movements across borders, increased “diversity”) should lead to calls for localism is no surprise. And I’m with you that they hold promise for a better world.
But big would not have been successful if it didn’t have its own charms, chief among which is the ability to hold to a monopoly on violence over a wide area. A third millenium localism will have to deal with that question if it is to be successful and not utopian.
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Of course, if local autonomous entities arose becuase of a breakdown of larger entities ability to “hold to a monopoly on violence over a wide area”, that would put a whole different complexion on things, which is what I think will probably happen – and not too far down the road.
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Why do women allow themselves to be videotaped having sex? Don’t they know this stuff will end up being seen by people they don’t know? I’ll bet this will end up online at a porn site. It’s just a matter of time.
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