tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26260191049317618082024-02-19T03:44:55.743-05:00The Doman Domainis the site of a self-described eccentric with viewpoints that may be unique. It features my periodic polemic "Uncommon Commentary", along with other postings; the loony 'toons of my "The Best Comic Strip Ever!"; and much more. (All content, by the way, is copyrighted.) This is your only warning.Gary L. Domanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03262440528314135986noreply@blogger.comBlogger659125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2626019104931761808.post-41371774994655103562017-08-08T12:13:00.000-04:002017-08-16T14:14:54.804-04:00Miscellaneous Musing #90<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The debate over whether atomic bombs ought to have been dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki always centres on whether the loss of civilian life that resulted from those detonations outweighs the saving of military (and civilian) lives that would have been lost during an invasion of the main Japanese islands, but this debate evidently is based on a false assumption. <br />According to a televised documentary, which I saw so many years ago that I can't recall the title thereof, the idea that Hiroshima and Nagasaki were bombed as an alternative to the invading of Japan was a "postwar conceit" dreamt up by <i>opponents</i> of the decision to use nuclear weaponry. One ought not, of course, to believe everything that one watches, any more than ought to believe everything that one reads, but this program supported its assertions with evidence such as quotes from Dr. Oppenheimer, Gen. Groves, and other important persons who were involved with the Manhattan Project, apparently none of whom regarded the nuclear bomb as a juggernaut of a weapon which would win the war at one stroke; rather, they expected it to be used <i>in support of</i> an invasion.<br />I saw another program (approximately just as long ago), which related that members of the Japanese wartime cabinet divulged that what really induced Japan to surrender was not the exploding of those two bombs but the entry of the USSR into World War II's Far East theatre of operations, which occurred on 8 August 1945. This revelation might seem unlikely to be accurate, but it makes considerable sense to someone such as I, who has studied military history. The Japanese had dreaded Soviet power since their forces were decisively defeated, in 1938, in division-strength battles along the border between Siberia and Japan's puppet state Manchukuo. Further, Soviet commanders had allowed their troops free rein to commit rape, robbery, and murder in occupied Germany, and so Japan's rulers had reason to fear that a similar wave of atrocities would sweep over their own country.<br />Moreover, the Allies had already demonstrated that the use of many small bombs could have an effect equal to, or greater than, that of a single very powerful one; I noted in <a href="https://domandomain.blogspot.com/2013/11/miscellaneous-musing-59.html" target="_blank">Miscellaneous Musing #59</a> that, as I learned from watching the episode <u>Fire Weapons</u> of the series <u>Weaponology</u> [sic], the incendiary bombing of Tokyo had devastated that city to an even greater degree than the atomic attacks upon Hiroshima and Nagasaki would later in the same year. (I haven't heard details about the Tokyo immolation, but I did read about another Allied fire-bombing in <u>The Destruction of Dresden</u>; I recall thinking, as I did so, that the experience of the inhabitants of Dresden must have been just as horrific as that of the denizens of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.) Japan, therefore, was not cowed into submission by the leveling of its capital and greatest metropolis, yet, according to the conventional wisdom, it hoisted the white flag because of the leveling of two relatively minor cities?<br />It must also be remembered that Hiroshima and Nagasaki were selected as targets precisely because, <i>lacking strategic value</i>, they had not been subjected to air raids, and that military history shows that killing noncombatants does not win wars; in fact, it prolongs them, by making the enemy more angry and thus more reluctant to sue for peace. (There's a story that Winston Churchill prayed for the bombing of London, knowing that said event would galvanize his people's defiance of the enemy. I don't know whether that's true, but there's no doubt that people don't like for their homes to be blown apart and their women and children slaughtered.)<br />As I wrote in the opening paragraph of this posting, the assumption that nuclear arms were employed versus Japan so as to obviate the necessity of a major invasion has been the crux of a debate over whether the employment of those arms was justifiable. That controversy may be rendered moot by the information presented here.</span>Gary L. Domanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03262440528314135986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2626019104931761808.post-12589307199373714702017-04-20T10:47:00.000-04:002017-04-20T10:47:09.448-04:00Uncommon Commentary #533: Orca-strated Propagandizing<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Killer whales at SeaWorld never impressed me as being unhappy. If someone were miserable in confinement and had no way to escape it, he would go on a hunger strike or find some way to commit suicide; he would not perform for his captors, as those animals do. Trying to end the bullying of children has become a trendy cause, but what about the bullying of organizations like SeaWorld by "animal rights" fanatics?</span>Gary L. Domanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03262440528314135986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2626019104931761808.post-33779081103935023482017-03-31T14:33:00.003-04:002017-03-31T15:06:30.131-04:00Uncommon Commentary #532: This UC Is No Joke, and So I'm Not Posting it Tomorrow<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We're accustomed to thinking of patriotism as a virtue, but, really, the world would be a better place if there were no patriots. Adverse effects of nationalist feeling include:<br />⦁ Motivation for belligerency. Most wars have been fought for the sake of national aggrandizement. (Don't misunderstand me: It nearly always speaks well of a volunteer soldier that he is willing to die for his countrymen. It would speak far better of him, though, if he were willing to die for his fellow man no matter where that fellow man lives.)<br />⦁ Bigotry and xenophobia toward actual foreigners and toward persons perceived as foreign. The existence in history of the Ku Klux Klan, <i>National</i> Socialists ("Nazis"), and a legion of similar groups provides abundant evidence of this.<br />⦁ Politicization of international athletic competitions. Why should we root against someone from Botswana or Cambodia or Surinam, just because he's not "American" or whatever? Why should a Russian judge pressure a French one into awarding an Olympic gold medal to the Russian entry rather than to more-deserving Canadians?<br />⦁ Chauvinism and chauvinistic delusions. One of the multitude of instances occurs in a 1914 book by German physicist Philipp Lenard, who therein accused all British scientists of having plagiarized the work of German scientists!<br />(The above does not mean, of course, that all patriots are warmongers, perpetrators of hate crimes, chauvinists, &c.; but there certainly would be far less evil of these sorts if people would stop taking their earthly nationalities so damned seriously.)<br />Most insidiously, national ideologies can cause us to believe things that are incompatible with, or even antithetical to, the faith that we profess. The secular conceits of countries where Christians compose the majority often are contradicted by Christian belief; certainly this is true in the land of my earthly sojourn, the USA, despite its reputation among well-meaning wishful-thinkers for having been "founded on Christian principles" by those Deists and Freemasons whom we call the Founding Fathers. (The central theme of US ideology is "fighting for your rights", which is the opposite of the Christian virtue meekness. If you want a more specific example: try to reconcile the Declaration of Independence's assertion that sovereignty resides in the People, who therefore have a right to resist a government that endangers the People's liberty, with Romans 13:1-2, which tells us that authority to rule comes from God and that anyone who resists the ruler resists what God has established, making himself liable to damnation!) Because of what I call the "God-and-country attitude", viz., the tendency of someone who is patriotic to also be religious and of someone who is religious to also be patriotic, Christians don't realize that nationalism is a form of worldliness, and, as such, is something that they ought to try to avoid feeling. (Said attitude may be a subconscious cultural relic or legacy from the days when, prior to the rise of supra-national faiths like Buddhism and Christianity, religion was very closely identified with nationality; even YHWH, who now has billions of worshipers all over the globe, originally was regarded merely as the tutelary deity of the Hebrews.) Where the beliefs of our country conflict with those of our religion, we must always choose the latter.</span>Gary L. Domanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03262440528314135986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2626019104931761808.post-62101100381865025722017-02-23T09:14:00.001-05:002017-02-23T09:17:05.641-05:00Uncommon Commentary #531: Anti-Religious Fanaticism<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I hope that I never lose my faith; if I do, though, I hope that I remain respectful of spiritual beliefs, that I recognize the natural need for the <i>super</i>natural. The last thing that I want to become is one of those obnoxious militant atheists, who evidently will settle for nothing less than a total ban on public religious expression.</span>Gary L. Domanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03262440528314135986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2626019104931761808.post-38964464449958793802017-02-13T07:37:00.000-05:002017-02-13T07:37:37.320-05:00Uncommon Commentary #530<span style="font-family: georgia;">Tendency to be judgmental (for which word, in most of its appearances of in this u.c., "intolerant" can be substituted) is a problem today, as it has been throughout history, but it is important to understand which behavior qualifies as "judgmental" and which does not. Distinguishing between right and wrong is not being judgmental. Reproaching for sin someone who has committed what Scripture calls a sin is not being judgmental; rather, it is relating a judgment that has been made by our divine judge, God. The worst way to be <i>actually</i> judgmental, but one that is becoming increasingly common, is to behave judgmentally toward those that <i>you</i> call judgmental!</span>Gary L. Domanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03262440528314135986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2626019104931761808.post-5713394385569217162017-01-20T10:30:00.000-05:002017-01-31T09:49:01.946-05:00Uncommon Commentary #529: UC #525 Follow-Up<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I'm not a "Never Trumper", and certainly not one of the "Not My President" radical rabble--I regard the election of Donald Trump to the US presidency as being more comical than outrageous--, but I must say that the optimism that many "conservatives" (see the list of domanisms, below) are expressing about a Trump presidency is positively surreal, and demonstrates that hope springs eternal.<br />This doesn't mean that there's no reason to think that Trump's tenure will be an improvement over that of Emperor Nerobama. (How could any change from his misrule not be an improvement?) His Cabinet selections are largely astute, although I would not confirm Rex Tillerson, who, like Trump, is a businessman with no foreign-policy experience, to be Secretary of State. (choice that deserves comment is that of Rick Perry to supervise the Department of Energy. Perry is a good man, but why should a Trump administration even include a Secretary of Energy? Early in this decade, it was fairly widely recognized in the GOP that, if Washington's spending is ever to be brought under any degree of control, entire departments of the US government must be eliminated; the prime favorite for such elimination was the Department of Energy, and, if I recall correctly, one of those contestants for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination who said that he would abolish said department was Gov. Perry. It seems that the law of physics is right: Energy can never be destroyed.) Lawrence Kudlow will make an excellent economic advisor, though only if Trump, whose ego seems to be similar in size to Obama's, actually takes his advice. (I can't believe that Kudlow approves of Trump's potentially catastrophic opposition to free trade; protectionism is what caused the Great Depression.)<br />"America", however, does not need to be made "great" again, contrary to Trump's campaign slogan; it needs to be made worthy of blessing by God. Elevating to our highest office a man who has been divorced twice (and whose present "wife" has posed in the nude for photographs), who publicly uses obscenities, who verbally assaults anyone who can be considered an obstacle to the achievement of his goals, who shares the outgoing chief-executive's support of same-sex marriage, who tells as many lies as does any career politician, whose attitude toward the opposite sex is almost as bad as Bill Clinton's, and who supported Dunghillary only four years before his first presidential bid, is no way to do that.</span>Gary L. Domanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03262440528314135986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2626019104931761808.post-6157589523827597562017-01-04T11:01:00.000-05:002017-08-08T18:22:42.105-04:00Miscellaneous Musing #89<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The only sounding of "Israel" that makes any sense in English is IZ-ray-el. Unhappily, the name has long been sung as IZ-<i>rye</i>-el, and this cause of vexation seems to be gaining currency in speech as well. (This mispronunciation presumably is the result of the fact that "Israel" has been transmitted to us through the classical tongues Greek and Latin, in the latter of which "a" and "e" together represented the sound that we use for the pronoun "I".) I suggest that you start practicing the proper pronunciation now, because one thing that you don't want to do <i>is rile</i> me!</span>Gary L. Domanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03262440528314135986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2626019104931761808.post-87379975619910626482016-12-20T16:42:00.000-05:002016-12-20T16:42:35.378-05:00Uncommon Commentary #528: The Cross Versus the Cross<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">(That is, the instrument of our salvation versus those whom it apparently angers.)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Does the mistreatment of Christians and of Christianity by so many in today's Western World truly qualify as persecution? Obviously, this cultural assault is not the equal of what occurs in places where Islamists simply imprison or behead whoever professes Christianity. Western countries have laws that prohibit the doing of such things, and so our antichrists must be more cunning; rather than lop off someone's head, they accuse him of intolerance toward others, especially homosexuals, and try to do him whatever personal or professional damage they can do thereby. Defamation of Christianity and of its followers and values is, therefore, being wielded like a weapon--there's an opening here for a pun on "mass destruction"--, and indeed is persecution. (It's not that Christians cannot, or ought not to, tolerate any criticism of their religion; respectful objections by unbelievers may have value in keeping the faithful from complacency. Even the current ostracism, slander, and other tactics in the West may prove useful as training and preparation, if what seems to be the Time of Tribulation spreads to here from those parts of the globe where it has already commenced.)</span>Gary L. Domanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03262440528314135986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2626019104931761808.post-12046577743144995152016-12-12T08:08:00.000-05:002017-08-08T18:22:22.692-04:00Miscellaneous Musing #88<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Isn't it odd that so many astrophysicists and cosmologists can profess confidence in the existence of things that are purely theoretical (e.g., the Oort Cloud, wormholes, parallel universes) but not in that of God?</span>Gary L. Domanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03262440528314135986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2626019104931761808.post-82370208561066347382016-12-05T05:55:00.000-05:002016-12-05T05:55:20.232-05:00Uncommon Commentary #527: You Won't Learn Anything from an Electoral College<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Here's another sobering reflection on the latest US presidential election: The Democratic candidate again won the popular vote, as has happened in all but one presidential election since 1988. (The lone exception was in 2004, and, even then, the margin reportedly was the smallest margin ever for a re-elected incumbent.) It's only the luck of the electoral college that the title "President-Elect" is followed by "Trump" rather than "Clinton".</span>Gary L. Domanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03262440528314135986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2626019104931761808.post-58418670246421458132016-11-28T05:54:00.000-05:002016-11-28T05:54:48.931-05:00Uncommon Commentary #526: There's a Narrow Way to Heaven, but a Broadway to Hell<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The Hamilton controversy seems to be missing something: Why is a Black actor even portraying Aaron Burr? Can you imagine how people would react if a White man played the rôle of a Black one?</span>Gary L. Domanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03262440528314135986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2626019104931761808.post-5390741587015234312016-11-22T11:46:00.000-05:002016-11-22T11:46:49.783-05:00Uncommon Commentary #525: An Election Reflection<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Undemocratic Democrats and other leftists are wrong to protest Trump's elevation to the presidency. Although I'm glad that Dunghillary lost, however, I'm not glad that Trump won. For a moralist (someone whose primary concerns are matters of right and wrong) such as I, the attainment of great power and honor by a man with such defects of character is lamentable. Soon, the exhilaration of victory will wear off, and Republicans and unaffiliated but sympathetic voters like me will realize that, although Trump is not a political antichrist, he's not a political messiah either; he's Trump.</span>Gary L. Domanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03262440528314135986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2626019104931761808.post-4884048378291792292016-11-15T14:50:00.002-05:002017-08-08T18:21:56.791-04:00Miscellaneous Musing #87<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">If superior beings from outer space built the smooth-sloped Egyptian pyramids, why didn't they get it right the first time, rather than produce the "Bent Pyramid"?</span>Gary L. Domanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03262440528314135986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2626019104931761808.post-45918856776952242392016-11-07T06:59:00.000-05:002016-11-07T07:00:03.123-05:00Uncommon Commentary #524: Donald May or May Not Be a Trump, but He's Not a Clinton<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">(Two dictionary definitions of "trump" are: "a decisive overriding factor /final resource", and "a dependable and exemplary person".)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">To someone who proclaims the intention of voting for Dunghillary, there's a sufficient rejoinder comprising just one word:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><i><u>Why</u></i></b>?</span></div>
Gary L. Domanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03262440528314135986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2626019104931761808.post-91754472507925532342016-10-31T07:21:00.000-04:002016-10-31T07:21:19.043-04:00Uncommon Commentary #523<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Who needs Halloween? Nothing is more frightening than the prospect of another Clinton administration.</span>Gary L. Domanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03262440528314135986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2626019104931761808.post-37523982850593645852016-10-24T14:04:00.003-04:002016-10-24T14:04:35.000-04:00Uncommon Commentary #522: They Belong in the Big House, Not in the White House<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Disrespect for the law is a contributing factor in the committing of crimes. How much will this disrespect worsen if a couple of unconvicted felons like the Clintons reassume the presidency?</span>Gary L. Domanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03262440528314135986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2626019104931761808.post-16669250998144797722016-10-17T03:41:00.000-04:002016-10-17T03:41:05.672-04:00Uncommon Commentary #521: This Isn't Trumpery<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">("Trumpery" definition 1a: "worthless nonsense".)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Donald Trump ought indeed to withdraw from the US presidential race, but so ought the Dumbocratic, Libertarian, and Green candidates, and probably most of whatever other nominees there may be. Furthermore, Emperor Nerobama, the Vice-President, and hundreds of US congressmen ought to resign. It would also help matters if we would recognize that the average member of our fallen human race is too ignorant and self-serving for what we call "democracy" to be effective, and start over with another form of government. (I suggest what I proposed in <a href="http://domandomain.blogspot.com/2012/02/uncommon-commentary-240-since-usa-isnt.html" target="_blank">this u.c.</a>)</span>Gary L. Domanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03262440528314135986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2626019104931761808.post-33577346955899203542016-10-10T15:45:00.000-04:002016-10-10T15:45:14.586-04:00Uncommon Commentary #520: Trump's Remarks Ought to Offend Anyone Who Knows Right from Wrong, and Also Leftists<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">For the sake of good taste, I won't reproduce here the comments made by Donald Trump to television host Billy Bush in 2005--If you want to get some idea of what the future nominee said, read the walls of the boys' room at your local high school--, but I shall make note of something that everyone else seemingly has missed: when Trump spoke that vulgarity, he was a Dumbocrat.</span>Gary L. Domanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03262440528314135986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2626019104931761808.post-86425698107158900092016-10-06T12:06:00.000-04:002016-10-06T12:06:27.043-04:00Uncommon Commentary #519: An Immoderate Moderator<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It seems to me that the purpose of a debate between vice-presidential candidates is, or ought to be, to give the public an opportunity to see whether those candidates are qualified to become the chief executive if necessary. The moderator of such a debate therefore ought not to require either nominee to defend his running-mate.</span>Gary L. Domanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03262440528314135986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2626019104931761808.post-80372669619293072802016-10-03T14:46:00.000-04:002017-08-08T18:20:42.520-04:00Miscellaneous Musing #86<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The purpose of life in this fallen, transitory world is to prepare ourselves for the everlasting life to come. We ought to take our fleshly existence seriously, therefore, only in regard to how our present actions affect our existence in the spiritual realm--whichever one it may be--where we shall dwell after death.</span>Gary L. Domanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03262440528314135986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2626019104931761808.post-53249256105849472152016-09-26T11:40:00.000-04:002016-09-26T11:40:24.041-04:00Uncommon Commentary #518: Is Hillary [sic] All Right? No; She's All Left<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">In the mid-1980's, the Soviet people didn't know whether Premier Konstantin Chernenko had a cold or was dead; that, however, was the USSR. I'm glad that we, in the USA, live in a country where no one would try to conceal the truth about the health of a politician!</span>Gary L. Domanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03262440528314135986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2626019104931761808.post-59312393558442821312016-09-20T20:31:00.000-04:002016-09-20T20:31:50.296-04:00Uncommon Commentary #517: I'm Only Now Replying to Something that Was Said a Year Ago<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">(I didn't remember having heard anything of Tim Kaine prior to Dunghillary's selection of him to be her running-mate, and so I searched his name in my information files; this quest revealed only that he ranked among those Democrats who pointedly skipped the address mentioned below, and so I got to thinking about the subject of this u.c. Incidentally: This lack of distinguishment may make Kaine an ideal choice to fill a largely superfluous office like the vice-presidency!)<br />This past year, CNN's Christiane Amanpour reported editorialized about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Natanyahu's address to the US Congress regarding the threat from Iran's ongoing efforts to develop nuclear weapons, opining that fear of her native land is overwrought:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It was a very dark Strangelove-ian speech painting a picture of a really dystopian world. Raising the specter of a genocidal nation, a genocidal regime spraying nuclear weapons to annihilate the whole world and the whole region. Now obviously many people are very concerned about Iran and there is a deep lack of trust. But surely the same was said of the Soviet Union all those years ago.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">In other words, she seems to be telling us, we learned to live with a nuclear-armed USSR, and so we can learn to live with a nuclear-armed Iran; if her words were intended to reassure, they really need work. The prospect of atomic attack by the Soviet Union upon the West terrified mankind, and on several occasions the "Cold War" nearly became a hot World War III, even though Marxist-Leninist theory holds that the capitalist countries will come to an end all by themselves--this is one point of Red ideology that may prove correct--and that military conflict versus these states is therefore unnecessary. No such doctrine, moreover, is adhered to by Iran (or by post-Communist Russia, which possesses an atomic arsenal superior to that of the USA); indeed, many Muslims, including, reportedly, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, believe that the coming of the Mahdi (Islam's messiah) can be hastened by annihilating the "Great Satan" (the USA) and the "Little Satan" (Israel), and some mullahs have predicted that this eschatological figure will appear only as the consequence of a nuclear apocalypse.<br />Now, wasn't this u.c. worth waiting for?</span><br />Gary L. Domanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03262440528314135986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2626019104931761808.post-84365321797058800292016-09-17T08:29:00.002-04:002016-09-17T08:29:47.309-04:00Uncommon Commentary #516: I Wish that I Were Civilized Enough to Think up a Title for This Posting<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Any people living at the level of civilization that anthropologists have named "savagery" qualify as savages, and so it's not necessarily an insult to refer to Nineteenth-Century American Indians by that term. This is another example of why one ought to take the time to consult a dictionary before getting indignant over words. (See <a href="http://domandomain.blogspot.com/2011/01/miscellaneous-meditation-116.html" target="_blank">UC #145</a>.)</span>Gary L. Domanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03262440528314135986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2626019104931761808.post-15673154688726917982016-09-05T08:23:00.000-04:002016-09-05T08:23:45.031-04:00Uncommon Commentary #515: Is Our Navy Led by Milquetoasts--Or Would That Be "Milktoasts"?<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">When the US Navy has named vessels for men, it has traditionally done so to honor US presidents or other war leaders and heroes. The most recent person to be so honored is: Harvey Milk, whom "Gay rights" agitators consider to be a martyr for their cause. The Navy has contracted to a size unseen since an era when the USA was far from being a superpower, but this matters not to the Obama regime, which apparently does not intend for it to fight any war except that over US culture.</span>Gary L. Domanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03262440528314135986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2626019104931761808.post-60400806919069973062016-08-29T09:11:00.000-04:002017-08-08T18:19:10.761-04:00Miscellaneous Musing (with a trace of uncommon commentary) #85: Baring (What's Within) My Breast<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The French judiciary has overturned bans on the "burkini", a swimsuit designed to cover the bodies of female Muslims. The purpose of this posting is neither to laud nor to lament the ruling but to note the sad irony that, previously, it was illegal for a woman to thus evince modesty on the same beaches where others went topless with impunity!</span>Gary L. Domanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03262440528314135986noreply@blogger.com