Hoist the Black Flag
An exploration of politics and current events. Follow me on Twitter at @HTBF1968. If watching someone meltdown over the performance of the Ottawa Senators is more to your liking, try @orphmi.
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“You’re A Bigot!”
So, I’m a bigot.
At least I am according to the people who “own” that word.
You see, I made the mistake of referring to trans people as “creepy.”
That’s not entirely true, my exact words were actually, “The whole trans creepiness issue a...
COVID, the Lab Leak, and China
Let’s talk conspiracies.
Why not, right?
Why should the tinfoil hat crowd get all the fun?
I’ve wanted to write about this for a while now but there never seemed to be a good time.
COVID was over before I started writing on Substack so...
Who Ended Slavery?
A slave dreams not of freedom, but of his own slaves.
-- Cicero
Why this quote? Because it illustrates how difficult it was to rid the world of slavery. People often point out that there were black people in the US who owned slaves. The...
Save The West...
Note: This piece first appeared under my byline on Wrong Speak.
I’m more partial to cats than I am to dogs. They’re a lot less maintenance and less inclined to sniff my... well, you get it. That said, I generally have no issue with pets. I...
We’re Burning Daylight!
I think about Daylight Saving Time constantly.
Is it this weekend? Next? Will it shorten the shelf life of my bananas? How do I convince my cat she should sleep an extra hour?
The anxiety and fear brought on by the semi-annual time change...
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Phil is a writer and classical liberal who, when not complaining about the Ottawa Senators, writes about politics, individual rights, government corruption/abuse and free speech. He resides in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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