The Meerkat Muse: 28th of January, 2026
Here we go again. January has all-but concluded, so we have already chalked off one month. What has been made of 2026’s opening gambit? Painful Missions In the past, I have lamented on the...
Category: Politics and Society
The Thinking ‘Kat: Cognitive Disassociation
It’s curious as to how the human mind will work incredibly hard to justify certain stances and beliefs, whilst doing what it can to deride and dismiss them in other circumstances. For many years...
The Thinking ‘Kat: Egotistical Insanity
What happens when a massive-yet-fragile ego meets with huge responsibilities and a lot of power? You get some spectacularly unhinged rants. For example, how about Donald Trump’s self-stroking speech given to world leaders in...
The Meerkat Responds: The Trouble with Tariffs
It seems my recent post on the subject of Trump’s tantrum over Greenland, and his invocation of tariffs to get what he wants, touched a nerve. Was the response a measured, detailed, fact-driven riposte?...
The Thinking ‘Kat: Tyrants gonna Tyrant…
It seems the Tangerine Toddler is stamping his foot and whinging all the more about Greenland. Trump has announced tariffs against a host of countries, unless Greenland is sold to the USA. Somehow the...
The Meerkat Muse: 14th of January, 2026
Here we are folks. It’s a new year, with all sorts of new shenanigans to get up to. How has it begun? In the Queue The third part of the Chon’ith Saga has been...
The Thinking ‘Kat: Training our Protectors
Following some… let’s call it ‘robust’ discussion with Tom of Citizen Tom about the recent ICE incident that left a woman dead, I thought it may be an interesting exercise to more thoroughly compare...
The Thinking ‘Kat: The Rule of Law, and Moral Failure
In the wake of an ICE agent killing a woman as she drove away, the question has to be whether or not Trump and his Republicans will respect the process, permit a transparent investigation,...
The Thinking ‘Kat: Absolute Cowards (Content Warning: Violence, Death)
I’m loathe to discuss the wannabe neo-fascists that seem to make up a not-insignificant portion of ICE ranks, nor their supporters who relish in all sorts of shady behaviour, but the shooting of a...
The Thinking ‘Kat: Respecting Sovereignty
There is deep irony about the current practices of Donald Trump’s US government. Reflect, if you would, on the founding of the United States of America. The colonials had had enough of imperial misadventures...
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