For the combatants in the gender wars, it’s been quite a spring and summer here in the TERF Island theatre of battle.
In February, polling company YouGov revealed the vast extent to which public opinion has shifted around the issue (significantly though not entirely in the wake of the Cass Review last April), which we reported on via a snazzy Stalingrad metaphor. But just as with Stalingrad, it was only the precursor to the recapture of territory on an epic scale.
It seems like almost every time somebody gets accused of rape, sexual harassment or any kind of horrible creepy sex-based sleaze in Scotland these days, the same face is always lurking around grinning in the background somewhere.
Police Scotland have nevertheless denied that prisoners in their custody are being excessively pampered, following reports that a man was hustled out of St Leonard’s station in Edinburgh with an electric blanket over his head.
Meanwhile, following the Supreme Court ruling in the For Women Scotland case, the force’s HQ at Tulliallan was burgled by a gang of militant transactivists who stole all the toilets. Officers say they have nothing to go on.
Alert readers will be familiar with this site’s ongoing quest for an explanation as to why controversy-plagued charity LGBT Youth Scotland continues to operate in dozens of Scottish primary and even nursery schools, pushing gender ideology onto children as young as four despite only having a remit to support 13-25-year-olds.
Last month we were, to coin a phrase, stonewalled by Scotland’s charity regulator, the OSCR, but we filed a review request and today we received – a couple of weeks past the deadline – a response.
The legal imprint at the bottom means that that’s official SNP election communication. One assumes it’s intended for leaflets to be put through actual voters’ letterboxes.
As readers may already be aware, my main hobby to distract myself from my day job in the profoundly depressing world of politics is to delve into retro videogaming via my Retropie. It’s an endlessly rewarding fount of discovery and entertainment for many reasons, but sometimes the two spheres collide in extremely unexpected ways.
So let’s talk about GORF.
Midway’s 1981 arcade hit was a pioneering and innovative game. It was the first game to be comprised of multiple highly distinct sub-games, boldly including direct lifts of other people’s coin-ops in the form of Space Invaders and Galaxian. And while it wasn’t the first arcade game to feature synthesised speech – it was beaten to that punch by the likes of Berzerk and Wizard Of Wor the previous year – it was famous for the extensive and iconic vocabulary with which it taunted and goaded the player.
It got numerous conversions of variable quality to various home systems, whether as contemporary licences or later homebrew ports, and that’s where we come in.
sam on His Majesty’s Loyal Sabre: “Scotland has been recognised within the UN framework regarding her claim as NSGT. Documents have been submitted to the UN,…” Sep 22, 15:35
Fearghas MacFhionnlaigh on His Majesty’s Loyal Sabre: “Short presentation by SARA SALYERS 6 days ago, on behalf of SALVO / LIBERATION SCOTLAND. www.youtube.com/watch?v=piEfPOlpI9k” Sep 22, 14:54
Spartan 117 on His Majesty’s Loyal Sabre: “Obviously nothing better to do. Likely retired or unemployed.” Sep 22, 14:38
Spartan 117 on His Majesty’s Loyal Sabre: “You’ll need to ask Stu to release my post from the mod queue then, because I ain’t typing it all…” Sep 22, 14:35
Northcode on His Majesty’s Loyal Sabre: “I agree with you — Scotland is not regarded as a Non-Self-Governing Territory. That’s precisely the point I’m making. Because…” Sep 22, 14:30
sam on His Majesty’s Loyal Sabre: “Hard to know but I’ll play the game. Gordon Brown. His “light touch” regulation of financial services helped to promote…” Sep 22, 14:22
Northcode on His Majesty’s Loyal Sabre: “Timor-Leste doesn’t refute the point I’m making, because its situation was fundamentally different. East Timor was already on the UN’s…” Sep 22, 14:21
Northcode on His Majesty’s Loyal Sabre: “My point isn’t about how Article 73(e) is worded in isolation, but how it functions in UN practice. The clause…” Sep 22, 14:09
Alf Baird on His Majesty’s Loyal Sabre: “On 20 May 2002, the Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste came into force and Timor-Leste was recognised as…” Sep 22, 14:05
sam on His Majesty’s Loyal Sabre: “Northcode, “Declaration Regarding Non-Self-Governing Territories” “Article 73 Members of the United Nations which have or assume responsibilities for the administration…” Sep 22, 14:01
Alf Baird on His Majesty’s Loyal Sabre: “Your subjective viewpoint does not reflect the Article you refer to, which merely states the need for the administering Power:…” Sep 22, 13:38
Hatey McHateface on His Majesty’s Loyal Sabre: “You mind me of somebody who used to be a regular on here. He had to stop suddenly – trouble…” Sep 22, 13:06
Hatey Mchateface on His Majesty’s Loyal Sabre: “A likely story, Spartan 🙂 Why not mention an article by name, date and location. If it’s still online it…” Sep 22, 12:57
DaveL on His Majesty’s Loyal Sabre: “Almost twenty five percent of eighty posts from Hatey. What a gobby up himself know nothing obnoxious cunt he is!…” Sep 22, 12:46
Hatey McHateface on His Majesty’s Loyal Sabre: “Aw, shoot, Northy! Why de ye hae tae rain oan fowk’s parade lik that?” Sep 22, 12:26
Spartan 117 on His Majesty’s Loyal Sabre: “@Hatey, I have just posted a list of 11 articles from a single MSM outlet alone over a 7 day…” Sep 22, 12:24
Hatey McHateface on His Majesty’s Loyal Sabre: “Surely you’re missing The Lobotomy? Or is that more efficiently administered through something added to Scottish Water?” Sep 22, 12:22
Hatey McHateface on His Majesty’s Loyal Sabre: ““She is going down and her handler protectors will have no hesitation in sacrificing her” Interesting how Sturgeon’s demise will…” Sep 22, 12:19
Northcode on A Thousand Islands In The Sea: ““Perhaps you missed it, Northcode” No, I didn’t miss Article 5 — it’s actually a good example of the distinction…” Sep 22, 12:12
Rob on His Majesty’s Loyal Sabre: “Don’t tempt the loonies, they will try and find an address to post the application to. 🙂” Sep 22, 12:08
Northcode on His Majesty’s Loyal Sabre: “To clarify my point: Whether Salvo/Liberation Scotland has UN-experienced people involved isn’t really the issue here. The question isn’t about…” Sep 22, 11:55
Willie on His Majesty’s Loyal Sabre: “When does Anas Sarwar take up his seat in the House of Lords. Sturgeon, Sarwar, Mone, Davidson, will be a…” Sep 22, 11:42
Alf Baird on A Thousand Islands In The Sea: “Perhaps you missed it, Northcode: “– that immediate steps shall be taken, in United Nations Trust and Non-Self-Governing Territories or…” Sep 22, 11:38
Aidan on His Majesty’s Loyal Sabre: “Are the Ru**ians match funding any contribution?” Sep 22, 11:37
Mark Beggan on His Majesty’s Loyal Sabre: “If that fails then you can apply to the United Federation of Planets. The Klingons are in the chair this…” Sep 22, 11:19
sarah on His Majesty’s Loyal Sabre: “@ Northcode: I hope that you are mistaken. Salvo/Liberation have UN-experienced people in their committee. Perhaps you could contact Salvo…” Sep 22, 11:19
Northcode on His Majesty’s Loyal Sabre: “The mission statement on Liberation Scotland’s crowdfunder page — “Liberation Scotland’s mission is to restore the sovereign, independent state of…” Sep 22, 10:59
sarah on His Majesty’s Loyal Sabre: “@ Fearghas MacFhionnlaigh: duly registered. Would you please put a link up for the crowdfunder as well? It has almost…” Sep 22, 10:58
Mark Beggan on His Majesty’s Loyal Sabre: “From The Cradle To The Grave. The Scottish Marxist State. 1. The Baby Box. 2. The School Bag. 3. The…” Sep 22, 10:25