Kay's Law: Updated

I just realized that I had made reference to what I call "Kay's Law" in a previous post, but never actually explicitly enunciated it. Here goes

Kay's Law, a corollary to Godwin's Law: "The longer a political debate goes, the more likely it is that one side will ascribe irrational behaviour on the other's to a shadowy cabal.  Any proof offered to counter the existence of this conspiracy will merely serve as evidence of the conspiracy's depth and nefarious pervasiveness."

Rule 5: Spectacularly Poor Life Decisions Edition

Lindsey, NOOOOOOOOO!

And now, obligatory cheesecake. SFW.

Justin Trudeau: I almost feel bad for him now

Less esoteric and academic this round, I promise.

In case you missed it, Justin Trudeau is effectively the new leader of the Federal Liberal Party of Canada.  Some congratulations would be in order firstly.  Love or hate le Dauphin, he works hard and from a certain perspective intelligently.  He has effectively leveraged the nascent social media landscape (nascent in the sense that Canadian politics is behind the curve), and proved he has the endurance to outlast some serious heavyweights.

Unfortunately, his campaign echoes Mitt Romney's in some respects.

Heinlein's Razor as Applied to Voter Culture

Yes, I know. It has been a while, and I apologize.  I've been having an up-and-down kind of year, and I'm trying to get back on track.  Bear with me on this one.

I know that sometimes Heinlein's Razor is referred to as Hanlon's Razor, but since I'm a Heinlein fan, I prefer his phraseology. It goes as such:

Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity, but don't rule out malice.

I am also aware that Napoleon said something similar. Moving on. The point I am trying to make is that we have entered an age of hysteria.