A British writer of comic fiction named Howard Jacobson complains in The Guardian that media outlets reporting on the record-setting rates of child casualties among Israel’s civilian victims in Gaza invokes the antisemitic “blood libel” of the medieval era: It says something for the conscience of the Church of England that, in 1955, it putContinue reading “Israel Slaughtering Children, Jews Hardest Hit”
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No Country for Bold Men, Part I
When the State Allied with Anarchists to Outlaw Political Protest in Portland Deeply unpopular Portland District Attorney Mike Schmidt is on the way out after losing an election primary in May; he was defeated by his lead prosecutor, Nathan Vasquez, who ran to the vast right of his radically progressive boss. The win has been hailedContinue reading “No Country for Bold Men, Part I”
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Kvetching about Israel. Alexander Dugin, “Decoupling” Mike Whitney, For Netanyahu, Eradcating the Palestinians is Still “Job 1” subscribe, enjoy: https://www.youtube.com/@DennisDaleUntethered
Conspiracy Theory, Conspiracy Practice
There’s an episode of the Simpsons where the family buys its first computer, prompting Homer at one point to say something like “don’t worry, the computer will think for us now”. Yet again the show proves prophetic. Science magazine on a recent study looking for ways to make computers think for us via AI: BeliefsContinue reading “Conspiracy Theory, Conspiracy Practice”
Bubba’s Bible Study August 18 2024
China has released a “fact sheet” about the National Endowment for Democracy: After World War II, the United States opened a covert front against the Soviet Union through the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and other intelligence apparatus. By the 1960s, the United States had realized gradually that it was far from enough to “promote democracy”Continue reading “Bubba’s Bible Study August 18 2024”
More on Biden and More
Biden Out
Joe Biden has dropped out–apparently. As of this writing he hasn’t addressed the nation and no official pronouncement has confirmed the tweet (a photo of a letter) that remains the sole indication of this historic event. Already theories suggest a “turned” staffer with access to the account posted the tweet as a fait accompli theContinue reading “Biden Out”
Return to Seattle
DeNiro Reprises Rupert Pupkin Role
Noticing and Nothingness
Steve Sailer’s Lifetime Achievement Award I come to bury Sailer, and to praise him If you’re reading this you probably know who Steve Sailer is, but if you don’t he’s a former marketing executive whose interest in genuine racial diversity (as opposed to the “Diversity” of “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion”) led him into journalism inContinue reading “Noticing and Nothingness”
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