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Incuriouser and Incuriouser

Several community leaders of the Ferguson BLM riots are dead, and so is journalism, as this report evidences: Two young men were found dead inside torched cars. Three others died of apparent suicides. Another collapsed on a bus, his death ruled an overdose.  Six deaths, all involving men with connections to protests in Ferguson, Missouri, drewContinue reading “Incuriouser and Incuriouser”

Broadcast Note

Wednesday, March 20, at about noon Pacific Time, I’m doing another livestream breakfast interview with James LaFond, on my YouTube channel. James’ latest is Cracker-Boy: A History of Plantation America: 1607-1865, available in paperback from Amazon. Here’s the blurb: In this in-depth survey of Plantation America, the author brings to light the conditions of life forContinue reading “Broadcast Note”

Tent Show Revival

“Anyone seen my collar?”Danny frowned at the silent room.“Bastards.”John’s chin nestled neatly into his wattles as he squinted at the wig he was turning about in his lap.“I haven’t.” He managed, somehow, through the tiered mass of compressed flesh.Eddie, sewing a pair of lederhosen, grunted negative through teeth holding a thread tight. Danny glimpsed himselfContinue reading “Tent Show Revival”

The Christchurch Shooter’s Manifesto

Reading the Christchurch shooter’s manifesto (at 14:30). I missed all the 4chan references in this first reading. His actions lend credence to his claim he intends to speed up a civil war, and he isn’t trolling anyone about demographic displacement because he isn’t lying about demographic displacement; most of the rest of the manifesto isContinue reading “The Christchurch Shooter’s Manifesto”

Negative Outcomes, Negative Income

Andrew Yang is a Democrat campaigning for president with a universal basic income as his central policy plank. He likes to cite a similar plan passing the House years ago. President Richard Nixon’s 1969 Family Assistance Plan (FAP), replacing AFDC with a guaranteed income, passed a full vote in the House in 1970 before dying inContinue reading “Negative Outcomes, Negative Income”

Credulity and Culpability

The real scandal of hate hoaxes is not in their creation but in their reception by a biased, propagandizing media, which is often where the real subterfuge takes place. Indeed, in the current environment it’s a distinct advantage if the hoax has no single, deliberate author, such as the bumbling Jussie Smollett, to screw thingsContinue reading “Credulity and Culpability”

Late Night Nostalgia

I’ve long been a fan of electronic music. One of the first dj/producer auteurs to capture my fancy was Jack Dangers, who records with a rotating collective of fellow artists under the unfortunate name Meat Beat Manifesto.The name is not a reference to masturbation (at least directly) but to militant veganism and animal rights. AContinue reading “Late Night Nostalgia”