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Mississippi John Hurt, Will the Circle Be Unbroken

First they came for the leering studio heads and I did not speak out…

Google’s Eric Schmidt is the latest to fall to the sexual inquisition. It isn’t who they’re going after now, but what. Guys with anything to be pilfered away by the current frenzy had better not even think about cheating. Sort of takes all the point out of success: Schmidt is a known womanizer despite being marriedContinue reading “First they came for the leering studio heads and I did not speak out…”

Tongue Tied

New American problerms: It dangled from a branch for days, wrapped with bright ribbons and studded with large nails and oversize safety pins.It weathered and hardened from gray-black to a leathery brown. From a distance, as professionals and students walked past the tree at the west end of Palmer Square Park to trains and busesContinue reading “Tongue Tied”

"In the year three thousaaaaaand….!"

“Well private collections are a problem, certainly. We have no idea how many are out there. What constitutes a collection, also, is a legitimate question.”Herbert perked up at this.“Yes. That’s my concern. Say a guy has, in the classic example, an old newspaper announcing the moon landing…”Genero looked at him with sly sympathy.“Well, if thisContinue reading “"In the year three thousaaaaaand….!"”

note

I deleted my Twitter account yesterday, exhausted by the pointlessness of it all. I saw a tweet of mine, something I thought clever, had been retweeted by one of my dozens of followers to his dozens of followers and I was plunged into an oh-so-familiar bout of mediocrity-induced depression. It’s not fun to suck. I’mContinue reading “note”

Alternative Torah with Luke Ford

Evan McClaren of NPI couldn’t join us as intended but a good show nonetheless. Today’s Torah reading is Parashas Vayigash (Genesis 44:18–47:27) Join the live chat at Luke’s YouTube Channel. Joseph brings his family to Egypt and they begin taking over. Last week we talked about Joseph as the prototypical court Jew. His brothers sellContinue reading “Alternative Torah with Luke Ford”

Careful What You Bitch For

Feminism rescued woman from her dependence on men. Nevertheless she persisted. She keeps persisting away at depending on men. Beneath all the noise the ongoing Hollywood sexual harassment scandal documents the present of an age-old practice, women depending on sex to advance in male-dominated fields (and they’re all male-dominated). That’s why “male dominated fields” existContinue reading “Careful What You Bitch For”

Misogyny and the Alt Right

Spencer Quinn at Counter Currents relates a personal story in relation to prominent alt right women complaining of being attacked online: My trip to the bank about a month ago was somewhat unusual, and I knew it would require special attention from a teller…I couldn’t believe that this person was the person with whom I wasContinue reading “Misogyny and the Alt Right”

The Current Year is Druggy, Druggy, Druggy

Everybody’s high. That’s what I’m thinking. Via Thomas Wictor on Twitter here’s a video Seattle Police released regarding an officer-involved shooting.First we see a confrontation between an apartment manager and a wigger Bonnie and Clyde, presumably the same pair firing at police later. The male’s behavior leading up to his shooting appears suicidal, but nothingContinue reading “The Current Year is Druggy, Druggy, Druggy”