I skimmed Zaphod’s Greenfield op-ed about prince Harry’s new job, but the first line really caught my attention. Sure, I knew a little about the Aspen Institute and its dubious lineage, but the sub-group that Harry is joining is this:
COMISSION ON INFORMATION DISORDER
The effort aims to identify and prioritize the most critical sources and causes of information disorder and deliver a set of short-term actions and longer-term goals to help government, the private sector, and civil society respond to this modern-day crisis of faith in key institutions.
I can see several well dog-eared copies of Orwell’s 1984 laying around the headquarters at the Aspen Institute now. (I had to use the Institute’s original all-caps format in the title.)
I wonder what happened at Aspen? When I lived in Berlin in the late 90’s Jeffery Gedmin, the director of Aspen Germany, with whom I enjoyed a Bier or two, did some very good work promoting traditional American Values. Seems like those days are long past.
Xylourgos,
Yes, I referred to a “dubious lineage” above, but some minutes later I thought that some of their early stuff was interesting and not so bad. I can’t say I’ve followed them closely, but clearly they’ve taken some wrong turns somewhere.
It’s not only France that is doomed and has descended into a state of farce.
Hollywood, long a subject of derision, now has focused upon it the talents of those neither impressed by, nor beholden to it. Such as “The Critical Drinker”, for example.
Here is another one. Sorry it is YouTube, but until the creative competition come in as an at least competent also-ran, maybe we can appreciate the subversion from within which is broadly directed at the entire legacy media-universe fraud.
Paid mine today but I do understand we have till May 17 this year. I have to pay every year. Fine with me I rather keep the gov’s money than them keep mine … and they always get it in the end!
Those flowers are an absolute protest of, um, color!
jack, the odd thing is that even though the feds extended their deadline, not all of the states did. In my case, Albany still wants theirs this weekend, so there was no point for me in waiting.
Xylourgos, Berlin in the nineties! Huh. I’ve only been there once, right after reunification. Did you ever go to the zoo there?
@Philip Sells
Yikes New York! Get out of there quick before they demand your first born too!
The flowers are beautiful!
That article about Prince Harry and the Aspen Institute commission on “information disorder” is a hoot. That’s right, to cure “misinformation” let’s recruit a British prince who thinks he’s a victim of “racism.”
Kate …
“British prince who thinks he’s a victim of “racism.”
Down deep I’m thinking it’s more of that saying…
Happy wife … happy life …deal.
Yeah, jack, but he could have just left the family firm without calling them ugly names.
By the way, I’ve been meaning to ask if anyone knows what became of “Parker’?
He was apparently a regular commenter here long before I ever dropped in. And, to the best of my recollection he dropped off last Fall after announcing some months earlier that he had lost his wife to a heart attack.
He and I were not pals, by any means, but I hope that he has merely found more productive and consoling activities, and not suffered any mishap.
Geoffrey Britain, can you drop parker an email? IIRC back in 2016, when you were still in FL, parker had lost a wager with you. I too wonder how he is and miss hearing his views from Iowa.
I don’t like to rain on the tulip parade (mine have not bloomed yet, but the daffies are up), however, in light of Barry’s links (and a few others tossed around recently), the current day parallels to the French Revolution’s lesser-known excesses are inescapable.
Let us hope things do not “progress” further down that road.
Yes Philip I was several times at the Zoo. A great way to spend a Saturday afternoon with X-Boy and Mrs. X. I had a friend, an exCIA guy, who claimed to be the one who was handcuffed to the soviet spies to be exchanged for captured American spies on the Glienicke Bruecke also known as the Bridge of Spies. He gave me a complete “unknown” history of WWII and Cold War Berlin. At that time, I had the good fortune to work on the reconstruction of Potsdamer Platz located in the former dead man zone bordering East and West Berlin in the center of Berlin. It was a stone’s throw from the HQ of all the major Ministries and Hitler’s Bunker. Really interesting times.
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A Second Daniel.
http://www.danielgreenfield.org/2021/04/the-prince-of-wokes-joins-american-one.html
I like this guy more and more.
I skimmed Zaphod’s Greenfield op-ed about prince Harry’s new job, but the first line really caught my attention. Sure, I knew a little about the Aspen Institute and its dubious lineage, but the sub-group that Harry is joining is this:
I can see several well dog-eared copies of Orwell’s 1984 laying around the headquarters at the Aspen Institute now. (I had to use the Institute’s original all-caps format in the title.)
I wonder what happened at Aspen? When I lived in Berlin in the late 90’s Jeffery Gedmin, the director of Aspen Germany, with whom I enjoyed a Bier or two, did some very good work promoting traditional American Values. Seems like those days are long past.
I miss my daily “Bee Gees fix.”
Cap’n Rusty
Fixed it for ya (“Missed it by that much.”)
https://youtu.be/uxVxDWZAYmY
Pretty flowers. Reminds me of Townes Van Zandt – Dead Flowers.
Another version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JO0LHlLC7Q
Xylourgos,
Yes, I referred to a “dubious lineage” above, but some minutes later I thought that some of their early stuff was interesting and not so bad. I can’t say I’ve followed them closely, but clearly they’ve taken some wrong turns somewhere.
Related:
You are not allowed to speak the truth if the truth runs counter to the narrative, example #…
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/dont-do-reporters-rebuke-police-chief-not-use-term-riot
If you dare speak the truth your livelihood and well-being are on the line.
And the Stasi are everywhere:
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/when-the-social-justice-mob-came-for-me
H/T Instapundit
+ Bonus:
https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/google-shadow-bans-searches-riots-today-following-violent-unrest-minnesota
Brought to you by the DPUSA and its pitbull media affiliates.
Time for a little nostalgia….
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/1381846193785860096
H/T Jeff Carlson twitter feed
It’s not only France that is doomed and has descended into a state of farce.
Hollywood, long a subject of derision, now has focused upon it the talents of those neither impressed by, nor beholden to it. Such as “The Critical Drinker”, for example.
Here is another one. Sorry it is YouTube, but until the creative competition come in as an at least competent also-ran, maybe we can appreciate the subversion from within which is broadly directed at the entire legacy media-universe fraud.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHwLd4qyG7A
Paid mine today but I do understand we have till May 17 this year. I have to pay every year. Fine with me I rather keep the gov’s money than them keep mine … and they always get it in the end!
Wait it’s ALL my money they just take it!
Taxman
https://youtu.be/l0zaebtU-CA
Those flowers are an absolute protest of, um, color!
jack, the odd thing is that even though the feds extended their deadline, not all of the states did. In my case, Albany still wants theirs this weekend, so there was no point for me in waiting.
Xylourgos, Berlin in the nineties! Huh. I’ve only been there once, right after reunification. Did you ever go to the zoo there?
@Philip Sells
Yikes New York! Get out of there quick before they demand your first born too!
The flowers are beautiful!
That article about Prince Harry and the Aspen Institute commission on “information disorder” is a hoot. That’s right, to cure “misinformation” let’s recruit a British prince who thinks he’s a victim of “racism.”
Kate …
“British prince who thinks he’s a victim of “racism.”
Down deep I’m thinking it’s more of that saying…
Happy wife … happy life …deal.
Yeah, jack, but he could have just left the family firm without calling them ugly names.
By the way, I’ve been meaning to ask if anyone knows what became of “Parker’?
He was apparently a regular commenter here long before I ever dropped in. And, to the best of my recollection he dropped off last Fall after announcing some months earlier that he had lost his wife to a heart attack.
He and I were not pals, by any means, but I hope that he has merely found more productive and consoling activities, and not suffered any mishap.
Geoffrey Britain, can you drop parker an email? IIRC back in 2016, when you were still in FL, parker had lost a wager with you. I too wonder how he is and miss hearing his views from Iowa.
I don’t like to rain on the tulip parade (mine have not bloomed yet, but the daffies are up), however, in light of Barry’s links (and a few others tossed around recently), the current day parallels to the French Revolution’s lesser-known excesses are inescapable.
Let us hope things do not “progress” further down that road.
https://www.thenewneo.com/2021/04/12/i-think-france-may-be-lost/#comment-2550291
JohnTyler on April 13, 2021 at 10:16 am said:
The French can be very brutal; see the Vendee Rebellion (1793-1795).
https://quillette.com/2019/03/10/the-french-genocide-that-has-been-air-brushed-from-history/
Yes Philip I was several times at the Zoo. A great way to spend a Saturday afternoon with X-Boy and Mrs. X. I had a friend, an exCIA guy, who claimed to be the one who was handcuffed to the soviet spies to be exchanged for captured American spies on the Glienicke Bruecke also known as the Bridge of Spies. He gave me a complete “unknown” history of WWII and Cold War Berlin. At that time, I had the good fortune to work on the reconstruction of Potsdamer Platz located in the former dead man zone bordering East and West Berlin in the center of Berlin. It was a stone’s throw from the HQ of all the major Ministries and Hitler’s Bunker. Really interesting times.