“History gives us a story arc for various forms of social organization. The old palace systems of the Bronze Age do not scale up. Empires all succumbed to internal contradictions and imbalance. Aristocratic systems eventually run out of able elites to maintain the system. Communism finally runs out of seed corn. It could be that the final phase of liberal democracy is a final war against itself. Born in sin and animated by a search for salvation, it sacrifices itself as its final act.”
They are still burning down more church buildings in Canada, with persons of influence egging it on.
A little over a decade ago in East Texas there was a string of church fires. I think before it was over, there were about six set on fire. National News media largely ignored it because there was no racial angle. These were white and mixed race churches. Fox finally covered it at the end.
Eventually caught the two guys. Both young, white, anti-christian militants.
The future of America.
jon baker:
The Federalist Radio Hour podcast from 7/17/21 addressed the Canada church burnings. It seems to be a case of media-induced hate directed at the Catholic Church.
Unmarked graves that were unmarked because the Canadian government couldn’t be bothered to keep up the cemeteries that the Catholic Church established. Schools for children of the “First Peoples” that the Catholic Church operated for the Canadian government. Children of the “First Peoples” taken from their parents and placed in those schools as the official policy of the Canadian government.
But it is the Catholic Church that is to be blamed? In the media it is.
I think the photo at the right on the blog is much more complimentary to you, Neo. This one looks like you may have aliens invading your brain.
Fauci seems to be attempting to redefine what exactly “gain of function” means.
Paul: “Do you want to retract your statement from May 11 where you claimed that the NIH never funded gain of function research in Wuhan?”
Fauci: “Senator Paul, I have never lied before the Congress, and I do not retract that statement…this paper you’re referring to was judged by qualified staff up and down the chain as not being gain of function.”
Paul: “You take an animal virus and you increase it’s transmissibility to humans, you’re saying that’s not gain of function?”
Fauci: “That’s correct…and Sen. Paul, I want to say you do not know what you are talking about,” Dr. Fauci replied. “I just want to say that officially.”
Nonapod,
Fauci is just redefining the meaning of the phrase “ gain of function”, is he not? Orwellian indeed.
Where did you get that quote?
To be fair one would not expect a very high rent for such a cramped space.
@Jon Baker, I got that particular piece of text from Zero Hedge, but there’s a bit more meat over on the Fox News website.
FOAF:
It’s a mind the size of a (smallish) planet. Or maybe it’s a neutron star (“neutron stars are the smallest and densest currently known class of stellar objects” – wickedmedia)?
Flooding in Zhengzhou. Take *that*, Puny Little German Trickle!
This is funny. TPUSA (astroturf ‘Young Conservative’ sink hole) got bored with inviting pedophiles to speak at their events and decided to embrace normality. So what did they do? It’s obvious, you silly! They invited a worn out female porn actress instead. Values, man!
They backed down and dis-invited her after nasty rude Nazi White Supremacists mocked them mercilessly.
“The most recent event, which was staged in Florida this past weekend, ended in a bit of controversy when TP-USA decided to ban someone named Brandi Love. She was scheduled to address a group of teenagers as a VIP. Brandi Love, in addition to being a distinguished contributor to conservative publications, is also a retired porn actress who advertises herself as such on-line. She now uses the skills that made her a star in the oldest profession to be a star in the second oldest one.
TP-USA knew who she was before they extended the invitation and they provided her with VIP access as an honored guest. Clearly, they saw nothing wrong with having an over-the-hill porn star promoting her work to teenagers. The reason they shifted gears is they were getting mocked for it by their critics on the Right. Their critics had a field day with it as another example of how TP-USA is just another grift peddling degeneracy in the name of conservative values.
In fairness to the organizers of TP-USA, they probably assumed there was nothing wrong with having an aging porn actress at their event. After all, the Federalist website has her as a featured contributor. Sean Davis, one of the founders of the site, must think she is acceptable for young people. His partner, Ben Domenech, made this clear on Twitter over the weekend. Later he blamed anti-Semites for getting her booted, which sets up an interesting moral dynamic.
It is these sorts of things that suggest the universe has a sense of humor. Brandi Love is the prefect representative of conservatism. She is an old whore well past her prime, desperate to keep what little audience she can. Of course, conservatism is also an old whore well past its prime willing to degrade itself for attention. When you look at it objectively, Brandi Love should have been the keynote speaker. She is the near perfect representative of the conservative movement.
It would take a heart of stone not to laugh at this, but it points to the primary reason that conservatism was a complete failure. It was always hollow. Despite all their pretensions, they never really stood for anything. Conservatism was nothing more than a way for the unpopular kids to get a chance to sit at the cool kids’ table. The reason they welcomed an old porn actress to their ranks was to show the cool kids they were not a bunch of stuck up prudes. They liked degeneracy too!
Beyond that, it shows that the people running TP-USA know they have nothing to offer, so they have to rely on gimmicks. Last year they got grief for having scantily clad bimbos with t-shirt guns on stage like it was spring break. They are not offering young people a chance to be a part of something important. They are offering them a chance to get drunk and have easy access to whores. Clubs in Ft. Lauderdale have more dignity than to use these tactics to get attention.
Of course, we live in an age in which conspiracy theories turn out to be previews of tomorrow’s news, so you have to wonder if this was really an error. TP-USA has been pushing degeneracy to young people since its inception. They used to have promiscuous homosexuals speak to college audiences to promote sodomy. That is how Nick Fuentes got famous. He got his fans to show up at events and ask people like Charlie Kirk why he thought anal sex was a conservative principle.
Given the times, one can be forgiven for wondering if the whole point of this operation is to be the other side of the sandwich for young people. One side is left-wing antiwhite politics, while the alternative is libertine degeneracy. It is not as if this old porn actress tried to crash the party. People at the very top of the organization reached out and invited her as a VIP. It is impossible for them to claim they did not know who she was, as that is the only reason anyone knows who she is.
It is a good example of how the market corrupts. The people running this group are sure that the marketplace must always decide. That means they measure their own efforts in terms of box office. The more tickets they sell, the better they think they are doing, even if they are peddling smut to teenagers in order to do it. They probably think this was a good result, as it got them some unearned media. Conservatism submitted to the marketplace and became just another carny act in the process.“
Scott Johnson at PowerLine today posted an excerpt from a recent Biden exchange with the press. Following is one portion of Scott’s post. What really struck me was his reference that it is up to the Senate parliamentarian to decide whether people who reside in our country illegally should have a pathway to citizenship. And this person was elected by …? The other revealing thing is that he appears to be fully supportive of the idea that 50 US senators should be able to make this decision. Are we doomed?
“Question: Yes, thank you, Mr. President. At what point would you consider inflation unchecked to a point at which you would either consider taking action or you would want to see the Fed take action?
And secondly, why do you believe that the budget bill is appropriate legislation for a pathway to citizenship?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, first of all, I think we need to find pathways to citizenship. The budget bill is an appropriate way to get around the filibuster to be able to make a judgment as to whether or not they should have a pathway. That’s for the Parli- — Parliamentarian to decide, though — not for Joe Biden to decide.
Your first ques- — part of the question was?
She’s gone plaid!!
Just wait until the Log Cabin Republicans start an OnlyFans channel.
Rent free.
Three Gorges Dam,
Will it stand?
For how long?
Surfs up?
Hope not, for them.
No one deserves to die
for Can Do.
Rent-controlled, if you please. But I sing for my supper.
Hat Tip Kim du Toit:
https://www.kimdutoit.com/2021/07/20/oldie-but-goodie/
(commenter at his blog refers to book titled ‘Haikus for Jews’. Om: I want this for Christmas pretty please!)
And
https://www.kimdutoit.com/2021/07/20/thoughts-on-mandelaland-part-3/
Rent free.
“History gives us a story arc for various forms of social organization. The old palace systems of the Bronze Age do not scale up. Empires all succumbed to internal contradictions and imbalance. Aristocratic systems eventually run out of able elites to maintain the system. Communism finally runs out of seed corn. It could be that the final phase of liberal democracy is a final war against itself. Born in sin and animated by a search for salvation, it sacrifices itself as its final act.”
The Final Boss
https://thezman.com/wordpress/?p=24462
I’d be seriously interested to see some critiques of this blog post. Not the usual Peanut Gallery.
Bloviation, concise enough?
Fred Reed:
https://www.unz.com/freed/watching-china-anatomy-of-a-suicide/
Definitely chuckle-inducing. Slouching towards Bethlehem.
https://www.rt.com/usa/523097-school-math-racist-affirmative-action/
Enough with the filters already.
Regarding your Open Thread of the 15th of July, just two days later Elon Musk went on a Fred Astaire binger on Twitter.
He’s obviously a lurker here.
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1416444660055224329
They are still burning down more church buildings in Canada, with persons of influence egging it on.
A little over a decade ago in East Texas there was a string of church fires. I think before it was over, there were about six set on fire. National News media largely ignored it because there was no racial angle. These were white and mixed race churches. Fox finally covered it at the end.
Eventually caught the two guys. Both young, white, anti-christian militants.
The future of America.
jon baker:
The Federalist Radio Hour podcast from 7/17/21 addressed the Canada church burnings. It seems to be a case of media-induced hate directed at the Catholic Church.
Unmarked graves that were unmarked because the Canadian government couldn’t be bothered to keep up the cemeteries that the Catholic Church established. Schools for children of the “First Peoples” that the Catholic Church operated for the Canadian government. Children of the “First Peoples” taken from their parents and placed in those schools as the official policy of the Canadian government.
But it is the Catholic Church that is to be blamed? In the media it is.
https://www.podbean.com/ew/dir-5a8k2-f45e5be
Rador for Cat 5 hurricane!
I think the photo at the right on the blog is much more complimentary to you, Neo. This one looks like you may have aliens invading your brain.
Fauci seems to be attempting to redefine what exactly “gain of function” means.
Paul: “Do you want to retract your statement from May 11 where you claimed that the NIH never funded gain of function research in Wuhan?”
Fauci: “Senator Paul, I have never lied before the Congress, and I do not retract that statement…this paper you’re referring to was judged by qualified staff up and down the chain as not being gain of function.”
Paul: “You take an animal virus and you increase it’s transmissibility to humans, you’re saying that’s not gain of function?”
Fauci: “That’s correct…and Sen. Paul, I want to say you do not know what you are talking about,” Dr. Fauci replied. “I just want to say that officially.”
Nonapod,
Fauci is just redefining the meaning of the phrase “ gain of function”, is he not? Orwellian indeed.
Where did you get that quote?
To be fair one would not expect a very high rent for such a cramped space.
@Jon Baker, I got that particular piece of text from
Zero Hedge, but there’s a bit more meat over on the Fox News website.
FOAF:
It’s a mind the size of a (smallish) planet. Or maybe it’s a neutron star (“neutron stars are the smallest and densest currently known class of stellar objects” – wickedmedia)?
Kate:
THEY LIVE!!
Here’s one for Friend Om:
https://youtu.be/XtVxu1QYSDY
Flooding in Zhengzhou. Take *that*, Puny Little German Trickle!
This is funny. TPUSA (astroturf ‘Young Conservative’ sink hole) got bored with inviting pedophiles to speak at their events and decided to embrace normality. So what did they do? It’s obvious, you silly! They invited a worn out female porn actress instead. Values, man!
They backed down and dis-invited her after nasty rude Nazi White Supremacists mocked them mercilessly.
https://thezman.com/wordpress/?p=24450
“The most recent event, which was staged in Florida this past weekend, ended in a bit of controversy when TP-USA decided to ban someone named Brandi Love. She was scheduled to address a group of teenagers as a VIP. Brandi Love, in addition to being a distinguished contributor to conservative publications, is also a retired porn actress who advertises herself as such on-line. She now uses the skills that made her a star in the oldest profession to be a star in the second oldest one.
TP-USA knew who she was before they extended the invitation and they provided her with VIP access as an honored guest. Clearly, they saw nothing wrong with having an over-the-hill porn star promoting her work to teenagers. The reason they shifted gears is they were getting mocked for it by their critics on the Right. Their critics had a field day with it as another example of how TP-USA is just another grift peddling degeneracy in the name of conservative values.
In fairness to the organizers of TP-USA, they probably assumed there was nothing wrong with having an aging porn actress at their event. After all, the Federalist website has her as a featured contributor. Sean Davis, one of the founders of the site, must think she is acceptable for young people. His partner, Ben Domenech, made this clear on Twitter over the weekend. Later he blamed anti-Semites for getting her booted, which sets up an interesting moral dynamic.
It is these sorts of things that suggest the universe has a sense of humor. Brandi Love is the prefect representative of conservatism. She is an old whore well past her prime, desperate to keep what little audience she can. Of course, conservatism is also an old whore well past its prime willing to degrade itself for attention. When you look at it objectively, Brandi Love should have been the keynote speaker. She is the near perfect representative of the conservative movement.
It would take a heart of stone not to laugh at this, but it points to the primary reason that conservatism was a complete failure. It was always hollow. Despite all their pretensions, they never really stood for anything. Conservatism was nothing more than a way for the unpopular kids to get a chance to sit at the cool kids’ table. The reason they welcomed an old porn actress to their ranks was to show the cool kids they were not a bunch of stuck up prudes. They liked degeneracy too!
Beyond that, it shows that the people running TP-USA know they have nothing to offer, so they have to rely on gimmicks. Last year they got grief for having scantily clad bimbos with t-shirt guns on stage like it was spring break. They are not offering young people a chance to be a part of something important. They are offering them a chance to get drunk and have easy access to whores. Clubs in Ft. Lauderdale have more dignity than to use these tactics to get attention.
Of course, we live in an age in which conspiracy theories turn out to be previews of tomorrow’s news, so you have to wonder if this was really an error. TP-USA has been pushing degeneracy to young people since its inception. They used to have promiscuous homosexuals speak to college audiences to promote sodomy. That is how Nick Fuentes got famous. He got his fans to show up at events and ask people like Charlie Kirk why he thought anal sex was a conservative principle.
Given the times, one can be forgiven for wondering if the whole point of this operation is to be the other side of the sandwich for young people. One side is left-wing antiwhite politics, while the alternative is libertine degeneracy. It is not as if this old porn actress tried to crash the party. People at the very top of the organization reached out and invited her as a VIP. It is impossible for them to claim they did not know who she was, as that is the only reason anyone knows who she is.
It is a good example of how the market corrupts. The people running this group are sure that the marketplace must always decide. That means they measure their own efforts in terms of box office. The more tickets they sell, the better they think they are doing, even if they are peddling smut to teenagers in order to do it. They probably think this was a good result, as it got them some unearned media. Conservatism submitted to the marketplace and became just another carny act in the process.“
Scott Johnson at PowerLine today posted an excerpt from a recent Biden exchange with the press. Following is one portion of Scott’s post. What really struck me was his reference that it is up to the Senate parliamentarian to decide whether people who reside in our country illegally should have a pathway to citizenship. And this person was elected by …? The other revealing thing is that he appears to be fully supportive of the idea that 50 US senators should be able to make this decision. Are we doomed?
“Question: Yes, thank you, Mr. President. At what point would you consider inflation unchecked to a point at which you would either consider taking action or you would want to see the Fed take action?
And secondly, why do you believe that the budget bill is appropriate legislation for a pathway to citizenship?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, first of all, I think we need to find pathways to citizenship. The budget bill is an appropriate way to get around the filibuster to be able to make a judgment as to whether or not they should have a pathway. That’s for the Parli- — Parliamentarian to decide, though — not for Joe Biden to decide.
Your first ques- — part of the question was?
She’s gone plaid!!
Just wait until the Log Cabin Republicans start an OnlyFans channel.
Rent free.
Three Gorges Dam,
Will it stand?
For how long?
Surfs up?
Hope not, for them.
No one deserves to die
for Can Do.
Rent-controlled, if you please. But I sing for my supper.
Found ’em:
https://www.gluckman.com/harry/haiku_for_jews.htm
“No fins, no flippers
the gefilte fish swims
with some difficulty.”
“The wily red fox-
at temple, I spy its paws
lurking in a stole.”
(Basho-: you got bupkis.)
That’s all you got? Sad, chappie.
Just one of those days:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=356Qs9mJ5Vw
Bonus mini-masterclass in Cantonese profanity.
self loathing may explain more than one obsession
There sure are some Unhappy Worriers in this burg.
Stop Chrissy Teigen before zhe comments again !