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Abortion Inc.

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2024/08/27

A new trend in the world of internet politics is a reboot of an old trend in actual politics and that is the abortion issue. Abortion was good politics for both parties since Roe because it let them posture without … Continue reading →

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The New Christianity

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2024/08/26

Note: Behind the green door I have a post about the send gamers to labor camps, a post about finance socialism and the Sunday podcast. Subscribe here or here. Was Jesus a loser? By the standards of the age, the … Continue reading →

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Radio Derb August 23 2024

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2024/08/24

Going forward John will be posting the transcript of his show on the day of the show, rather than the following Wednesday. The link for that is here. At some point I will post it here, but that requires transforming … Continue reading →

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An Election Reset

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2024/08/23

Now that the Democrat circus is over, it is time to take a look at where things stand for the election show. Regime toadies are just now waking up in a pool of their own vomit after having partied hard … Continue reading →

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College Football

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2024/08/22

The college football season kicks off this weekend with a game between Florida State and Georgia Tech in Ireland. This is what is now called “week zero” of the college football calendar where a handful of teams start the season … Continue reading →

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This Ain’t It

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2024/08/21

“Once you get the morality right there is no need for politics” is an aphorism generally credited to Karl Marx. Once everyone agrees on how we ought to live, then the only thing left to debate is how best to … Continue reading →

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Boozy Brown Tinkerbell

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2024/08/20

Anyone who has been part of a failed enterprise or has done a post-mortem on one is familiar with the weird psychology that comes to dominate the leadership of the enterprise as it reaches its final stage. At some point, … Continue reading →

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Will And Reason

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2024/08/19

Note: Behind the green door I have a post about the microprocessor revolution and its discontents, a post about the drama within the chronically online community and the Sunday podcast. Subscribe here or here. Many of the leading figures of … Continue reading →

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Radio Derb August 16 2024

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2024/08/17

For those wondering about the transcript, it is located on Derb’s site. I could probably post it here, but I will have to check with Derb. He may want to have people come to his site for the written version. … Continue reading →

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Profile & Reality

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2024/08/16

The great gaslighting operation called the Harris campaign is just the latest in this evolution of the public space away from practical reality toward a virtual reality that operates by a new set of rules. The old public space which … Continue reading →

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Baseball

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2024/08/15

Watch an American baseball game and the thing you quickly notice, especially if it has been a while since you bothered, is that the game is riddled with interruptions to the point where it feels like more stoppage than gameplay. … Continue reading →

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An Old Story

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2024/08/14

For a little over a year, it has been clear to people who have followed the war in Ukraine that there is no winning scenario for Ukraine. The sanctions on Russia failed to change the Russian approach to the war. … Continue reading →

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Escape From Reality

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2024/08/13

The great fear as the internet spread across American society was that things in this virtual world would somehow cross over into the real world. Usually this meant that the machines would get super intelligent and take over society. This … Continue reading →

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The Haunted Present

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2024/08/12

Note: Behind the green door on the great stone of truth I have a post about land management in Sweden, a post about the drama within the macramé community and the Sunday podcast. Subscribe here or here. At the dawn … Continue reading →

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Radio Derb August 9 2024

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2024/08/10

When VDare went down for good, I offered to host Radio Derb here and set it up on the various platforms where people listen to podcasts. Going forward you will find the legendary John Derbyshire’s weekly podcast posted here on … Continue reading →

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Gang Land

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2024/08/09

Perhaps it is just a normal part of reaching geezerhood, but I am often surprised at how much has changed in my lifetime. I have often said that the past is a foreign country, but it does not seem like … Continue reading →

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Whither Managerial Polyarchy?

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2024/08/08

One of the strange truths about democratic governments is that they can remain unpopular for much longer than other forms of government. This seems counterintuitive as the whole point of democratic government is to have public policy reflect the general … Continue reading →

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The End of Israel

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2024/08/07

One of the myths of the 20th century that is slowly starting to wither away is the one about Israel just striving to exist. Since the wars of the 1960’s and 1970’s, the narrative has been that Israel is this … Continue reading →

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Regime Games

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2024/08/06

Today is supposed to be the big day when the world learns who the regime has selected to be the running mate of kamala Harris. Last week, the Mayor of Philadelphia tweeted out that it was to be Josh Shapiro, … Continue reading →

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The Beginning Of The End

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2024/08/05

Note: Behind the green door on the great stone of truth I have a post about the difference between work and exercise, a post about the alienness of the Democratic ticket and the Sunday podcast. Subscribe here or here. The … Continue reading →

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