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Carny Life

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2025/05/08

If you have ever been to a concert where the acts are from the golden age of rock music, you probably noticed that they seem naturally good. They know their material and they know their audience. There is a high … Continue reading →

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Time Will Tell

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2025/05/07

Western countries largely came into being after the Second World War in that their political and economic systems were formed up after the war. There was the aftermath of the war and the Cold War that shaped the political economy … Continue reading →

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Understanding The Blob

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2025/05/06

The term “deep state” remains a popular way for newly awakened normies to think of how their government operates. It is not the people on the ballot at election time who are running things, but a shadowy cabal of people … Continue reading →

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Shelley v. Kramer v. Brown v. You

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2025/05/05

Note: Behind the green door, there is a post about the film Raging Bull, a post about the old sci-fi series Babylon 5, and the Sunday podcast. On the Substack side, there are now weekly videos for those who like … Continue reading →

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Radio Derb May 02 2025

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2025/05/03

This Week’s Show Contents 03m05s The Time Travelers 11m20s O Canada 19m04s England votes 28m00s Granny Groomers 30m46s Profitable parole 33m49s The cat killer 35m44s Signoff with The Bee Gees Direct Download, The iTunes, Podcast Addict, RSS Feed Full Show … Continue reading →

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In Search Of Racism

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2025/05/02

Something that has gone largely unnoticed is that the people who used to litter the streets screaming “racism” have disappeared. They have not gone away, but they have suddenly been marginalized. They spend their days on sites like Bluesky wondering … Continue reading →

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Feudal Net

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2025/05/01

If you are a Twitter user, one of the things you may have noticed is that the site is increasingly difficult to use as intended. The “slop accounts” fill the site with posts intended to game the payment system. It … Continue reading →

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Our Secular Priests

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2025/04/30

A recurring feature of human society is the class of people who set themselves apart from the rest of society to function as the keepers of public morality. They usually set themselves apart through self-denial, which is a way of … Continue reading →

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Sulla Or Jugurtha

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2025/04/29

The Trump administration has reached the one-hundred-day point, an historically important point in every presidency. For Trump it is uniquely important as his second term is something of a do-over of his first term. Trump 2.0 is supposed to be … Continue reading →

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The Old Tricksters

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2025/04/28

Note: Behind the green door, there is a post about trying to walk ten thousand steps a day, a post about the NFL draft, and the Sunday podcast. Subscribe here or here. One of the tricks played upon the American … Continue reading →

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Radio Derb April 25 2025

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2025/04/25

This Week’s Show Contents 01m13s Trump’s second first hundred days 08m26s The players, the field 13m42s The passing of a Pope 19m28s Cardinal Witch-Hunter 25m30s Shakespeare’s what? 28m29s Conspiracizing the space gals 32m09s Meritocracy restored 34m35s Signoff with Jimmy Castor … Continue reading →

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Ten Things About Slavery

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2025/04/25

No one knows when slavery started, but it seems to have been a part of human civilization from the start. There is evidence of slavery in the earliest civilizations along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in Mesopotamia, the Nile in … Continue reading →

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The Death Of Grammar Ronin

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2025/04/24

One of the things that comes with writing for a public audience in the digital age is the editor without portfolio. This is the person who roams the internet looking for spelling errors, punctuation mistakes, and grammar issues. There are … Continue reading →

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Old Lessons

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2025/04/23

Wednesday, April 23 was supposed to be a big meeting of Western countries and Ukraine in London where the Trump administration would make its final push for peace to end the war in Ukraine. The meeting was canceled due to … Continue reading →

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Girl Boss

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2025/04/22

If you consume any of the content from Hollywood produced in the last decade, you no doubt are familiar with the concept of the girl boss. This is now the main character in almost every film and television show, even … Continue reading →

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Preachers

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2025/04/21

Note: Behind the green door, there is a post about David Hogg taking control of the Democratic Party, a post about the younger generation of males, and no Sunday podcast as it was Easter. Subscribe here or here. One of … Continue reading →

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Radio Derb April 18 2025

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2025/04/18

This Week’s Show Contents 01m14s Senator envy 05m03s Marco favors free speech 14m40s Lard, petard 21m10s CultMarx on display 31m37s How to deport millions 33m33s Hungary blocks Prouds 35m33s Remembering Benny Hill 38m50s Signoff with Eddie Cochran Direct Download, The … Continue reading →

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My Robot Editors

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2025/04/18

Note: I am taking a much needed day off to get some outside things done, which means starting before the cock crows. No time to write this morning, so this is a green door post, gifted to you on Good … Continue reading →

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The Long Retreat Continues

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2025/04/17

A funny thing happened when Netanyahu arrived in Washington to tell the Trump administration about how they would proceed with Iran. The Trump side told Netanyahu that his longed for war with Iran was not happening. Instead, the Trump administration … Continue reading →

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European Apartheid

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2025/04/16

The word “apartheid” is like every emotionally charged word in the English language in that the worst people abuse it. In South Africa, it had a real meaning, as it described a real system. The word means “apart” and described … Continue reading →

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