Category Archives: America

Why Moral Persuasion Is So Hard (3-14-21)

Why Moral Persuasion Is So Hard? (3-14-21) https://t.co/HDw5SLJYwT — (((Luke Ford))) (@lukeford) March 14, 2021 00:00 Jonathan Haidt on understanding moral disagreements: http://rationallyspeakingpodcast.org/show/episode-252-understanding-moral-disagreements-jonathan-haidt.html, 15:30 A black anti-racist tries to persuade OV to not be racist, https://youtu.be/Qz0m_JEuAnU?t=3721 20:50 OV was a … Continue reading

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Will Luv Guv Andrew Cuomo Usher In A Second Camelot? (3-12-21)

"Your grandma's gone. The shawl is MINE now." pic.twitter.com/Jj9TgHwiQE — Mrs. Brassenstein (@MBrassenstein) March 13, 2021 00:00 New York Magazine Reports New Allegations of Inappropriate Behavior by Andrew Cuomo, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=137828 04:00 Andrew Cuomo, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Cuomo 21:45 How to bring romance back … Continue reading

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Last Chance U (3-11-21)

00:00 Last Chance U, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/last-chance-u-basketball-tv-review 02:00 10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Jew 21:45 Baked Alaska interview 43:00 It is on Harry & Meghan to provide evidence for their racism charges 45:00 More intelligence makes life better, no … Continue reading

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How Seriously Should We Take Decades-Old Accusations Of Sexual Misbehavior? (3-10-21

00:00 Piers Morgan walks off the set, quits the show, https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2021-03-09/piers-morgan-leaves-good-morning-britain-meghan-markle 02:00 Is cancel culture going global? 21:50 Redbar mocks fake portrayals of blacks in TV commercials, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2FJR7-4TjE 27:30 Tucker Carlson does not care about the British royal family 31:00 … Continue reading

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Reclaiming Patriotism In An Age Of Extremes (3-9-21)

Reasonable comments: “The earnest, ultra-cerebral, esoteric, idealistic, ascetic, idolatrous, cannabis-influenced mystic (Dooovid) vs. the slick, profligate, cynical, blasphemous, all-but-explicitly atheistic, ruthlessly opportunistic, narcissistic Darwinist (L Ford). What a pair of brazen heretics! How beautifully they complement each other!” “How does … Continue reading

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The Jesus Christ Show (3-8-21)

The Jesus Christ Show (3-8-21) https://t.co/kQY4ypUmkI — (((Luke Ford))) (@lukeford) March 8, 2021 00:00 The Jesus Christ Show, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jesus_Christ_Show 06:10 Make Noise: A Creator’s Guide to Podcasting and Great Audio Storytelling, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=137692 07:20 Creating Compelling Podcasts at Audible, NPR, and … Continue reading

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How Republicans Can Win As The Party Of The Working Class (3-7-21)

00:00 How did Twitter & Facebook become competent to decide what information is permissible? 05:30 Paul Fussell’s “Class: A Guide Through The American Status System”, https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/book-review-fussell-on-class 08:00 A Modest Proposal For Republicans: Use The Word “Class”, https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/a-modest-proposal-for-republicans 14:50 The media … Continue reading

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Joe Biden’s Presidential Character (3-5-21)

Author Robert Merry writes July 22, 2020: The Positive presidents relished the job and the grand necessity to move events by persuading, cajoling, bargaining with and perhaps occasionally threatening other players in the political arena. The great Active-Positive presidents all … Continue reading

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How Much Do Elections Matter? (3-4-21)

00:00 Trump Has Been Good For The GOP, https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/03/david-shor-2020-democrats-autopsy-hispanic-vote-midterms-trump-gop.html 06:15 Sanford Levinson: How Much Do Elections Matter?, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMpzTEnfrHY 11:00 Rush Limbaugh’s legacy, https://www.outsidethebeltway.com/rush-limbaugh-is-still-dead/ 16:40 Dr. Seuss nonsense, https://www.outsidethebeltway.com/this-weeks-dr-suess-nonsense/ 22:00 A Failure of Governance in Texas, https://www.outsidethebeltway.com/a-failure-of-governance-in-texas/ 36:00 Tom Landry: Prisoner … Continue reading

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Trump Has Been Good For The GOP

Socialist pollster David Shor says: * …between 2012 and 2016, the Electoral College bias changed from being one percent biased toward Democrats to 3 percent biased toward Republicans, mainly because of education polarization. So Donald Trump is unpopular. And he … Continue reading

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