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Category Archives: America
How Many Weaponized Jews Can Trump Count On?
Comments at Steve Sailer: * It’s too bad that the Trumpian Right’s stable of weaponized Jews is so limited. You have Miller, Gottfried, Mercer and just a few more. Think of them like BattleMechs towering over the ideological battleground. So … Continue reading
Liberal Tears
When my Republican candidates for president lost, it never occurred to me to dump my bad feelings on strangers, or to ask them to keep quiet, or to bring up this pain in 12-step meetings. Now liberals in public space … Continue reading
We Have To Change Our Cultural, Academic, Political Elites
Our elites told us it was unacceptable to vote for Trump. We need new elites.
The Trump Protests
How odd. The signs at #TrumpProtest are just like the ones hanging in @rbcreamer's office & also used at Mike Brown & Freddie Gray. pic.twitter.com/2dHjjCdoeE — Scott Foval (@Scott_Foval) November 10, 2016 The #TrumpProtest is billionaire funded visuals to scare … Continue reading
The Way Forward
Chaim Amalek writes: What this country needs is a new political party that embraces: 1. The need for strongly defended borders and an immigration police force to expel those here illegally. 2. A measure of socialism for things like health … Continue reading
Who’s On Deck For The Democrats?
Comments at Steve Sailer: * I wonder who the Dems will have on deck for 2020? To continue with the baseball analogy, Clinton’s lock on the Dem power structure the last few years has meant their farm system hasn’t produced … Continue reading
Hacksaw Ridge
Steve Sailer writes: Rather like Donald Trump’s campaign for president in 2016, Mel Gibson’s 2004 movie The Passion of the Christ was not popular in Beverly Hills. I overheard the following conversation in a Rodeo Drive screening room while Gibson’s … Continue reading
A Burst Of Motivation
I’m noticing guys in long-term slumps are waking up today and feeling a newfound burst of energy and determination to make their lives better. They’re no longer hopeless about America and about their lives. Politico: Make Yourself Great Again! A … Continue reading
Election Post-Morten
A Jewish friend writes: Dear Luke, I have many thoughts and opinions about the election. Here they are in no particular order. In October 2015 I wrote to a friend of mine in Israel that there were three reasons for … Continue reading
The Experts Were Wrong
I have never been this happy. Did the Torah learning I did in Trump’s merit make a difference? Am I a bad man for enjoying all the tears today? Let them flow like a mighty river. It’s like… the end … Continue reading