Category Archives: America

The Return of American Carnage (1-2-25)

Posted on January 2, 2025 by Luke Ford

01:00 New Orleans terror attack, https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/02/us/new-orleans-attack-news07:00 The Crazy Nastyass Honey Badger, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r7wHMg5Yjg08:30 Terrorism, Islamism, and the Democrats, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci0GnJzYfqA56:40 Media malpractice 1:24:20 Elon Musk supports Tommy Robinson, https://x.com/brianoflondon/status/1874814301762191560

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The Most Powerful Court in the World: A History of the Supreme Court of the United States

Posted on January 1, 2025 by Luke Ford

UCLA law professor Stuart Banner writes in this 2024 book: * The most partisan justice of all was Samuel Chase. Appointed to the Court in 1796 after a long career as a legislator and a judge in Maryland, Chase was … Continue reading →

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Terror Attack In New Orleans Kills 10 (1-1-25)

Posted on January 1, 2025 by Luke Ford

01:00 Terror attack in New Orleans, https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/01/us/new-orleans-vehicle-crash04:00 WP: Years of inaction on ‘crisis’ at Secret Service set stage for Trump shooting in Butler, https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2024/12/31/butler-trump-secret-service-shooting/11:00 Donald Trump transformed the culture, https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/29/culture-wars-trump-woke-democrats-0019542416:30 Have Biden’s Infirmities Destroyed Liberalism?, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVN0ao5E80Q59:00 Why Loners Suck At … Continue reading →

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Could Populism & Nationalism Lead A Moral Revival? (12-31-24)

Posted on December 31, 2024 by Luke Ford

01:00 ‘Could populism and nationalism be a parallel to religious revivals?’, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=15848808:00 Religiosity can bring personal stability in a volatile world, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/guest-avi-liberman/id1732222323?i=100065798789917:00 NYT: Israel Loosened Its Rules to Bomb Hamas Fighters, Killing Many More Civilians, https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/world/middleeast/israel-hamas-gaza-bombing.html19:40 The Brutality of War … Continue reading →

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Decoding Elon Musk (12-30-24)

Posted on December 30, 2024 by Luke Ford

01:00 Australia defeats India while the crowd in Australia primarily cheers for India02:40 The Genius Myth, https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/442983/the-genius-myth-by-lewis-helen/978178733324604:00 Helen Lewis’s new book, The Genius Myth, https://decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm/episode/dtg-christmas-quiz-2024-with-helen-lewis-badstats17:00 Mickey Kaus, https://x.com/kausmickey35:45 Elon Musk: The Techno Shaman, https://decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm/episode/elon-musk-the-techno-shaman52:10 Dooovid joins to discuss Elon Musk, … Continue reading →

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The Great Demographic Illusion: Majority, Minority, and the Expanding American Mainstream (12-29-24)

Posted on December 29, 2024 by Luke Ford

Gemini summary: The video is about the H1B Visa program and its impact on American workers. The speaker argues that the program is abused by employers to hold down wages for Americans. He proposes a solution to reduce the number … Continue reading →

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The Great Demographic Illusion: Majority, Minority, and the Expanding American Mainstream

Posted on December 28, 2024 by Luke Ford

Richard Alba writes in this 2020 book: The third chapter addresses the question: how do Americans arrive at ideas about ethno – racial change in their society? The notion that whites will become a numerical minority has been around at … Continue reading →

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A Winning Compromise – Fewer But Better Immigrants (12-27-24)

Posted on December 27, 2024 by Luke Ford

01:00 Fewer but better immigrants 03:00 NYT: Migrants and End of Covid Restrictions Fuel Jump in U.S. Homelessness, https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/27/us/homelessness-hit-record-level-in-2024.html04:00 WP: A MAGA ‘Civil War’ on X between Musk and the far right over H-1B visas, https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/12/27/h-1b-visas-elon-musk-trump-immigration/06:00 The Dooovid question,18:00 NYT: … Continue reading →

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Decoding Curtis Yarvin: The Edgelord’s Guide to Monarchy (12-26-24)

Posted on December 26, 2024 by Luke Ford

01:00 I distrust people who overstate their claims & expertise06:00 Curtis Yarvin: The Edgelord’s Guide to Monarchy 40K, https://decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm/episode/curtis-yarvin-the-edgelords-guide-to-monarchy-40k34:00 Dennis Prager is paralyzed from the neck down, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=15840240:00 Joshua Prager Still Claiming He Was Nominated For A Pulitzer Prize, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=445691:13:30 … Continue reading →

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The Wolves of K Street: The Secret History of How Big Money Took Over Big Government

Posted on December 25, 2024 by Luke Ford

Here are some highlights from this 2024 book: * Back in the 1850s, the gun magnate Samuel Colt attempted to secure a federal patent extension with the help of young women who’d been enlisted to entertain elected officials. “To reach … Continue reading →

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