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Category Archives: America
Compare and contrast dating in Australia and the United States
Grok says: Cultural Attitudes Towards Dating: Australia: Casual and Laid-back: Australian dating culture tends to be more relaxed. There’s a strong emphasis on being “mates” first, which often leads to relationships that start from friendships. Australians value authenticity and are … Continue reading
JD Vance – The MAGA Heir Apparent (1-29-25)
02:00 NYT: Elon Musk and His Allies Storm Into Washington and Race to Reshape It, https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/us/politics/elon-musk-trump-administration.html14:50 MAGA’s Big Tech Divide (Ezra Klein talks to James Pogue): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daNlhwAWnMA18:00 The VP Choice: Vance vs. Walz (full documentary) | FRONTLINE, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4M_DlxA633055:00 NYT: As … Continue reading
Day 9 Of The New Trump Presidency (1-28-25)
01:00 I underestimated the significance of AI10:00 The Morning Meeting S4E17 | Trump’s First 100 Days, Democrat Realignment & Today’s Political News, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYlcwN72IW011:40 The Attacks From Left and Right on RFK Jr. and How He Can Win Confirmation, w/ Halperin … Continue reading
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Is AI Coming For Your Job? (1-27-25)
01:00 Yes, you’re going to be replaced by AI, https://www.aporiamagazine.com/p/yes-youre-going-to-be-replaced23:00 Let the great American debate begin, https://www.thefp.com/p/martin-gurri-the-great-american-debate-begins-again-trump-biden30:00 2nd Edition: Predisposed: Liberals, Conservatives, and the Biology of Political Differences, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=15484536:00 LA mayor Karen Bass in trouble, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7t3plXaLw9o40:00 Intensity of communal feeling … Continue reading
Trump Proposes Cleaning Out Gaza (1-26-25)
01:00 WSJ: Trump Says He Wants to ‘Clean Out’ Gaza, Send Refugees to Egypt and Jordan, https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/trump-says-he-wants-to-clean-out-gaza-send-refugees-to-egypt-and-jordan-d90beccc?mod=hp_lead_pos306:00 NYT: The Tech Arsenal That Could Power Trump’s Immigration Crackdown, https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/technology/trump-immigration-deportation-surveillance.html50:00 Forget it, Jake. China is Chinatown., https://www.stevesailer.net/p/forget-it-jake-china-is-chinatown55:00 We trust each other more … Continue reading
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Has Donald Trump Ended The Era Of Hyperpolitics? (1-25-25)
01:00 Jews in the American Academy, 1900-1940: The Dynamics of Intellectual Assimilation, https://www.amazon.com/Jews-American-Academy-1900-1940-Intellectual/dp/0300049412/10:50 Profiles in Corruption: Abuse of Power by America’s Progressive Elite by Peter Schweizer, https://www.amazon.com/Profiles-Corruption-Abuse-Americas-Progressive/dp/B07X5M8RCZ/16:45 The Era Of Hyperpolitics Is Over, https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/magazine/trump-hyperpolitics-resistance.html19:10 Tim Dillon on Elon’s Salute, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa27hSBlK3827:10 … Continue reading
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Donald Trump & The Great Man Theory Of History (1-24-25)
01:00 The Big Tech Takeover of American Politics, https://www.newyorker.com/news/fault-lines/the-big-tech-takeover-of-american-politics11:00 Comedian Adam Carolla Talks About the Los Angeles Wildfires, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3MEr441LKs20:00 Last Boys at the Beginning of History – Thymos comes to the capital by Mana Afsari, https://thepointmag.com/politics/last-boys-at-the-beginning-of-history/30:40 LAFD: “Design For Disaster” … Continue reading
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The Left Is Losing The War Of Ideas (1-23-25)
01:00 WP: Johnson aide advised against Hutchinson subpoena over concerns about lawmakers’ ‘sexual texts’, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/23/cassidy-hutchinson-lawmakers-texts/02:00 Cassidy Hutchinson’s Tight Young Sexual Allure Trapped Republicans, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=15871134:00 Should You Go To Law School?, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf3KSPNkNBc54:30 Trump’s New Social Contract with America, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAWVMPQWv_g1:19:00 The Trump … Continue reading
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WP: Johnson aide advised against Hutchinson subpoena over concerns about lawmakers’ ‘sexual texts’
Washington Post today: The move was intended in part to prevent the release of sexually explicit texts that lawmakers sent Cassidy Hutchinson… Before that meeting, a Johnson aide told Loudermilk’s staff that multiple colleagues had raised concerns with the speaker’s … Continue reading
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