Category Archives: America

The Left Fawns Over Crims Like Luigi Mangione While The Right Wants To Execute Them (12-11-24)

Posted on December 11, 2024 by Luke Ford

01:00 Racial identity & Yacht Rock – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt34280353/11:30 Commentary magazine podcast on the criminal violence that liberals say we should have sympathy for the perpetrators, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHbLFcHEvGw15:00 The February 1963 Norman Podhoretz essay that dare not speak its name30:00 Why Did … Continue reading →

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If you listen to the whispers, you won’t have to hear the screams (12-10-24)

Posted on December 10, 2024 by Luke Ford

01:00 I’m livestreaming to feel better about myself by conveying what I think is useful information about the wider world and by serving you, I serve myself05:00 Five Chapters on Rhetoric: Character, Action, Things, Nothing, and Art, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=15814216:00 STEP 3 … Continue reading →

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How Should The United States Promote Democracy?

Posted on December 8, 2024 by Luke Ford

I think there’s an insight from AA that would be useful in American democracy advocacy — rely on attraction not promotion. I’ve been watching a bunch of journalists and Middle East experts proclaim that America has vital interests in Syria, … Continue reading →

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Does Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) Know It’s Christmas? (12-8-24)

Posted on December 8, 2024 by Luke Ford

01:00 I’m a broad-minded guy but Black Doves and the new Netflix documentary were too much for me Saturday night09:00 Joe Biden pardons Hunter15:00 SYRIA COLLAPSING: Trump Says ‘Let It Play Out’ – What It Means for Israel and the … Continue reading →

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Rony Guldmann: The Twin Pathologies of Fat Acceptance and Anti-Vax Conspiracism

Posted on December 6, 2024 by Luke Ford

01:00 I might be too extrinsically motivated02:00 Philosopher Rony Guldmann, https://ronyguldmann.com/14:00 Whose Banana Republic Is This Anyway?, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0xpCRet5To20:00 University of Michigan physics professor calls out DEI, https://x.com/JohnDSailer/status/18650635757834121881:15:00 Kip joins the show1:35:00 Critiquing right-wing podcasts 2:12:00 Joe Rogan, Rush Limbaugh

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Why do men fear women? (12-5-24)

Posted on December 5, 2024 by Luke Ford

01:00 After his bad fall and back surgery three weeks ago, Dennis Prager can now mouth words, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=15809902:00 Julie Hartman gives a Dennis Prager health update, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eKsYFLicmM03:00 Parasocial interaction, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasocial_interaction20:30 Commentary magazine crew on the trans debate before the Supreme … Continue reading →

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Donald Trump – The President Of Vice (12-4-24)

Posted on December 4, 2024 by Luke Ford

01:00 Vice is bad, https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/opinion/donald-trump-vice-voters.html03:00 Commentary mag: There Are Nations in Crisis—Just Not Ours, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqSB6OeDxow08:20 Among Transition hiccups, Trump survives stuff that no political mortal could survive, says Mark Halperin, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/among-transition-hiccups-trump-survives-stuff-that/id1573813504?i=100067924014212:00 Humor & Morality, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=15804219:00 Variations in Moral Concerns across … Continue reading →

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Variations in Moral Concerns across Political Ideology: Moral Foundations, Hidden Tribes, and Righteous Division

Posted on December 4, 2024 by Luke Ford

From The Oxford Handbook of Moral Psychology (2022): * Traditional Conservatives (19 per cent). This group is patriotic, religious, moralistic, and tends to lament what it perceives as the gradual erosion of a bygone and glorified American way of life. … Continue reading →

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Decoding the Trump Transition (12-3-24)

Posted on December 3, 2024 by Luke Ford

04:00 Hunter Pardon, Day 2, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sme1_gt4GJM11:00 The “If You Like Your Doctor, You Can Keep Your Doctor” Pardon and Kash Patel,https://ewerickson.substack.com/p/the-if-you-like-your-doctor-you-can17:30 Say Nothing tv show, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Say_Nothing_(TV_series)19:30 Americans used to be known for their plain speech, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0arXVZ72hvI24:20 Inflation was the result … Continue reading →

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‘Trump Is De-Stereotyping Republican Foreign Policy’

Posted on December 3, 2024 by Luke Ford

Stereotypes are useful when they correlate with reality (such as different groups have different gifts). Stereotypes are not useful when you insist that different groups have inherent qualities that explain all of their actions. Regarding an out-group as inherently evil, … Continue reading →

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