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Category Archives: America
Why are counter-drone systems so ineffective?
A nasty part of life that we don’t think about much is how vulnerable we are. Example one these days — these drones over New Jersey. We don’t seem to have any way of protecting ourselves from drone attacks. If … Continue reading
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Decoding America’s Slide Into Soft Totalitarianism 2013-2022 (12-15-24)
01:00 Don’t be a sucker, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=15826709:30 Marc Andreessen on AI, Tech, Censorship and Dining With Trump, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgTeZXw-ytQ13:00 Debanking over your politics, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=15825716:00 Hollywood vs. America: Popular Culture and the War on Traditional Values, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=15824330:00 The emerging counter-elite who are often … Continue reading
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The Lily Phillips Challenge To Liberalism (12-13-24)
01:00 Only Fans Brit Who Banged 100 Men in One Day is Kind of Our Fault, https://www.jollyheretic.com/p/only-fans-brit-who-banged-100-men05:00 Outrage over Lily Phillips, https://www.newsweek.com/lily-phillips-100-men-video-sparks-outrage-199920346:00 Republican asymmetrical advantages, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYNcJlbLFBo48:30 Why is the right obsessed with these purported mystery drones over New Jersey?1:01:00 Marc … Continue reading
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‘No one has the faintest idea of how to prevent major mental illness.’ (12-12-24)
01:00 New York Post: OnlyFans model cries after sleeping with 101 men in a day: ‘Sometimes I feel so robotic’, https://nypost.com/2024/12/11/lifestyle/onlyfans-model-lily-phillips-cries-after-sleeping-with-101-men-in-a-day/08:00 Failing the Severely Mentally Ill, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9kTPLfK7ZM25:20 The wit of the child wards off the parent’s depression, https://x.com/lukeford/status/186731343674262757027:00 How do … Continue reading
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The Left Fawns Over Crims Like Luigi Mangione While The Right Wants To Execute Them (12-11-24)
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)
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?
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
Does Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) Know It’s Christmas? (12-8-24)
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
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)
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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