Category Archives: America

The Nix (2016)

Posted on October 30, 2023 by Luke Ford

I’m reading Nathan Hill’s novel The Nix. Here are some highlights: * “Porn is a problem for the whole project of enlightenment,” Alice said. “If otherwise rational, educated, literate, moral, and ethical men still need to look at this, then … Continue reading →

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The New Yorker: Jim Jordan’s Conspiratorial Quest for Power – How the Ohio Republican built an insurgent bid for Speaker on the lies of Donald Trump.

Posted on October 25, 2023 by Luke Ford

Jonathan Blitzer writes: * …online conspiracists began claiming that Starbird and other researchers at the Election Integrity Partnership had colluded with the Department of Homeland Security to censor twenty-two million tweets during the 2020 election. This was, Starbird told me, … Continue reading →

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The Comfort Of Certainty

Posted on October 24, 2023 by Luke Ford
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Day 16 Of The Israel v Hamas War (10-22-23)

Posted on October 22, 2023 by Luke Ford

01:00 Why did Joe Biden visit Israel? https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=15318503:00 Thomas Baden-Riess says he’s right 05:00 Failed Islamic Jihad rocket achieves more than successful rocket launches, https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/19/opinion/biden-speech-israel-gaza.html07:00 The rocket that hit the Hamas hospital, https://www.wsj.com/video/video-analysis-shows-gaza-hospital-hit-by-failed-rocket-meant-for-israel/120A1C22-BA32-418E-8837-BC4141FEFB00.html11:30 Who’s attracted to radicalization, https://decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm/episode/interview-with-julia-ebner-extremist-networks-radicalisation23:30 Dooovid joins, … Continue reading →

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Matt Gaetz’s Will To Power (10-2-23)

Posted on October 2, 2023 by Luke Ford

01:00 LAT: Matt Gaetz moves to oust Kevin McCarthy from speakership, https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2023-10-02/matt-gaetz-moves-to-oust-kevin-mccarthy-from-speakership02:00 Cancel culture has been around forever, your words and actions will elicit reactions, https://www.patreon.com/IfBooksPod06:20 The first thing you lose with power is the ability to speak out loud … Continue reading →

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