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Monthly Archives: May 2014
Michael Fumento’s Bad Experiences With Priests
Michael Fumento posts to FB: I think almost all my experiences with priests have been bad! Seriously! My father set me up with one for counseling (when it was HE who desperately needed the counseling) who was gay and damned … Continue reading
The Rantings Of The Santa Barbara Killer
Joe emails: If you notice, there is nothing sexual in his rantings. He may have been gay. He clearly was not heterosexual in the way I consider it. The woman he blamed for his troubles, Monette Moio, is in my … Continue reading
Reflections On Turning 48
May 25, 7 p.m. I double-check I’ve got what I need for my three weeks in Australia, I grab my bag and three letters to post, and walk out the door to the bus stop. I feel anxious because I … Continue reading
Where I Disagree With The American Freedom Party
The foundation of my worldview is Torah. Torah says that Israel should be a Jewish state governed by Torah law and that non-Jews in that holy land are second-class citizens. I’m down with that Torah perspective. It fits in with … Continue reading
Respect For Dennis Prager
Barry emails: Hello Luke: I’ve long been puzzled by your respect for Dennis Prager. It always seemed to me that he was something of a huckster, albeit a very skilled one. Glad to see you are beginning to see through … Continue reading
The Gamma Male’s Rules for Survival
Dan emails: 1. The quality of the girls you shoot for is less important than the quality of the men who are your competition. 2. It is not the girls who are rejecting you, but the more desirable men who … Continue reading
The ‘Almost Exclusively White Phenomenon’ of Conservatism
From American Thinker: Every conservative should consider the profound and possibly awful observation made by the New York Times’ Josh Barro: “The rush to stand with Mr. Bundy against the Bureau of Land Management is the latest incarnation of conservative … Continue reading
We Need To Eroticize Women Of Color
Elliot Rodger didn’t want to be with a woman of color. They disgusted him. He had to have a hot white chick, but hot white chicks are increasingly difficult to land as they are an increasingly smaller percentage of the … Continue reading
Family Patterns
I notice that when I get around family, we all tend to act according to the patterns we developed decades ago. As I fly to Australia tonight, I want to see my family with fresh eyes. I want to see … Continue reading
Santa Barbara killer Elliot Rodger
I’m fascinated by the Santa Barbara killer Elliot Rodger in the same way I’m fascinated, on occasion, by Lee Harvey Oswald, Timothy McVeigh, Mark David Chapman, John Hinckley, etc. I feel like I understand these guys because I share their … Continue reading