Monthly Archives: January 2024

Mearsheimer: ‘Israelis wouldn’t mind a general conflagration because that would facilitate ethnic cleansing.’

Posted on January 11, 2024 by Luke Ford

Different groups have different interests. When you believe your enemy threatens your existence, as Israelis believe about Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas, no cards are taken off the table. What people are happy with the existence of enemies within them and … Continue reading →

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Tunnelers of the Soul & Decoding Douglas Murray (1-10-24)

Posted on January 10, 2024 by Luke Ford

01:00 NYT: Secret Synagogue Tunnel Sets Off Altercation That Leads to 9 Arrests, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=15388005:00 Why the Chabad tunnels? https://forward.com/fast-forward/575646/chabad-lubavitch-headquarters-770-tunnel-rebbe-messiah/06:00 770 Chabad altercation, https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/09/nyregion/tunnel-synagogue-chabad-lubavitch.html08:00 Tunnels talk fuels anti-semitism, https://forward.com/opinion/575722/chabad-tunnels-antisemitism-twitter/11:00 Tunnels news, https://forward.com/fast-forward/575646/chabad-lubavitch-headquarters-770-tunnel-rebbe-messiah/42:45 Israel’s War, Biden’s War | Robert Wright & Stephen … Continue reading →

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NYT: Secret Synagogue Tunnel Sets Off Altercation That Leads to 9 Arrests

Posted on January 10, 2024 by Luke Ford

Most of the time that religion is in the news, it looks terrible. This is one of those times. The New York Times reports: A decades-old fight about the direction of one of New York’s most prominent Hasidic Jewish groups … Continue reading →

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The Vlogosphere and its Enemies (1-7-24)

Posted on January 7, 2024 by Luke Ford

01:00 Trump is an American representative of the populist nationalist surge, https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/06/opinion/trump-election-2024.html03:00 Designated Survivor, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Designated_Survivor_(TV_series)05:00 NYTimes podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aubBW1ZOwc33:00 The blogosphere and its enemies: the case of oophorectomy, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=14022756:00 Doctors performs hundreds of unnecessary surgeries, https://magazine.atavist.com/damages-javaid-perwaiz-virginia-obgyn-surgeries-lawsuit/59:00 Using women’s bodies to get … Continue reading →

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Elites & Democracy

Posted on January 7, 2024 by Luke Ford

Stephen Turner writes a chapter called “Carl Friedrich and the Cancellation of Pareto” in the 2023 book, Vilfredo Pareto’s Contributions to Modern Social Theory: A Centennial Appraisal: * What makes Friedrich of special interest is not only the texts but … Continue reading →

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