{"id":125192,"date":"2018-12-14T09:30:36","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T17:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=125192"},"modified":"2023-08-18T04:10:35","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T12:10:35","slug":"the-death-of-conservatism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=125192","title":{"rendered":"The Death Of Conservatism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>!function(r,u,m,b,l,e){r._Rumble=b,r[b]||(r[b]=function(){(r[b]._=r[b]._||[]).push(arguments);if(r[b]._.length==1){l=u.createElement(m),e=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0],l.async=1,l.src=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/embedJS\/uajap1\"+(arguments[1].video?'.'+arguments[1].video:'')+\"\/?url=\"+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+\"&args=\"+encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify([].slice.apply(arguments))),e.parentNode.insertBefore(l,e)}})}(window, document, \"script\", \"Rumble\");<\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"rumble_vbtghf\"><\/div>\n<p><script>\nRumble(\"play\", {\"video\":\"vbtghf\",\"div\":\"rumble_vbtghf\"});<\/script><\/p>\n<p>00:00 Conservative weekly Weekly Standard closes after 23 years<br \/>\n06:00 Google Funds Establishment Conservatives to Fight Tech Regulation<br \/>\n20:00 Mick Mulvaney is the new Chief of Staff<br \/>\n21:00 Tesla sounds like Theranos, Life Inside Tesla&#8217;s Production Hell<br \/>\n25:00 Over-work makes people stupid<br \/>\n42:00 Book Club: Rubicon by Tom Holland<br \/>\n1:30:00 Blue Collar Worker Shortage Turns U.S. Labor Market on Its Head<br \/>\n1:34:00 Tarek Fatah: Indian billionaire rents John Kerry and Hillary Clinton along with Beyonce to dance on stage at his daughter&#8217;s wedding. Is no one in America not for sale?<br \/>\n1:37:00 &#8216;Blackfishing&#8217; is a worrying new trend of people pretending to be black online<br \/>\n1:43:00 WASPs don&#8217;t live through their kids<\/p>\n<p>* <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2018\/12\/13\/report-google-funds-establishment-conservatives-to-fight-tech-regulation\/\">Report: Google Funds Establishment Conservatives to Fight Tech Regulation<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/leaked-audio-reveals-googles-efforts-woo-conservatives\/\">Wired report<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D_rwHoooeEM\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>* <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Rubicon-Tom-Holland\/dp\/1400078970\">Book Club:  Rubicon: The Triumph &amp; Tragedy Of The Roman Republic by Tom Holland<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In her first public statement since September, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford presents Sports Illustrated\u2019s Inspiration of the Year Award to Rachael Denhollander <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2lBOB9nVDk\">https:\/\/t.co\/2lBOB9nVDk<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AjRYVYfOmS\">pic.twitter.com\/AjRYVYfOmS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sports Illustrated (@SInow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SInow\/status\/1072712416872488960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 12, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Upcoming on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lukeford?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@lukeford<\/a>&#8216;s Theater Thursdays at 6 pm PST (curated by KMG):<br \/>\nDec 13 The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CoenBrothers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CoenBrothers<\/a>, 2018)<br \/>\nDec 20 White Christmas (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MichaelCurtiz?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MichaelCurtiz<\/a>, 1954)<br \/>\nDec 27 Metropolitan (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WhitStillman?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WhitStillman<\/a>, 1990)<br \/>\nJan 3 Sweet Smell Of Success (Alexander Mackendrick, 1957) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/v8zERIwfzg\">pic.twitter.com\/v8zERIwfzg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kevin Michael Grace?????????\u269c?? (@KMGVictoria) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KMGVictoria\/status\/1071241605649117185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Next on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lukeford?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@lukeford<\/a>&#8216;s Book Club, Fridays 3 pm PT (curated by KMG):<br \/>\nDec 14 Rubicon: The Triumph &amp; Tragedy Of The Roman Republic by Tom Holland<br \/>\nDec 21 Leviathan &amp; Its Enemies by Samuel Francis<br \/>\nDec 28 The Big Sleep by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RaymondChandler?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RaymondChandler<\/a><br \/>\nJan 4 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StanleyKubrick?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StanleyKubrick<\/a> &amp; Me by Emilio D&#8217;Alessandro <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Tiv3c5jz4J\">pic.twitter.com\/Tiv3c5jz4J<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kevin Michael Grace?????????\u269c?? (@KMGVictoria) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KMGVictoria\/status\/1071241613014315009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Conservatism is also not about fomenting perpetual war for perpetual peace &amp; replacing your countrymen with foreigners. But that&#8217;s what &#8220;conservatism&#8221; means now. It&#8217;s a poisoned brand, just like the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AltRight?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AltRight<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/limpLXENjE\">https:\/\/t.co\/limpLXENjE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kevin Michael Grace?????????\u269c?? (@KMGVictoria) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KMGVictoria\/status\/1073627385998655488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 14, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">oh god what will we do without the weekly standard? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7EurMz4ArJ\">pic.twitter.com\/7EurMz4ArJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Oliver Willis (@owillis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/owillis\/status\/1073610617339162624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 14, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;I was the kind of player on your softball team who would side with the other on a close call at second base if that\u2019s what it looked like to me.&#8221; John Podhoretz condemns himself with his own boasts <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WeeklyStandard?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WeeklyStandard<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GyOEmjMUL4\">https:\/\/t.co\/GyOEmjMUL4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kevin Michael Grace?????????\u269c?? (@KMGVictoria) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KMGVictoria\/status\/1073683127963250688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 14, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"et\" dir=\"ltr\">B-b-but MUH FREE ENTERPRISE! Et tu, MiniPod? Et tu?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WeeklyStandard?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WeeklyStandard<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jpodhoretz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jpodhoretz<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CreativeDestruction?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CreativeDestruction<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/E5Y0L2icQP\">pic.twitter.com\/E5Y0L2icQP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kevin Michael Grace?????????\u269c?? (@KMGVictoria) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KMGVictoria\/status\/1073642023146549248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 14, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>00:00 Conservative weekly Weekly Standard closes after 23 years 06:00 Google Funds Establishment Conservatives to Fight Tech Regulation 20:00 Mick Mulvaney is the new Chief of Staff 21:00 Tesla sounds like Theranos, Life Inside Tesla&#8217;s Production Hell 25:00 Over-work makes &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=125192\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[201],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conservatives"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=125192"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":150108,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125192\/revisions\/150108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=125192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=125192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=125192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}