Reading Samizdat
This morning, I answered an email from a reader disappointed that I had linked the pickup artist (PUA) site Chateau Heartiste in my post about feminist Sophie Vershbow. The content of the post at Chateau Heartiste is anti-Semitic, and the comments on the post are even worse, and I replied to the reader’s email explaining […]
Totalitarian Twitter Tactics
Rep. Devin Nunes has filed a $250 million lawsuit against Twitter, and it’s time to have a conversation about the silencing of dissent: Does anyone remember “GamerGate”? In October 2014, a friend named Beth Haper urged me to pay more attention to the controversy that erupted over accusations of unethical favoritism by journalists covering […]
Robert Francis ‘Beto’ O’Rourke
Shane Ryan is the kind of Democrat who feels that Barack Obama was insufficiently progressive, and he won’t get fooled again: What, exactly, is Beto O’Rourke’s appeal? It’s not policy-oriented, and it’s not identity-based. He’s independently rich, and despite his grab at exoticism by transforming “Robert” into “Beto,” he’s white. As the Vanity Fair […]
In The Mailbox: 03.18.19
— compiled by Wombat-socho OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: Chicago & Corrupt Politicians EBL: Nebraska Flooding, also, Dick Dale RIP Twitchy: @redsteeze Torches Tom Nichols For Embracing Democrats To “Purify Conservatism” Louder With Crowder: New Poll Shows Half Of Americans Think Trump Is Victim Of Mueller Probe Witch Hunt RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES Adam Piggott: […]
Dutch Police Seek Turkish Suspect in Utrecht Shooting That Killed Three
The latest story: Police have named the suspect in a shooting attack on a tram in the central Dutch city of Utrecht which has left three people dead and nine injured. Officers identified Turkish-born Gokmen Tanis, 37, in connection with the incident. The public have been urged not to approach him. Authorities immediately raised […]
Feminism, Darwinism, and the Extinction of Women Like Sophie Vershbow
“Adaptive behavior refers to behavior that enables a person . . . to get along in his or her environment with greatest success and least conflict with others. . . . “In contrast, maladaptive behavior is a type of behavior that is often used to reduce one’s anxiety, but the result is dysfunctional and […]
Competing Worldviews
Conservatives face a tough fight as Big Tech’s censorship expands — Donald Trump Jr., The Hill The internet is radicalizing white men. Big tech could be doing more — Alex Koppelman, CNN Here’s a question: Do you think that censoring conservatives on the Internet will reduce extremist violence or increase it? Much of what New […]
Rule 5 Sunday: Alita – Battle Angel
— compiled by Wombat-socho “Hats off, gentlemen, a genius” – Robert Schumann on the young Mozart We can say the same of Robert Rodriguez, who brought Frank Miller’s Sin City graphic novels to the big screen with an all-star cast, not to mention the highly successful Spy Kids, From Dusk Till Dawn, Machete, and sequels […]
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