More Norway. Enjoy the weekend...…
OK. My first exposure to U2 that I recall was someone blasting "Sunday Bloody Sunday" from their boom box after getting off the bus in high school, not too long before the Joshua Tree came out. I thought it was cool, and despite the popularity of their later album, that remains my favorite U2 song even if I know it's a blatant piece of propaganda. That said, Bono had always looked unhealthy to me, his movements, manner "off." And I never did like the cover to War, and never even looked at Boy…
It's been interesting seeing the reactions since the election, especially on election night proper. Sure, a few people utter rhetoric about coming together, etc. As I noted in a previous post there certainly are Democrats out there talking like they're moderates tone-wise while being anything but when you actually look at their policies. More there later. Nevertheless, the platitudes of coming together are easily proven to be a lie. Pelosi within the same speech promises to do anything and eve…
One of the channels I've paid attention to for the last year or so goes by the name Aydin Paladin. One of the rare non-leftists in the social sciences, she looks copiously backs up her videos with deep dives into the actual results of studies. This can be somewhat pedantic at times, but it's useful to see the actual statistics and not what's usually reported. I know a lot of you guys are short on time so I'll tell you up front: if you have only time for one, look at the…
First, as Cataline notes [http://reactionarytimes.blogspot.com/2018/11/new-release.html], we have a sequel to the excellent Soda Pop Soldier. You may recall I very much liked the first one [https://thelastredoubt.com/soda-pop-soldier/], and am also looking forward to whatever is next in his Wyrd series. Brian Niemeier is promoting what sounds like a really cool series [https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/galaxy-ascendant-book-3-a-shifting-alliance#/] . Downside is that it’s on indiegogo - upside…