Reflecting the Mid-Terms

Reflecting the Mid-Terms

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…

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A Few Videos

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…

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Virtue and the State

Virtue and the State

Or "The Personal is Political" If you're not sure where you've heard it, it's a leftist catch phrase popularized a while back along with "think global, act local" to enforce that every little personal decision has political ramifications. That no personal decision you made was outside of the scope of your political/ideological beliefs. That everything was Caesar's and nothing was owed to God or yourself. In a way, it leveraged a truth - that every choice you make reflects what you actually be…

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Pretend You're not a Democrat

Pretend You're not a Democrat

I saw commentary recently that some Democrats are undercutting their party by claiming that they're not one of those crazy ones. Sometimes they're still lying. For example. Joe Cunningham in Charleston SC caught my eye when I was there recently, due to signs extolling "Lowcountry Over Party." Hunh. Incidentally, while most of the shots of him make him look professional, friendly, family and nature guy, he does at some times with his hair more a mess look like that "aliens" meme guy (see above…

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Liberal Men they Claim to Love

Liberal Men they Claim to Love

We're onto our second entry after the previous first one [https://thelastredoubt.com/for-feminists-there-are-no-good-men/]. Again, fisking and snark isn't my preferred mode, but some of what we're facing needs to be seen to be believed. Also - I first caught wind of this via a friend who still suffers to read through the NY Times and the headlines at their commentary section. His evisceration was much shorter, and sharper. So - MIA: The LIberal Men We Love [https://lithub.com/mia-the-liberal-me…

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