Regular readers will know that I don't go in for a lot of simple snark and fisking. Sometimes though, the fruit is just hanging too low, and we need to look at what is being said, by whom. This is a culture war, we are becoming more polarized, and we are spending more and more time talking past each other. The left is spending more time doubling down, more time puffing up their own self esteem, and more time in a panic when faced with the growing population that, even of those who are generally…
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Even relatively mainstream (in the sense of not being quick to call "false flag" over 9/11 or school shootings) alt-news outlets are asking awkward questions. Of course Benji is all over the "you're eebil if you think it's a fake" train, but that's him being his too-short-for-this-ride self. I'm not inclined to take Neon Revolt too seriously without several salt mines to take a grain of, but there are some interesting tidbits buried here [https://www.neonrevolt.com/2018/10/25/magabomber-the-ut…
I'm not ready to dismiss the bombings as a pure false flag, or to claim that Soros paid for it - including the one sent to him - but I do find it a bit odd. No, not the "insuffucuent postage" or "why no stamp" claims. Obviously, despite it being a day or so since the first of them was delivered this week, the details are coming in, and the media being what it is, I trust the "facts" available very little. I know, people are already decrying the "violence"…
Antifragility First - in an excellent article on Trump as the "leverage" president [http://thezman.com/wordpress/?p=15302], The Z Man makes the following observation: > That’s the thing with understanding Trump, something a brilliant observer pointed out three years ago. Trump operates like a famous real estate developer. He is always looking to leverage his assets in order to take advantage of whatever opportunities that may present themselves in the future. In the case of the Kavanaugh hearin…
The Kavanaugh hearings are over, and is now sitting on the supreme court. Cue freakouts by people who bought the media shitstorm. Now, a lot of this has been covered in depth, and I'll link a couple relevant vids below all of this. The carefully constructed story that could not leave her open to perjury. The incident itself which physically sounds like a terrified spin on some horseplay gone wrong - and I personally find the emphasis on how embarrassed she was interesting because I've seen wome…