Armchair Generals and Diplomatic Gasbags Seek War

Among the arguments of those who seem to be pushing for expanded war with the Russian Federation, one of the strangest is that Russia is a weak, third-world country and a “paper tiger.”  Those who make this argument point to the protracted three-year conflict in Ukraine and scoff at the…

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Charlie Kirk’s Death Has Ignited a War Over Israel on the Right

The battle for the legacy of Charlie Kirk continued this week with the publication of a long letter from the late evangelical activist to Benjamin Netanyahu last May. Kirk professes love for Israel and the Jewish people, then warns Netanyahu that Israel is getting “CRUSHED” on social media in…

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Transhumanism, Psychotherapy and ChatBots

Strange times, indeed, folks. Strange times. Should we be concerned? I think so. In the end, I am sure it will work out, but there will likely be a lot of time between now and the end. So, we will have to endure some pretty radical changes during that…

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OpenAI’s Latest Video Generator ‘Sora 2’ May Finally Kill Off Hollywood

Is this finally the end of Hollywood? OpenAI this week unveiled Sora 2, a video generator app that many analysts are warning could spell the end for Hollywood and the wider film industry. “Sora 2 can do things that are exceptionally difficult — and in some instances outright impossible…

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War is Creeping Up on Us

Gilbert Doctorow is a thoughtful and well-informed commentator on the challenges with which the West confronts Putin.  In his most recent postings, he asks and answers the questions, “What do the Russians think of Putin?  Does his war of attrition strategy today enjoy support?  Or do Russians want to end the War…

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The End Of Woke Capitalism

The egregore of far-left radicalism is wounded – but what will take it’s place? Today’s post is excerpted from the October edition of The Bitcoin Capitalist Letter – get a special deal for Bombthrower readers here » “At the physical level, we are witnessing a war…

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Taylor Swift and the Jezebel Spirit

The conservative online pop culture women’s magazine Evie (think Elle, but for red-state ladies) recently excitedly broadcast the news: Taylor Swift has entered her “tradwife” era! Now very publicly engaged to Kansas City Chief tight end (and recent Pfizer spokesman, how soon we forget!) Travis Kelce— following a long and seemingly endless…

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The Death of a Nation

President Trump announced that he supports Ukraine’s goals of returning to their 1991 borders with Russia. He believes he is helping Ukraine. All he has done is insure the destruction of a nation. With one stunning social media post, President Donald Trump ended all pretense at being a broker…

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Technototalitarianism, Part One

It’s a small group, and MAGA’s not in it. In a sense, almost everything that has happened since Donald Trump began his second term in January has been a distraction. From what are we being distracted? While a few members of the alternative media have supplied the answers, by…

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Greta Thunberg Leads the Way

Something odd and totally unexpected happened to me this month: I slowly but assuredly came to respect and, dare I say, support the Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg. Aboard a floating vessel headed for one of the bleakest outposts the world over, Thunberg has animated the plight of the…

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