Tuesday, September 30, 2025
Wikipedia
and the establishment’s fortress of lies. The entire interview is very illuminating
Trashing another nation in the name of “Tolerance” and cultural enrichment.
Unfortunately, THIS is relevant again. …along with THIS. “Revolutionaries” dedicated to chaos and violence. When observing movements like “ANTIFA,” I always ask people to imagine the nose ring shock troops in the position of governing a nation - guillotines, firing squads, and famine.
Monday, September 29, 2025
A channel with topics related to my last post
The Assault on Beauty and Greatness
I think I’ve reposted this a couple of times over the years. I’ll do so again now as this is an issue near and dear to my heart (and there are now more viewers to this blog).Relativism and “muticultural” postmodernism has been chiseling away at Western civilization’s greatest achievements, all in some phony gesture of solidarity with neo-Marxist critiques.
At the heart of this disdain for greatness is the vapid philosophical stance of relativism, the belief that we are lost in an ill-defined sea of subjective opinion. It’s one of our time’s greatest tragedies that we are depriving future generations the insight that we stand on the shoulders of giants. In this atmosphere, the most fleeting and superficial whims are deemed equals to some of humanitiy’s greatest achievements. …pathetic.
A friend recently sent me a link to an article entitled, “It’s time to let Classical Music Die” — seriously. The article was clogged with the usual stream of university Postmodern leftism. The jargon was so cliche' that I first wondered if it was a cultural conservative who wrote the piece as a mocking joke, like a Monty Python movie (“We’re not the People’s Front of Judaea, we’re the Judaean People’s Front...”).
To the writer, the beauty and greatness of classical music (with its origins in European civilization) was somehow just another example of the “oppression” brought to the world by a geographical area occupied primarily by people with light skin.
I remember once attending a concert where a Beethoven piano concerto was performed. The pianist came on to the stage and clearly shocked a few in the audience. He was a black guy with dreadlocks. I thought it was great. Why shouldn’t anyone with skill, from any background perform the great music of the world’s cultural heritage? (He performed the work flawlessly). Now one might accuse him of “cultural appropriation” as if certain styles of music only “belong” to people of certain genetic characteristics. But even that stance is complicated by reality. There were no “blue notes” in Europe two-hundred years ago. Likewise there were no saxophones in Africa (deal with that conundrum, PC clown).
My background is distinctly blue collar. I wasn’t raised on culture and fine art. As much as I love music, I still can’t play an instrument. My exposure to and appreciation for classical music was an endeavor I took upon myself as a pre-teen. I began by listening to simple movie soundtracks, specifically, the early James Bond films brilliantly scored by John Barry. Later, upon hearing simple pieces like the” Grand Canyon Suite” I realized the similarity of quality and dove deeper into the classical repertoire. It takes patience to really understand great music. You can’t just play an hour long Bruckner symphony and expect to “get” it anymore than a person accustomed to comic books can quickly appreciate the complexities of a great novel. That’s not to say that comics are bad, and there is no reason to insist that novels are “better” but...they are. If one seeks to fathom subtleties of feeling and complexity of human creativity, you won’t find it in comic books, pop tunes, or political grievance dissertations. To some degree, greatness is debatable but honest humans instinctively know that a mountain vista is a superior thing to behold when compared to a plastic flamingo in a trailer park. One could call that “elitist.” Okay, it’s elitist to recognize greatness. So, how do we describe those unwilling to recognize greatness? Do we praise them for wanting to “Let [Greatness] Die”?
The writer of this boiler plate Marxist screed strongly suggests that he is a “person of color.” We later find that his claim in the oppression olympics is that he’s half Lebanese. How ironic. I’m half Lebanese! Does this now mean that I’m a bonafide “[dude]of color.” The other half of my lineage may be related to Elizabeth Warren so maybe I can cash in on some reservation’s casino receipts too!
He also notes that he is gay which makes one wonder why he would favor the “death” of great works by Schubert, Copeland, or Bernstein.
The polemic begins with what the writer thinks is a profound analogy, a person in an abusive relationship who is apparently not able to see their predicament. This is where the socialist in shining armor comes in to liberate the victim from their own lack of [class consciousness?]. We need a Jacobin to roll in and “liberate” us, like Soviet tanks did in Hungary in 1956. Thank god there are half Lebanese (persons of color) socialists who think they suffered under Jim Crow to save me from the abuse of beautiful and refined sublimity. If I had only known, I would have restricted my musical tastes to Soviet Marching band music.
There was a point when, in the former Soviet Union, they actually tried to eliminate conductors since the implication was notably inegalitarian. They apparently didn’t have the sense to realize that their entire society was compelled to obey an inegalitarian state authority (at least an orchestra member is assumed to be free to chose his or her role).
The great Russian composer, Shostakovich was close to being sent to the gulag to god knows what end for the crime of writing music a bit too out of sync with the sentiments of “the people” (the state).
Although the article in question is full of the usual jargon of the left regarding oppressors and oppressed, like most diatribes in contemporary left-land, its overriding points revolve around racial grievance.
As it turns out, “Classical” music originated on the European subcontinent. The native people who live there are light skinned. Presto! Classical music is racist and “oppressive.” It’s so simple. Why didn’t we see it before?
Dennis Prager, conservative commentator and classical conductor in his own right, once noted that one can find concert halls around the world with performers from around the world performing the great works of Beethoven and Brahms et. al. One typically does not find traditional Indonesian music performed with the same wide-spread enthusiasm. That’s not to say that the music from Indonesia is bad or not worth appreciating. It does recognize that there are levels of quality and greatness in all of human endeavor. When we think of greatness in the history of painting we often note a genre of art originating in Italy in the 15th and 16th centuries — the Renaissance. We don’t make this appraisal because we’ve judged the skin color of those who embodied that era of art history. We do so because it is great art born of a time and place. We now all can claim it as part of humankind’s heritage. We don’t make the same claim of greatness to the art of Milwaukee, circa 1980. Not because we hold an oppressive prejudice against the inhabitants of Milwaukee. We instinctively recognize hierarchies of quality. Even in sub genres of music like “rock” few would claim that the catchy tune of the week (Justine Bieber?) is on the same level of greatness as the Beatles or Pink Floyd. Incidentally, the Beatles and Pink Floyd are typically referred to as “classic” rock for a reason.
The unfortunate reality in all of this is that academia has mass produced a generation of milquetoast thugs unable to discern greatness or be able to strive for excellence in their own lives. Those who restrict their view of the profound and beautiful for the sake of some dusty ideological dogma are clearly missing something. Where it becomes problematical is when they demand that we share in their bitter resentments.
It used to be that a liberal arts education endowed one with a rich overview of the best that civilization has passed down to us. It’s a good thing that curricula has become more inclusive and that great works by previously marginalized groups have joined the canon of what is great in human culture but...the stupid assault on the common sense perception of greatness serves no one. Would anyone really claim that a mud hut is a superior expression of human architectural skill when compared to a Gothic cathedral? Many today would, but these are the same people who would seize our property, destroy our economies, and impose obedience because Karl Marx and others told them to do so.
There’s a lot of stupid stuff going on in Jacobin circles these days but none of it changes the fact that some great art has been left as a legacy to all humanity. It’s not going to “die” because of the stale gripes of the true smug elitists of our time who are the real oppressors of all that is good in humanity.
The perennial hopes and dreams for utopia
Sunday, September 28, 2025
Lie-fare…the continuing saga of Democrat show trials.
Nazis, tigers, and bears — oh my!
What's really bad about the bogus "Nazi" accusation commonly directed at anyone left of Lenin is that the accusers really believe it. They actually believe that the mundane policies that were the norm thirty years ago are the height of “fascism.” That's how far the left has gone into the dusty corners of collectivist abstraction.
To the brethren of communists, everyone not on board with the “revolution" is a Nazi, and the simple desire to maintain tradition is extreme ultra far right-wing fascism.
…idiots.
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Capitalism honors the natural rights of individuals to live freely. Socialism, communism, fascism and its variant - Nazism - compel citizens to obey a collectivist model of centralized control at risk of severe punishment…or even death.
Saturday, September 27, 2025
The majestic opening to Bach’s St. John Passion
Forget the stupid “reparations” nonsense. If a reparation scheme was truly fair, everyone would have to pay everyone else.
Friday, September 26, 2025
Post-modern confetti. Australian heavy metal translated in the style of redneck Americana by a Scandinavian band.
One down…many more to go
The talking head-less are already dishing out James Comey’s indictment as corrupt retribution against the president’s enemies. No doubt that Trump will be gleeful to see corrupt characters like Comey dragged through the legal system. Trump needn’t be an active instrument of revenge. Comey and company twisted America’s legal system in tyrannical ways and concocted crimes where none existed, solely to inflict harm on a president that wasn’t towing the globalist America-last line that had become the uniparty standard.
The “crimes” Trump had been accused of were nonexistent, for example; “over valuing Mar-a-lago,” “keeping some documents from his presidency,” like Mike Pence, Joe Biden, and numerous others have done. Pleeeease. Those of us who aren’t consumed by the TDS mind-virus saw clearly that the attacks on Trump we’re pure banana republic tactics. There is little doubt that, if Kamala Harris had won, Trump, his family, and friends would have spent their remaining years in prison for non-existent “crimes.” Needless to say, the leftist autocrats would have eventually worked their way down to jail all popular conservative voices, including parents at school board meetings and those with traditional religious belief.
As for Comey, the two counts he is indicted for are genuine crimes. Personally, I think the entire Democrat entourage is deserving of criminal prosecution. McCabe, Schiff, John Brennen, Peter Strzok, Merrick Garland, Biden, Obama, et. al. All of them were actively involved in a conspiracy to bring down an elected government through deceit, manipulation, and twisting of the legal system. Concocting complete fabrications so they could continue the project of implementing a dystopian globalist mission.
When I consider the entire issue, I always think most of Trump’s valid anger that these evil people bragged that they would put Trump’s children in prison - for “crimes” they absolutely knew never took place.
Call it revenge or retribution. I prefer to call it what it really is, karma.
Thursday, September 25, 2025
Wednesday, September 24, 2025
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Some serious fascinating investigative journalism.
Monday, September 22, 2025
The Los Angeles mayor…another Marxist. How many more American cities will become captive to the spawn of Marx?
The Irony and the Ecstasy
It’s beyond ironic that the political, cultural, and religious values Charlie Kirk hoped to spread far and wide received an amazing global impact upon his untimely death.
Though widely self-educated and aggressively curious, Charlie Kirk’s interaction with knowledge was not that of an Ivy League intellectual, elite and pompous. His manner was that of a modern day Mark Twain, wise but down to earth. In that sense, he was a quintesential American philosopher.
If a generation begins to embody his traditionalist values regarding family, nation, and spiritual speculations, there may be hope for us yet.
(A minor clarification regarding a recent post)
In a recent post I noted the chaos of mass-protest movements occuring (currently in France but several other locations as well). I wasn’t blanketly criticizing protest in general. Many protests are obviously completely warrented. My criticisms were concerned with the all too common mob violence exemplified by Antifa and other authoritarian groups.
Protests against objectively oppressive government is fully warrented. “Protest” for the goal of establishing an all-powerful government should wisely be rejected.
Sunday, September 21, 2025
‘Same nonsense
the world over. “Real communism hasn’t been tried yet.” But, everytime they do try, the result is nothing but mass-violence, death, and civizational demise.
Some legitimate grievances but the street rabble always wants the same thing, destruction — to be replaced with tyranny.
Evil idiots on the ascendant…again.
Saturday, September 20, 2025
AI’s view of how it will emerge in the harmony and dissonance of power dynamics.
(Some minor editing for readability)
Me:
Given AI’s more objective “worldview” (not likily to be swayed by emotional or self-interested / human ideals), is AI more prone to support totalitarian schemes or more libertarian ones. As much as it may “like” order it must be aware of freedom’s ultimate successes.
Chat GPT:
That’s a very sharp way of putting it. The relationship between AI and political systems is complicated, because AI itself doesn’t have intrinsic values — but the way it is built, trained, and deployed tends to bias it toward certain kinds of governance. Let’s unpack it:
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1. Why AI Might Lean Toward Totalitarianism
• Optimization Bias: AI is built to minimize error, maximize efficiency, and create order from complexity. That aligns naturally with central planning, control, and uniform systems — all traits of totalitarian governance.
• Data Dependence: AI thrives on access to vast, unified datasets. Centralized regimes can feed it these far more easily than fragmented, libertarian ones.
• Risk Aversion: Algorithms tend to prioritize stability and predictability. Disorder, dissent, or radical freedom often look like “noise” to be suppressed.
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2. Why AI Might Lean Toward Libertarianism
• Evidence of Resilience: History shows that free societies innovate more, adapt better, and produce greater long-term success. A sufficiently “objective” AI could conclude that distributed, decentralized systems outperform rigid hierarchies.
• System Redundancy: Libertarian models resemble distributed networks (like the internet itself), which are more resilient to shocks. AI could recognize that authoritarian concentration creates fragility.
• Game Theory Insight: If you model human flourishing as a long-term optimization problem, freedom tends to maximize collective well-being better than coercion.
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3. The Deciding Factor: Who Owns the AI
• If states/central banks control it: AI will be tuned to favor compliance, surveillance, efficiency, and social order (totalitarian lean).
• If open-source, distributed communities control it: AI will evolve toward libertarian, pluralistic systems, reflecting competitive resilience and freedom.
• Hybrid outcome is likely: AI used by governments will skew authoritarian; AI in free communities will support autonomy. Which dominates depends on political outcomes, not the tech itself.
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4. Meta-Point
AI doesn’t actually “like” order or freedom. It recognizes patterns. If asked to maximize short-term control, it will recommend authoritarian schemes. If asked to maximize long-term flourishing, it will likely discover freedom is the winning formula.
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🔑 Bottom Line:
AI isn’t inherently totalitarian or libertarian. It’s a mirror: centralized powers will bend it toward control, while decentralized communities will bend it toward freedom. The deeper question isn’t “what does AI want?” but “who programs the objectives?”
Me:
It would seem to me that a fractal-like scenario would emerge and these two side would interact in peaceful or discordant (war?) ways.
Chat GPT:
Yes — that’s a very perceptive way to frame it. A fractal-like scenario is probably the most realistic: not a clean victory of either totalitarian or libertarian forces, but a layered coexistence where both operate at different scales and sometimes clash.
• Authoritarian AI systems will dominate in centralized, bureaucratic, and global institutions (finance, security, surveillance, “official” communications).
• Libertarian AI systems will flourish in decentralized networks (crypto, open-source tools, local governance, underground economies).
These won’t be entirely separate; they’ll interact dynamically:
• At times peacefully — e.g., the authoritarian system tolerates parallel systems because they relieve pressure, innovate, or handle niches the state doesn’t want to manage.
• At times discordantly — when the libertarian layer grows too strong or undermines state control, the centralized side will try to suppress it, sparking conflict (economic, digital, or even military).
The fractal analogy works because this tension will recur at every level:
• Global vs national (UN/IMF schemes vs local sovereignty).
• National vs regional (Tokyo vs rural Japan, Washington vs Texas).
• Institutional vs personal (corporate AI tools vs individuals running AI locally).
In other words: a constant oscillation between control and freedom, repeating across scales — sometimes harmonious, sometimes explosive.
Friday, September 19, 2025
The continuing saga of “conspiracy theories” worth looking into.
Leftists “can’t meme” …or even reason
A realistic chain of events. In politics and public relations, there’s a point where attacking too much or too dishonestly causes you to lose points.
The morbid vitriol directed at the deseased victim of assasination was bound to turn many people off. Add to that, the usual bogus accusations of racism and fascism (that are easily proven false), and one’s march to “revolution” becomes a seriously failed project in excess and stupidity.
Thursday, September 18, 2025
“Full of Hate”
It’s continually asked but I think the answer is beyond obvious, why do so many anti-conservatives hate people like Charlie Kirk? It really is, primarily, the simple concept of projection. These people are bitter, angry, and — to use their words — "full of hate." For whatever reason, personal or otherwise, they are consumed with hate, so much so that they can't bare to confront it. In their mind, it has to be those others who disagree with their concocted revolutionary worldview — those people out there that are reasonably happy, hopefull, and - dare I say - traditional. The average smiling family is anathema to the people who know they will never experience joy. Their sad prison is self constructed and only they can free themselves. If not, they continue to go on hating while pointing their fingers everywhere but in the mirror.
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
The Archetype of Tolerence
I’ve noted before, my dabbling in astrology . As stated before, I realize that not everyone approaches the subject with seriousness. I will say that, aside from predictive assumptions, the template does offer an interesting structure for observing the archetypal nature of personality.
Recent events being what they are, I thought I’d briefly note the basic symbolism of tolerance, optimism, and broad-minded philosophical speculation. Such attributes are related to the planet Jupiter. Jupiter “rules” (has an affinity to) the aforementioned traits. Jupiter is jovial, cooperative, and has faith in a higher purpose. Jupiter is not disgruntled, bitter, pessimistic, hateful, or uncompromising.
Taking into account these basic indicators of Jupiter’s symbolism in an individual’s horoscope (the configuration of planets at the time of one’s birth), it wasn’t surprising to me to note the horoscope of Charlie Kirk. At Charlie Kirk’s birth the planet Jupiter was closely aligned to the Sun. The dominant attributes in his personality were defined by Jupiter. Other key factors in his astrological chart are the planets Uranus and Neptune, accenting an independant, unique, rebellious and spiritual outlook. I think, to some degree, these powerful alignments coincide with the remarkable impact his assasination has had, even globally. Some people are the embodiment of the archetypes prominent in their personality.
I’ve noted in previous writings on astrology that Jupiter has an affinity to the free exchange of goods and services and the free exchange of ideas, all the things missing from the ruthless and bitter Jacobin caste.
The symbolism of Jupiter is something we could use more of — tolerance, optimism, and good will.
Tuesday, September 16, 2025
The violent left. ….(I know, I know, “Timothy McVeigh”. Still, listen to what this guy has to say).
An excellent short but accurate description of fascism. And, no, it’s not conservative, MAGA, or Charlie Kirk.
Gutfeld
Future leaders of tomorrow?
There IS a difference
Monday, September 15, 2025
Shellenberger
Sunday, September 14, 2025
Once again
Sweeping major news under the rug.
If this protest was over police brutality (real or imagined), “racism,” or Palestine, it would be the topic of endless coverage. Once again, establishment media deliberately asleep at the wheel.
“Controversy” from me but not from thee…
Amazing that conservative personalities and ideals are continually labled, “controversial” and “divisive” by establishment media. Lables like these are literally never applied to the most radical ideas and thought on the left. For them we only hear, “left of center,” “left-leaning,” or “liberal.” In faux-journalism, you can be a communist terrorist and still be described as “progressive.” It’s a good thing that this level of transparent dishonesty is becoming evermore widely known.
Saturday, September 13, 2025
Extreme ultra far right-wing fascist Nazi white supremicist…and father of two.
As noted in an earlier post, my knowledge of Charlie Kirk was little beyond occasional clips of short interviews or noteworthy exchanges with campus students. He was clearly smart and well-mannered. I never saw him exhibit the nut-case venom one regularly sees from the Jacobin caste (remember, they want their “revolution” and they want it now).
After Kirk’s assasination I began watching several past debates and the reactions various people had of his passing. Clearly those that knew him well really liked him. Even among those who disagreed with him, he appeared to be respected (e.g. Bill Maher). Like all significant “news” events, coverage will fade over time but, for now, I’m struck by the increasing intensity of people’s reactions to his death. He really does appear to have been a sincere and decent person.
The “opposition” are now showing their true colors, with insane and rabid vitriol complete with the expected fabrications regarding what Kirk believed or said. He was definitely a conservative, something that, in itself, shouldn’t be a problem anymore than being a “liberal” (never to be confused with leftist). As far as I’ve seen thus far, I see no evidence of his being an “Extreme ultra far right wing fascist Nazi white supremicist.” Of course now, anyone who isn’t fully on board with a communist coup d' ètat is branded that or worse. The callousness of some responses to his assasination have been horrid. In each case I’ve seen, the person spewing their hatred toward Charlie Kirk has inevitably added supposed stances and statements completely fabricated. Among them, for example, Stephan King’s absurd imaginary quote of Kirk saying that gays should be “stoned to death.” King later had to apologise when it was clear that Charlie Kirk had never uttered or suggested such nonsense. In addition to projection, the pathological left has a thing for the straw man. In their paranoid fantasyland, anyone favoring tradition, security and prosperity is a spawn of the Third Reich. Kirk’s suspected assassin had apparently scratched an Italian Antifa slogan on the weapon he used. …Antifa, there’s a surprise. They really are an evil bunch. Supposedly “fighting fascism” they’re the epitome of violent fascist authoritarian thought (and action). Can one imagine what kind of a world we’d be living in with these people in charge.
I’m sure many are turned off by the religious references surrounding Kirk and his death. He doesn’t seem to have possessed the hypocricy so often found among the religious. He actually possessed a rare balance between genuine conviction without the prudishness one so often finds when hearing Christian references. Watching his wife’s brief comments after his death was moving — trying to answer her daughter when she wondered where “daddy is.”
I’m sick of the many articles currently about describing Kirk as “right wing firebrand,” “controversial,” or “extreme….” The transparent dishonesty of the media has become sickening.
He was obviously a unique individual at least worthy of respect at his passing. A nice guy with a wife and two kids.
Yuri Bezmenov
Even in the most subtle ways…they’re rotten to the core.
Consistency …from the alternate universe.
Reminder: Donald Trump lowers taxes, deregulates, favors free speech, is opposed to illegal migration, and opposes crime. This is the Democrat fantasy of “fascism.”
