An American in Lebanon

Submitted by the Anti-gnostic It’s a rare event, but I have done this before. The first such occasion was to a Mexican resort on the Pacific. The second time was to the wilds of Montreal, Quebec. This month (September 2019) I ventured quite some cultural and geographic distance from that well-ordered land to the organized…

Puppet Greta + Five Friday Reads 9/27/19

This week was the Greta psyop. Who is Greta? Just read right here. She is the sixteen year old Swedish girl who is here to lecture you about the environment. This is not for you. This is a psyop for the metropolitan dwellers in the West who want to have their worldview affirmed by a…

American Shitshow: Emergent power centers

In past installments of this ongoing series, I have examined existing actors’ response to an unspecified breakdown of civil order (due to political conflict, economic malaise, natural disaster, war, etc).  With the caveat that predictions are hard when they’re about the future, but even harder when they’re about things that don’t exist yet, it’s important…

American Domestic Politics Built Our Competitors

President Trump has not been the flamethrower to the establishment that some hoped for but this is an issue of expectations. Remember when you thought Jeff Sessions was a competent good guy? A lot of mistakes were made with the transition team, staffing and Jarvanka, but there are two bright spots that stand out considering…

Serial Experiments Cybernetics Layer 01: Wiener

“Cybernetics [is] control and communication in the animal and the machine.” – Norbert Wiener This is the first in what will be a series on cybernetics. The esteemed Ethnarch provided a good primer on Cybernetics in the 128th episode of the Myth of the 20 Century podcast, which was about speculative fiction. He identified Wiener…

Musings on the Eternal Fudd and the Validity of Non-Extremist Opinion

According to Urban Dictionary.com, a “Fudd” is “Slang term for a “casual” gun owner; eg; a person who typically only owns guns for hunting or shotgun sports” (drgrant, April 10th, 2007). We, and I of course add myself into this category, possibly know many supposed “fudds”. Many of us probably had an uncle we liked…

Ten Friday Reads 9/20/19

I’ve got nothing for you. No commentary. This year feels so much like a replay of 2011 that I am giving the simulation theory some credence. Because of this, I will provide ten links. Right Wing Cope – Power has centralized in the presidency in some regards but holding the House matters. This essay seems…

Self Defense Against Clown World, Part I

Withdrawing Consent I am pretty sure that the term “Clown World” is somewhat stale by now, drifting away in the rapid flow of memes and ideas posited in our right wing circles. I can’t imagine it lasting too much longer, especially after it has gone past the span of the NPC meme. Nonetheless, it remains…

Rebooted Goddess Culture

The end of men. Gaia. The trans push. Toxic masculinity. These are formerly marginal ideas that now have infected the mainstream. Every advertisement pushes the same narrative. Every instance where gender is brought up recognizes these trends. Politicians and their publicity teams work on framing arguments to play on emotions, knowing this works on women…

Building From Within

It is easy to destroy. You can break a vase in a second that took hours to make. Same with institutions. It is also easy to criticize. Pointing out the absurdities of contemporary America is something a child can do. Building is different. In a society where progressives destroy all that they see, it is…