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September 18, 2017

5 Lessons From 9/11

The sixteenth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks has brought forth the expected conservative “never forget” nonsense in defense of a perpetual war on terror.

Typical is Ben Shapiro, editor of The Daily Wire and host of the Ben Shapiro Show. On September 11, he wrote an article, “NEVER FORGET: The 5 Lessons We Should Have Learned From 9/11,” and spoke in a video about the five lessons America should have learned from the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

He insists that the lessons of 9/11 “have...

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Published on September 18, 2017 21:01

The Alt Right vs. Cultural Marxism

Despite recently being demonetized by YouTube, possibly for his anti-establishment views and slamming President Trump’s decision to increase troop levels in Afghanistan, former Texas Congressman Ron Paul is back with a video addressing the widening left-right political divide in the US – and the role that the “immoral use” of government force has played in fomenting the US’s present political crisis.

Claiming that the US is “witnessing a battle between authoritarian groups in America”, the pr...

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Published on September 18, 2017 21:01

September 17, 2017

Are You Saying These Cocktail Names Incorrectly?

We all know how to order a gin and tonic or a martini without sounding foolish, but these days bars have dozens of exotic cocktails – with equally exotic names – on their menus.

Now a new guide reveals exactly how to say the most commonly mispronounced drinks on offer at late night drinking spots.  

And the colourful graphics show that many of us may not be as au fait with modern cocktail menus as we thought.

While some of the drinks you will know how to say from years of ordering, others, su...

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Published on September 17, 2017 21:01

‘Calm Down and Stop Making Threats’

With the arms race between North Korea and the United States formalised after recent statements by both Donald Trump and Kim Jong-Un, China is rapidly losing patience over the situation on the Korean peninsula.

After months of Donald Trump provocatively hectoring China about North Korea, under the false assumption that North Korea is a uniquely Chinese responsibility, China has now called on the US to do more to de-escalate the situation in a statement that seeks to highlight America’s own ir...

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Published on September 17, 2017 21:01

The Gentleman’s Guide to Self-Defense

Stay tuned for a review of a bullet-proof vest which is as comfortable to wear as a normal polo shirt.

Top self-defense teachers admit that it is very difficult to defend against a knife attack …

A knife can cut you from many different angles.

And – unlike the artificial dance step choreography most defense instructors peddle – knife attacks are unpredictable and chaotic:

Body Armor USA provided us with a Cut-Tex Pro PPSS slash-resistant hoodie to test out.  It’s comfortable, flexible and ca...

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Published on September 17, 2017 21:01

US Interference in Foreign Elections

“Secret” documents, recently declassified by the Reagan presidential library, reveal senior White House officials reengaging a former CIA “proprietary,” The Asia Foundation, in “political action,” an intelligence term of art for influencing the actions of foreign governments.

The documents from 1982 came at a turning-point moment when the Reagan administration was revamping how the U.S. government endeavored to manipulate the internal affairs of governments around the world in the wake of sca...

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Published on September 17, 2017 21:01

Distortion, Fiction, and Myth

“There are three types of lies — lies, damn lies, and statistics.” –  Benjamin Disraeli

Every month the government apparatchiks at the Bureau of Lies and Scams (BLS) dutifully announces inflation is still running below 2%. Janet Yellen then gives a speech where she notes her concern inflation is too low and she needs to keep interest rates near zero to save humanity from the scourge of too low inflation. I don’t know how I could survive without 2% inflation reducing my purchasing power.

This w...

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Published on September 17, 2017 21:01

Put the Wall in the Right Place

“Experience to a politician is like experience to a prostitute – not much to recommend them”—Charley Reese

The wall along the border is like a prostitute to politicians. If it cost money that’s okay. If not, that’s okay too. Anyway, it’s never going to get built because politicians, like prostitutes need more votes from the people (not “our citizens” as the pols like to call us) to continue their careers as swamp creatures. But, a necessary wall, a wall that will prevent crime, corruption and...

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Published on September 17, 2017 21:01

If You Can’t Beat ‘Em

Since they can’t sell electric cars – not enough of them, anyhow – and not without subsidies so huge they amount to outright bribes – the solution appears to be to outlaw all cars except electric cars.

This is no joke.

There are IC engine No Go Zones in Germany and France. The Brits have just decreed a ban on the sale of internal combustion-engined vehicles period, beginning in 2040 – which sounds like a long time from now but isn’t – because car companies begin designing cars about ten years...

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Published on September 17, 2017 21:01

More Fascism

Eleven years ago, this essay argued against hate-crime laws. One argument read “People can eventually be accused of hate crimes when they use hateful speech. Hate crimes laws are a seed that can sprout in new directions.” This has now come to pass, I am sorry to say. This week, the Congress passed S. J. Res. 49, and President Trump signed it, making it part of the U.S. legal code.

The law rejects “White nationalists, White supremacists, the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis, and other hate groups…” But...

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