Attack the System- Jiang Xueqin: The Iran War: The Watershed Moment That Changed the Middle East Forever 8th March 2026“America no longer makes things. It only makes things up.” – Prof Jiang Xueqin Summary of the Podcast Discussion The podcast features a discussion with Professor Jung, who presents a highly speculative interpretation of current global conflicts, particularly a war involving the United States and Iran. He argues […] The post Jiang Xueqin: The Iran […]Keith Preston
- TRUMP’S IRAN WAR SPIRALS OUT OF CONTROL 7th March 2026Episode 268 with Katie Halper Krystal Kyle & Friends Mar 06, 2026 Huge thanks to our friend and colleague Katie Halper for joining us for a very urgent conversation on the unfolding US-Israel war on Iran. As these “world powers” bomb hospitals and schools, kill civilians and fan […] The post TRUMP’S IRAN WAR SPIRALS […]Keith Preston
- The Only President To Understand Iran 7th March 2026The Richard Nixon Foundation applies the legacy and vision of President Richard Nixon, America’s relentless grand strategist, to defining issues facing our nation and the world. The Richard Nixon Foundation in association with the National Archives and Records Administration provides financial support to collect, preserve, and make available […] The post The Only President To […]Keith Preston
- Jiang Xueqin: The Iran War: The Watershed Moment That Changed the Middle East Forever 8th March 2026
- Samizdata
- A scary video, possibly made by the Home Office “Prevent” scheme, that I would like to find again 7th March 2026Maybe I imagined it. I thought I saw the first few seconds of a scary video, either put out by the Home Office “Prevent” scheme or by some NGO with a similar remit. The video featured a teenage actor – white and male, obviously – portraying a boy lamenting that he had got a criminal […]Natalie Solent (Essex)
- Britain is a police state: BitChute edition 6th March 2026Message from BitChute: Due to what we view as ongoing harassment from Ofcom, as well as our unwillingness to cooperate with a regime we view as hostile to our values and principles, we have disabled all remaining comment access entirely for UK video creators. To our valued users in the United Kingdom, after careful review […]Perry de Havilland (Prague)
- Samizdata quote of the day – the physics that demolishes energy policy 5th March 2026There is far more heat energy in a swimming pool than in a pan of boiling water. You can boil an egg in the pan. You can’t boil an egg in the pool. And if you doubled the size of the pool, you’d double the energy available — and still have a cold, raw egg. […]Perry de Havilland (Prague)
- A scary video, possibly made by the Home Office “Prevent” scheme, that I would like to find again 7th March 2026
- Wisdom Dancer
- Systems indoctrinate, deprecate questioning and doubt, produce reactive citizens, and blame them(An extension of a few points I mentioned in this video concerning education.) So-called educational systems teach young students what to believe, how to behave, and perhaps skills deemed necessary—not to question. (To a considerable degree, teaching what to believe … Continue reading →Wisdomdancer
- Excerpt: a chorus of the living, an orchestra of echoesA brief excerpt taken from Book III of Volume I of The Constellation of Man. These metaphors, like others I use in the book, introduce realism concerning the novelty of our personal appearance on preconstructed stages of history and human culture, atop mind … Continue reading →Wisdomdancer
- The Liberating Value of ReconciliationTwo things amaze me, again and again, about American enthusiasm for rancor in politics. I. Vengeance welcomes and relishes any opportunities to humiliate or oppress one’s opponents, but shows no foresight of how this creates a precedent—a legal and cultural … Continue reading →Wisdomdancer
- Systems indoctrinate, deprecate questioning and doubt, produce reactive citizens, and blame them
- Mr. Mean-Spirited
- VISITING THE REMAINS OF BENJAMIN DECASSERES IN TUCSON 31st May 2021Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:8.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:107%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} by John GrauerholzThere are particular geographic locations that, for one inexplicable reason or another, seem […]Mr. Mean-Spirited
- YOUR OWN MEDICAL RECORD WILL BE USED AGAINST YOU 29th April 2021by John Grauerholz Your medical record is something that will always be used against you. Your medical history only exists to record your physical humiliations. A doctor is not there to cure you, but to cause you as much consternation as possible. A physician’s role is not to heal a patient of your ilk, but […]Mr. Mean-Spirited
- THE FUTURE OPPRESSES US 24th March 2021Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:8.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:107%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} by John Grauerholz It is the future that persecutes us. The communitarians would have us break […]Mr. Mean-Spirited
- VISITING THE REMAINS OF BENJAMIN DECASSERES IN TUCSON 31st May 2021
- The Hoover Hog
- Wandering Near Sawtry
- A Review of Ed West’s “Small Men on the Wrong Side of History”… 21st February 2020One might think that few people were more annoyed by the 2019 British general election than the conservative author and commentator Ed West. Here he was, preparing to publish his book Small Men on the Wrong Side of History (Little, … Continue reading →bsixsmith
- In Defence of Andrew Sabisky… 16th February 2020The first time I met Andrew Sabisky we walked through central London for hours and neither his energy or my interest flagged. This is a rare combination. There are people who can talk for a long time and there are … Continue reading →bsixsmith
- 2019 14th December 2019I began this decade in London, a physical wreck, mentally ruined, almost friendless and facing the grim realisation that not only was “creative writing” a titanically stupid course to pick but my writing sucked. As bad as all this was, … Continue reading →bsixsmith
- A Review of Ed West’s “Small Men on the Wrong Side of History”… 21st February 2020
- Razib Khan
- Chris Masterjohn: COVID-19 to mitochondrial health, communicating and applying “the science” 6th March 2026At the intersection of science and well-beingRazib Khan
- Aaron Renn: Heartland urbanism and leaving Left Behind behind 5th March 2026On this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib talks to Aaron Renn. Renn is a writer, consultant, and urban analyst known for his work on the challenges facing American cities and religious institutions in the 21st century. He is a contributor to The American Reformer and the author of Life in the Negative World, a book exploring the cultural shifts regarding Christianity in America. Renn […]Razib Khan, Aaron Renn
- Mike White: academia and genomics in the 21st century 1st March 2026A geneticist at Washington University-St. Louis talks about the cultural and political winds in academia, and the state of genomics in 2026Razib Khan
- Chris Masterjohn: COVID-19 to mitochondrial health, communicating and applying “the science” 6th March 2026
- Entitled to an Opinion
- The Case Against Education 28th February 2026I have been reading Bryan Caplan’s blogging for decades (he was listed on my blogroll as being at EconLog when I started this blog nearly two decades ago), but of his books I had previously only read “The Myth of the Rational Voter“. It is something of a coincidence that I picked up his second […]teageegeepea
- Blocked by Phillip Magness 5th February 2026I have occassionally blogged about being banned from commenting at certain sites, and in the most recent case prior to today was also blocked on twitter by the blogger. Phillip Magness is an unusual case in that he has actually liked a number of my tweets, including earlier today. This is where he gives his […]teageegeepea
- The Big Time 31st January 2026While I mostly hear about Fritz Leiber’s writing in the fantasy genre (particularly his stories of Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser), I decided to start with his scifi novel “The Big Time”, after learning it was in the public domain, the only Hugo Award winning novel to be there as far as I know. The […]teageegeepea
- The Case Against Education 28th February 2026
- Evolutionist X
- To Critical Race Theory, or not to Critical Race Theory? 5th July 2021Like the uncollapsed quantum state holding Schrodinger’s cat in a state of simultaneous life and death, whether a school is “teaching critical race theory” or not seems to depend entirely on whether the inquiring person wants them to. Are you anti-CRT? Then, you may rest assured, American schools most certainly aren’t teaching CRT. (If you […]evolutiontheorist
- Review: Seven Pillars of Wisdom, by T. E. Lawrence 26th June 2021Wisdom has built her house; she has set up its seven pillars. — Proverbs 9:1 T. E. Lawrence is the Lawrence, of Arabia, and Seven Pillars of Wisdom is his autobiographical account of his time spent serving in the British and Arab armies during World War One. If you’ve seen the movie, you’ve got the […]evolutiontheorist
- Review: Lawrence in Arabia 10th June 2021Scott Anderson’s Lawrence in Arabia is, quite obviously, about the famous T. E. Lawrence “of” Arabia. The book ranges significantly wider than Lawrence’s personal account, however, shifting between the perspectives of Ottoman officials, German spies, American spies, Zionist spies, and of course British spies. I read this book concurrently with The Berlin-Baghdad Express, so my […]evolutiontheorist
- To Critical Race Theory, or not to Critical Race Theory? 5th July 2021
- Human Stupidity
- Make Western Civilization great again! Dishonesty was its downfall! Honesty can fix it. 13th April 2023We boldly claim to change the world, with one simple dogmatic rule! TOTAL HONESTY, and intolerance for deception, can change the world for the better. One simple rule! Honesty is the #1 necessity for a modern scientific society PC deception and lies are the CAUSE for the downfall of Western civilization. Total honesty and full disclosure are […]Programmer
- HIgh school teen faces 10 years in prison for sexting female classmate 23rd March 2022HIgh school teen faces 10 years in prison for sexting female classmate Teen sexting case highlights severity of N.C. sex offender laws A North Carolina teenager faces felony sex crime charges after police discovered sexually explicit photographs of a sixteen-year-old girl on his cell phone. Cormega Copening is a seventeen-year-old high school student at Jack […]Human-Stupidy (Admin)
- Vote counting corrupted in USA, infiltrated by dishonest leftist activists 15th October 2021Formerly honest and unbiased vote counting is another institution infiltrated with and taken over by leftist activists. Leftists think deception is virtuous to reach higher goals. Dishonest partisan election officials “cured” problem ballots. This must be exposed, opposed, reversed. Continue at Sincerity.netWait, there is more! This article continues! Continue reading »Vote counting corrupted in USA, […]Programmer
- Make Western Civilization great again! Dishonesty was its downfall! Honesty can fix it. 13th April 2023
- Der Geist (Union of Egoists)
- The Real Meaning of Sabotage: A 1913 IWW Classic by Gerald O. Desmond 10th February 2026This essay, “The Significance of Sabotage,” is reprinted from Industrial Worker, Volume 5, Issue 12, June 12, 1913. The Industrial Worker was the official newspaper of the Industrial Workers of the World (I.W.W.). The author, Gerald O. Desmond, is believed to be one of the many pseudonyms used by Arthur Desmond, who is best known […]Kevin I. Slaughter
- The Freewoman by Rebecca West 9th October 2025From Time and Tide for July 16, 1926 pp. 648-649 I have been asked to write an account of the Freewoman, and those who asked me were wise, for that paper, unimportant as it was in content, – and amateurish in form, had an immense effect on its time. But unfortunately, I have forgotten nearly […]Trevor Blake
- Little Black Cart/Ardent Press (R.I.P.) + Union of Egoists + Underworld Amusements 27th June 2024On December 31, 2023 the Berkeley anarchist publisher and distributor Little Black Cart / Ardent Press closed shop after many years of the project producing fascinating and challenging work, often finding it brought them at odds with many in the anarchist milieu they operated in. After the Underworld Amusements edition of The Unique and Its […]Kevin I. Slaughter
- The Real Meaning of Sabotage: A 1913 IWW Classic by Gerald O. Desmond 10th February 2026
Category Archives: 80s
The Human League (23/7/25, Brighton Beach, Brighton, England, UK)
July’s penultimate Wednesday saw me return to Brighton for another date on the Human League’s summer outdoor tour. Initially, I was gonna forgo this, having purchased a ticket for their return to Kew Gardens a fortnight prior. However, a combo … Continue reading
Posted in 80s, Culture, Entertainment, Gigs, Music, Personal, Retinal Reprobation, Reviews, The UK
Tagged 80s, A Thousand Mad Things, Brighton, Brighton Beach, Marc Almond, new wave, On the Beach, synthpop, The Human League, Toyah
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The Sisters of Mercy (26/5/25, Roundhouse, London, England, UK)
My bank holiday, and half-birthday, gig had been a much anticipated one for me. Having first seen The Sisters of Mercy back in 2023, I’d been looking forward to a follow-up, especially in light of talk and footage indicating that … Continue reading
Posted in 80s, Culture, Entertainment, Gigs, Music, Personal, Retinal Reprobation, Reviews, The UK
Tagged 80s, goth rock, Oversize, post-punk, radio rock, Roundhouse, The Sisters of Mercy
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Lene Lovich (17/5/25, Downstairs at the Dome, London, England, UK)
Downstairs at the Dome was hit by a quirky new wave last Saturday thanks to Lene Lovich and her plucky band. They were heralded, once again, by Anglo–Argentinian electropoppers SHH and by an act hitherto unknown to me, percussion-heavy goth-hymnalists … Continue reading
Posted in 80s, Culture, Entertainment, Gigs, Music, Personal, Reviews, The UK
Tagged Downstairs at the Dome, electro, goth, Lene Lovich, new wave, SHH, synthpop, The Gospel
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Go West (8/4/25, London Palladium, London, England, UK)
I almost bailed on seeing Go West at the London Palladium, two Thursdays ago, partly on account of one of the vocalists, Richard Drummie, having to sit out proceedings due to illnessAlmost. In the end, I’m glad I didn’t. Johnny … Continue reading
Posted in 80s, Culture, Entertainment, Gigs, Music, Personal, Reviews, The UK
Tagged '80s pop, Go West, Johnny Hates Jazz, London Palladium
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Descendents and Circle Jerks (15/3/25, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London, England, UK)
Saturday night at Shepherd’s Bush gave London a triple-bill of old-school American punk rock to throw down to, with Detroit, Michigan, punkers Negative Approach serving as support for double-headling So-Cal stalwarts the Circle Jerks and the Descendents. The former were … Continue reading
Posted in 80s, America, Culture, Entertainment, Gigs, Music, Personal, Reviews
Tagged 80s, Circle Jerks, Descendents, gigs, Negative Approach, punk
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