Attack the System- Round-Table #148: Trump vs. Iran 14th March 2026Join Todd Lewish, Keith Preston, Florian, and José Niño as we discuss the resumption and escalation of hostilities by the US and Israel with Iran. My Contact Info: Locals: https://praiseoffolly.locals.com/ X: https://twitter.com/PoFPodcast Telegram: t.me/PraiseOfFolly_1511 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PraiseOfFoll… BuyMeACoffe: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/PraiseOf… Subscribe Star: https://www.subscribestar.com/PraiseO… Substack: https://substack.com/profile/40985862… Email: tertullian155@protonmail.com Co-host: Keith Preston: […] The post Round-Table #148: Trump vs. […]Keith Preston
- Over 1,000 children injured in Iran; Unprecedented 400M barrels of oil reserves slated for release; Death and displacement mount in Lebanon amid Israeli assault 14th March 2026Drop Site Daily: March 11, 2026 Drop Site News Mar 11, 2026 U.S. and Israeli airstrikes pound Iran for twelfth day, civilian casualties continue to rise. Nearly 20,000 civilian buildings damaged in Iran. Russia says Isfahan consulate damaged during earlier strikes. Iran says multiple waves of missile attacks […] The post Over 1,000 children injured […]Keith Preston
- Sign the petition: Sexual assault allegations against Trump in the Epstein files 14th March 2026TELL CONGRESS: The DOJ finally released documents from the Epstein files that include shocking sexual assault allegations against Trump. It’s time for the DOJ to follow the law and release ALL of the documents for the public to see. Sign the petition: Call on Pam Bondi to release […] The post Sign the petition: Sexual […]Keith Preston
- Round-Table #148: Trump vs. Iran 14th March 2026
- Samizdata
- He thinks it is an injustice that he lost his job 14th March 2026The Daily Mail features this story about a pro-Palestinian activist: Thomas Bourne, 39, an Islamic convert who uses the social media handle ‘White British Muslim’, approached the Jewish comedian, 51, last month after spotting him on an escalator. He said: ‘I was going up the escalator and looked to my side and saw someone giving […]Natalie Solent (Essex)
- The algorithm is grumpy 13th March 2026Due to waves of (mostly) Russian spam hitting our server, the Samizdata SmiteBot is has been grumpy for several days now beyond my ability to manually intervene every time. This means it has been shooting on sight (or maybe on site) & asking questions later. If your comment vanished, now you know why. Do not […]Samizdata Illuminatus (Arkham, Massachusetts)
- I had to get this off my chest 11th March 2026Ill fares the land. Ominous tidings abound, such as MPs giving ministers powers to restrict the entire internet, World War III breaking out, and Winston Churchill being replaced by a badger. But who could fail to feel hope stir in their bosom when the headline “Zack Polanski repeated claim hypnosis can increase breast size, BBC […]Natalie Solent (Essex)
- He thinks it is an injustice that he lost his job 14th 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 Bradley: better science for longevity 14th March 2026A biotech entrepreneur talks about how humans might extend their livesRazib 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
- Chris Bradley: better science for longevity 14th 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: Music
Kim Wilde (19/3/25, indigo at the O2, London, England, UK)
I’d been looking forward to Wednesday night’s Kim Wilde gig for quite some time, and in the end, it certainly lived up to the anticipation. Before that, though, fellow ’80s luminaries Cutting Crew took to the stage for a short … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Entertainment, Gigs, History, Misanthropology, Music, Personal
Tagged 80s, Cutting Crew, Gareth Moulton, gigs, Kim Wilde, Mandy Wilde, Marty Wilde, Nick Van Eede, Ricky Wilde, Scarlett Wilde
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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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Uriah Heep (26/2/25, London Palladium, London, England, UK)
Impressed as I was with their support slot when I saw Priest last year, and considering that this was being touted as their touring swansong, I decided to give Uriah Heep’s Magician’s Farewell tour a gander last Wednesday. Support came … Continue reading
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Tagged April Wine, gigs, hard rock, Tyketto, Uriah Heep
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Marilyn Manson (21/2/25, Eventim Apollo, London, England, UK)
Somewhat fittingly for a show on the infamous Antichrist Superstar’s comeback tour, this sold-out gig was memorable for both the right and wrong reasons. Before the main act came Gallic alt-rockers The Blackmordia, their set not exactly landing well with … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Entertainment, Gigs, Misanthropology, Moral Panic, Music, Personal, Reviews
Tagged gigs, Marilyn Manson, The Blackmordia
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Magnum: A Tribute to Tony Clarkin (22/1/25, O2 Forum Kentish Town, London, England, UK)
A pretty poignant one last Tuesday as stalwart prog/AOR/hard rockers Magnum kicked off their series of memorial shows for their late guitarist, songwriter, and co-founder Tony Clarkin in London. With the band being prominent on my playlists, mainly on the … Continue reading
