Attack the System- Ilhan Omar Has Absolutely Nothing to Apologize For 13th June 2021By Hada Thier, Jacobin Yet again, both Republican and Democratic party leaders are attacking Rep. Ilhan Omar for telling the truth about American and Israeli war crimes. And yet again, Omar has nothing to apologize for. As sure as the sun rises in the morning, the American political […]Keith Preston
- Is Soft Totalitarianism Coming to America? 13th June 2021By Tim Challies I grew up in the era of the Cold War. From my youngest days I was taught that the West was the bastion of democratic freedom and the Soviet Union the stronghold of oppressive totalitarianism. We knew who the enemy was, and we knew he […]Keith Preston
- Soft Totalitarianism 13th June 2021By Bill Hull, The Bonhoeffer Project Hard totalitarianism is easy to see. It is Soviet tanks rolling through your streets. It is the secret police in the former East Germany bugging your home, following you, arresting you, torturing you, and imprisoning you with a show trial or no […]Keith Preston
- Ilhan Omar Has Absolutely Nothing to Apologize For 13th June 2021
- Samizdata
- Samizdata quote of the day 13th June 2021“Build back better” means build back what government action over the last year and a half has destroyed, but with more state control this time, and with civil society ever more regulated. In the blink of an eye, we finished the transition from a common-law-rights based society to a state-permission based society. The last thing […]Samizdata Illuminatus (Arkham, Massachusetts)
- Because serious is overrated… 12th June 2021After listening to Boris bloviating, I am totally with cats on this. Sweet meteor of death, Cornwall… Cornwall…Perry de Havilland (London)
- Readers’ poll: what on earth did Boris mean? 11th June 2021Sky News on Twitter: “Boris Johnson has suggested the world’s leading nations should support a more ‘gender-neutral and feminine’ way of post-COVID economic recovery.” “Gender neutral and feminine”? Click on the words below* that in your opinion best match what was going through Boris’s tousled head as he said these words. (a) Pay up, Matt, […]Natalie Solent (Essex)
- Samizdata quote of the day 13th June 2021
- Wisdom Dancer
- 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
- On Ugly Ideas and IntoleranceIdeas are neither benign, nor malignant, out of the context of a specific mentality. They depend entirely on our subjective mental context to affect us. As we respond to ideas in one way or another, as we adopt one idea … Continue reading →Wisdomdancer
- Excerpt: a chorus of the living, an orchestra of echoes
- Mr. Mean-Spirited
- VISITING THE REMAINS OF BENJAMIN DECASSERES IN TUCSON 31st May 2021by John GrauerholzThere are particular geographic locations that, for one inexplicable reason or another, seem peculiarly enchanting. Certain places resonate with certain personalities. There is, somewhere, a precise scenery that speaks to your soul. No matter how many times I visit Arizona, the city of Tucson has always been an endlessly enchanting landscape. Not a […]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 2021by John Grauerholz It is the future that persecutes us. The communitarians would have us break rocks all day long to bring forth a better world in the decades yet to come. Activists for the long-threatened paradise will not leave us alone – these advance-men will harass and hassle us whenever we attempt to enjoy ourselves […]Mr. Mean-Spirited
- VISITING THE REMAINS OF BENJAMIN DECASSERES IN TUCSON 31st May 2021
- The Hoover Hog
- In Praise of Delicious Tacos 30th May 2019The writer presently known as Delicious Tacos is responsible for, among other things, a series of short confessional narratives that chronicle his agonizing ordeal with an anorectal abscess. That micro-memoir of butthole affliction – the "Ass Variations," as I have...chipsmith
- In Memoriam! Adam Parfrey 19th May 2018A few years ago I was interviewed by Greg Johnson of Counter-Currents Publishing and I banked off one of his questions to talk about some of the publishers who inspired me to start up Nine-Banded Books way back when. Here's...chipsmith
- Book Journal – "How to Judge People by What They Look Like" 19th May 2018The title cracks me up. I mean, it could have been something vaguely academic -- maybe Physiognomy Reconsidered, or Physiognomy: The Abandoned Science; or it could have been something suggesively literary, like Body and Essence or A Book by Its...chipsmith
- In Praise of Delicious Tacos 30th May 2019
- 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
- Open Thread – 06/11/2021 – Brown Pundits 12th June 2021What’s going on? This is an important paper, Why East Asians but not South Asians are underrepresented in leadership positions in the United States.Razib Khan
- James P. Mallory: finding the Indo-Europeans 11th June 2021James P. Mallory received in Ph.D. in Indo-European studies from UCLA in 1975 under the supervision of Marija Gimbutas. He is the author of In Search of Indo-Europeans, The Origins of the Irish, and The Tarim Mummies, and an emeritus professor at Queen...Razib Khan
- Colin Wright: wasps, New Atheism, and sex 11th June 2021Listen now (62 min) | The evolution of an inadvertent controversialistRazib Khan
- Open Thread – 06/11/2021 – Brown Pundits 12th June 2021
- Entitled to an Opinion
- What technological advantage did Russia have in the Russo-Persian wars? 29th May 2021Every summary I’ve read of the Russo-Persian wars notes that the latter held the numerical advantage (particularly since the former were busy fighting the Ottomans & Napoleon), but the former won because of their better technology. These summaries never say what that better technology was. This is well after the Safavid “gunpowder empire” so it’s […]teageegeepea
- A continuing dialogue with marxbro1917 on famines 12th May 2021While arguing with some other people at Astral Codex 10 about the merits of communist regimes that have actually existed, marxbro1917 started questioning whether famines are actually more common under them. I interjected by bringing up Amartya Sen, citing & quoting a paragraph of his on the subject. I begin quoting after that point, as […]teageegeepea
- I can comment again at EconLog 10th May 2021I can’t expect people to regularly check posts from 2008 for updates, so the news is worth a post on its own.teageegeepea
- What technological advantage did Russia have in the Russo-Persian wars? 29th May 2021
- Evolutionist X
- 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
- Review: The Berlin-Baghdad Express 24th May 2021Note: This book is not actually about the Berlin-Baghdad Express railway. It has a few good chapters on the subject, but the bulk of the book is actually on Ottoman-German political relations and the Ottoman sphere in World War One. That said, it is a good book about WWI, if that’s what you’re looking for. […]evolutiontheorist
- Nettles 1st March 2021The sun is up and the nettles are out. I’ve always been fascinated by wild foods. Picking a wild berry or parsnip gives you a little taste of what our distant ancestors lives were like, the ways they looked at the world and the flavors they enjoyed. Nettles are famous because they’re one of the […]evolutiontheorist
- Review: Lawrence in Arabia 10th June 2021
- Human Stupidity
- Lying by omission, with intent to deceive! #1 Failure to disclose is immoral misrepresentation 24th May 2021Misrepresentation and lack of full disclosure can be serious misdeeds, before the law. Yet leftist’s incessant lies of omission, required by media ethics codes and police gag orders, are tolerated. Even Media and politicians rarely tell outright lies (lies of commission). They spread misinformation by strategically omitting specific relevant details. Deceptively they fail to disclose […]Programmer
- Politically correct DISHONESTY is the root cause of disastrous social and racial policies 7th May 2021A parsimonious explanation to explain the roots of all evil caused by leftist woke policies. Truthrevolution.net’ s Occams razor points to socially accepted and socially required dishonesty and deception as the one singular root cause Reprinted with permission from TruthRevolution.net Do not tolerate the slightest dishonesty. Shun liars, don’t let liars fool you twice! Never […]Programmer
- Expose Leftists as Evil: Abuse, Rape of Migrants ‘Is on Joe Biden’ 15th April 2021Mass homicides, mass rapes, are caused by Leftist policies. Yet, leftists invert reality, unopposed, and are allowed to keep the moral high ground. Leftists attack allegedly evil “racists”, “xenophobes”, and “white supremacists”. No, they do not label us as good persons with “racist” ideas. Reprinted with permission from TruthRevolution.net Terrible results of PC policies are […]Programmer
- Lying by omission, with intent to deceive! #1 Failure to disclose is immoral misrepresentation 24th May 2021
- Der Geist (Union of Egoists)
- Jeff Riggenbach reads “The Ego and His Own” by Max Stirner | 19 of 20 (10A) 13th June 2021The Ego and His Own Podcast Cassette tape 10, side A, episode 19 of 20. Jeff Riggenbach (1947-2021) reads The Ego and His Own by Max Stirner (1806-1856). Translated by Steven T. Byington (1869-1957), edited and introduced by James J. Martin (1916-2004). Edition read is based on the 1963 Libertarian Book Club edition. We do […]Kevin I. Slaughter
- Women’s History Review on Dora Marsden 9th June 2021Maureen Wright has reviewed A Brave and Beautiful Spirit: Dora Marsden 1882-1960 by Les Garner (Portland: Union of Egoists, 2019) for the journal Women’s History Review. The first page of her review may be seen here. A quote: “Dora Marsden is a key figure among such pioneers [Freethinkers, Socialists, and the feminist avante-garde].”Trevor Blake
- Malfew Seklew on “Bernard’s Tour” in “Freedom,” 1898 7th June 2021In Manchester, on Sunday July 3rd, Bernard spoke in the afternoon in Stevenson Square — in fact, made his debut as an outdoor speaker here. He did well and agreeably surprised us all. I also spread myself in my own way for about twenty minutes, and also at night at the New Cross; Bernard did […]Kevin I. Slaughter
- Jeff Riggenbach reads “The Ego and His Own” by Max Stirner | 19 of 20 (10A) 13th June 2021
Tag Archives: transformers
Halal & Hypocrisy XI: The Veil of Special Pleading
I seem to be writing quite a few of these H & H entries as of late; rest assured that more varied programming will resume in due course. I read of the ECHR’s decision to uphold France’s burqa ban with … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Liberties, Halal & Hypocrisy, News, Religion, Slave Britannia, The UK
Tagged burqas, censorship, Cyclonus, Galvatron, herd instinct, hypocrisy, intrinsicism, irony, Islam, jizya, logical fallacies, niqabs, perspectivism, political correctness, transformers
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MRDA’s Crowning Music of Animé #2: ‘Destron Sanka’ by Hironobu Kageyama (from Transformers: The Headmasters)
Evil never sounded so good! Enjoy: Oh, and the lyrics are awesome! ~MRDA~
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Tagged 80s, aesthetics, anime, appreciation, art, ftw!, music, power, transformers
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More 80s Pimpage
For those of you who like 80s cartoons, check cereal:geek out. A sweet little magazine with assorted articles of interest, lush illustrations – and no fucking adverts chewing into the hundred page count! What more could one desire (beyond UK … Continue reading
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Tagged 80s, aesthetics, appreciation, art, fun, history, music, transformers, tv
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Prevailing thoughts after watching Transformers Live-Action again….
I really do not want Michael Bay directing the sequel. Vain hope, I know. At the very least they should employ me as a story consultant – I’d fix the fuck-up in the fleshling: Cybertronian ratio for starters! Also…. – … Continue reading
For those that care….
Added a few other points to my (spoiler-ific) Transformers overview …..
Transformers 2007 – The MRDA Verdict…..
After quite a bit of anticipation I finally saw the new Transformers flick over the weekend…. My thoughts on it? Well…….