NATION
DeSantis’ Problem Isn’t Trump, It’s That Dems Rigged The Last Election
New Plan Released to Scrap the FBI and ‘Start From Scratch’
Santa Clara University Students Must Take Covid Vaccines or Withdraw
Disability Claims ‘Accelerating Again’ After Steady Climb
1 in 3 American Households are One-Person
A Chicago Sex Scandal in Migrant Temporary Housing – This Wasn’t on the Caravan Brochure
Goliath ‘Smear Machine’ SPLC Has Met Its David
Georgia Democratic Rep. Mainor switches to GOP
The USPS Has a Lot More Cremated Remains Than You Might Expect
Understanding Marxism Is Key To Understanding Today’s Leftists
Take, for example, the issue of “systemic racism,” a concept that was raised repeatedly during the George Floyd riots. Advocates could not provide concrete, verifiable examples of “systemic racism.” Instead, systemic racism came to stand for the vague notion that our social institutions reinforce oppression on unconscious levels. This naturally led policymakers to flail around on nonsense solutions designed to disable the institutions themselves (think “defund the police”). Contrast modern systemic racism to the actual systemic racism in Jim Crow laws—laws that are verifiably racist and oppressive.
Without concrete or verifiable explanations for disparate outcomes, critical theorists come to see even the most innocuous ideas as responsible for maintaining the oppressive “hegemony.” Extremist CRT advocates attack ideas that most would find universally beneficial. Why do whites (and now Asians) do better in school? To CRT advocates, it’s because standardized testing, meritocracy, and even math and logic are racist concepts that only serve to maintain the status quo. These extremists even decry diligence and promptness as “white” standards used to maintain oppression. Ultimately, if there is any “inequity” (defined as unequal outcomes), the related institutions are viewed with suspicion, sometimes comically so.
WORLD
NATO stops short of Ukraine invitation, angering Zelenskyy
YouTube Censors Australian Politician’s Maiden Speech to Parliament
The John Reddick Speech Silenced By YouTube Rumble
WEF Says Fashion Will Be Abolished by 2030: “Humans Will All Wear a Uniform”
HEMISPHERE
Canadian health agency includes pro-euthanasia slideshow in pension packages to seniors
Coordinated Attacks Leave Five Taxi Drivers Dead and More Injured in Chilpancingo, Guerrero
LEAK: Latin American countries push back on Ukraine, EU agenda ahead of joint summit
HEALTH
‘Alarming’ Sevenfold Increase in Stevens-Johnson Syndrome Linked to COVID-19 and Vaccine
MACRO
The Federal Reserve Has Been a Disaster for America. How the Fed Triggers “Bank Insolvency”
Bidenomics Is Yet Another Version of Failed Industrial Policy
Consumer Credit Is Much Weaker Than Expected, Non-Revolving Turns Negative
MICRO
Amazon workers strike during prime week
Amazon Delivery Drivers’ Strike Raises Joint Employer Question
China is Throwing Away Fields of Electric Cars – Letting them Rot! YT
WORTH ANOTHER LOOK
Woman BANNED From ALL HOSPITALS In The UK For Proving Hospitals Are EMPTY
PARAHERESY
Jesus Showed Me the Election Results & What’s Next YT OK, so who bats a thousand?
CULTURE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT
MONDO
Sloppy Joe Disputes Steve Inman At His Best Rumble
A Slightly Altered Reprint From “Post Obotomy Syndrome” February 17, 2021
Rush Limbaugh: Iconoclast
I am sorry to hear of Rush Limbaugh’s passing, though we knew he was losing his battle with cancer.
Rush Limbaugh was one of the most influential people of his era, perhaps, the most persuasive person of his time.
I hate the descriptions. the templates, the cliches that describe this luminary: Right-wing, conservative, political lightning rod, etc. He might have been some of those things and he might have been all of those things, but he was bigger than that. Much bigger.
Most of the world only knows the caricature of Rush Limbaugh, as they only know the caricature of anyone who threatens the status quo. Donald Trump, for instance. It is sad, if not tragic, that most people do not understand or appreciate Limbaugh’s significance.
There were times when I would point out that the media had an overt bias as well as an iron stranglehold on content. Reflexively, the zombioid would spew “Fox News and Rush Limbaugh.” Let’s skip Faux News for now. The fact that the brainwashed actually considered a man with a microphone and fewer than ten employees with roughly ten to fifteen hours (subtract commercials and local updates from the 15) of midday programming, a counterbalance speaks loudly about the sheeple’s skewed perceptions.
What is frustrating for me is that the Lefties never understood Limbaugh and they were so repulsed by his existence that they never took the time to listen to him. In his limited airtime, Limbaugh did not have the capability to advance a counter news cycle. He might have started out with an agenda, writing books like “The Way Things Ought To Be” but he soon morphed into a media pundit/critic/destroyer. An iconoclast extraordinaire!
Another expression of frustration: Limbaugh got us to a point where we no longer trusted the MSM and importantly, he spawned other media heretics, but the next step is to advance our own news cycle. We can save that subject for another day.
As someone who does not consider himself a Conservative and who thinks Ronald Reagan was overrated and felt no allegiance to or fellowship with Jesse Helms, Oliver North, Dennis Hastert, Bob Livingston, Bob Dole, Dick Cheney, Colin Powell, and Phil N. DeBlanc, I am shouting to the heavens that Rush Limbaugh was more inspirational than all of these figures combined. His message was more universal than any ism.
More than anyone else, Rush Limbaugh freed our minds from the vice grip of news media. He might have started his career as a Reagan apologist, but he morphed into something much more powerful. By pointing out falsity after falsity after falsity promoted by MSM, Limbaugh (and other imitators who followed) advanced freedom of thought and expression on a scale never before witnessed.
Rush Limbaugh might be most responsible for the polarization of America (May God bless him once more). The gulf is not Left vs. Right or Liberal vs. Conservative or any other such empty blather. We are divided by those who believe MSM is authoritative–if not infallible–and those of us who acknowledge that MSM is composed of nothing but high-priced whores who promote truth only when truth is to their advantage. The Hive Mind vs. the free mind.
By paper cut after paper cut after paper cut, Limbaugh bled the MSM and they are now but hollow imitations of their mighty personas. Only the brainwashed and the feeble-minded trust mainstream news.
Rush Limbaugh did not invent freedom of thought. Rush Limbaugh did not invent freedom of speech. Rush Limbaugh did not invent media heresy. Rush Limbaugh did not invent truth. Rush Limbaugh did, however, promote these values more successfully than anyone who has ever lived.
Oh, and he was funny.
Rest in peace, Rush.
EDITOR’S NOTES
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2. We sometimes link to Fox affiliates.
3. We sometimes link to sites that contain a video that might have a snippet from Fox News (usually Tucker Carlson).
4. We try to avoid second hand news stories that are sourced from Fox News or Fox Business News.
5. We try to not link to sites with pay walls. This eliminates NYT and WaPo (who cares?) but also eliminates WSJ and Epoch Times. We hope that Epoch Times changes their business model because they are one of the best news outlets in the English language.
6. We believe it is more important than ever for Americans to monitor world affairs. The most influential man in America is probably George Soros and he is not in America–nor is he an American. Other understated influences on America include World Economic Forum, BBC, and CBC, to name but a few.
7. Most English language newspapers in non-English speaking countries are paid subscription sites. This presents an ongoing challenge to report on world affairs.
8. We try to avoid linking to mainstream media when possible We are not hesitant to link to mainstream sources if the news story involves raw data, such as the daily stock market or weather statistics or sports scores. Even then, we usually provide a “Mainstream” disclaimer.