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This Tube

Reader Rudolph Harrier writes in a comment on yesterday's post: I’ve been spending a lot of time with older relatives over the holidays and with the boomer-tier that always means the TV is on in the background, especially for the news (even if it’s the 9 o’clock news and they…
December 30, 20219 Comments
Biden Retreat

Mask Slip

By now, most normal people have tuned out the constant stream of doom and gloom blaming everything from soaring suicide rates to chip shortages on the coronavirus. What gets lost in the shuffle is that most of the systemic failures shaking Western society to its foundations aren't attributable to the…
December 29, 202112 Comments
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The Bill Comes Due

A week after Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot decreed vaccine passport requirements, it turns out the Second City is broke. The city of Chicago apparently has no money in its employee Payroll account. An employee of the city has uploaded video showing the bank upon which a city paycheck is drawn,…
December 27, 20217 Comments
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Memento Men

As Conservatism continues its steep decline, its remaining adherents present symptoms of memory failure similar to those of the protagonist in the movie Memento. Like him, these otherwise intelligent and decent people suffer astonishing short-term memory lapses. Unlike in the film, Conservative amnesia is limited to politics. For example, you…
December 14, 202138 Comments
Based Church

Looking for a Based Church? Neither Am I

As Christians have long noticed, Satan launches his most vicious attacks on the Church during two seasons. In Lent, the mainstream media overflows with pop pseudohistory books by fedora-tier academics pushing crackpot theories about Jesus. You might catch a talk show with one grifter claiming Christ was a failed rebel…
December 13, 202112 Comments
JonDelArroz

Yet Learning Nothing

Readers will recall the court case brought by best selling author Jon Del Arroz that rustled some jimmies in oldpub over the summer. SFF death cultists harped on the fact that Worldcon 2018 only paid Jon $4000 as part of their settlement. On Jon's stream, which I was fortunate to…
December 10, 20219 Comments
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Moral IP

Anyone who works in publishing for any length of time necessarily becomes well-acquainted with the concept of intellectual property. If you come up with a new idea that solves a problem in a unique way, you own that idea. Fair use allows wiggle room for third parties to make transformative…
December 3, 202120 Comments
Secular Religion

Heretical Secular Religion

While a majority of Americans practice Christianity at home, our rulers submit to a heretical secular religion. And they've taken pains to make sure Christians' beliefs have zero impact on public life. You can safely call for an innocent child to spend the rest of his life behind bars, but…
November 11, 20212 Comments
VA Governor Race

VA Governor Race

It's possible to win some battles even while retreating. The GOP demonstrated that fact last night when they won the VA governor race for the first time in twelve years. For beleaguered Conservatives who'd been taking body blows since this time last year, the victory finally gave them something to…
November 3, 202115 Comments
Kabuki Theater

Kabuki Theater

Those who've made their way into the counterculture must admit that seeing the Left-Right dichotomy unmasked as kabuki theater was one of the hardest pills to swallow. With the exception of the Zoomers, every living generation of Americans was conditioned to support the Red Team against the Blue Team or…
November 2, 202113 Comments