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23 Jun, 2018

Bezos WaPo Robots Blast Record Fake News at Trump on ObamaCage Crisis

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Even though the Trump Boom made him the richest man in the history of the galaxy, Jeff Bezos’ blog, a/k/a the Washington Post, screeched a record amount of Fake News Wednesday on what I’m calling the ObamaCage Crisis. The name comes from Trump inheriting the children in the ObamaCage crisis from Obama. Below I list the 23 stories on the crisis, or related to it, on WaPo’s Internet Front Page as of about 7:10 pm Pacific Time, June 20, 2018. I’ve provided the links to click for readers seeking extra amusement. The links are to the original stories, except for...

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Cort Kirkwood / Feature

21 Jun, 2018

Separation Anxiety By R. Cort Kirkwood

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The “debate” really isn’t about separation, It’s about whether President Trump will be permitted to do what he said he would do: stop illegal immigration. And that, in turn, means the “debate” is really about raw politics. Generally, immigrants vote for Democrats.

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Autodidact / Feature

21 Jun, 2018

Taine and Acton on The History of the French Revolution

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To Taine’s great credit, he was not taken in by the myth of two revolutions: the British-style reformist revolution of 1789, followed by the Jacobin Terror caused by a few bad men who betrayed the spirit of 1789.  This pernicious myth–like the myth of the good Kerensky in 1917 or of England’s Glorious Revolution–blinds us to the realities of our own times, when socialists and Trotskyists complain that 60’s radicals betrayed the dream. 

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All Paid Subscribers / Andrei Navrozov / Feature / Wednesday's Child

20 Jun, 2018

Wednesday’s Child: The Emperor’s New Bedclothes

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Like lead in the keel of a sailing vessel, which keeps it from capsizing, sloth is what has given our island its stability, its longevity, and its virtue.  I never tire of pointing out to incredulous visitors that Sicily has more extant Greek antiquities than Greece because the people here were too lazy to break apart temples to make door jambs and pave patios.

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FF / FUTR / Podcasts / Season 2

19 Jun, 2018

Q and A, June 2018 Part 2: From Under the Rubble, Episode 28

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From Under the Rubble with Dr. Fleming and Rex Scott: “Q and A, June 2018 Part 2.” Original Air Date: June 19, 2018 Show Run Time: 40 minutes Show Guest(s): Dr. Thomas Fleming Show Host(s): Rex Scott The Fleming Foundation · From Under the Rubble, Episode 28: Q and A, June 2018 Part 2   From Under the Rubble℗ is a Production of the Fleming Foundation. Copyright 2018. All Rights are Reserved.