Daily Archives: April 11, 2013

SNL Starbucks Skit

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Max West

SNL had a rarity recently: a skit that pivots on the racial stereotype (truism) that blacks are often lazy and incompetent employees. And wouldn’t you know it: Gothamist (an “urbane city blog”, aka self-hating white liberals), Latino Rebels, and BET … Continue reading →

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Cartel Inroads

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Max West

The details of this AP article are worth reading. Given both our unsecured border and our increasingly ‘vibrant’, diversified (i.e., balkanized) Estados Unidos, this dynamic is inevitable. The drug cartels in Mexico have taken savagery to a new, unprecedented level. (Google … Continue reading →

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Mad Men Revisionism

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Max West

I was an early fan of AMC’s Mad Men, but feel the show jumped the shark last year. If the current season’s premier is any indication, Matt Weiner’s freshman-level pedagogy will be all-but-clobbering us over the head this year, even … Continue reading →

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Proxy

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Max West

From Richard Benjamin’s Searching For Whitopia: An Improbable Journal To The Heart of White America (via VDARE): “Most whites are not drawn to place explicitly because it teems with other white people. Rather, the place’s very whiteness implies other perceived … Continue reading →

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Civil War Context

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Max West

Discussing his interest in the Civil War, and his recent listening to a Civil War audiobook, Derb puts into context Lincoln’s mythically-charged ‘Emancipation Proclamation’. It was less the holy moment we’re taught in history class, and more a pragmatic, military-oriented … Continue reading →

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