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Monthly Archives: September 2014
The Scottish Vote
Peeling back the layers, it appears Jared Taylor was right. John Cassidy provides good autopsy analysis of Scotland’s vote to stay in the U.K.: [T]he “no” vote doesn’t fully resolve the independence issue—far from it. As I noted in an earlier … Continue reading
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1 in 4 Americans Open to Secession
From a Reuters/Ipsos poll: Some 23.9 percent of Americans polled from Aug. 23 through Sept. 16 said they strongly supported or tended to support the idea of their state breaking away, while 53.3 percent of the 8,952 respondents strongly opposed … Continue reading
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Cartels Stop Anti-Immigration Rallies… in U.S.?
Quite frankly, I’m surprised it’s taken this long for this sort of thing to happen. Brazen, ruthless, and with a completely permeable border, why wouldn’t cartel culture creep into the States?
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Hilaire Belloc – The Jews (1922)
Andrew Royce has his first installment of a 3-part essay on Hilaire Belloc’s book The Jews (1922). A PDF of Belloc’s book can be found here. Royce writes: Of all the fallacies that one confronts when engaging with the theme … Continue reading
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Australia: Police Stop ISIS Plans for Random Beheadings
How’s that diversity working out for ‘ya, Australia? Police have carried out anti-terrorism raids in Sydney sparked by intelligence reports that Islamist extremists were planning random killings in Australia. PM Tony Abbott said a senior Australian Islamic State militant had … Continue reading
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Did “King Kong” (1933) Create Nessie?
Here’s an interesting sociological angle regarding the Loch Ness Monster mythos: New research from America’s Columbia University suggests the sightings in northern Scotland were triggered by the release of the 1933 classic, which, along with the giant rampaging gorilla, also … Continue reading
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How Gangs Took Over Prisons
The Atlantic has an article on “How Gangs Took Over Prisons“. Don’t expect equivalent MSM coverage. “Originally formed for self-protection, prison gangs have become the unlikely custodians of order behind bars—and of crime on the streets.”
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Europeans Drawn From Three Ancient ‘Tribes’
From the BBC: The modern European gene pool was formed when three ancient populations mixed within the last 7,000 years, Nature journal reports. Blue-eyed, swarthy hunters mingled with brown-eyed, pale skinned farmers as the latter swept into Europe from the … Continue reading
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CNN’s Identity Crisis – Pt. 2,188
Don “Black Hole” Lemon is the gift that keeps on giving. Here he is today: The national conversation about corporal punishment of children, spurred by the indictment of Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson, continued Wednesday night with a CNN … Continue reading
JYT: 9/17/2014
Scotland (not exactly a backwater country in the third world) is on the cusp of seceding from the United Kingdom, but what’s climbing the NYT “most emailed” charts? “What’s Behind Germany’s New Anti-Semitism” is neck ‘n neck with “Israel’s N.S.A. … Continue reading