Author Archives: Max West

Against The Ban

I love this argument: If we ban Muslims, they will then hate us more and we will create more terrorists, which essentially translates into: “Muslims are so psychologically unstable, that banning their entry into the U.S. will cause them to … Continue reading

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The Collection: Short Fiction from the Transgender Vanguard

“The Collection: Short Fiction from the Transgender Vanguard” is a book published way back in 2012 (before the NYT launched World War T). About the Authors: Tom Léger and Riley MacLeod have been writing together and fostering space for transgender … Continue reading

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1995: Democrats on Illegal Immigration

From Bill Clinton’s 1985 State of the Union Address. What happened? Why have they changed so radically? Political correctness and it’s political corollary, identity politics, that’s all.

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NYT: 1/30/17

Throughout the Left, the ‘American-Flag-as-Islamic-Headscarf’ thing is really taking off as a meme:

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Trump Tweets the Classics

Occasionally, The New Yorker is good for something. There are some creepy and bizarre digs in some of the imagined tweets, but among the actual funny imagined tweets in “Trump Tweets the Classics” are: @realDonaldTrump Weak Hamlet should stop moaning … Continue reading

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Sunday Afternoon

What a glorious Sunday. Collectively, The Cathedral is freaking out about Der Trumpenfuhrer’s recent Executive Orders. Chuck Schumer cries about one of them: Tim Kaine accuses President Trump of Holocaust Denial, saying the following on Meet The Press this morning: … Continue reading

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Moving the ‘Assassinate Trump’ Meme Forward

India Knight, liberal, novelist, and London Times columnist, contributes to the normalization of the ‘Assassinate Trump’ mantra: The assassination is taking such a long time. — India Knight (@indiaknight) January 28, 2017 While Trump isn’t cited by name, allowing her … Continue reading

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A Swedish Taboo Cracks

Brexit… Trump… Meanwhile, in Sweden: Sweden’s far-right party is rejoicing: long shunned by the political establishment, it has suddenly been invited in from the cold by a main opposition party eyeing a return to power — and Swedish politics is … Continue reading

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RIP: John Hurt

The acting legend John Hurt has died at the age of 77. His career highlights include playing John Merrick in David Lynch’s The Elephant Man (1980), as well as memorable roles in the films Midnight Express (1978), Alien (1979), and … Continue reading

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50 Pts

Who can forget this delicious moment?

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