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Alain Finkielkraut & France’s Alt-Left
Alain Finkielkraut, a former philosophy professor, is one of France’s reigning public intellectuals. As I’ve noted before, France is a nation where philosophers get a significant amount of TV air time and other cultural attention. The NYT has a story … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, International, White Identity
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RoP: Ivory Coast
Just another weekend for The Religion of Peace™, as an Ivory Coast beach resort is shot up by peaceful Muslims, killing at least 16: A jihadist group called Ansar Dine, or “defenders of the faith,” linked to Al Qaeda in … Continue reading
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AfD Gains in Germany
For a political party that is less than 3 years old, their parliamentary gains are astonishing. From Bloomberg: Germany’s anti-immigration party swept into three state legislatures on Sunday in its best showing yet at the polls. The Alternative for Germany … Continue reading
Posted in Alt-Right, Europe, International
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DT on the Bernie Boys
Bernie Sanders is lying when he says his disruptors aren't told to go to my events. Be careful Bernie, or my supporters will go to yours! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 13, 2016
Posted in Democrat Party, Republican Party
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ABC: The Roots of Trumpismo
In “The Roots of Trumpismo” (clever, real clever guys), the ABC News folks are finally trying to get a concrete understanding of the Sociology of Trump: The answer, according to statistical analysis of an array of possible explanations tested in … Continue reading
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Bernie’s Boys vs. Trump
The opening paragraph of a NYT piece titled “Covering Donald Trump, and Witnessing the Danger Up Close”: The first time I felt unsafe at a Trump event was a week ago in New Orleans. I hadn’t been on the Trump … Continue reading
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Trump Launches Physical Incarnation of Culture Wars
So… it begins. Bernie Brothers, BLM activists, headscarved Muslim women, folks waving the Mexican flag, OWS types, and white hipsters, holding up their ‘Mein Trumpf’ signs while tearing apart pro-Trump signs, storming the stage, swinging fists, swearing like sailors, clashing … Continue reading
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Hannah Arendt & Identity Politics
From a brief article on Hannah Arendt in the LA Review of Books: The most famous case of Arendt misunderstanding — possibly willfully — the political effects of identity was on display in the controversy overEichmann in Jerusalem. In this … Continue reading
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Politico: Could the West Survive a President Trump?
“Could the West Survive a President Trump?” screams a Politico headline. No, not the American West… but the ‘Western World’ itself! PARIS — After a long period of being in denial about the strange events across the pond, many European … Continue reading
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