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Author Archives: Max West
Public Library of Cincinnati
It was built in 1874 and torn down in 1955, but here are some spectacular old photos of the Public Library of Cincinnati (Hat tip: Steve Sailer.)
Posted in Architecture, Culture
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Yawn
Ed Lasky has an outstanding post, getting at the heart of The Organizer’s motivation (“Our Bored President“.)
Posted in Democrat Party, Left
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Street Fighting Man (1968)
Accompanied by very instructive YouTube audios, Keith Richards discusses in detail the inspiration, writing, and recording of “Street Fighting Man”.
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Scientology: The Nth Degree of Harassment
The degree to which CoS will go out of their way to harass ex-members knows no bounds. Marty Rathbun is one of the highest level CoS defectors of the past 20 years: Scientology members allegedly set up high-tech surveillance cameras … Continue reading
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Of Translators & Necklaces
The Cuddly Koala Bear’s memorial was a perfect microcosm of African dysfunctionality and the historical revisionism surrounding the end of apartheid. On that day: Bishop Desmond Tutu’s home was robbed. The Mandela family began fighting about who gets to make … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Cultural Marxism
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Pierson: Self-Proclaimed Socialist
A Google News search for “Karl Pierson socialist” (without the quotation marks) retrieves a paltry 10 hits, 40% of which is conservative commentary. From the LA Times piece that is one of the hits: CENTENNIAL, Colo. – Carrying a shotgun, … Continue reading
Peter O’Toole (1932-2013)
Becket (1964)… The Lion in Winter (1968)… and, of course, the immortal film Lawrence of Arabia (1962). He was also a legendary drinker. From The Guardian: Early in his career O’Toole became emblematic of a new breed of hard-drinking Hollywood … Continue reading
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Mexican Dreamers – Pt. 37,211
Anyone with basic deductive reasoning skills can quickly arrive at the conclusion that when you combine… Highly disciplined structure of Mexican cartels Ruthless propensity for violence of Mexican cartels Greed of Mexican cartels A porous border to the U.S. … … Continue reading
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Cute Koala Bear Factoids
From a CNN piece on “Nelson Mandela: 10 surprising facts you probably didn’t know“: He lived up to his name: Mandela’s birth name was Rolihlahla. In his Xhosa tribe, the name means pulling the branch of a tree or troublemaker. … Continue reading
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Selling the Teddy Bear
Did *you* know that Nelson Mandela’s “real” name (his clan name) is “Madiba”? I didn’t. But Barry sure knew. Wait. I thought black South Africans, and St. Mandela in particular, were beyond race, beyond clan… in fact, beyond racist Western … Continue reading