All of these things were designed then promoted in your high school civics class to program a set of pre-approved, harmless avenues of action for those who become disaffected. They want you to engage in civil Disobedience, voting, writing your congressman, debate, etc. rather than take effective political action. That effective political action is …
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When Charity and I got married in 1997 we rented a 900sf apartment in the lower-middle class part of our town. We paid $345/month for that out of date, but tidy apartment. Rent was our biggest expense, but it wasn’t onerous. We didn’t believe the rent was too much. Next, we moved into a duplex. …
Not too long ago I kicked a follower who was espousing all the mainstream talking points about some current events. I won’t go into the specifics as I don’t want to embarrass or validate him. I’ve shut down a great deal of left wing and even left-ish discourse in my various channels, primarily telegram. T.me/scottstream …
BECAUSE IT WILL HASTEN THEN END! We know that government programs, once started, are never defunded or killed. David Stockman writes at https://internationalman.com/articles/david-stockman-on-why-the-bidendem-3.5-trillion-spending-plan-is-worse-than-you-think/ The truth is, there is almost nothing in the plan that won’t become permanent due to deeply embedded constituencies once they “plant a flag” on new entitlements and climate change pork barrels, as one of …
In the last blog post on “Debate” I wrote that the left believes they win debates if “If they feel morally superior or more hip or more urbane or sophisticated……………They always feel this way, debate won’t take them off this feel.” There is a way to take this feeling of superiority away. Ignore their name …
We are often tempted to debate those who hold ideas opposing ours. Don’t. It doesn’t work. You’ll not convince anyone. When we read Plato, over and over again we see the third smartest man who ever lived fail to get through to his interlocutor. Neither you nor I are make the two men …
Jordan B. Peterson is controlled opposition and doesn’t even know it. He was annointed for success because of his centrist, yet progressive views. Popular media portrayed him as conservative, and conservatives being dumb as mashed mice, they believed it. Here’s one of Dr. Peterson’s recent tweets. Liberals do not follow JBP, at least not for …
I think about investing a lot. I’m thrifty. I’m a value investor. I’ve read “The. Intelligent Investor” and “Security Analysis.” I’ve done all the practice problems in Newnan’s “Engineering Economic Analysis.” I’ve read Geraldine Weiss. I’ve done OK. Better than OK. But for the last two years none of the traditional value approaches to investing …
There’s nothing, or at least very little, left to conserve. As a good friend asks, “what precisely are we trying to preserve?” Not much I say. We need a new right wing ideology, a set of beliefs that guide decision making. Try some of these on. Man is not perfectable. We aren’t progressing towards any …
Last year, in 2020, I stated on livestreams that I believed we were in danger of entering a deflationary cycle. A follower asked if I still believe this to be the case. I’m not sure. My arguments for deflation were based on how money is created . It’s no longer printed, it’s created by issuing …