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The West's neo-paganism is worse than the original.

In this, the last podcast of 2024, I consider my movement to “ReclaimTheRainbow” for everyone, not just the LGBTQ+ crowd; the Biden military's crazed focus on gender and climate change rather than national defense;* Islamified Europe; and the necessity of Biden's presidency, along with my hope for the New Year.   *This is the Naval War College video underlying my look at Biden's military: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEBdWjN9V_E

A look at the eight factors that make American healthcare so expensive—and why socializing our medical care will not make things better.

This video-podcast covers why it was a good thing Biden was elected (yes, I really said that), how Biden corrupted the constitutional pardon power, the difference between conservative and leftist populism, and why I think that Trump is America's Churchill.

This video/podcast discusses the illegal long count in Pennsylvania, the exodus from X, the La Leche League's founder going out with a “transphobic” bang, the Antifa fan in the Secret Service, and how Britain is going pre-modern with Net Zero.

·      Jack Smith's apparent retreat from the DOJ lawsuits against Trump, a tactic that is actually as slimy as the lawsuits themselves ·      The FEMA worker who was fired for instructing people to ignore Trump supporters' homes, and the situation isn't as obvious as you think. ·      The pathetic nature of today's performers, which explains why it cost Kamala so much to bring them to her rallies (with a cameo from poor Britney Spears) ·      The overall cult-like nature of today's leftism ·      A horrible development for women and girls in Iraq, something I lay squarely at Obama's feet—along with a short rumination about how bad Democrats are for women generally ·      The New York Times's despicable anti-Israel animus ·      A mass murder in China and what it says about guns and government

American Thinker's managing editor, Andrea Widburg, talks about: An important point about Civil Rights that too few Democrats understand. How the election spelled the end of the pernicious intersectionality that has dominated Democrat politics since the Obama era. The leftist overreach that spelled the Democrats' doom. The Trump dividends that are already paying off in foreign policy, even though he hasn't even been inaugurated. The American people's verdict should mark (and seemingly already is marking) the end of the lawfare against Trump. Fear and loathing at the FBI's headquarters now that there's a new Trumpian sheriff in town. The jihad playing out in Amsterdam. Why Hollywood stars—and, maybe, some politicians—should are, or should be, running scared...or just running. The sad, funny story of the leftist who utterly fails to connect her political values to the frightening world that she inhabits.

This video/podcast discusses a leftist European writer's accurate—and depressing—take on the state of America under Harris and Biden, the fraud against Israel that's taking place on Wikipedia, and the wonderful New York Times article that's meant to dissuade people from supporting Trump but that reads like the perfect Trump campaign promotional material.

This video/podcast discusses the Harris campaign's and the Democrat party's inherent racism, the joke on the Democrats regarding Trump's upcoming Madison Square Garden rally (plus the usual defamation against Trump), Kamala Harris's transgender policies, and a lovely pro-Trump message from Stanley Kubrick's daughter.

This video/podcast discusses the chains the Deep State has on its employees as viewed through a Secret Service lens, Donald Trump's brilliant tax idea, yet another big lie about illegal immigration, lessons from a Trump rally, the positive trend that election polling is showing, and the war Israel faces.

This podcast discusses FEMA, the media's ugly euphemisms, the government's latest policies affecting our food supplies, and giant rats.

This video discusses a NeverTrumper who came home; JD Vance's masterful answer re abortion; the burgeoning FEMA scandal in NC; Israel does immigration and assimilation right; election interference from the DOJ; and how the left abuses religion for political ends.   0:00 - Intro 01:00 - A NeverTrumper comes home 03:34 - JD Vance's masterful answer re abortion 06:37 - The burgeoning FEMA scandal in NC 11:03 - Israel does immigration and assimilation right 13:47 - Election interference from the DOJ 15:03 - The left abuses religion for political ends

Insights from American Thinker about the debate, Iran's attack on Israel, and Doug Emhoff's allegedly striking a woman.

Everyone recognizes that our dominant American culture marks a return to the pagan, but they don't see that, at a profound level, it's worse than the original. I've been writing over the last decade about our culture's return to the pagan -- and, indeed, I'm not the only one making this point. A lot of people are. In this video podcast, I examine the many ways in which we are abandoning the Biblical worldview in favor of paganism. That's bad, but I argue that the West's neo-paganism, which has made huge headway in America, is even worse than the original. That's not just because we're killing people; it's because the goals are different.

A cheerful look at problems with the Georgia RICO indictment, within China, and for the leftists in Marin County. The three stories I recount in this podcast give me hope. Whether it's the fact that even a stalwart NeverTrumper recognizes how horrible Fani Willis's RICO case against Trump is, the deep doo-doo into which China is sinking, or the fact that Marin's leftists are discovering that the piper inevitably must be paid, all of these are reports that will hearten you.

I've kept it short this time, focusing on one issue, which is the real -- and very weird -- beneficiary of the left's forced existential crisis. No matter how you look at it, every one of the left's policies is intended to decrease dramatically the number of humans on earth. This is a very bizarre and horrible experiment. More than that, the ultimate intended beneficiary isn't who (or what) you think it is.

This is an unusually short video podcast (for me, at least) because it addresses just one issue: The schism between Republicans and conservatives. Not only do I identify the issue, but I also offer suggestions for addressing what I see as a very serious problem in American politics. Plus, I want you to know there is reason to hope in America.

It's another thrilling ride through the flotsam and jetsam of my mind as I examine the social and political scenes in America today. It's all here: following the money behind transgender madness in women's sports, Biblical morals, Hunter Biden as an unlikely 2nd Amendment warrior, reefer madness, Republican candidates who have gone to the dogs, the American institution that is the root of all of today's evils, and one Democrat judge who got what he voted for.

On this podcast, gay activists v. gay men, crazy leftist ladies, why I don't trust RFK, Jr., a little secret behind so-called "white" crime, and a love letter to Pete Buttigieg. The most important thing to note is that it's not my love letter to Pete Buttigieg. But that comes last. Before I get there, I discuss what makes gay activists different from men who are gay, why we'd have fewer crazy leftist women if men weren't marginalized, the problem (as I see it) with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and one of the statistical lies behind the wave of white crime Biden insists is terrifying the nation.

  It's late at night, and my dyslexic tongue is stumbling, but I think I made sense with my look at some of the week's news. As always, there's a lot to talk about: The failed efforts to destroy Tucker, the problems for the left with Hispanic mass murderers, words that shall not be spoken, the things that leftists see and don't see (and how that drives policy), and a remembrance of a very good judge.

The gal suing Tucker is very much an avatar for the modern left, so I spend a bit of time discussing her (which also allows me to demonstrate my growing proficiency in embedding video clips). But before I touch upon Tucker, I have a few quick things to say about the "fascist" label, evil Republicans, and the fact that Don Lemon is also an avatar of sorts.

I'm baaaaack! This time, I take on God's role as a speed trap, homework (yes or no?), Sen. Tim Scott, slavery, and women's (or is it men's?) lingerie. Because my work schedule and the demands on my free time mean that, at least for now, I'll be unable to do a current events podcast, I'm trying to focus on subjects that draw on my personal knowledge and insights rather than essentially echoing other commentators. Most of these are ideas that come to me in the car (I don't know why), so it's up to you whether they're worth your time.

This is an everything and the kitchen sink edition: Slavery, Trump, so-called transgenderism, leftists' children, children on prescription drugs, pedophiles, reparations, politicians, and colleges! It sounds boring when I've reduced the content to its essentials, but I hope it's lively enough to stick with and enjoy.

What'll you hear in this podcast? Ruminations about Trump, childhood, parents, black racism, gun safety and government, Heaven and crime, and a few random other topics.

Dictionaries, pronouns, cops gone wild, celebrating ourselves versus being forced to celebrate others, leftists manipulating the human capacity for change, and Hooray for Jimmy Cagney.

Because I write so much for work, I don't always have the energy to put my random thoughts (and, sometimes, deep thoughts) into written form. My choice, then, is between a podcast or tossing those ideas. So here's that podcast. I managed to cover gender and sexuality, Biden and the PLO, Ukraine, the war in Ukraine, education, socialized medicine, and a touch of Milton Friedman who, surprisingly, sort of intersected with my life.

It's a short(ish) one this time, in which I ruminate about Biden's presidency, leftist antisemitism, the dead in Ukraine, motherhood, and the intersection between conservativism and the NFL.

This is the extended version of a speech I delivered about the left's two-pronged attack on American children via Critical Race Theory and "gender theory."

A special edition dedicated entirely to Joe Biden's classified documents problem. And unlike Trump, where the classified document "crime" is completely fake, Joe Biden is in real trouble. Articles cited: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-aides-find-second-batch-classified-documents-new-location-rcna65371 https://apnews.com/article/biden-classified-documents-updates-e506a5c4094356cf4c7d11f8fb3d23b4 https://apnews.com/article/biden-classified-documents-trump-side-by-side-fb2c4ebccdbdbb9039c1c5e227b1da53 https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/01/biden_just_put_obama_in_a_delightfully_serious_bind.html https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/3810424-biden-lawyers-find-additional-classified-documents-at-wilmington-residence/

Our money in Ukraine and Africa, Sam Brinton's security clearance, the CIA and JFK, gender-neutral Marines, zombies in college, the Uniparty, and why I still have hope. Sources: New York Times: Zelenskyy transcript Council on Foreign Relations: U.S. Aid to Ukraine Fox News: Ukraine relief in new Defense bill Axios: Biden sending Patriot Missles The Conservative Treehouse: Mrs. Zelensky spending binge Transcript of Biden's remarks to African leaders Just the News: Sam Brinton's tale falls apart. Daily Caller: Security Implications of Brinton's lies. The Washington Free Beacon: Buttigieg in Europe during threatened rail strike The College Fix: Zombie cultural appropriation American Thinker/Jay Valentine: Corrupt voting rolls https://www.freepik.com/free-photo/cute-christmas-background-with-bokeh_19314682.htm#query=christmas&position=6&from_view=search&track=sph https://www.freepik.com/free-photo/christmas-tree-with-gifts_1011584.htm#page=2&query=christmas%20tree&position=10&from_view=search&track=sph https://www.freepik.com/free-photo/hebrew-menorah-with-candles-burning_5870245.htm#query=menorah&position=2&from_view=search&track=sph

This is a valiant attempt on my part to look at Kanye's and Dave Chappelle's recent run-ins with claims that they are antisemitic. My conclusions may surprise you. Unlike all my other podcasts, this podcast gets a content warning because I quote material that contains obscenities. Links to content cited in the video podcast: Bookworm Room: Hollywood Jews and Antisemitism The Hollywood Reporter: The 100 most powerful people in Hollywood in 2016 The Hollywood Reporter: The 100 most powerful people in Hollywood in 2017 The Hollywood Reporter: The 100 most powerful people in Hollywood in 2019 The Hollywood Reporter: Executives donate to Democrats Pew Research: Size of the U.S. Jewish Population Israelly Cool: Why I don't think Dave Chappelle's monologue about Kanye West was antisemitic DW.com: The Hollywood pioneers

Colonial Williamsburg, Yorktown, Mount Vernon, Monticello, and Montpelier -- we did them all, and I have opinions. They're mostly positive opinions, but there's one place I found distressing and depressing.

In this video podcast, I give my own take on Dobbs and other Supreme Court issues, Uvalde, Marxism, Democrats as the Party of poop, the racist, and fanatically homophilic nature of pricy education in America. Here are the links to which I explicitly refer. https://www.bookwormroom.com/?s=party+of+poop https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=68&v=IfDr9nZAAMk&feature=emb_title https://www.foxnews.com/us/uvalde-texas-mayor-says-crime-near-daily-police-chases-a-hallmark-of-biden-border-crisis https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/paigeskinner/uvalde-school-shooting-lockdowns https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1539597431779762176 https://gellerreport.com/2022/06/watch-thousands-of-north-african-muslims-ransack-italian-cities-while-chanting-we-own-europe.html/ https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2022/06/thoughts-on-the-dobbs-decision.php https://www.revolver.news/2022/06/colleges-are-ethnically-cleansing-americas-white-kulaks/

I address hope about politics and climate, our reversion to paganism, lockdowns and what they did, the madness of the transgender crowd, and the Uvalde shooting, with my usual side notes into things I find interesting. Links below Historic hope: 18th to 19th century England: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/The_Rake%27s_Progress_8.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/Marriage_A-la-Mode_4%2C_The_Toilette_-_William_Hogarth.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/GinLane.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Harlot%27s_Progress#/media/File:Hogarth-Harlot-1.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link-boy#/media/File:Cupid_as_Link_Boy_by_Joshua_Reynolds.jpg https://obsessiveskier.blogspot.com/2008/12/votes-for-sale-bribery-and-corruption.html Handling emails saying that we're all going to die from vaccines. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/expect/after.html https://www.informedchoiceaustralia.com/post/a-staggering-number-of-athletes-collapsed-this-past-year https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/safety/myocarditis.html More evidence, if any is needed, that we're reverting to pagan times: https://www.bookwormroom.com/2021/01/31/the-west-is-reverting-to-paganism/ https://www.livescience.com/roman-penis-pendant-found-uk https://www.livescience.com/roman-penis-graffiti-stone-uk https://pagesix.com/2022/06/13/christina-aguilera-wears-strap-on-during-la-pride-performance/ Yellowstone changes mountain's name and Mother Nature attacks. https://nypost.com/2022/06/11/yellowstones-mount-doane-renamed-to-first-peoples-mountain-for-being-offensive/ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10913125/Yellowstone-closes-entrances-unprecedented-flooding.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10919573/Yellowstone-closed-indefinitely-thousand-year-flooding.html Earth's magnetic polarity not reversing https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2022/06/08/earth-magnetic-polarity-not-reversing-PNAS/7321654702819/ For Democrats, lockdowns were anything but useless. https://instapundit.com/525372/ https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/516521-democrats-more-likely-to-mail-in-ballots-early-than-republicans-poll/ Glenn Greenwald and Bradley Manning https://nypost.com/2022/06/13/chelsea-manning-details-rift-with-dangerous-glenn-greenwald/ “It” people https://twitter.com/FlorioGina/status/1536752976152432640 Uvalde: https://www.thenewneo.com/2022/06/11/school-police-chief-arredondo-speaks/ https://piegg.com/blog/2022/05/28/uvalde-school-districts-police-chief-pedro-arredondo-must-resign-after-robb-elementary-massacre-the-daily-beast/

This video offers a snapshot of just how crazy Democrats have become. But don't worry! This is actually good news.

I discuss a little bit of everything about the news of the day: Truckers, federal money for crack pipes, Joe Rogan and the "N" word, and more. 

I'm learning a new technology, so this is a wee bit rough, but I cover the need for courage today (with examples), ivermectin madness and government control over healthcare, media lies, the lack of religious liberty in Canada, and Americans' loss of trust in the military.  Here are the articles to which I referred: https://flconservativevoice.com/powerful-fl-consultant-alex-bruesewitz-being-targeted-by-january-6th-committee/ https://nypost.com/2022/01/15/five-college-students-speak-out-against-campus-wokeness/ https://www.dailywire.com/news/revival-and-reformation-is-needed-canadian-pastors-sound-off-on-new-law-that-threatens-to-criminalize-evangelism https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/hidden-military-documents-reveal-nih-intent-create-sars-cov-2-using-gain-function-research https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/kevindowneyjr/2022/01/16/family-fights-for-ivermectin-for-dying-loved-one-courts-say-no-n1549942 https://www.hfma.org/topics/news/2021/11/cms-finalizes-vaccination-requirements-for-hospitals-and-most-ot.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10408297/AP-FACT-CHECK-Trump-seeds-race-animus-COVID-falsehood.html https://mises.org/wire/americans-may-finally-be-losing-confidence-woke-military

I'm back after almost five months (2021 was a busy year), and I hit the ground running discussing January 6 and how the Dems are weaponizing it, continued COVID madness, crime in New York, the Tower of Babel which goes along with the leftists' racializing society, gender roles in marriage, and more.

The three big topics I cover are Biden's Afghanistan failures and the left's inability to understand what's going on, COVID vaccine mandates and other pressure for a disease with a greater than 98% survival rate; and gender madness, especially the type that's targeted at children.

The subtitle says it all. Here are the relevant web pages I used: https://www.dailywire.com/news/for-anyone-saying-i-quit-simone-biles-posts-videos-of-crashing-to-mat https://nypost.com/2021/03/08/surge-in-covid-positive-migrants-being-released-in-us/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kindertransport https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29665232 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9839755/Parents-oppose-CRT-white-like-Capitol-rioters-says-head-66k-year-DC-school.html http://www.gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200991h.html  

Once again, I give my invariably strong opinions about the day's news, whether it's lying doctors, sports teams renaming themselves, the Olympics, poor Jacob Chansley, Antifa and the NYPD, the myriad failures of the governing left, Jen Psaki's snark, or a wonderful Donald Trump impersonator. Here are links to all the sites on which I relied or to which I cited. (Also, too late to do anything about it, I remembered the word for the wonder Shawn Farsh is "impersonator" not "imitator.") Bookworm Room American Thinker (re the Alabama doctor) New York Post (re the Cleveland “Guardians”) Daily Caller (re Olympics) Newsmax (re Jacob Chansley) RedState (re Antifa and NYPD) Andrew Klavan CNS News (re Jen Psaki) Shawn Farash on Twitter

This podcast looks at Turning Point USA's decision to ban a porn star from one of its events; the current unattainable COVID policy allowing the government to stay in the driver's seat; the big problem Democrats are going to face with their January 6 prosecutions; why we should be dubious about anything coming from the American Academy of Pediatrics; and how we can all help America through this trying time.

This marks my second attempt at a video podcast and it's still rough around the edges (especially at the end) but you get to hear me opine about social issues and politics, including Critical Race Theory, gender madness, military madness, and more.

After an 18 month hiatus, I decided it was time to start podcasting again. This time, there's a slight twist, which is that I also did a video. (Don't worry, though. You don't need to watch the video to understand the podcast.) I discovered that I'm amazingly rusty when it comes to the technical aspects of all of this but I can still talk the hind leg off a donkey. Join me as I walk you through the sublime, the ridiculous, and the very serious mental journey I make every morning when I read the news. I promise that my work will improve with time. My current hope is to produce 2-3 podcasts/videos a week -- but no promise.

This is the companion podcast to my post about the way Bernie and other Democrats seek to end American liberty by imposing gun control. Just today, I put up a post challenging the gun control that is dear to the hearts of Bernie (the current Democrat candidate of the week) and the other Democrat candidates. I've done a 180 since my younger days, when I too advocated gun control, and I've made this transition because I've learned that the only way a society can remain safe and free is for moral, law-abiding citizens to have the right to arm themselves. This isn't just my opinion. The data is overwhelming. If you prefer reading to listening, or if you want links to the articles and data I site, please check the companion post, which you'll find here.

Over the past week, I’ve put up two posts about something that really gets my goat, which is the way in which those who contend that it’s possible to change ones gender — that is, to be “transgender” — are leading a very aggressive war against reality. In doing so, they are accidentally or deliberately partnering with Marxists to destroy Western culture. Reality will always win, but that fallout from a society’s break with reality can be terrible. If you prefer reading to listening, or if you want links to the articles I cite in Part 2 of this two-part podcast, the two posts are: 1. J.K. Rowlings’ fallout with the so-called transgender movement is instructive 2. An addendum to my previous post about the “transgender” movement

Over the past week, I’ve put up two posts about something that really gets my goat, which is the way in which those who contend that it’s possible to change ones gender — that is, to be “transgender” — are leading a very aggressive war against reality. In doing so, they are accidentally or deliberately partnering with Marxists to destroy Western culture. Reality will always win, but that fallout from a society’s break with reality can be terrible. If you prefer reading to listening, or if you want links to the articles I cite in Part 1 of this two-part podcast, the two posts are: 1. J.K. Rowlings’ fallout with the so-called transgender movement is instructive 2. An addendum to my previous post about the “transgender” movement

Faux impeachment proceedings aren't going to help the Democrat Party faithful's deadly lack of enthusiasm; they're paralyzed by their own ineffectiveness. For three years, Democrat politicians and activists have been promising the party faithful that they'll impeach Trump. Instead, Trump's been going from one success to another, while the Democrats are left with two silly, probably unconstitutional, meaningless articles of impeachment. No wonder Democrats aren't taking to the streets anymore. They're tired, very tired.

Having looked at what Trump and the Republicans stand for in terms of values, practical politics, and long-term goals for America, and compared that to what the Democrats have offer, I've concluded that I'd vote for Trump no matter how awful a person he was (and I don't think he's awful). On all things -- the Constitution, an armed citizenry, binary sexes, the free market, climate, the national debt, immigration, the rule of law -- Trump is not just the lesser of two evils, he's also the greater good.

This podcast reflects ideas set out in the following posts: The British People Stage A Counter-Coup Buttigieg’s rise highlights the travesty of the Democrat field The Horowitz report and impeachment stuff

This podcast takes on a series of several different posts I've written, as well as opening with two new issues: 1. The IG Report re the FBI that was released today. (See The IG Report -- The Good, The Bad, & The Questionable.) 2. Michelle Obama's wacky comment on the "surreal" impeachment. 3. "They Shall Not Grow Old" is returning to theaters; try to see it! 4. Movie Review : No Safe Spaces (including my own take on the transgender movement's effect on free speech). 5. A strong recommendation that you watch Candace Owens' interview with Taleeb Starkes. 6. Slavery, Color of Change, Pinterest, and Plantation Weddings, a look at the cruel history of the world and the beauty that's still left behind. 7. Call me callous, but I'm enjoying watching Joe Biden decompensate, in which I explain why I think Biden is suffering from dementia and why I don't care.