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Sunday, May 3, 2026
On the skids
Some "based" takes on class, ethnicity and intelligence c/o Edward Dutton. You probably know the drift already. Dutton is reacting to a recent British documentary about the plight of the "White working class", arguing that it´s really the underclass that´s being depicted. He also notes that the docu defines "White working class" as an "ethnic group"!
OK, *that´s* a new one. Either somebody made a silly mistake, or the people behind the documentary assume (perhaps correctly?) that nobody will care about poor Whites in Woke UK, unless these are re-defined as another ethnic minority worthy of our special consideration, alongside Muslims, Blacks, or what have you.
Dutton points out the irony that this was once a super-reactionary position. During the Victorian era, the British elites wondered aloud whether the workers really were British / English, or a completely different (unknown) ethnicity altogether! That, of course, was a form of racism, not progressive politics...
Another interesting question is whether this is some kind of paradigm shift, a trial balloon, or just some stray TV program of little importance.
2 words, 1 finger
It seems the Alex Jones era is finally over. InfoWars have definitely been taken over by the satirical liberal magazine The Onion. The new owners have even hired an Alex Jones impersonator, who will presumably make fun of the real one. But for how long? I don´t think the concept can last for more than a couple of episodes. Not even sure if anyone gives a damn about Alex Jones in 2026. It´s not 2006 anymore, guys...
Residue
Some interesting things in this one. Note the strange fact that ex-believers do *not* have a "religious residue" when it comes to politics (except very briefly). Indeed, atheists who are ex-Christians often become super-liberal, almost as if they are overcompensating for their formerly conservative politics.
One thing not discussed is the fact that many secular worldviews look like religious ditto with the serial numbers filed off. I mean, the Big Bang theory is just a secularized version of creation ex nihilo...
That´s a rather significant "residue", if you ask me!
From panspermia to great filter
Sabine Hossenfelder strikes again.
Does life come from outer space, but eventually reaches a "great filter", explaining the Fermi paradox? Microscopic life might be extremely common in the universe, but space-faring civilizations probably aren´t. Somehow, it feels like a "waste of space" if panspermia is true but almost never gives rise to a United Federation of Planets...
Pass the veggies, please
Feminist atheist and cult-watcher Rebecca Watson (Skepchick) has discovered some kind of Über-syncretist sect or cult. Based in Utah, it combines fundamentalist Mormonism, Scientology and multi-level marketing of nutritional supplements. Yes, really! The business-slash-cult is called Balance of Nature and was founded by a chiropractor. Because of course it was.
Interesting, and frankly a bit disturbing.
Waiting for NESARA
I´ve heard of the NESARA conspiracy theory before, but clearly I didn´t know half of it! I mean, wtf.
There are strange connections to Ramtha, Mormonism, David Icke´s reptilian aliens, the 9/11 Truth Movement, MLM-like ponzi schemes...
NESARA (and its later twin GESARA) has everything. Except maybe QAnon, although I wouldn´t be surprised if many true believers in one might easily morph into the other.
I admit I was somewhat shocked by this stuff. Or am I just getting old?
The wretched of the earth
I´m old enough to remember when talk like this might have gotten you cancelled from "the hard left". Suggesting that this content-creator isn´t really a hard leftist, but some kind of leftoid liberal. That being said...
Was the legendary union leader Cesar Chavez actually a deranged cultist who abused and raped a number of female union activists? That Chavez wasn´t exactly an angel has been known for decades, but recently the New York Times published articles based on personal testimony from some of his victims, including UFW co-founder Dolores Huerta. As a result, Chavez may now be on the verge of being (posthumously) "cancelled" throughout California.
Note that Chavez had connections to a controversial movement known as Synanon and later tried to form what was in effect his own mystical sect inside the United Farm Workers. Suggesting he was indeed a cultist. I admit I didn´t know *that* part of the story before!
There´s probably more to explore here...
Lover´s Point
Trump´s new appointee for head of the US Navy, a certain Hung Cao, is apparently a fairly fundamentalist Christian. Rebecca Watson (Skepchick) decided to investigate his conspiratorial claim that a place known as Lover´s Point in Monterey has become some kind of center for Wiccans and other Neo-Pagans. Watson soon realized that there were more Christian missionaries in the area than anything even remotely witchy.
Apparently, the closest thing to an evil witch at Lover´s Point is Watson herself, since she´s an atheist feminist and sometimes scuba dives there!
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