The Lighthouse: | Orwell in California | Baseball and Moral Hazard | Kids Without Civics

July 23, 2024  •  Weekly Newsletter Newsom Continues Dreadful COVID-19 Crackdown K. Lloyd Billingsley (American Spectator) Gov. Newsom is extending California’s Covid crackdown. Could there be a better example of Robert Higgs’s “Rachet Effect” (government seeking to make permanent temporary ‘emergency’ powers) than Newsom’s Orwellian new “SMARTER Plan”? […]

The Nationalist Revolution

by Ernst Jünger Arktos Journal Jul 23, 2024 Ernst Jünger argues for a militant, uncompromising nationalist revolution to overthrow the existing liberal order and establish a new Germany driven by nationalist ideals. This article was originally published in the journal Standarte on 20 May 1926. By the honorary […]

Tesla’s lacking the deets

July 24, 2024 • 5 min read with Dan DeFrancesco Hi! Forget flying cars, we’ve got laser beams! The UK has tested a laser weapon that eliminates targets for $0.12 a shot.   In today’s big story, we’re looking at another Tesla earnings report that was light on […]

Kamala Harris and Marvel Politics

by Alexander Dugin Arktos Journal Jul 24, 2024 Alexander Dugin argues that Kamala Harris should share full responsibility with Joe Biden for supporting the Kiev regime, criticizing her background and the childish mentality of the American public that influences political narratives. Kamala Harris should share full responsibility with […]

Peter Thiel: ‘I defer to Israel’

Video surfaces showing the Palantir tech giant struggling to answer question about client’s use of AI-generated kill lists Center for Responsible Statecraft Kelley Beaucar Vlahos Jul 24, 2024 The trouble with doing business with Israel — or any foreign government — is you can’t really say anything when […]

7/23/24: Kamala Historic Fundraising, Secret Service Head Grilled In Congress, RFK Jr Trump Cabinet

Subscribe to Ryan’s DropSiteNews: dropsitenews.com/counterpoints Krystal and Ryan discuss Kamala record fundraising after Biden dropout, secret service head grilled in Congress, Dearborn Mayor speaks out on Kamala Bibi meeting, Biden disappearance sparks conspiracies, RFK Jr offered Trump endorsement for cabinet position, Jim Cramer salivates over Kamala corporate shift. […]

Major Protests Break Out in Bangladesh

by Peter Zeihan on July 23, 2024 *This video was recorded last week, prior to Peter departing on his backpacking trip. There have been significant protests in Bangladesh over a law reserving a significant portion of government jobs for supporters of the 1971 independence revolution and their descendants. […]

Hedge funds’ dying stars

July 23, 2024 • 5 min read with Dan DeFrancesco Hello! Vice President Kamala Harris has secured the support of enough Democratic delegates to become the party’s nominee for president. Harris said she was looking forward to formally accepting the nomination at the Democratic Party Convention next month. But […]

The Rise of the Autocrats

“The playbook has become familiar,” observes Ben Rhodes in the Review’s August 15 issue. A right-wing populist harnesses the backlash to globalization’s failures to win an election on a grievance-filled us-versus-them platform. Cronies, enriched via corruption, finance the leader’s political agenda. Courts are packed with judges who allow […]

The Fraud of ‘Our Democracy’

The gods that died Michael Rectenwald Jul 23, 2024 As if we needed further confirmation, the recent and mysterious withdrawal of Joe Biden from the presidential race—issued in a post on X on Sunday July 21, not on official White House or presidential letterhead but rather under a […]

Unknown Anarchisms

By thecollective Topic of the Week – This week we are peering into the unknown void to reconceptualize the history and theory of anarchism by shedding a light on unknown anarchisms. Unknown anarchisms and anarchists are way-points without a history that can be found on the obfuscated outskirts […]