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The traditional way in the West of teaching history is to start with the three phases of history. There is the beginning, the middle and the end. This is based on two assumptions that are unique to the West. One is that history is a process where the past casts a shadow over the present to shape the future. History is a long chain of causation. The other assumption is history works toward some end, as if it is by design. The idea of “progress” rests on this assumption. The world is progressing toward some end point. For the student … Continue reading →

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When I was suffering through advanced infantry training in the US Army many, many moons ago, I learned the Trump negotiating system. Our dreaded first sergeant, Delmar Creech, would terrorize us, inflict push-ups or latrine detail, and then restrict us to barracks over weekends for some minor infraction. We hated him with a passion. But then one Friday he strode into the barracks and, with a big smile, said ‘you boys have been good. I’m granting you PX privileges!’ A cheer erupted. We were being allowed to go to the base store to buy candy, cigarettes, and magazines. Suddenly, everyone … Continue reading →

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It has been a decade since I wrote my son’s obituary. I posted it the next day. Lew Rockwell posted it the day after I posted it. Writing it eased the pain. Writers often write to ease the pain. When you are depressed, work. Work is a productive pain-killing drug. Warning: If you ever get tingling sensations in your heels, and they move up your calves, then thighs, always moving higher, year by year, get to the Mayo Clinic. They will become spasms when they reach your lower back. They will keep moving up until they are inside your skull. … Continue reading →

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Steve Bannon became obsessed with a dark theory of history predicting the rebirth of America’s institutions every 80 years – and became convinced the US was on the brink of a bigger conflict than the Second World War, a report said Thursday. Donald Trump‘s chief strategist became fascinated in the early 2000s by The Fourth Turning, a 1997 book in which William Strauss and Neil Howe explain their theory of American history, Time wrote in a profile of Bannon. The former Goldman Sachs investment banker and Breitbart executive chairman appears on the cover of this week’s magazine, on which he is … Continue reading →

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I have listened to Dr. Wilson enough times, I could hear his voice as I read this work. He is one of my heroes as he teaches on American History, not what is taught in the established educational (?) spouts normally called “Schools, Colleges, Universities …” is today, you will gain much understanding from this book. And, you will not get these truths from most other sources since it offers a lot of facts, logical thought, and all with refreshing non PC garbage, as only Clyde Wilson can. Published by Shotwell Publishing (… a No Nonsense, Unapologetic, Unreconstructed Publishing Company … Continue reading →

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Every president inherits something difficult. Some problems are simply out of the incoming president’s hands. Obama inherited a financial crisis. Reagan inherited double digit inflation. Kennedy, Nixon, and Ford each inherited the Vietnam War. For President Trump, it’s debt. Donald Trump enters the White House with a $19.9 trillion a headache. In percentage terms, that’s 107% of our GDP. Sure, every president inherits some kind of debt from his predecessor. But none of them had to follow the Borrower-in-Chief, Barack Obama. Obama doubled the federal debt during his tenure in the Oval. He pushed the total debt close to $20 … Continue reading →

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When Gen. Michael Flynn marched into the White House Briefing Room to declare that “we are officially putting Iran on notice,” he drew a red line for President Trump. In tweeting the threat, Trump agreed. His credibility is now on the line. And what triggered this virtual ultimatum? Iran-backed Houthi rebels said Flynn, attacked a Saudi warship and Tehran tested a missile, undermining “security, prosperity, and stability throughout the Middle East,” placing “American lives at risk.” Myths, Misunderstandings and Outright lies about owning Gold. Are you at risk? But how so? The Saudis have been bombing the Houthi rebels and … Continue reading →

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An old rotary phone that’s been tucked away in an English house in the country since 1945 is headed to auction in the United States later this month. Its significance? The antique phone, described by the auction house as a “mobile device of destruction,” once belonged to Adolf Hitler. Physical Gold & Silver in your IRA. Get the Facts. Recovered from the Fuhrerbunker during the last days of World War II, the phone was “arguably the most destructive ‘weapon’ of all time, which sent millions to their deaths around the world,” Alexander Historical Auctions noted in a description. The phone … Continue reading →

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You’ve heard about the “gender wage gap.” That fable goes like this: since women in the aggregate earn only 79% of what men earn in the aggregate, women “earn 79% of what men earn for doing the same work.” You get extra points for brain-wave activity if you asked: “Wait, how did ‘for doing the same work’ get added onto that?” I’ll get to that in a minute. The automobile manufacturer Audi just released an ad for virtue-signaling purposes to let us all know how outraged they are that women suffer from a 21% pay gap. Right now the ratio … Continue reading →

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Fake News: Pentagon’s video from Yemen raid turned out to be 10 years old, already widely circulated

US Press Secretary Sean Spicer Falsely Accuses Iran Of Attacking U.S. Navy Vessel, An Act Of War

New US Ambassador to UN sings the anti-Russia song while Kiev murders Donbass civilians, Russian investigators launch probe into civilian deaths

Rex Tillerson Backs Aggressive Policy in Disputed South China Sea as Exxon, Russia Eye Region’s Oil and Gas

Right to protest?: GOP state lawmakers push back against public dissent

‘Bowling Green massacre’ trends following Kellyanne Conway’s latest blunder