Making Excuses for the Gangs of Philadelphia

If there’s one thing of which no one can accuse Philadelphia Inquirer reporter Ellie Rushing it’s laziness. Her author profile states that her beat is “cover(ing) criminal justice and law enforcement in Philadelphia, including how crime and the court systems impact communities,” and there’s certainly plenty of that in foul, fetid, fuming, foggy, filthy Philadelphia. …

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Operant Conditioning, Path Dependency and Societal Revolution, Part 3

Source: Discovering Neptune So how do dark philosophers (see Part 2) propagate the dark gospel and create the changes they seek? On the surface, if we only look at the racial aspects, we may reach some misleading and even harmful conclusions. Are Black Lives Matter (BLM), 1619 and the whole Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity (DIE) …

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Bad Causes Attract Bad People

As we noted three years ago, The Lincoln Project, an organization of anti-Trump “Republicans” which had been doing everything they could to hamper our 45th President, was then distancing itself from and denying any real knowledge about co-founder John Weaver. Many publicly mused about how co-founders George Conway, Steve Schmidt, Reed Galen, Jennifer Horn, and …

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Swimming in the Shallow End of the Gene Pool

My website has twice previously reported on the very lovely Jayana Webb. On March 21, 2022, 21-year-old Miss Webb killed 29-year-old Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Brendan Sisca, 33-year-old State Trooper Martin Mack, and 28-year-old electrician Reyes Rivera Oliveras. No, Miss Webb didn’t pull a gun and shoot them; she used a Chevy Captiva. The Philadelphia …

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What Could Trigger an American Existential Crisis?

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Our current chief executive stood before a red backdrop in Philadelphia screaming at what he called the “semi-fascist MAGA extremists” – people who hold different political views than his own. Does he have a cool enough head to avoid triggering a chain reaction that could lead to a very dangerous place?