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… to the Western Christian world. Amerika’s low unholy holiday was yesterday. And, if you’re a Google-ite, then today is … uh … happy Native American Flutes day…
01 Saturday Nov 2025
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… to the Western Christian world. Amerika’s low unholy holiday was yesterday. And, if you’re a Google-ite, then today is … uh … happy Native American Flutes day…
21 Tuesday Oct 2025
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The following, just a few notions to consider, is from the quote page immediately after Caldwell’s Forward in GLORY AND THE LIGHTNING*:
“THE GLORY THAT WAS GREECE—”
“The genius of a nation strikes but once in its history. It is its glory and its immortality in the annals of men. It is aristocratic, discriminating, radiant and selective, and abjures all that is mediocre, plebeian and mundane. It is regnant. It is spiritual. It is the flame emanating from the core of the Universe, which is the generation of life. It is the lightning which sets fire to the small spirits of men, and raises them above the field and the plow, the house and the hayfield, in a sudden revelation of grandeur. It is, above all, masculine, for the aristocracy of the soul is purely masculine and never feminine, which is concerned only with petty matters and insistent trivialities. It transcends the humbleness of daily living and stands even the least important of men upon Olympus for a brief hour. It is never democratic, for democracy is a destructive thing, conspired in the inferior minds of envious men.
“If that nation which would survive in glory would cultivate only the masculine principle, its name in history will be written in gold and blaze through the centuries.”
ZENO OF ELEA
A few little slaps in the face of modernity and the Enlightenment. BTW, the rest of the novel is excellent too.
*Caldwell, Taylor, Glory and the Lightning, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1974.
07 Tuesday Oct 2025
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Today is, of course, the second anniversary of Hamas’s noble strike back against a century of radical Jewish terrorism and oppression. The result has been two years of genocide. I do not trust the current “peace” plan nor any such scheme foisted by the perpetrators. There’s not much to trust, so large doses of faith are in order. Also, some of the wicked morons in the town where I exist have put up both Yankee AND Zionist flags in support of the genocide or satanism or something. Sad…
BUT! Today is also the 73rd birthday of the leader of the free world. Happy birthday, President Putin! Many more to come.
22 Monday Sep 2025
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Fall is, to me, the best season – especially for writing!
Happy Fall. More soon.
15 Monday Sep 2025
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If Amerikans could kindly divert fifteen minutes away from their devotion to the latest secular idol false god, then they might possibly glean something important from Rev. Baldwin.
11 Thursday Sep 2025
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It does and does not feel like it. Time flies.
01 Monday Sep 2025
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The rest of the world celebrates the productive power of work on May 1st in accordance with ancient traditions. The GAE, being a fake, wicked country owned by usury-mongers, tried to avoid giving any credit to working people, only hastily adopting the September holiday in the late 19th century to avert street violence. To get even with the ordinary people, in the 1950s they came up with “Law Day” on May 1st as an ironic way of forcing elite primacy on and over the people while simultaneously encouraging the people to worship their elites, the fake laws, and the rest of the growing dystopia.
Still, this is our (substitute) day, so here’s to us! We have a lot of work to do going forward.
Also! Inching closer and closer to fall!
26 Tuesday Aug 2025
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Gen X, please mark the calendars. January 20, 2026 is going down in history as a very important day, our day.* That’s when Bad Boy, the first episode of Chris Orcutt’s EPIC ’80s novel, Bodaciously True & Totally Awesome, hits the shelves. My short little pre-review:
For such an incredibly rich literary experience, Bodaciously True & Totally Awesome, Episode I: Bad Boy, reads easily and beautifully. The book isn’t just a glimpse of the 1980s; it IS the 1980s. Readers from all adult generations (Gen X, especially!) will love every word, scene, and thought.
There is something (well, many things) distinctive and remarkable about Chris Orcutt’s magnum opus. He reaches the heart and mind in a way so natural that the reading process comes off like seeing one’s own original thoughts and emotions in print—this is very rare territory. He does things with Bad Boy that I cannot recall any other author doing, or doing nearly so well. Many of the 1980s period references are presented in novel ways that both explain the referenced elements and add ultra-realistic life to the story. Orcutt’s use of music is mind-blowing. All of his techniques, and his utter mastery of imaginative writing, add a relatability and “cannot put it down” fondness to his already fantastic plot and theme.
The plot, an introduction to the life and times of young hero Avery “Ace” Craig, flows like a roller coaster with action, drama, romance, humor, suspense, thrills, and more. It is all bound together in a simply mesmerizing fashion. There is a deep philosophy at work, magnified by a grounded psychology, an understanding of how men and women relate to each other, and a resonating dose of faith. In the end, readers are left with several concurrent cliffhangers: adventurous, potentially dangerous, and frantically passionate. All of it will leave readers predicting, picking sides, hoping, fearing, laughing, and holding on tight. Hurry up, Episode II!
Bad Boy is a genuinely encompassing and immersive adventure, one that will have the mind and heart buzzing, on multiple levels, and for some time once the reading stops. The book is fun, engaging, and staggeringly impactful. I suspect it will cement Orcutt’s place in the echelons of timeless literature. I cannot recommend this book strongly enough.
My much more detailed review is coming along at the right time. And more! Just wait. In the meantime, kindly check out Goodreads and Orcutt’s Site (and Media Page) for more information.
Got that? 1/20/26. We’re going back to 1986!
(Cover image appropriated from Orcutt.net.)
*All other adult generations will be welcome too. (Yes, even “good” Boomers.)
25 Monday Aug 2025
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I had forgotten about little Samantha Smith, the sweetheart who helped thaw relations between the USA and the USSR. Gazeta Russia has a great pictorial tribute to the young lady, who died 40 years ago today in a travel accident.
40 лет назад, 25 августа 1985 года, в авиакатастрофе погибла 13-летняя американка Саманта Смит, прославившаяся своей борьбой за мир в разгар Холодной войны, перепиской с руководством СССР и поездкой в Советский Союз. Считалось, что она приоткрыла существовавший между странами «железный занавес» и смогла показать жителям СССР и США, что «с той стороны» есть обычные семьи и дети, а ядерной войны никто не хочет.
История началась в 1982 году со статьи в журнале Time, посвященной Юрию Андропову, который пришел к власти в СССР после кончины Леонида Брежнева. В статье говорилось, что новый генсек может быть опасен для США, а в его правление не исключена новая война. Обсудив это с мамой, Саманта по собственной инициативе написала Андропову письмо.
«Уважаемый господин Андропов! Меня зовут Саманта Смит. Мне десять лет. Поздравляю Вас с Вашим новым назначением. Я очень беспокоюсь, не начнется ли ядерная война между Советским Союзом и Соединенными Штатами. Вы за войну или нет? Если Вы против, пожалуйста, скажите, как Вы собираетесь не допустить войну?» — писала она.
В Советском Союзе письмо заметили и даже опубликовали в газете «Правда» — но без ответа со стороны адресата. Это побудило Саманту написать второе письмо (на этот раз советскому послу в США Анатолию Добрынину). В итоге в апреле 1983 года Андропов ей все-таки ответил, заверив, что в СССР тоже никто не хочет никакой войны. И пригласил девочку приехать в Советский Союз. Она согласилась.
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40 years ago, on August 25, 1985, 13-year-old American Samantha Smith, famous for her struggle for peace at the height of the Cold War, correspondence with the leadership of the USSR and a trip to the Soviet Union, died in a plane crash. It was believed that she opened the Iron Curtain that existed between the countries «and was able to show the residents of the USSR and the USA that »on the other side«there are ordinary families and children, and no one wants a nuclear war.
The story began in 1982 with an article in Time magazine dedicated to Yuri Andropov, who came to power in the USSR after the death of Leonid Brezhnev. The article said that the new Secretary General could be dangerous for the United States, and a new war could not be ruled out during his reign. After discussing this with her mother, Samantha wrote a letter to Andropov on her own initiative.
«Dear Mr. Andropov! My name is Samantha Smith. I’m ten years old. Congratulations on your new appointment. I am very worried whether a nuclear war will break out between the Soviet Union and the United States. Are you for war or not? If you are against it, please tell me how you are going to prevent war?» — she wrote.
In the Soviet Union, the letter was noticed and even published in the newspaper «Pravda» —, but without a response from the addressee. This prompted Samantha to write a second letter (this time to the Soviet ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Dobrynin). As a result, in April 1983, Andropov nevertheless answered her, assuring her that no one in the USSR wanted any war either. And he invited the girl to come to the Soviet Union. She agreed.
She made us proud!
20 Wednesday Aug 2025
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Statement by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova:
Three years ago, a terrorist act orchestrated by Ukrainian intelligence agencies cut short the life of Russian journalist, political commentator, and public figure Darya Dugina (Platonova).
Neither Western pseudo-democracies nor the international organisations obedient to them deigned to react to this treacherous murder, just as they turned a blind eye to other bloody crimes committed by Ukrainian neo-Nazis against journalists and war correspondents. Under the patronage of their handlers, the Kiev regime continues to methodically eradicate any dissent, waging nothing short of a hunt against representatives of the Russian media sphere. We honour the sacrifice of all media workers who have perished in the line of duty, and we will do everything in our power to hold those responsible for these atrocities to account.
The tragic fate of Darya Dugina has become, for millions, a symbol of selfless devotion to the Motherland, unwavering dedication, and loyalty to one’s ideals. In Russia and far beyond its borders, Darya’s memory and her creative legacy endure: her books are published in large print runs, and numerous initiatives and projects are implemented, including the Russian Frontier International Youth Award and the public medal For Fidelity to the Russian World and Traditional Values. Streets in Russian cities have been named after Darya Dugina, and her likeness has been immortalised in commemorative murals and memorial plaques. This year, a monument to the courageous journalist, sculpted by Dmitry Alexandrov, was unveiled in Zakharovo Park in the Odintsovo District of the Moscow Region.
The crime against Darya Dugina knows no statute of limitations. Those guilty of committing it will be found and will face inevitable punishment.
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