Pink Flame of Liberty, 08/23/25
Source: Pink Flame of Liberty
“Andrew Chadderdon’s Garbage Defense of Angela McArdle.” (08/23/25)
Author: Thomas L. Knapp
Lessons from Historical Recreation
Source: David Friedman’s Substack
by David Friedman
“I have been an active member of the Society for Creative Anachronism, a group that does historical recreation, mostly medieval and Renaissance, for more than fifty years. I have written and performed poems, told stories from medieval sources, fought with (non-lethal) sword and shield, made pavilions and armor and medieval furniture and jewelry, cooked from medieval cookbooks (the oldest from the 10th century), slept for most of a cumulative year in a pavilion on a rope bed based on an early medieval ivory carving, written, with my wife, a 357 page book on our medieval interests containing a cookbook with more than three hundred recipes. My web page lists my four worlds: family, academic work in economics and law, libertarian writing, recreational medievalism. That fairly, if incompletely, describes my life. What have I learned from the last of the four?” (08/22/25)
https://daviddfriedman.substack.com/p/lessons-from-historical-recreation
The Geopolitical Thriller: A Right-Wing Genre
Source: Quillette
by Stewart Slater
“Other plots may attract both right and left-wing authors, but successful geopolitical thrillers are always informed by a conservative view of the world.” [editor’s note: Slater has obviously never read Larry Beinhart’s American Hero, on which the hit movie Wag The Dog was based – TLK] (08/22/25)
https://quillette.com/2025/08/22/the-geopolitical-thriller-a-right-wing-genre-spy-forsyth-le-carre/
Syria: Regime delays election in Sweida and Kurdish areas
Source: Deutsche Welle [German state media]
“The Syrian government on Saturday announced that elections will not be held in the provinces of Sweida, Hasaka and Raqqa when the rest of the country votes for a new parliament in September. The southern province of Sweida is majority-Druze, while most of Hasaka and parts of Raqqa are controlled by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The Higher Committee for People’s Assembly Elections said the ballot would be delayed in all three until a ‘safe environment’ was in place according to SANA state news agency. Sweida in southern Syria is the scene of long-simmering tensions between militias representing the Druze minority and Sunni Bedouin tribes over land and resources. … Beyond Sweida, the partially SDF-held provinces of Hasaka and Raqqa were also deemed too unsafe for elections.” (08/23/25)
https://www.dw.com/en/syria-delays-election-in-sweida-and-kurdish-areas/a-73742611
Unattended Baggage, episode 307
Source: Unattended Baggage
“Donald, WHO exactly told you that?” (08/23/25)
https://unattendedbaggage.substack.com/p/episode-307-donald-who-exactly-told
Woodrow Wilson Has Something Donald Trump Desperately Wants
Source: Washington Monthly
by Bill Scher
“What President Trump is trying to do with Ukraine, in perverse pursuit of the Nobel Peace Prize, is turn the clock back to before Wilson’s time and restore the era of great power imperialism. While Wilson pushed reluctant countries away from imperialism, Trump is facing resistance from European leaders who still believe in today’s liberal world order.” (08/22/25)
Socialist Trump partially nationalizes Intel
Source: Politico
“President Donald Trump on Friday said the U.S. government had reached a deal to take a 10 percent equity stake in the chipmaker Intel, worth approximately $10 billion. ‘I said, I think it would be good having the United States as your partner,’ Trump said Friday at the White House. ‘[CEO Lip-Bu Tan] agreed, and they’ve agreed to do it.’ Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick confirmed the deal in a post on X on Friday: ‘BIG NEWS: The United States of America now owns 10% of Intel, one of our great American technology companies.’ Intel posted details of the plan soon afterward, saying the administration would make an $8.9 billion investment in Intel common stock, paid for with the CHIPS grant money. The company said the stake would be funded with $5.7 billion in grants previously awarded but not yet paid, and $3.2 billion from a separate Defense Department program.” (08/22/25)
https://www.politico.eu/article/trump-white-house-takes-a-10b-stake-in-intel
Free Talk Live, 08/23/25
Source: Free Talk Live
“The feds raided John Bolton over classified documents :: Hillary Clinton and Frazzledrip :: Trump federalizing DC and maybe Chicago :: Ava Max new album review by Turd :: Skeeter gives us a trolley problem to solve :: Democrats always showing their racism :: Noise cameras to stop loud car exhaust :: Crrow777 lunar wave footage :: Jeffery Epstein alive? :: Should you sue your parents for sending you to government school? :: Caller is gay :: The inventor of talk radio, Bob Grant :: 2017 Vegas shooting fake :: ICE forced to leave in DC by neighbors :: Gen Z’s new ‘it boy’ George W Bush :: 08-23-25 Hosts: Bonnie, Stu, Angelo.” (08/23/25)
Age Limits for Politicians
Source: Liberal Currents
by Andy Craig
“America’s political gerontocracy is a genuine problem. It fuels dysfunction, distrust, and concrete negative policy consequences. We can’t sweep it under the rug any longer: too many of our high officeholders, including a disproportionate number of Democrats, are simply too old. It’s not unacceptable ageism to say so; it’s the cold, hard reality. And it’s time to confront it head on: we need a mandatory retirement age for politicians.” (08/22/25)
Serious Trouble, 08/23/25
Source: Serious Trouble
“Godmother of Greenpoint.” (08/23/25)