An American tourist in Russia
Admit that you often spend hours after hours watching literally nothing on YouTube. You scroll videos where hands of people you don’t know do some stereotypical, repetitive things like pressing buttons, applying stickers, doing makeup, sharpen pencils, cutting hair, spitting on the mike, eating, etc. Sounds seem to be an important part of it. It … Read more
I’ve just watched Billy Bob’s last video featuring Ian and I have something to say about Russia, China, India, Lenin and Stalin who were mentioned. I believe there is no such thing as democratic, communist or socialist countries. There are just countries with their unique cultures that have some central, pivotal ideas. For example, the … Read more
Today I jumped on Foreign Policy Review to talk about the Biden administration’s “target fixation” on Ukraine, the Trojan Horse of “civil rights” NGOs, how corruption in Russia compares with the USA, and how people today perceive Lenin and Stalin. And of course, what I think of the latest SBU drama with Gonzalo Lira.
The biopic about Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir premiered at the 2023 Berlin International Film Festival and is scheduled for release in the USA later this month. I of course cannot render full judgement until seeing the full movie, but the theatrical trailer is crammed with every Biden 2024 talking point, so let’s start with those.
The Irish Brigade by J.F. Holmes, despite being a work of sci-fi, is a sharply written apologetic manifesto for neoliberalism and globalism.
For context, I’ve had a PDF of this book two years ago. However, there was the COVID lockdown, I took too much xanax, and my reviews and other writing endeavors were, ahem interrupted. Now, finally, I read it, and found the experience worthwhile. Contemporary art and literature is worth looking at because it says something about our culture and mood. The Irish Brigade is one such example. It’s a tirade against patriotism and morality.