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Monthly Archives: June 2016
A Commenter Responds to Obadiah
Fenster writes: Commenter Tom Trueman has responded to Obadiah Plainman’s recent guest appearance here. While you may view Mr. Trueman’s note in the comments section to Mr. Plainman’s post, it is worth a careful read and is therefore reprinted here … Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Economics
Tagged Benjamin Franklin, Brexit, James Traub, Obadiah Plainman, Tom Trueman
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A Guest Blogger Writes on Brexit
Fenster writes: One Obadiah Plainman, who, being of the LOWER ORDERS, hath not access to a blogging platform, a most unenviable state in the current times. He is however a close acquaintance of MR. FENSTER, who as is well known … Continue reading
Juxtaposin’: Rock ‘n Roll
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Book Notes: “God Save the Mark” by Donald Westlake
Blowhard, Esq. writes: I enjoyed this Westlake, winner of the Edgar Award for best novel in 1968. Fred Fitch, a gullible sad sack, inherits $300,000 from his con man uncle and soon discovers that someone is willing to kill him to … Continue reading
A Hypothetical Case Study
Fenster writes: An interesting hypothetical case study. Direct democracy does not scale up well and tyranny is unacceptable so country X has been established as a republic. As a republic, it relies on elites to run things, with the elites … Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Economics
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Naked Lady of the Week: Demi Moore
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Is Demi Moore the biggest actress to pose for full-on beaver shots in the years before she became famous? Bardot seems to have posed for some (though I suspect they were not intended for publication). I … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Sex, The Good Life, Uncategorized
Tagged bush, Demi Moore, naked lady of the week, nude photography
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The Album Covers of Les Baxter and Martin Denny
Blowhard, Esq. writes: Sophisticated women with primitive passions. Or primitive women with sophisticated passions. Either way, what more do you need?
Posted in Art, Music
Tagged album covers, exotica, Les Baxter, lounge, Martin Denny, midcentury bachelor pad
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Naked Lady of the Week: Liz Vicious
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Former erotica entrepreneur Liz Vicious always sort of reminded me of Ann Dvorak, one of the few actresses to choose a stage name easily pronounceable by no one. “My fake name is properly pronounced vor’shack,” she … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Sex
Tagged Ann Dvorak, Liz Vicious, naked lady of the week, nude photography
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The UR Syllabus of Shitlordery
Blowhard, Esq. writes: Browsing my Facebook feed the past few days, I’ve been astonished at the amount of hysterical, sloppy thinking I’ve seen from many of my otherwise smart friends. How you can see a (likely gay) Muslim man shoot up … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Education, Philosophy and Religion, Politics and Economics, Sex
Tagged Bukka White, Charles Bukowski, Charles Ferguson, Charles Portis, Charles Willeford, donald westlake, Edward Abbey, Elmore Leonard, Epictetus, Friedrich Nietzsche, Gary Taubes, George MacDonald Fraser, Gore Vidal, Gregory Cochran, Henry Harpending, Howlin' Wolf, John Colapinto, John Lee Hooker, John T. Flynn, Joseph McCarthy, Kevin MacDonald, Lead Belly, Lightnin' Hopkins, Lonnie Johnson, Mance Lipscomb, Marcus Aurelius, Mencius Moldbug, Michael Oakeshott, Mississippi John Hurt, Muddy Waters, Nassim Taleb, Nicholas Wade, Oswald Spengler, Otis Rush, Raymond Chandler, Red Pill, seneca, shitlordery, Skip James, Son House, Stanley Rothman, Steven Pinker, T-Bone Walker, Thomas Sowell
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Quote Du Jour: On the White Cultural Theft of “Bye, Felicia!”
Blowhard, Esq. writes: Carvell Wallace, commenting on white friend’s use of the phrase “Bye, Felicia!” in a text message, writes perhaps the stupidest thing I’ve read so far this year: Not knowing where something comes from is not a crime. But … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Music
Tagged Bye Felicia!, Chris Tucker, F. Gary Gray, Ice Cube, N.W.A.
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