The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (No. 75)

Untimely Thoughts on a World in Transition

THE GOOD

LOCO-FOCO PRESS, WHICH MRS. REDNECK AND I FOUNDED LAST YEAR, HAS PUBLISHED YET ANOTHER NEW BOOK! Our third in the last two months! Samuel Postell, my colleague at the Snow Institute for the Study of Capitalism, who published Mark Twain’s Political Fiction last month with Loco-Foco Press (purchase here), has just published a fabulous collection of Henry Clay’s speeches, titled The Essential Henry Clay: A Reader (purchase here).

MUST SEE TV: Milton Friedman on deconstructing government for a free society:

VERY COOL: Lost sheet music of renowned pianist and composer found 200 years after his death

LET THE ROLLBACK BEGIN: Walmart Rolls Back DEI Policies, Changes Led By Anti-Woke Activist Robby Starbuck

LOVE WILL FIND A WAY NO MATTER WHAT, AND THAT’S A GOOD THING. This is cool. Check it out: How couples met (1930-2024). Put differently . . .

GOOD ADVICE FOR DAY ONE:  A Trump Agenda for Day One.

IS THIS WHAT NAZISM LOOKS LIKE? How Trump and Musk Could Cut $2 Trillion in Government Spending.

MEDICINE/HEALTH ROUNDUP:

• Researchers develop a new way to safely boost immune cells to fight cancer.

• Blood test may identify who is at risk for developing multiple sclerosis.

• New research links vitamin D with improved cancer immunity in mice through enhancement of specific gut bacteria.

• Study Finds That the More Covid “Vaccine” Doses You Have, the More Likely You Are to Get Covid

• Unveiling Vitamin D’s Hidden Power Against Cancer. 

AND YOUR FIRST CLUE WAS . . . ? Conservative Men Far More Masculine Than Liberal Men: Pew Research

CONFIRMED! This brain needs meat: Harvard Doctor Confirms that Human ‘Brains Need Meat’.

ARCHEOLOGY/ANTHROPOLOGY ROUNDUP:

• Archaeologists unearth 13,000-year-old skull of long-extinct creature in the Midwest

• Oldest Wine in History Discovered in Ancient Roman Tomb.

• Researchers uncover ancient tiny house as city undergoes excavation project

• Huge ancient lost city found in the Amazon

• 'Lost golden city' found in Egypt reveals lives of ancient pharaohs

REAL LIFE INDIANA JONES DISCOVERS LOST CITY: PhD student finds lost city in Mexico jungle by accident

ONCE YOU LEAVE SYDNEY, YOU CAN STILL FIND AUSTRALIANS OF THE OLD BREED:

ONLY FIVE? 5 government programs that Musk's efficiency agency could put on the chopping block

THE BAD

THIS IS WHAT REAL (AS OPPOSED TO FAUX) FASCISM LOOKS LIKE:

COMING TO COUNTRY NEAR YOU: Vietnam Sentences Blogger To 12 Years For Disseminating ‘Anti-State Propaganda’

CHINA WATCH:

• U.S. general warns: Chinese nationals in U.S. being used as tools to spy on Americans

• WATCH: China believes U.S. is an 'existential threat'

• China's richest are desperate to get their fortunes out of the country by any means necessary

FEMINISM IS DEAD . . . LONG LIVE FEMINISM: Stunning: Men have won 900 medals in WOMEN'S athletic competitions!

DECLINE AND FALL—SAN FRANCISCO EDITION (H/T Ed Driscoll at Instapundit):

• ‘Don’t invest in San Francisco, because you won’t make it:’ Facing closure, chef unloads on city

• San Francisco Auditing 98 Monuments to Remove Those Deemed ‘Racist or Sexist’.

• San Francisco Police Are Fighting Crime By Dressing up in Inflatable Chicken Costumes to Catch Drivers Speeding Through Crosswalks.

• San Francisco Spends $5 Million of Taxpayer Money to Give Free Beer and Vodka Shots to Homeless.

• San Francisco Mayor Appoints Drag Queen to Head Office of Transgender Initiatives.

DID CRIMINAL JUSTICE “REFORM” REFORM ANYTHING? Criminal Justice Disaster

ORANGE MAN BAD: Child sex trafficking explodes under Biden-Harris open borders: Report

WEAPONIZED IMMIGRATION POLICY AND THE DEATHS OF CHILDREN: Minors – The Greatest Victims of America’s Border Crisis

A CULTURE THAT NEEDS TO ESCAPE REALITY IS A CULTURE THAT IS IN A STATE OF DECLINE AND FALL: Binge drinking, marijuana and hallucinogen use reach all-time highs, NIH says.

WHAT DOES THIS TELL US ABOUT THE UNITED STATES?  Communist China's corporate tax more business-friendly than USA!

THE UNITED STATES SHOULD DEFUND ANY ORGANIZATION THAT HAS “WORLD” IN ITS NAME: World Bank bureaucrats lost track of at least $24B in funds fighting climate change: ‘Could be twice or 10 times more’.

THE WELFARE STATE IS NOT SUSTAINABLE: 84% Of Federal Spending Over Next Decade For Health, Social Security, Interest

NOT SUSTAINABLE. Think cause and effect. Some say that demographics is destiny. What do you think?

THE UGLY

SINCERE CONDOLENCES: Father Loses His Fight to Save His Son From Transitioning. DO YOU APPROVE? Yes, this is a test: Judge strips father's parental rights, greenlights son's castration

THIS IS COMING. You do know that, right?

REMEMBER THAT THE ATTITUDES AND VIEWPOINTS OF THE DOCTORS AND ADMINISTRATORS WHO RUN THESE HOSPITALS WERE FORMED IN MEDICAL SCHOOL AND IN THEIR UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGES: Database reveals worst hospitals for inflicting transgender injuries on children

THIS IS ETHICALLY CRIMINAL: Doctor's study found puberty-blocking drugs didn't help, so she hid results

WHAT WAS DONE TO THIS BOY DEMONSTRATES THAT LIBERAL PROGRESSIVISM IS MORALLY WICKED: Follow social media thread of tragic 'trans' boy from National Geographic cover

THIS IS AMERICA:

• EXCLUSIVE: Kids Are Being Taken From ‘Non-Affirming’ Parents. Here’s One Family’s Fight To Get Their Son Back.

• Killer Serving Life Sentence Gets Taxpayer-Funded Sex-Change Surgery Thanks to Harris

. . . AND THE BEAUTIFUL

MRS. REDNECK AND THE REDNECK CHILDREN MOCK THE REDNECK INTELLECTUAL FOR LIKING THIS SONG. I think it’s quite lovely. What do you think? (Take the poll below.)

Have a great Thanksgiving!!!