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Anatomy of a Column

15 Friday Jan 2021

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It took a while, longer than normal, but I wrote and submitted this week’s TPC column! I’ll post that here when if they run it.

Or, I might run my original, which was written at, how should I put this? At a higher… nevermind. The first draft was long (“TL;DR,” yuck, yuck”) and full of references and math. Nobody likes that, so I toned it down. The middle version was entirely too vitriolic so I scraped it. I think what I went with was entirely appropriate, just as it was entirely accurate. Whatever, right? It’s not like the subject matters. It is all a done deal. Yeah. You’ll enjoy it if you see it.

Georgia Demographic Demise

08 Friday Jan 2021

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Eye of Newt wrote as good a column about the GOP defeat in GA as any Boomercon could. He’s kind of right but just can’t connect the dots. The reason, and there’s one, why the “Demoncrats” swept the dying state of Georgia is patently, painfully obvious. I have thought about addressing that in my next TPC column. I’m still waiting on Trump to finally ACT! While we wait, I may give GA a shot if just to entertain the few TPC readers who don’t embrace the TL;DR, the libertarian, or the gamma. You’ll know it if you see it. I am working (hard) on the next segments in my FP series on surviving the Civil War. Stay tuned.

A Most Interesting-Sounding Book

30 Wednesday Dec 2020

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American Awakening: Identity Politics and Other Afflictions of Our Time by Joshua Mitchell may be worth reading. Here’s a summary.

America seems to have gone mad. It still is the world’s richest and most powerful country, with the oldest continuous government on earth, yet it is in deep crisis and divided between hostile camps that reject each other’s legitimacy. Paradoxically, what made America strong also makes it inherently fragile. Joshua Mitchell, a professor of government at Georgetown University, presents a cogent diagnosis of America’s dark night of the soul in a remarkable new book that should be required reading for anyone who wants to make sense of today’s United States.

A Chinese acquaintance quips, “Now you are having your own Cultural Revolution.” In fact, the criticism and self-criticism sessions imposed on corporate employees and school personnel to root out hidden racism recall Mao’s Red Guards. But America is not China, and this is not a Cultural Revolution; it is an eruption of Christian religious feeling channeled into secular obsessions.

Asia Times’s review presents a somewhat jumbled but still compelling portrait. I may just pick this one up and report back in a while. If you’d like to beat me to it, check here.

National Average IQ is Real

29 Tuesday Dec 2020

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And it really matters. Survey says:

Abstract and Figures

Patient people fare better in life than impatient people. Based on this and on economic models, many economists have claimed that more patient countries should fare better than less patient countries. We utilize cross-national data in non-cognitive traits measured in the Global Preference Survey (GPS). This survey measured six non-cognitive traits — risk and time preferences, positive and negative reciprocity, altruism, and trust — across 76 countries in about 80,000 persons. As such, it provides the best current database of economics-focused non-cognitive traits. We combine this database with existing estimates of national intelligence (national IQs) and model country outcomes as a function of these predictors. For outcomes, we used the 51 national well-being indicators from the Social Progress Index (SPI) as well as the composite extracted from this, the general socioeconomic factor. We find that non-cognitive variables, time preference included, are only weakly predictive of national well-being outcomes when national IQs are also in the model. The median β across the indicators was 0.11 for time preference but 0.39 for national IQ. We replicated these results using six economic indicators, again with similar results: median βs of 0.15 and 0.52 for time preference and national IQ, respectively. Across all our results, we found that national IQ has 2-4 times the predictive validity of time preference. These results are fairly robust to inclusion of a spatial autocorrelation control, alternative measures of national IQ and time preference, or no controls. Our results suggest that the importance of national non-cognitive traits, including time preference, is overestimated or that these traits are mismeasured.

As a nation like the US continues to lose national average intelligence, through internal and external actions, it will necessarily decline. The US is maybe 5 to 10 years away from breaking below the barrier whereat any assurance of societal stability vanishes. That’s why one hears so many Demopublicans talking about the issue. (Eye strain from roll…)

And a Pardon in a Pear Tree – Christmas Fiction from Somewhat Current Events

23 Wednesday Dec 2020

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And a Pardon in a Pear Tree

 

London City Airport, Early Evening…

No one had explained a word about the sudden change in scenery. An outside NHS doctor spent over an hour assessing his general condition, at intervals consulting with nurses and his solitary handlers. He thought he’d asked for his attorney or his advocate, but he simply couldn’t remember. The flat American accents had tipped him off, and if he was honest, he had long suspected this day would come. They didn’t even ask him to sign anywhere, nor did they present him any writ or order. Four sturdy men in suits, in addition to the usual guards, had escorted him from the infirmary to the transfer bay. Two of these bespoke Yankees rode along with him in the back of an SUV. He thought he glimpsed unmarked police cars in a short procession, but he wasn’t sure. 

   Little of it, any of it, made sense. And he didn’t have much time to process what was happening. Nearly a decade of hiding, waiting, and suffering had crawled by him, only for this evening’s unexplained venture from Belmarsh, and the short, fast drive under the Thames (he guessed it was the Blackwall Tunnel), and now he was securely in the custody of – someone. Who were his new friends? The FBI? CIA? As the surprisingly well-appointed business jet began to swing around on its approach to the lone runway, he realized something. Whoever they were, they had not shackled him!

   In fact, once on board, they had begun treating him rather well, more like a guest than a prisoner. Something in the cabin smelled sweet, familiar almost. He was seated in a comfortable leather chair and was just sipping from a bottle of Perrier when the pilot hastily announced their imminent departure. One of these agents, if that was the word, a large man seated across a small table from him, gestured for him to fasten his seatbelt. The gesture came with a smile, something to which he was no longer accustomed. No sooner than he had secured himself and turned to gaze out the window than the plane launched forward, soon climbing over the River, passing on the one side a sewage plant and, on the other, the sewer of a prison he’d of late called his home. In a few minutes, he realized they must have already been closing on the Delta, heading, he assumed, due east towards Antwerp. He couldn’t be exactly certain, but there came the feeling that the craft slowed in the air and subtly turned to the south – to what degree, he did not know.

   And, just as he gave thought to another effervescent sip and perhaps a request for something solid to eat, another man kindly invited him forward to the flight deck. Entering through the open cockpit door, he beheld before and below him, shrouded in moving darkness, what he took for the Channel and, far ahead, the lights of the Continent. Two men sat under dim lights behind a sea of screens and controls. The younger one, on the right, was dressed in a similar if more understated fashion as the rest of the crew. He looked like the government issue. The other man, older, and obviously in charge of the flight, bore an altogether different look and demeanor. He was half slouched over to his left, with his arm resting near the window. His right hand lazily, casually held the yoke. His black hair, flecked with sprinkled salt, was shaggier than one would have assumed, as was his short, stubbly beard. He was chewing on a cigar and wore, over powerfully-built arms and shoulders, what could only be described as the tackiest of Christmas sweaters. Upon entering, he caught the end of a short conversation between the pilots.

   The older casual man on the left was quipping in answer to something: ‘…Corona is a hoax, Biden didn’t win, and Gina didn’t kill herself. Eff- it!’

   ‘Yeah, right. Listen, RAF and the Bude are blowing up again about it, Tom,’ said the younger man on the right, ‘like it popped up out of nowhere.’

   Unperturbed, the man of the left gave a dry response: ‘I know. Ninety-high and tracking our position perfectly?’

   ‘You know?’ the young man asked incredulously.

   ‘Yeah,’ the older man hummed, ‘or, I suspected. He’s with us. An escort.’

   ‘Then, who is he?’ asked the younger man.

   ‘Santa Claus…’

   He could no longer contain his bewilderment. ‘Whose plane is this?’ he asked, more to the older man.

   The whimsical pilot immediately pivoted around and smiled sincerely. ‘My brother-in-law’s!’ he said happily. ‘Well, he bought it, as a tax write-off and so forth, but I get to fly her. Keep her down in Hickory. She’s not a lot of use most of the time, what with the price of fuel but, for this jaunt, Uncle Sucker is picking up the whole tab!’

   ‘Who are you?’ he asked, feeling even more bewildered than before.

   ‘I’m Tom,’ the pilot said, extending his hand (leaving the yoke floating momentarily), ‘and this is Freddy,’ he said nodding to the younger man who smiled slightly at the introduction. ‘May I call you Julian?’ Tom asked.

   ‘Yes, uh, yes, that’s me,’ was Julian’s answer, before he ventured another question: ‘Are you CIA?’

   ‘No,’ the pilot said flatly and proudly. ‘The guys in the back are Marshals, or Secret Service, or something or another. Freddy here is Company, but I’m not. Not anymore. I’m just a guy with some cheap time and a plane. Welcome aboard the White Hat Express!’

   He stumbled through his more recent memories for a moment before uttering: ‘Tom? You’re the professor?’

   ‘At your service, pen pal!’ Tom replied with a smile.

   ‘You two have been corresponding?’ Freddie asked with sudden interest or alarm.

   ‘Yeah,’ Tom said dismissively. ‘Now, Julian, where to?’

   ‘What do you mean?’ Julian asked.

   ‘I mean where do you want me to take you?’ Tom asked. Then, he clumsily tapped at a few of the screens above the throttle. ‘I’ve got nine-thousand, or ninety-five-hundred kilometers worth of range. Can’t make Australia, directly, but, there’s … Sweden? No, maybe not. Paris is just over the horizon. You probably aren’t keen on the States just yet—’

   ‘They’re keen on him,’ Freddy added.

   ‘Well, not yet,’ Tom said. ‘You just think about it, Julian, and let me know. I can hold over the Channel if I need to. Try not to take too long. I have a mountain cabin full of women who are probably angry with me about this side trip. Missing Christmas and all that, you know.’

   ‘You’re not taking me to a prison in America?!’ Julian asked perplexedly.

   ‘No, why would I?’ Tom questioned. ‘You’re a free man. It’s in the— Wait, they didn’t tell you?!’

   ‘Tell me what?’ Julian was confused. ‘No.’

   ‘Well then, the honor is mine,’ Tom said proudly again, ‘You’re free! Full pardon. Freddy or one of them has the paperwork. And, not to burden you, but you are requested – at your convenience – for a special consultation on some more recent, pressing matters. The uh, the shitshow, you know? There’s a storm about to hit. Hard. Anyway, Merry Christmas, old man!’

   Julian leaned on the door, feeling a lump moving up and through his throat. A pardon? He thought. For—

   As if reading his new friend’s thoughts, Tom quietly added, ‘Not that you did anything wrong. But, all’s safe and legal now. And, I’m serious. Wherever you want. Got family somewhere? Or, friends? Why don’t you talk it over with her and get back to me.’

   ‘Talk to whom?’ Julian asked as tears filled his lower eyes. ‘Who is her, she?’

   Tom looked sidelong at Freddy and almost growled, ‘You didn’t fucking tell him?! He hasn’t seen her yet? It’s a small plane!’

   ‘We had her scooch down in a rear seat, and she’s obviously still playing along,’ Freddy said defensively. ‘It was going to be part of the surprise, along with the pardon. Then, you had to take off like a wildman and—’

   Tom cut Freddy’s explanation short. Holding the intercom button, he spoke out loudly and clearly, ‘Sweetheart, come on up here. He really needs you.’

   Julian, utterly confused, wiped his sleeve over his eyes. But, she was already there. From behind him, a golden, sultry voice cooed over his shoulder, ‘Hello, beautiful.’

   Turning, he looked into her eyes. His jaw dropped even as she moved in quickly to heartily embrace him. He exclaimed, ‘Pamela!’

*And now, this column [AT TPC] will enter into a short period of festive rest. I intend to return in the new year, not later than the invocation of the Insurrection Act or the commencement of President Trump’s second term. Merry Christmas to all and a very happy 2021! -Perrin

At seen, 12/22, at TPC!

5G Warfare

12 Saturday Dec 2020

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A book recommendation from Vox Day, highly relevant to our current US situation. Unrestricted Warfare.

Unrestricted WarfareAs incredible as it may be to believe, three years before the Sept. 11 bombing of the World Trade Center a Chinese military manual titled Unrestricted Warfare touted such an attack – suggesting it would be difficult for the U.S. military to cope with.

Here is an excerpt from Unrestricted Warfare:

“Whether it be the intrusions of hackers, a major explosion at the World Trade Center, or a bombing attack by bin Laden, all of these greatly exceed the frequency bandwidths understood by the American military…”

Surprisingly, Osama bin Laden is mentioned frequently in this book.

Now NewsMax.com is making the CIA translation of this shocking book available to all Americans.

On a related note, I’m preparing to muddle through my first post-ban YT video for FP. We’ll see how that goes on Monday. Stay tuned. A very happy Saturday to you.

The Enemy Combatants Stake Their Claims

10 Thursday Dec 2020

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The Enemy Combatants Stake Their Claims

My daily video and podcasts for Freedom Prepper are growing steadily in popularity. So, it was of great interest to me last weekend when I learned that YouTube had pulled my November 18th episode for unspecified and surely contrived allegations of “inappropriate content.” I still have no idea what they mean by that. All I talked about was the operation of the Federal Reserve … nevermind, I think I get it. I also got their serious power trip: the censorship was immediately followed by a seven-day ban on new videos at FP’s channel.

We were prepared and easily shifted over to our own dedicated server space, which allowed the videos to run regardless, at freedomprepper.com and as promoted at the new Freedom Prepper Community (like Faceberg, but without the SJWs, spying, and associated stupidity). Still, I look forward to returning to our old channel because of its reach and subscriber engagement. Sadly (or not!), that may be short-lived.

I truly have no idea why we were temporarily banned. They don’t tell you why, they just do it. They’re small, sensitive creatures, easily frightened by the slightest hint of departure from the narrative. They’ve also, of late, been labeling any and all content which in any way touches on the “vaccine” and the AP’s selection of Biden. As they put it on December 9th, they’re really ramping up the censorship on that latter issue.

Our Community Guidelines prohibit spam, scams, or other manipulated media, coordinated influence operations, and any content that seeks to incite violence. Since September, we’ve terminated over 8000 channels and thousands of harmful and misleading elections-related videos for violating our existing policies. Over 77% of those removed videos were taken down before they had 100 views. 

We also work to make sure that the line between what is removed and what is allowed is drawn in the right place. Our policies prohibit misleading viewers about where and how to vote. We also disallow content alleging widespread fraud or errors changed the outcome of a historical U.S. Presidential election. However in some cases, that has meant allowing controversial views on the outcome or process of counting votes of a current election as election officials have worked to finalize counts. 

Yesterday was the safe harbor deadline for the U.S. Presidential election and enough states have certified their election results to determine a President-elect. Given that, we will start removing any piece of content uploaded today (or anytime after) that misleads people by alleging that widespread fraud or errors changed the outcome of the 2020 U.S. Presidential election, in line with our approach towards historical U.S. Presidential elections. For example, we will remove videos claiming that a Presidential candidate won the election due to widespread software glitches or counting errors. We will begin enforcing this policy today, and will ramp up in the weeks to come. As always, news coverage and commentary on these issues can remain on our site if there’s sufficient education, documentary, scientific or artistic context.

There is absolutely no placating these Children of the Lie – though, at least next week, I intend to try (fool’s hope and all). First, concerning FP’s “strike,” I intend to invite YouTube’s CEO, Susan Wojcicki (yes, (((of course))) ) on my show to educate me and my audience about our “inappropriate content.” As to the “strike,” I’m sure that will resolve everything. As to the prohibition of any discussion whatsoever of the massive, blatant, and criminal frauds deployed during and after the 2020 election, I’m not so optimistic.

I want this to be clear. I’ll phrase it in Georgia Piedmont-friendly terms so simple that the tribe at YT might be able to understand: Joseph Biden has about as much chance of being sworn in as the 46th US President as the Bulldogs have of claiming another football national championship this season (not that the Dawgs would necessarily acknowledge their victory – Biden, to his credit, would his).

At the close of the lawful election, Trump won. For what constitutes the “lawful election,” please see Foster v. Love, 522 U.S. 67 (1997). The Supreme Court will see that case, again, soon, and will soon remind themselves of the concept of stare decisis. Pursuant to the law, this election is headed towards the legislative branch, either in the statehouses, or in Congress, or both. The Associated Press and YouTube can keep calling whatever they please – and I hope they do. Why root for people who silence you?

Because of what constitutes foreign election interference and treason. By openly declaring both themselves and their campaigns, before, during, and after the popular election of November, an election teeming with one in one-quadrillion^4 irregularities and copious proven examples of tampering by hostile foreign powers (in conjunction with domestic criminals), the Ministry of Truth has put itself squarely in the camp and conspiracy of those engaged in actual hostilities against the United States, both the people and especially the government. The remedies for these enemy combatant acts extend beyond the authorities outlined in a certain Executive Order (9/12/18). Like the courts, the executive is imbued with precedent. That established by Abraham Lincoln would suffice Trump in the coming months, though it has been greatly augmented of late by men with names like Bush and Obama. 

The next month and a half will be, to say the least, entertaining. I, of course, do not know any definitive outcome for any of these matters. However, I find that a cheery disposition helps during times of uncertainty. When I learned of the severity of FP’s YT punishment, I lightheartedly relayed it to the audience as our little “vacation.” Certain parties might well do the same from the sunny confines of GITMO.

*Speaking of cheer(!), we will soon, and very soon, turn our national affairs attention to the celebration of Christ’s Mass in America! Perhaps this year shall see the continuation of the old Christmas fiction tradition.

A Saturday Column! The “Vaccine”

05 Saturday Dec 2020

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“Vaccination” Recommendations

AP President-select Joe Biden famously declared, “I trust vaccines. I trust science.” He also keeps saying something about a 2001 CSIS simulation project at Andrews Air Force Base, but any of it could be the dotage speaking. At any rate, I am happy as a clam for old Joe, because Moderna, Pfizer, and maybe some other liability-immune transnational dope dealers have a “vaccine!” It’s all over the news, really, and it must be very important. Hence, I suggest the following very important people take the “vaccine” before any of the rest of the not-so-important people:

  • Joe Biden (naturally);
  • Kamala Harris;
  • Anyone else who lives with a D or an R behind his name;
  • Gina Haspel (Hey! Has anyone seen her lately?);
  • The heads and senior bureaucrats of all government agencies, state and federal;
  • Everyone at the Federal Reserve;
  • All executives and board members of all commercial banks;
  • Anyone else associated with promoting, creating, or profiting from usury;
  • The “the stock market is the economy” cult;
  • Anyone who thinks a corporation is a private entity;
  • The Hollywood values crowd;
  • The AP and the rest of the mainstream media;
  • The Big Tech titans;
  • All (((nation healers)));
  • Tony Fauci;
  • Bill and Melina Gates;
  • George Soros;
  • The rest of the globalist NWO brigade;
  • Everyone associated with Drag Queen Story Hour;
  • All other pedophiles;
  • GDP-saving “refugees” and post-1965, better-Americans-than-you types;
  • Pro-choicers;
  • Educrats;
  • Those who insist school children wear masks;
  • Those who insist children attend public “schools;”
  • Those who insist that others take the “vaccine;” and,
  • Antifa, BLM, and some other ideologies.

I’ll stop there. In the interests of avoiding the appearance of eugenic advocacy, I’ll just recommend that anyone stupid enough or foolish enough to want the “vaccine” take it. However, if you have any doubts, please consider the following.

Why is a “vaccine” needed for an obvious hoax, unleashed by the usual suspects for typical reasons? A hoax that was planned and prepared for before it emerged?

How is a “vaccine” developed for a hoax item that has never been seen, isolated, microscoped, or sequenced? For a hoax that is an obvious re-labeling of existing illnesses and which, independently, is statistically insignificant and harmless? For a hoax propelled during a year of predicted declining overall deaths?

How could a “vaccine” be developed so quickly given that other, real vaccines take decades to create? What happened to years of FDA testing? Why is a leading microbiologist warning the “vaccine” is dangerous? Why did the CDC, which has not isolated or sequenced the underlying hoax, develop a 75-page plan for implementing and tracking the “vaccine” before it was even announced?

Who, besides Joe Biden, trusts a “vaccine” allegedly developed under the guise of a program named after a hokey TV show? Who, besides Joe Biden, trusts a “vaccine” from people with a depopulation agenda and an agenda to control the survivors, and who have previously engaged in Frankenstein medical experiments? Why do the proposed front-line “most at risk” recipients look a lot like those the globos consider undesirable?

Why are the makers of this “vaccine” endowed with total immunity for any and all liability? What about side effects? What about post-”vaccination” supercharging caused by wild hoax encounters? Why are the international dope dealers readily admitting to placenta inhibition and potential infertility? Why is Pfizer’s chairman saying the “vaccine” might not slow hoax transmission?

Who in his right mind trusts the same liars who have lied about everything forever? And, since they have blanket immunity, will the international drug dealers kindly release their internal discussions and communications about the “vaccine” in advance? (“No!” is the answer there).

These questions and others might be worth pondering before one rolls up the sleeve. Until the foregoing persons and groups are “vaccinated” and survive (fingers crossed, right?) and until the underlying hoax is proven to exist, I recommend the following people NOT be “vaccinated:”

  • Women;
  • Children;
  • Men;
  • Christians;
  • Westerners; and,
  • Normies, the good, true, and decent among us.

Now, in the extreme scenario that some seek to forcibly mandate the “vaccine” for the masses, either via the government or corporate coercion, I have a counter plan. I have discovered an injectable vaccine for the “vaccine” demanders! I think .30-06 FMJs should be sufficient to cure this plague. We’re all in this together … against them. We can and will defeat this most visible enemy. And we can and will have a better 2021. Well, some of us. More on that sooner than later. Back to the real normal!