ANNOUNCEMENT: I’ve been writing in a white heat here at The Redneck Intellectual for over eight months now. With a few exceptions, I’ve published almost one 4,000-5,000 word essay per week since October, plus 21 issues of “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly” and 18 issues of “Dumb and Dumber.” It’s time to slow down for a bit so I can recharge my batteries and catch up on some other work. I may also have a surprise announcement in the weeks ahead.
The Good
REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST. This is what greatness looks like (double click to expand for viewing ease):
IT’S NOT SURPRISING THAT “TOP GUN” IS DOING SO WELL AT THE BOX OFFICE:
GOOD OP-ED ON A BAD TOPIC: ‘Censorship is free speech’ is the establishment’s Orwellian line on Elon Musk’s Twitter crusade.
I’M NOT CONVINCED, BUT IT STILL IS AN INTERESTING THESIS: Researchers Have a Controversial New Hypothesis For How Civilization First Started.
VERY COOL: Record Broken: Hubble Space Telescope Spots Farthest Star Ever Seen
WAY ABOVE MY PAY GRADE: Does our universe have a twin that runs backward in time?
MORE AND FASTER, IF YOU PLEASE: Microrobot device removes brain hemorrhages due to strokes or aneurysms.
The Bad
IT’S A SUICIDE CULT: Yellen’s Global Tax Plan Battered At Home And Abroad
BUREAUCRACY DESTROYS EVERYTHING IT TOUCHES:
FOOD PROCESSING PLANTS ARE BURNING DOWN ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES AND NOW A MAJOR BABY FORMULA PLANT FLOODS. I’M GETTING A BAD VIBE. HOW ‘BOUT YOU? Abbott closes infant formula plant in Michigan again after flooding.
WILL ANY REPUBLICAN STAND UP AND SAY THIS IS IMMORAL? Millions of workers staying home 'thanks to the Biden administration': Extended welfare benefits mean there's 'no need to work'
PRETTY SURE THIS IS A VERY BAD IDEA WHOSE TIME HAS COME: Universal Basic Income Program Begins For Black Women In Atlanta
ATLAS SHRUGGED WAS A WARNING, NOT AN INSTRUCTIONAL MANUAL:
World has 10-week supply of wheat, expert tells UN Security Council,‘This is seismic.’
Shortage of contrast dye for medical scans leads to rationing, delayed procedures.
Michigan's Abbott baby formula plant floods, closes 11 days after reopening for first time in months
Consumer Sentiment Hits Absolute Rock-Bottom All-Time Historic Low as The Economy Enters a Recession.
NO KIDDING, SHERLOCK: US Economy Technically Enters Recession.
FROM FIRST WORLD TO THIRD WORLD IN A MATTER OF A COUPLE OF YEARS: “I live in Los Angeles. Everyday I witness filth and disease laden encampments. What I see with my own eyes are people living in squalor.”
THE 21 CENTURY IS NOT TURNING OUT HOW I THOUGHT IT WOULD: Are the COVID vaccines killing people over time? The data suggests yes.
FIRST COVID AND NOW MONKEYPOX: WHO Warns Monkeypox Could “Accelerate” During Summer, CDC Alerts US Doctors As Virus Reaches 13 Countries.
NOTHING TO SEE HERE; MOVE ALONG!
“A sex party organizer in New York asked invitees to check themselves for lesions before showing up. (It’s comforting to know that precautions are being taken.)
HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED THAT IT IS ONLY REPUBLICANS WHO HAVE THE CAPACITY TO BE THIS PATHETIC: GOP senator sorry for affirming 'fundamental scientific truth' of biological sex
YOU DON’T SAY! Scientists Say Government Main Source Of COVID Misinformation
IS THIS CHILD ABUSE? Asking for a friend.
OBVIOUSLY ONE OF THE WORST THINGS TO EVER HAPPEN TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: 60 Years Ago This Week: the Birth of the New Left.
The Ugly
FIAT RUSTITIA RUAT CAELUM: Execute the Buffalo Shooter.
MAN-MADE UGLINESS IS A SYMPTOM OF INFANTILE DECADENCE AND CULTURAL ROT. I will not identify this sculpture or its creator. Ugliness does not deserve recognition.
. . . and the Beautiful
ANTONIO CORRADINI (1688-1752) WAS A VENETIAN ROCOCO SCULPTOR. His greatest and most famous sculpture was Veiled Truth (1752), which he completed during the year of his death. Contrast this sculpture with the one above. The one above represents a less than mediocre talent and a nihilistic hatred of beauty, while the one below embodies both sublime talent and a love of beauty. The return of beauty will prefigure the return of civilizational greatness.
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!
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