Economist Paul Krugman is retiring, so Bob Murphy and Tom Woods have resurrected ContraKrugman for one more episode.
Trashing Krugman
Understanding Syria
I’m not very knowledgeable, but these are some great sources for understanding what’s happening in Syria (and anywhere else the US is intervening).
The Biblical Roots of the American Empire
I don’t fully see how the Founding Fathers used this Scripture to establish a nascent empire, but Thaddeus Russell does establish that this country was fundamentally designed to be expansionist.
Genesis 1:22 KJV — And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
Matthew 28:16-20 KJV — Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them. And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted. And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
“Vainglorious”
Mike Rowe is anything but vainglorious, but he is a master storyteller.
Keeping Current
This is my favorite podcast about the most important news items of the week.
We Should be Radicalized
I meant to include this podcast episode in yesterday’s Radicalized.
Radicalized
A Facebook friend was bemoaning how people who have been let down, lied to, and downright abused by the medical industrial complex have become radicalized.
I say hurrah. We should be radicalized against an industry that has led Americans into becoming the least healthy population on the planet.
I haven’t finished either of these podcast episodes, but they each offer radical narratives in contrast to mainstream medical assumptions.
The fun part is that they take wildly different approaches. The first, with Bret Weinstein and Jessica Rose, assumes germ theory is correct and analyzes the specific make-up and origin of the Covid-19 pathogen.
This second episode examines modern diagnoses from a terrain theory point-of-view. It’s a broader discussion the covers Lymes, Covid, HIV and AIDS, raw milk, and a host of other medical topics from a decidedly radical perspective.
History Resources
I try to unschool and follow my children’s interests as much as I am able.
However, philosophy and history are intensely important to me. I want my boys to have perspective on current events and be able to think clearly.
Mostly, my own passion for these subjects creates opportunites to discuss (my older and I are listening to a podcast series on Jim Jones and the People’s Temple tragedy that is a deep dive on domestic race relations in the 20th century).
The only thing I “push” on them (and myself) is Tom Woods’ history courses. They provide a wide approach to history and the background knowledge that I want my sons to have.
Martyr Made on Jim Jones:
Tom Woods: The Liberty Homeschooler
The Room is Not the Room
This is old school Jordan Peterson with Bret Weinstein.
“The room is not the room” becomes a representation of an intuition I have had for a long time. Although it appears that we live in a physical space, the real game, the larger playing field, is spiritual.
Diversion
Today was all distraction. I had a lot of driving to do and I must have missed four or five turns during my travels.
During my last kid pick-up, I don’t have the mental capacity to dig into anything heavy.
Thankfully, one of my favorites, Dave Smith, is on with Joe Rogan:
