Feb 8, 2010

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The Secret to Long Life: “Right Tribe”

In this video, speaker Dan Buettner reviews three world spots — Sardinia, Okinawa, and Loma Linda, California (home of a community of 7th-day Adventists) — where people regularly live to be 100.He throws in some political correctness (like claiming that the Adventists are racially mixed, which I question the extent of), but the biggest conclusion is: You live long by having a...

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Jan 12, 2010

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You are in Control

There’s a great article in Time magazine by Amanda Ripley (I wrote a review of her great book, The Unthinkable in the City Journal) on one of the most under covered security lessons of 9/11:  that an aware citizenry can defend itself.  It ends with this telling para which depicts the government reasserting its authority to prop up its legitimacy:After the passengers...

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Aug 12, 2009

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The Revolution Within Anarchism:
Goodbye, Ultra-Leftism; Hello, Pan-Secessionism

For any movement or system of thought to remain relevant or dynamic, it must possess the internal capability of periodically reassessing its present course and shifting its focus and direction. Thus far, political anarchism has experienced two distinct stages. The first of these was the era of “classical” anarchism. Roughly defined, this was the period between the Marx/Bakunin...

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Jul 18, 2009

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Peak Oil and America’s Collapse:
Comments on Michael O’Meara

Editor’s Note: The following discussion by Prozium of Michael O’Meara’s recent review of Dimitry Orlov’s Reinventing Collapse is from the Occidental Dissent blog. Be sure to scroll down and read the sharp comments by Tanstaafl of the Age of Treason as well.Michael O’Meara has a long review of Dimitry Orlov’s Reinventing Collapse: The Soviet Example and...

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Jul 17, 2009

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Comments on John Robb’s “Tribes!” and “Containing Chaos”

Editor’s Note: Through the WordPress “trackback” function, I just discovered “Tanstaafl’s” Age of Treason blog, which is a treasure trove of highly intelligent analysis going back to 2005. The following discussion of my recent posts from John Robb is good enough to steal.Via John Robb on Tribalism at The Occidental Quarterly I followed a link to...

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Jul 15, 2009

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Containing Chaos

From World Politics Review, July 7, 2009In 1946, George Kennan keyed the famous “Long Telegram,” which identified the Soviet Union as an enemy of the United States. In 1947, the original telegram was reworked and published in Foreign Policy magazine as “The Sources of Soviet Conduct.” Together, these documents formed the codex for the U.S. Cold War strategy...

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Jul 14, 2009

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Preparing for America’s Collapse:
Lessons from the Soviet Union

“US, SU: Same Scenario?”Reinventing Collapse:The Soviet Example and American Prospectsby Dimitry OrlovGabriola Island, Canada: New Society Publications, 2008 “A time of crisis is a great opportunity.”–Barack Hussein ObamaDespairing of my people’s passivity, I have often thought that the collapse of the United States might be the one thing to turn...

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Jul 13, 2009

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John Robb on Tribalism

Editor’s Note: The following discussion of tribalism is from John Robb’s blog Global Guerrillas, which is a treasure trove of information and analysis on the weaknesses and dissolution of globalism and the present American political-economic system, as well as on ways in which individuals and groups might (1) hasten the system’s demise and (2) begin practicing...

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