Hey MG I was listening to the Cyberpunk episode and you went off on this tangent about this one British guy who fought in World War 1, lost an arm, fought for the White Army, served in Ireland, and ended up getting arrested for some robbery gone awry. He sounded really interesting so what was his name?
I hope you find time to read Thomas Fleming’s (same author as ‘Disease in the Public Mind’) assessment of FDR and the New Dealers. It’s an intriguing revisionist perspective. If it’s of interest to you perhaps you could review the life of Curtis LeMay? He reformed Strategic Air Command to fight the Cold War and oversaw the strategic bombing of Japan in WW2. Through-out his career he’s cold-blooded and callous but each time it turns out he’s the right man for the job.
Another book you might like in terms of its relation to Russia and subversion is US Army Officer George N Crocker’s “Roosevelt’s Road to Russia” (1959) that documents the extent of subterfuge in getting the US to support Stalin and to do a work around elected representatives. A Kindle version is available and of course a pdf online.
Excellent 😃 Thanks Belte, I’ve been trying to explain to those close to me (in the UK) that the mythology/civic quasi-religion of WW2 (‘we fought for freedom and democracy’) is distinct from the actual documented facts … I find its easier to have them start asking questions about Stalin and Roosevelt’s scheming than Churchill as he is an icon here
It’s surreal how at the beginning (propping up USSR) and then at the end (stopping Patton from finishing off the USSR in a matter of months), the Allies absolutely underestimated the threat and ushered in a new wave of darkness across Europe and the entire world. Just consider that much of the anti colonialist guerrillas were armed by the USSR, millions of indigenous Africans also were slaughtered and starved by the ensuing civil wars and new completely incompetent native leaders.
so recently I rewatched buster keatons short film cops (8/10) from 1922 and it showed a man on a roof trowhing a bomb at a police parade and it comically ends up in Keatons hands before exploding. But thanks to your substack, I noticed that that scene was not random. As the man had the Italian Mustache and was dressed like a working class person. It was an inclusion of the current events of (communist/italian) terrorism which way ongoing at the time. Thanks for helping me advance my media literacy.
Went to see “Hundreds of Beavers” at a local theater. Great slapstick comedy film that came out this year, reminds me of a mix of looney tunes, Buster Keaton, and Charlie Chaplin’s work. If it wasn’t for one curse word and a couple of sexual jokes it could also work as a kids comedy film. Not slighting it for that, if you can see it in theaters do so, big laugh out loud crowd reactions at our showing. Got me thinking that you don’t really see comedy films advertised nowadays, or even being made. Before this the last comedy movie I watched in theaters was “Dinner for Schmucks” back in high school. Feels like comedy as a medium has shifted to podcasts, YouTube clips, and other short form content rather than big Hollywood productions.
Payload Movie Review Demand Part #2: Q&A (1990) I find viewing this one in 2024 a profound example of how the Multicultural Utopia of the Progressive Left is a retarded pipe dream. While I’m sure this is not what Sidney Lumet intended when it was made it’s obvious viewing it today. Nick Nolte and Armand Assante are excellent as well.
You should review The Thing(1982)
I’ve heard John Carpenter modeled the body horror in that film off the appearance of the median free subscriber.
Remaster of the video game just got new trailer (https://youtu.be/SxCQYZEM2jw?feature=shared). Is it a sign?
Hey MG I was listening to the Cyberpunk episode and you went off on this tangent about this one British guy who fought in World War 1, lost an arm, fought for the White Army, served in Ireland, and ended up getting arrested for some robbery gone awry. He sounded really interesting so what was his name?
Ewen Cameron Bruce
I hope you find time to read Thomas Fleming’s (same author as ‘Disease in the Public Mind’) assessment of FDR and the New Dealers. It’s an intriguing revisionist perspective. If it’s of interest to you perhaps you could review the life of Curtis LeMay? He reformed Strategic Air Command to fight the Cold War and oversaw the strategic bombing of Japan in WW2. Through-out his career he’s cold-blooded and callous but each time it turns out he’s the right man for the job.
Nice Pepe btw :^)
Another book you might like in terms of its relation to Russia and subversion is US Army Officer George N Crocker’s “Roosevelt’s Road to Russia” (1959) that documents the extent of subterfuge in getting the US to support Stalin and to do a work around elected representatives. A Kindle version is available and of course a pdf online.
Excellent 😃 Thanks Belte, I’ve been trying to explain to those close to me (in the UK) that the mythology/civic quasi-religion of WW2 (‘we fought for freedom and democracy’) is distinct from the actual documented facts … I find its easier to have them start asking questions about Stalin and Roosevelt’s scheming than Churchill as he is an icon here
It’s surreal how at the beginning (propping up USSR) and then at the end (stopping Patton from finishing off the USSR in a matter of months), the Allies absolutely underestimated the threat and ushered in a new wave of darkness across Europe and the entire world. Just consider that much of the anti colonialist guerrillas were armed by the USSR, millions of indigenous Africans also were slaughtered and starved by the ensuing civil wars and new completely incompetent native leaders.
so recently I rewatched buster keatons short film cops (8/10) from 1922 and it showed a man on a roof trowhing a bomb at a police parade and it comically ends up in Keatons hands before exploding. But thanks to your substack, I noticed that that scene was not random. As the man had the Italian Mustache and was dressed like a working class person. It was an inclusion of the current events of (communist/italian) terrorism which way ongoing at the time. Thanks for helping me advance my media literacy.
Went to see “Hundreds of Beavers” at a local theater. Great slapstick comedy film that came out this year, reminds me of a mix of looney tunes, Buster Keaton, and Charlie Chaplin’s work. If it wasn’t for one curse word and a couple of sexual jokes it could also work as a kids comedy film. Not slighting it for that, if you can see it in theaters do so, big laugh out loud crowd reactions at our showing. Got me thinking that you don’t really see comedy films advertised nowadays, or even being made. Before this the last comedy movie I watched in theaters was “Dinner for Schmucks” back in high school. Feels like comedy as a medium has shifted to podcasts, YouTube clips, and other short form content rather than big Hollywood productions.
Payload Movie Review Demand Part #2: Q&A (1990) I find viewing this one in 2024 a profound example of how the Multicultural Utopia of the Progressive Left is a retarded pipe dream. While I’m sure this is not what Sidney Lumet intended when it was made it’s obvious viewing it today. Nick Nolte and Armand Assante are excellent as well.