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The Monkey’s Paw and Imperial Hubris Ep. 263

by Patrick Macfarlane | Oct 9, 2023 | Vital Dissent

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NP5UPVm6Bo&feature=youtu.be Patrick reads the W. W. Jacobs short story ‘The Monkey’s Paw’ discusses the theme’s ongoing application to US foreign policy. Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show Notes: A Short Analysis of W. W. Jacobs’s ‘The Monkey’s Paw’ The Monkey’s Paw by W. W. Jacobs The Monkey’s Paw SparkNotes The Monkey’s Paw wiki British Imperialism in India Pot, Meet Kettle: America’s Use of Chemical, Biological, and Nuclear Weapons By Patrick...

So, About that Global Pandemic Treaty…

by Patrick Macfarlane | Sep 13, 2023 | Featured Articles

Last week, First Lady Jill Biden reportedly tested positive for COVID-19 despite being double vaxxed and boosted. The White House Press Secretary then described President Joe Biden's subsequent return to cautionary measures like masking and "social distancing" to protect him from the virus—you know, over and above his cure-all miracle shot(s).The ominously publicized return to COVID protocols comes just a week after Donald Trump warned voters that: "...the Left-wing lunatics are trying very hard to bring back COVID lockdowns and mandates with all of their sudden fear-mongering about the new...

Decoding East Asia ft. Samuel Urban Ep. 262

by Patrick Macfarlane | Aug 31, 2023 | Vital Dissent

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gzLfD39Kmg Patrick is joined by Samuel Urban to discuss the differences between the western and eastern cultures and how that may play into the growing US/China tensions Vital Dissent Labor Day sale Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show Notes: Samuel Urban on Twitter/X Samuel Urban on Biting the Bullet 5 Til’ Midnight podcast The Korean War by Bruce Cumings

Will This Man Prevent World War Three?

by Patrick Macfarlane | Aug 28, 2023 | Blog

In April, Tucker Carlson, the most popular show host in American news media, was unceremoniously fired from Fox News. He has since taken to the platform "X," formerly Twitter, to continue publishing his own program. Last week, during the first Republican primary debates, Tucker posted an exclusive (softball) interview with former President Donald Trump. The episode received 260 million "impressions" within the first day. Although an "impression" on Twitter only counts as an appearance in someone's feed, if only one-tenth of those impressions equated to one view, the viewership would still be...

New Twitter Verification System Will Give User Data to Israeli Military Intelligence Contractor

by Patrick Macfarlane | Aug 22, 2023 | News

Elon Musk continues a series of questionable decisions on his pronounced quest to turn Twitter into the "Everything App." While the name change from "Twitter" to "X" made the platform easy to confuse with a porn site, the newest proposed change is downright creepy. On August 18, PC Magazine reported Twitter will begin allowing users to verify their accounts by taking a selfie with a government-issued ID. The initial headline continues to cause confusion, leading some to believe that every Twitter user will be required to verify their account through this method. Others believe only Twitter...

They’ll Ruin Your Country Then Piss on You for Sayin’ So

by Patrick Macfarlane | Aug 16, 2023 | Blog

It should be no surprise that the faux-conservative "Rich Men North of Richmond" at the National Review don't approve of the meteoric rise of singer-songwriter Oliver Anthony. "Just what is it this time?" you might ask—did he oppose slaughtering a million Iraqis? No, he wrote a few songs about the plight of the working man. In doing so, he placed the lion's share of the blame exactly where it belongs—at the feet of Washington D.C. The National Review's response is to belittle Mr. Anthony and suggest that the economic hardship he sings about—by proxy, the economic hardship that the "other...

The Rise of the Information State: Woodrow Wilson to the Twitter Files ft. Brandan Buck Ep. 261

by Patrick Macfarlane | Aug 15, 2023 | Vital Dissent

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abSY1qujTIs Patrick is joined by Brandan Buck to discuss the US government’s fight for the control of information throughout its history. Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show Notes: Brandan P. Buck on twitter BrandanPBuck.com Feeling Manipulated? How Uncle Sam Perfected the Information State by Brandan P. Buck Brown Scare, Red Scare, Fake Scare, Who’s Scared? By Brandan P. Buck Enemies Above: The FBI and the Creation of the Brown Scare Myth by Brandan P. Buck Merchants...

The Gov’t Sterilized the “Feebleminded” in My Hometown

by Patrick Macfarlane | Aug 15, 2023 | Blog

When I was in middle school, the bus route would take us past a mysterious, old campus with an array of decaying brick buildings. I always thought it was dark and ominous looking. Little did I know, a century prior, hundreds of people had been committed and sterilized there. See, back in the Progressive Era, the campus was known as "the Wisconsin Home for the Feebleminded." Indeed, it was just one of many facilities like it across the United States. These facilities were the policy of Progressive Era eugenicists who, in a practically religious way, saw the State as being the primary vehicle...