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Johnson Rod

TDE readers will occasionally see a reference to a "Johnson Rod." For those uninitiated to Seinfeld, it refers to an imaginary thing that is important but too complicated for anyone to understand. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu-A8YfC4w0

Satanism is on the Rise

And he's not talking about BLM, transgenderism, that pitiful Vanderbilt place-kicker stunt, and couples wedding showers. He's talking about actual Satanic activity. Scary stuff at National Catholic Register this morning [https://www.ncregister.com/interview/longtime-exorcist-satanism-is-growing-in-western-societies] . "Satanism is now a reality for many young people,

The Arius Puncher: St. Nicholas' Feast Day

December 6: St. Nicholas's feast day. John Zmirak writes everything you need to know [http://www.takimag.com/site/article/the_real_st_nicholas/]. Excerpt: > The association of Nicholas with gift-giving isn't entirely arbitrary. Some of the earliest accounts of his life include the charming

The Downfall of Cecil Rhodes (11/26/2020)

Stefan Kanfer, in his book on the De Beers diamond cartel, gives Chesterton the last word on Cecil Rhodes, who instead of promoting Western values "illustrated almost every quality essential to the Sultan, from the love of diamonds to the scorn of women." The irony was, as Kanfer

A Few Interesting Red-Blue Facts (11/21/20)

> In 1992, only 38 percent of American voters lived in a “landslide county,” a county that one party wins by at least twenty points. In 2016, that number hit a record 60 percent. Religion increasingly divides us: States with the lowest church attendance vote Democratic; those with the highest,

Do You Rely on Your Doctor? (11/21/2020)

There's an old saying: "The only thing more foolish than listening to your doctor is not listening to your doctor." Nassim Taleb says those things can be reconciled by taking responsibility for your own health while you're well and not listening to the doctor

Synopsis: 11/17/2020 Post

The Left, including Pope Francis, thinks savings and success are entirely or mostly the result of privilege and structural inequities, so it feels justified taking away the resulting wealth and giving it to those who weren't so privileged or to those on the wrong side of the inequities.

The Smithsonian's Assumptions of Whiteness

> In a weird revival of racist stereotypes, today's critical-race theorists see dysfunctional behaviors occasionally found among minority groups as being emblematic of those groups. In turn, traits that help people succeed–ones shared by cultures around the world–are stigmatized as typically “white.” Earlier this year, the

My Favorite South Park Skit

Humor often involves stark juxtaposition. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga38oaFfeG8&feature=youtu.be The juxtaposition between the song's title and the song itself kills me.

Pray for the Sick

> During the past twenty-five years, study after study has shown that seriously ill patients who are prayed for”“including those who don't know about these prayers”“fare better than those who are not prayed for. The man who has done the most to integrate the results of