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Behind the Bastards

There’s a reason the History Channel has produced hundreds of documentaries about Hitler but only a few about Dwight D. Eisenhower. Bad guys (and gals) are eternally fascinating. Behind the Bastards dives in past the Cliffs Notes of the worst humans in history and exposes the bizarre realities of th...

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The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order cover

The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order

Samuel P. Huntington

Mentioned 5 months ago

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The discussion referenced Huntington's thesis to illustrate how postColdWar politics framed conflicts as cultural clashes.

It seemed like a sort of kernel of truth in this. It was based on Huntington's writing about the clash of civilizations.

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Balkan Ghosts

Robert D. Kaplan

Mentioned 5 months ago

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The hosts noted that Bill Clinton had read the book, after which his administration's rhetoric shifted regarding the Balkans.

and after Bill Clinton read that horrendous book, Balkan Ghosts by Kaplan, his administration's rhetoric began to change

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Shanghai on Strike

Elizabeth J. Perry

Mentioned 5 months ago

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One of the speakers cited Ferry's book as a detailed account of the 1925 Shanghai general strike.

In a book called Shanghai on Strike by Elizabeth Ferry, she describes the massive labor actions and their aftermath.

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The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings Boxed Set Hardcover Illustrated edition 2020 June 25

J.R.R. Tolkien

Mentioned 5 months ago

Part One: How Jeffrey Epstein Helped Build the Modern World

The hosts compared the children's hockey movies The Mighty Ducks to The Lord of the Rings, calling the former the hockey equivalent of the classic fantasy series.

The Mighty Ducks' premise was strong enough to sustain a trilogy, which no critics consider to be basically the children's hockey equivalent to The Lord of the Rings.

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Devil's Bargain

Joshua Green

Mentioned 5 months ago

Part One: How Jeffrey Epstein Helped Build the Modern World

The hosts noted that journalist Joshua Green had written Devil's Bargain, a book about Steve Bannon's rise in the Trump administration.

Bannon became fascinated with the collective power of gamers who gathered on these sites, according to journalist Joshua Green, who wrote a book, Devil's Bargain, about Bannon's rise in the Trump administration.

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Thousand Plateaus (Athlone Contemporary European Thinkers)

Professor Gilles Deleuze

Mentioned 5 months ago

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The analysis from these philosophers was referenced to discuss the ways in which fascism and totalitarianism differ, noting that fascism involves a war machine taking over the state. The text was also quoted to illustrate realized nihilism within fascism, characterized by an intense line of escape that transforms into pure destruction.

They discuss the ways in which fascism and totalitarianism differ. They write that totalitarianism is a state affair made up of material components that overmanage society. Quote, even in the case of a military dictator it is a state army, not a war machine, that takes power and elevates the state to the totalitarian stage. Totalitarianism is quintessentially conservative. Fascism, on the other hand, involves a war machine. When fascism builds itself a totalitarian state, it is not in the sense of a state army taking power, but of a war machine taking over the state. Unquote.

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The Suicidal State

Madoka Kishi

Mentioned 5 months ago

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This essay by Virilio was discussed as the framework building off of Deleuze and Guattari's work, arguing that in fascism, the state is suicidal rather than strictly totalitarian. Virilio argued that this evolution of the state is guided by non-progress and terror, founded on the repulsion and fear of all development in the civil domain.

This analysis from Deleuze and Guattari is building off of an essay by the French writer Paul Virilio called The Suicidal State, where Virilio argues that in fascism, the state is far less totalitarian than it is suicidal.

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Progress

Samuel Miller McDonald

Mentioned 5 months ago

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The speaker mentioned reading this book and planning a review for the podcast, noting how its content explored the pervasive concept of progress and how it can trip people up, sometimes acting like a sedative against engaging with degrading reality.

You know, recently I read this book, Progress, by Samuel Miller MacDonald, and I would like to do a review of it at some point for the podcast, but... The short of it is that it gets into just how pervasive this concept of progress is in kind of tripping people up and keeping us serving systems that don't serve us.

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Mephisto (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin)

Klaus Mann

Mentioned 5 months ago

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Deleuze and Guattari quoted from this 1936 novel, which contains fascist speeches, noting an excerpt eerily similar to the visuals of Trump as the suicidal penguin.

In A Thousand Plateaus, Deleuze and Guattari quote an excerpt from Klaus Mann's 1936 novel Mephisto, which contains fascist speeches and ordinary conversations from Nazi Germany.

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Starship Troopers

Mentioned 5 months ago

The Greg Bovino Episode Extravaganza!

The hosts said it was apparently his favorite novel, that he reads it once a year, and noted that it is often interpreted as a fascist work.

His favorite book was probably Robert Heinlein's Starship Troopers, surprising no one. His sister told the Daily Mail that he reads Starship Troopers once a year, which completely makes sense.

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The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (S.F. MASTERWORKS)

Robert A. Heinlein

Mentioned 5 months ago

The Greg Bovino Episode Extravaganza!

The book was cited as a key influence on libertarian thought, being called a foundational text for the American libertarian movement.

One of his books, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, is often seen as providing a lot of the ideological underpinning for the libertarian movement.

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Emperors in the Jungle

John Lindsay-Poland

Mentioned 5 months ago

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This book served as the main resource for the detailed historical analysis of U.S. intervention in Panama, covering everything from the Bidlack Treaty to the 1989 invasion. The speaker found the book provided fantastic information on topics they had never heard discussed before, shaking them regarding events at the crossroads of the continents.

Panama was a long-standing laboratory of U.S. imperial power.

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Tsuyoshi Hasegawa

The Last Tsar

The Abdication of Nicholas II and the Fall of the Romanovs

The Last Tsar was quoted several times throughout the podcast, discussing various aspects of the Romanovs' family life, Nicholas's early life and the issues that arose within his family and the Russian military.

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As a result of countless dynastic marriages, by the 20th century, scarcely any Russian blood flowed in the veins of the Russian Romanov czars. Nicholas's mother was the Danish princess, his grandmothe...

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The Last Tsar was quoted several times throughout the podcast, discussing various aspects of the Romanovs' family life, Nicholas's early life and the issues that arose within his family and the Russian military.

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As a result of countless dynastic marriages, by the 20th century, scarcely any Russian blood flowed in the veins of the Russian Romanov czars. Nicholas's mother was the Danish princess, his grandmother the Danish queen. He called his grandmother the mother-in-law of all Europe.

The army meant obedience and diligence above all else, both these qualities which the shy youth already possessed the army would foster ruinously.

encouraged pederasty and heavy drinking.

Episode: Part One: Tzar Nicholas II Was A Real Dick

It was mentioned as a source of information about Nicholas II's life, family, and upbringing, providing insight into the challenges he faced.

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As a result of countless dynastic marriages, by the 20th century, scarcely any Russian blood flowed in the veins of the Russian Romanov czars. Nicholas's mother was the Danish princess, his grandmother the Danish queen. He called his grandmother the mother-in-law of all Europe.

The army meant obedience and diligence above all else, both these qualities which the shy youth already possessed the army would foster ruinously.

encouraged pederasty and heavy drinking.

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Sharon Stone

The Beauty of Living Twice

It was used as an example of a book that can be accessed freely via library apps instead of purchasing, promoting the use of library resources.

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Speaking as a guy who's written multiple books that are in libraries every now and then you get some fucking shithead writer on Twitter who is like, well, you're taking money from me by like getting m...

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It was used as an example of a book that can be accessed freely via library apps instead of purchasing, promoting the use of library resources.

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Speaking as a guy who's written multiple books that are in libraries every now and then you get some fucking shithead writer on Twitter who is like, well, you're taking money from me by like getting my books from a library. If if you find a writer who has that attitude, stop reading their books and start hitting them with a brick yourself hit him with a brick, give him a brick. You know, that's a brilliant free books or dope. Free books are amazing. And and make sure that you're yeah, you're using your library for all its worth, because that's why it's there.

Speaking as a guy who's written multiple books that are in libraries... If you find a writer who has that attitude, stop reading their books and start hitting them with a brick yourself... You know, that's a brilliant free books or dope. Free books are amazing. And and make sure that you're yeah, you're using your library for all its worth, because that's why it's there.

Speaking as a guy who's written multiple books that are in libraries... If you find a writer who has that attitude, stop reading their books... Free books are amazing. And and make sure that you're yeah, you're using your library for all its worth, because that's why it's there.

... you're taking money from me by like getting my books from a library... If if you find a writer who has that attitude, stop reading their books... Free books are amazing. And and make sure that you're yeah, you're using your library for all its worth, because that's why it's there.

... you're taking money from me by like getting my books from a library... If if you find a writer who has that attitude, stop reading their books... Free books are amazing... And make sure that you're yeah, you're using your library for all its worth, because that's why it's there.

The Poison Squad: One Chemist's Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century Cover

Deborah Blum

The Poison Squad

One Chemist's Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century

It was quoted several times throughout the episode, specifically regarding the use of formaldehyde in milk and other food adulteration practices in the late 19th century.

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So dairymen began increasing the dose of formaldehyde, seeking to keep their product fresh for as long as possible. Chemical companies came up with new formaldehyde mixtures with innocuous names such...

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Episode: Part One: The Food And Drug Administration

It was quoted several times throughout the episode, specifically regarding the use of formaldehyde in milk and other food adulteration practices in the late 19th century.

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So dairymen began increasing the dose of formaldehyde, seeking to keep their product fresh for as long as possible. Chemical companies came up with new formaldehyde mixtures with innocuous names such as ice lean or preserva lean. The latter was said to keep a pint of milk fresh for up to 10 days.

Fakery and adulteration ran rampant in other American products as well. Honey often proved to be thickened colored corn syrup and vanilla extract, a mixture of alcohol and brown food coloring.

Strawberry jam could be sweetened paste made from mashed apple peelings laced with grass seeds and dyed red. Coffee might be largely sawdust or wheat, beans, beets, peas and dandelion seeds. Scorched black and ground to resemble the genuine article.

Containers of pepper, cinnamon or nutmeg were frequently laced with a cheaper filler material such as pulverized coconut shells, charred rope or occasionally floor sweepings. Flour routinely contained crushed stone or gypsum as a cheap extender. Ground insects could be mixed into brown sugar, often without detection.

Episode: Part One: The Food And Drug Administration

The Poison Squad was referenced multiple times throughout the episode, highlighting the rampant food adulteration of the late 1800s and early 1900s, using examples such as milk, honey, and jams.

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So dairymen began increasing the dose of formaldehyde, seeking to keep their product fresh for as long as possible. Chemical companies came up with new formaldehyde mixtures with innocuous names such as ice lean or preserva lean. The latter was said to keep a pint of milk fresh for up to 10 days.

Fakery and adulteration ran rampant in other American products as well. Honey often proved to be thickened colored corn syrup and vanilla extract, a mixture of alcohol and brown food coloring.

Strawberry jam could be sweetened paste made from mashed apple peelings laced with grass seeds and dyed red. Coffee might be largely sawdust or wheat, beans, beets, peas and dandelion seeds. Scorched black and ground to resemble the genuine article.

Containers of pepper, cinnamon or nutmeg were frequently laced with a cheaper filler material such as pulverized coconut shells, charred rope or occasionally floor sweepings. Flour routinely contained crushed stone or gypsum as a cheap extender.

Ground insects could be mixed into brown sugar, often without detection. Their use linked to an unpleasant condition known as grocer's itch.

Wilderness of Mirrors: Intrigue, Deception, and the Secrets that Destroyed Two of the Cold War's Most Important Agents Cover

David C. Martin

Wilderness of Mirrors

Intrigue, Deception, and the Secrets that Destroyed Two of the Cold War's Most Important Agents

It was mentioned as a book about Gerald Bull, and a Canadian army intelligence report within it analyzed an incident that led to him quitting a government project, concluding that his difficult personality was a frequent source of problems with management.

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According to the book, Wilderness of Mirrors, a report, which is a book about Gerald bull, a Canadian army intelligence report on bull that came out after his death later analyzed thi...

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It was mentioned as a book about Gerald Bull, and a Canadian army intelligence report within it analyzed an incident that led to him quitting a government project, concluding that his difficult personality was a frequent source of problems with management.

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According to the book, Wilderness of Mirrors, a report, which is a book about Gerald bull, a Canadian army intelligence report on bull that came out after his death later analyzed this incident that led to him quitting card and concluded his tempestuous nature and strong dislike for administration and red tape constantly led him into trouble with senior management.

How Soldiers Fight: An Attempt to Depict for the Popular Understanding the Waging of War and the Soldier's Share in It (Classic Reprint) Cover

F. Norreys Connell

How Soldiers Fight

An Attempt to Depict for the Popular Understanding the Waging of War and the Soldier's Share in It (Classic Reprint)

It was mentioned in the context of the British glorifying the idea of the colonial soldier with a rifle and associating it with a sense of manhood, while obscuring the significance of the Maxim gun in achieving victory.

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Apart from his physique, the Britisher has no particular qualification as a cavalier and he lacks the quick intelligence of the born artillerymen. But give him a rifle and a bayonet and let him have t...

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It was mentioned in the context of the British glorifying the idea of the colonial soldier with a rifle and associating it with a sense of manhood, while obscuring the significance of the Maxim gun in achieving victory.

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Apart from his physique, the Britisher has no particular qualification as a cavalier and he lacks the quick intelligence of the born artillerymen. But give him a rifle and a bayonet and let him have two years training to make a man of him and yet two more to remind him that he cannot be one without the other.

Episode: Hiram Maxim, Inventor of the Machine-Gun and Curli...

It was discussed in the context of the British Empire and the emphasis on the rifle as a symbol of masculinity, a narrative that overshadowed the role of the Maxim gun.

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Apart from his physique, the Britisher has no particular qualification as a cavalier and he lacks the quick intelligence of the born artillerymen. But give him a rifle and a bayonet and let him have two years training to make a man of him and yet two more to remind him that he cannot be one without the other.

Among the Planets with Pluto: 3-in-1 Diary, Coloring & Educational Solar System Book for Kids Ages 4-8 Cover

Inno Pedia

Among the Planets with Pluto

3-in-1 Diary, Coloring & Educational Solar System Book for Kids Ages 4-8

Robert Evans described "The Planet Pedia" as a beautiful book he enjoys giving to friends and family, praising its aesthetics and usefulness for caring for houseplants.

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Like a beautiful like not to get your head out of that one of the things I'm really passionate about is plants and I have this beautiful book called the planet Pedia and It's really helpful for caring...

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Robert Evans described "The Planet Pedia" as a beautiful book he enjoys giving to friends and family, praising its aesthetics and usefulness for caring for houseplants.

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Like a beautiful like not to get your head out of that one of the things I'm really passionate about is plants and I have this beautiful book called the planet Pedia and It's really helpful for caring for your houseplants And it's just like aesthetically just so the photographs are beautiful and it's one of my favorite things to give friends and family Check that one out as well

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A book with beautiful photography that is helpful for caring for houseplants.

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I have this beautiful book called The Planet Pedia and It's really helpful for caring for your houseplants And it's just like aesthetically just so the photographs are beautiful and it's one of my favorite things to give friends and family Check that one out as well

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Walter Rodney

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa

This book was discussed in a book group that was started by Ebrar and Janine, two members of the Common Humanity Collective, after the mask builds were winding down. It was a way to keep the energy and community going.

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And so we started a book group kind of in the interim reading How Europe Underdeveloped Africa by Walter Rodney

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This book was discussed in a book group that was started by Ebrar and Janine, two members of the Common Humanity Collective, after the mask builds were winding down. It was a way to keep the energy and community going.

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And so we started a book group kind of in the interim reading How Europe Underdeveloped Africa by Walter Rodney

Setting Sights: Histories and Reflections on Community Armed Self-Defense Cover

scott crow

Setting Sights

Histories and Reflections on Community Armed Self-Defense

It was mentioned as a good book on community self-defense, and it was said that a key aspect of community self-defense is that you are a member of the community.

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Setting Sights, which is a really good book on community self-defense does is set out that a key aspect of community self-defense as you said is that you're like a member of the commu...

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It was mentioned as a good book on community self-defense, and it was said that a key aspect of community self-defense is that you are a member of the community.

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Setting Sights, which is a really good book on community self-defense does is set out that a key aspect of community self-defense as you said is that you're like a member of the community.

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The book "Setting Sights" by Scott Crow offers insights on community self-defense and emphasizes the importance of being a member of the community rather than an armed individual who stands apart.

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One of the things that Scott Crow in his uh in Setting Sights which is a really good book on community self-defense does is set out that um a key aspect of community self-defense as you said is that you're like a member of the community and I think I guess the question I have is because guns are what they are and have the kind of cultural weight that they have it's you you people are always people who accept being armed as an aspect of their personality are always going to be kind of fighting having that dominate their personality and it wouldn't it it's clearly something that a lot of people have an issue with the thing that is important is to be a member of the community who happens to be armed as opposed to an armed activist whose whose role is being armed right like I I I mean do you agree with what I'm saying or kind of like I'm wondering how you think about it because this is something that I'm kind of going around in my head about as well because it's it's it's clearly where a lot of the problems happen right that the gun becomes central to the identity of the people who bring it which is something that happens to the cops yes and also the mentality of separating yourself from the community and not being part of the purpose of being there and so I'll defer to my my uh comrades here to go a little bit further with it but I would just say that there's a significant difference between armed community defense and having a intentional presence of armed community defense at an event or a protest and being a person who shows up with a gun those are two really different things and so I think that's the that's one of the benefits of being part of an organization that does this collectively with accountability with training with a known role in the community so that there is consistency among what we do and why we do it and a history of folks understanding that if we're present somewhere it's because we've been asked to be there and that what we're doing there is aligned with and approved of by the people who are organizing the event and then I'll I'll let somebody else who's more eloquent than I am uh answer that further if they feel like they can

On Settler Colonialism: Ideology, Violence, and Justice Cover

Adam Kirsch

On Settler Colonialism

Ideology, Violence, and Justice

Recommended for understanding the framework of settler colonialism.

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I have read Lorenzo Veracini's book On Settler Colonialism.

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Recommended for understanding the framework of settler colonialism.

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I have read Lorenzo Veracini's book On Settler Colonialism.

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This book was recommended for understanding the framework of settler colonialism.

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I have read Lorenzo Veracini's "Settler" book On Settler Colonialism. Um, that's really helpful when you're trying to understand that framework.

Draining the Swamp: Monetary and Fiscal Policy Reform Cover

Harvey F. Barnard

Draining the Swamp

Monetary and Fiscal Policy Reform

It was self-published in 1996 and proposed a plan to fix the US economy called Nesara, which included replacing the income tax with a national sales tax and abolishing compound interest.

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In 1996, he produced a book, Draining the Swamp, Monetary and Fiscal Policy Reform.

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It was self-published in 1996 and proposed a plan to fix the US economy called Nesara, which included replacing the income tax with a national sales tax and abolishing compound interest.

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In 1996, he produced a book, Draining the Swamp, Monetary and Fiscal Policy Reform.

Frustrated, he published his book online under a new name, Draining a Swamp, the Nesera story, money and fiscal policy.

Episode: The Nesara Cult and Qanon's Origins

It was a later online version of the book, also published by Harvey, in which he details his NESARA plan, that became associated with the Omega grift and eventually, QAnon conspiracy theories.

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Frustrated, he published his book online under a new name, Draining a Swamp, the Nesera story, money and fiscal policy.

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Annie Atkins

Fake Love Letters, Forged Telegrams, and Prison Escape Maps

Designing Graphic Props for Filmmaking

The book by Petty, aka Prop, was described as aesthetically beautiful and delightful.

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Get Props beautiful book.

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The book by Petty, aka Prop, was described as aesthetically beautiful and delightful.

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Get Props beautiful book.

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It was described as delightful and aesthetically beautiful, which was said about a book by Petty, who is also the host of Hood Politics.

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Get Props beautiful book.

Yeah, Get Props book is delightful and aesthetically beautiful.

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Rush Limbaugh

SEE I TOLD YOU SO

Rush Limbaugh's book, 'See, I Told You So', was referenced while discussing his stance on global warming and climate change, where he presented a contrarian view of scientific consensus.

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In his book, 'See, I Told You So', he declared that quite a few scientists are now backtracking on their once dire predictions of melting ice caps and worldwide flooding cut to Texas being submerged i...

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Rush Limbaugh's book, 'See, I Told You So', was referenced while discussing his stance on global warming and climate change, where he presented a contrarian view of scientific consensus.

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In his book, 'See, I Told You So', he declared that quite a few scientists are now backtracking on their once dire predictions of melting ice caps and worldwide flooding cut to Texas being submerged in a layer of snow that destroys civil society.

THE SIGMA MALE BIBLE: An Ultimate Guide To The Lone Wolf - How To Be A Sigma - Psychology Of Attraction, Dating Secrets and Strategies. Art Of Confidence, Habits & Self-Discipline. Sigma vs Alpha Cover

Bud Watson

THE SIGMA MALE BIBLE

An Ultimate Guide To The Lone Wolf - How To Be A Sigma - Psychology Of Attraction, Dating Secrets and Strategies. Art Of Confidence, Habits & Self-Discipline. Sigma vs Alpha

It was described as a book on relationships written by a self-proclaimed expert, and was only available via his Tumblr blog as it was sold out and unavailable on Kindle.

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That book was written by Dr. John T. Alexander, who builds himself as a relationship expert.

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It was described as a book on relationships written by a self-proclaimed expert, and was only available via his Tumblr blog as it was sold out and unavailable on Kindle.

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That book was written by Dr. John T. Alexander, who builds himself as a relationship expert.

And he authored the book 'The Sigma Male' and also maintains the Tumblr, sigmamale.tumblr.com.

His book is not available on Kindle. It's only in text and it's sold out. You have to go to his Tumblr.

Episode: Part One: The Birth of the Manosphere

The hosts described a viral tweet that showed the cover of the selfpublished paperback titled The Sigma Male, What Women Really Want, noting its suitclad man with a medieval sword.

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The tweet consisted of four images, the cover of a book titled The Sigma Male, What Women Really Want. Now the cover of this book features a man in a suit with a medieval sword as the cover art.

It Came from Something Awful: How a Toxic Troll Army Accidentally Memed Donald Trump into Office Cover

Dale Beran

It Came from Something Awful

How a Toxic Troll Army Accidentally Memed Donald Trump into Office

It was mentioned as a book that helped structure Robert's thoughts about the manosphere and its origins, and it was described as a wonderful book in the context of discussing Hugh Hefner's approach to masculinity and capitalism.

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This Hefnerian vision of manhood was still tied to economic achievement like the breadwinner vision of manhood. It encouraged conformity and merely changed the system of rewards.

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Episode: Part One: The Birth of the Manosphere

It was mentioned as a book that helped structure Robert's thoughts about the manosphere and its origins, and it was described as a wonderful book in the context of discussing Hugh Hefner's approach to masculinity and capitalism.

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This Hefnerian vision of manhood was still tied to economic achievement like the breadwinner vision of manhood. It encouraged conformity and merely changed the system of rewards.

Episode: Part One: The Birth of the Manosphere

It was mentioned as a book that helped Robert organize some of his thoughts about the Manosphere and its origins in more order.

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But like my research on 8chan and stuff, which is like what got me famous in the first place, was kind of proceeding from this. It's definitely I grew up on the Internet. I'll talk about that more later. It's been weird to watch this happen.

in his book, It Came from Something Awful, which is wonderful. David Baron notes, quote, This Hefnerian vision of manhood was still tied to economic achievement like the breadwinner vision of manhood. It encouraged conformity and merely changed the system of rewards.

The Sigma Male: What Women Really Want Cover

John T. Alexander

The Sigma Male

What Women Really Want

It was discussed as a book whose cover features a man in a suit with a medieval sword and was featured in a viral tweet that helped spark the discussion on the Manosphere.

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It's got something like a quarter of a million shares. The tweet consisted of four images, the cover of a book titled The Sigma Male, What Women Really Want.

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It was discussed as a book whose cover features a man in a suit with a medieval sword and was featured in a viral tweet that helped spark the discussion on the Manosphere.

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It's got something like a quarter of a million shares. The tweet consisted of four images, the cover of a book titled The Sigma Male, What Women Really Want.

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William Dear

Dungeon Master

The Disappearance of James Dallas Egbert III

The private investigator who initially linked James's disappearance to D&D, later published this book and clarified that the game was not the cause.

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So the private detective who started all this published his own book, The Dungeon Master, where he clarified that D&D had nothing to do with James's disappearance or suicide, which he...

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The private investigator who initially linked James's disappearance to D&D, later published this book and clarified that the game was not the cause.

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So the private detective who started all this published his own book, The Dungeon Master, where he clarified that D&D had nothing to do with James's disappearance or suicide, which he instead again blamed on chronic depression.

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It was a book published by the private detective who investigated James Dallas Egbert III's disappearance. It clarified that D&D had no connection with the case, instead attributing the cause to chronic depression.

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So the private detective who started all this published his own book, The Dungeon Master, where he clarified that D&D had nothing to do with James's disappearance or suicide, which he instead again blamed on chronic depression.

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Simon

Necronomicon

Patricia Pulling mistakenly believed H.P. Lovecraft was a professor who had written this book and used it as a basis for questions when interrogating teenagers.

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She advised police officers to open interrogations of teenagers with the question, have you read the Necronomicon or are you familiar with it?

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Patricia Pulling mistakenly believed H.P. Lovecraft was a professor who had written this book and used it as a basis for questions when interrogating teenagers.

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She advised police officers to open interrogations of teenagers with the question, have you read the Necronomicon or are you familiar with it?

Someone after decades after Lovecraft's death published a book called the Necronomicon to kind of cash in on the fact that number one.

Well, it wasn't even a book, right? It wasn't even a real book. No, it was like, yeah.

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It was a book mentioned as having been published after H.P. Lovecraft's death, and was incorrectly believed to be an educational text by Patricia Pulling. The podcasters clarified that it is a fictional book.

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Someone after decades after Lovecraft's death published a book called the Necronomicon to kind of cash in on the fact that number one.

Well, it wasn't even a book, right? It wasn't even a real book. No, it was like, yeah. The best thing. Yeah.

Have you read the Necronomicon or are you familiar with it?

Oh, yeah. Fictional. Yeah, it's fucking great.

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Milton William Cooper

Behold a Pale Horse

It was discussed as a book written by Bill Cooper, containing details of his life, notably with a section on his background and a captivating title.

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Bill Cooper, which is a great name for a book.

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It was discussed as a book written by Bill Cooper, containing details of his life, notably with a section on his background and a captivating title.

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Bill Cooper, which is a great name for a book.

It is a great name for a book.

I didn't always love my father. He was a strict disciplinarian.

My dad did not believe in spare the rod and his belt was put to use frequently in our family.

And like most children who grew up in such families, Bill was like Bill grew up with a like basically focusing all the time on how to avoid getting in trouble.

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It was described as a 434-page book filled with fake documents and memos, which was said to have become the most influential underground publishing hit in history and was frequently stolen and passed around in prisons.

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'Written at the level of an undergrad paper in electrical engineering, Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars defines a silent weapon as differing from a conventional weapon in that it shoots situations instead of bullets, originating from bits of data instead of grains of gunpowder.

It attacks under the orders of a banking magnate instead of a military general. Because the silent weapon causes no obvious physical or mental injuries and does not obviously interfere with anyone's daily social life, the public cannot comprehend this weapon and therefore cannot believe that they are being attacked and subdued.

The public might instinctively feel that something is wrong, but because of the technical nature of the silent weapon, they cannot express their feeling in a rational way. They do not know how to cry for help and do not know how to associate with others to defend themselves against it.

Every aspect of his plan to subjugate the world has since become reality, validating the authenticity of conspiracy. This has been written intentionally to deceive people.

For clear understanding, the word Zion should be Sion. Any references to Jews should be replaced with the word Illuminati. And the word goyim should be replaced with the word cattle.

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