Author: polistra
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Reversion to preversion
RFK has turned the “conservatives” back into environmentalists, which is where the movement started. Before 1968, the OCD obsession with dirt was mainly associated with Birchers and evangelicals. See preverting my vital bodily fluids and see Late Great Planet Earth. Suddenly the “conservatives” are TRUSTING Federal reports when the reports make the case for Horrible…
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Zenith origins
Earlier this year I modeled some of Zenith’s more famous and interesting products. How did Zenith start? It was a classic garage inventor story. Ralph Mathews had a unique talent for mechanical invention, and he also had pretty good connections and luck. He started the right business at the right time. Mathews was building and…
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Another pop, another 2019 reprint
Another 2019 reprint, this time with a new thought appended. = = = = = START REPRINT: KSHS has resumed adding new items regularly. One of the new items, a store ledger, triggered curiosity which led to a much more interesting older item. A ledger from the store that was outfitting fur traders in the…
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Popped, so reprinted
For no particular reason, this concept popped into what’s left of my mind. Decided to reprint in honor of the pop. = = = = = START 2019 REPRINT: I wonder what Sam Johnson would think. He defined a lexicographer as a harmless drudge. Modern lexicographers are mass murderers. Words have always been weapons for…
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Dixie frustration
The Dixie takeover was already underway before the “virus” NAZI TORTURE CAMP advanced it dramatically. Governors who assisted this takeover have a huge argument on their side. They could be saying: I gave my state peace and prosperity and freedom, while other governors were giving their states riots and strangulation and unemployment. If you elect…
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Making the case, fucking the case
Perfect contrast between two pieces on the writers strike and AI and such. (1) The Ankler flawlessly makes the case that AI is worth worrying about, and a strike to control it is worth supporting. He rigorously avoids all politics and religion and cultural crap, following the oldest persuasive advice to perfection. Fairness Doctrine all…
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More Emerson
Demons have locked themselves out of the house. Via DailyMail: The economic center of the US is now in Dixie. = = = = = START QUOTE: Two-thirds of all job growth in the country is now concentrated in the Southeast, and it is home to 10 of the 15 fastest-growing cities. The change in…
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Will he learn?
Nathanael Blake at TheFederalist has encountered a Learning Moment. He’s a total neocon who suddenly realizes that aggressive free trade gets in the way of aggressive militarism. = = = = = START QUOTE: Industrial policy is defense policy. The ability to build is essential to our national defense, but our leaders have spent decades…
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The Jones not taken
American Radio Library has added a few issues of Radio Topics from the early ’20s. One article was highlighting services provided by radio. First a bakery was using one-way radio to dispatch its electric trucks: More importantly, businesses were using radio as a premium in the Duane Jones sense, and sometimes a self-liquidating premium, paying…
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Wouldn’t care to have as friends
One of those supershort Ripley features from 1958 shows us how far we’ve gone down the road of mass hypochondria. Intro: In a moment I’ll tell you the fascinating story of a group of people who you wouldn’t care to have as friends. After the pause for ad insertion: Among the many strange religious sects…
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One good thing
The bitcoin world was always and only a trick for Deepstate and big banks to steal money and power from suckers. Still, the bitcoin world has one advantage over the “standard” government and corporate world: Occasional clear language. Here’s a statement from some “network” or “exchange” that decided to shut down because of QT: “Product…
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What or who is Stoller smoking?
Headline from Stoller: The Long Annoying Tradition of Anti-Patriotism Declinism is a longstanding posture of political elites. It’s also a political choice, not a reflection of reality. I want to look at the long American embrace of anti-patriotism, of disdain for democracy, and general gloominess and dislike of politics. Because at times of populist anger…
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The one peacetime year
Still reading Pat Foster’s books on Willys and Jeep. The Jeep obviously began as a military project, and typically 60% of its income was from military contracts. The company always produced a variety of specialized vehicles for sole military use, along with the dual-use Universal Jeep. The company was an attractive and productive acquisition because…
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“Indian giver” is meaningful now
Two years ago the Cherokee tribe demanded that Jeep should stop its “unauthorized” use of the Cherokee name. Not unauthorized. One of Foster’s books on the history of Jeep includes this self-documenting picture: When AMC rebranded the Wagoneer to Cherokee in 1974 (note the license), it had the full approval of the Tribe. And you…
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