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Postmodernism is devouring the liberal arts

Velvet Favretto
Quilette
Sun, 24 Jun 2018 18:58 UTC
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The 'liberal arts' were so named for their orientation towards free thought, and the foundational claim that they existed to enrich the lives of free people. They are, in other words, dependent on the open-mindedness of individuals wishing to develop their knowledge and understanding by exploring thousands of years of history and literature produced by human civilisation. Despite this, universities in recent years have seen a rapid decline in the reputation and value of liberal arts degrees. Whereas once an education in literature and philosophy was highly revered in academia, setting the world at its students' feet, today a liberal arts education is widely regarded as a useless endeavour for aimless students, which offers no clear path for the future.

This development can, in large part, be laid at the feet of the ever-increasing influence of postmodernism, a superficially attractive philosophy often used to promulgate political and cultural ideas. Courses that have embraced a postmodern viewpoint tend to harshly ostracise any conflicting perspective, thereby eroding the intellectual freedom upon which the liberal arts had hitherto relied.

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Homeless man jailed for using lost number to pick up medal after 'finishing' London Marathon


RT
Fri, 22 Jun 2018 08:30 UTC
The finish of the London Marathon on The Mall outside Buckingham Palace
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The finish of the London Marathon on The Mall outside Buckingham Palace
A homeless man has been jailed for a whopping 16 weeks after being found guilty of picking up a race number at the London Marathon and pretending to finish the race.

Stanislaw Skupian was a spectator at the grueling 26.2-mile event in April when he saw a lost number fluttering across the pavement. The 38-year old then picked it up and finished the last three miles of the race before picking up a prized medal.

The number had belonged to runner Jake Halliday, who said he lost it after removing his t-shirt. Halliday was not allowed to finish the race. He was removed from the course with 300 meters to go after he was spotted without his number.

Comment: It's kind of ironic considering many who run these marathons are raising money for charities who provide support for the homeless and those suffering mental health problems:

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Common sense: Russians don't want immigrants who are incompatible with their culture

Anatoly Karlin
The Unz Review
Thu, 21 Jun 2018 18:45 UTC
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Muslims attended an Eid al-Adha prayer service in St. Petersburg, Russia, Oct. 15. As millions of foreigners arrive, resentment from native Russians has grown.
Russia might not as hardcore as Czechia or Hungary, but it's still way more skeptical of alien immigration than the European average. Israel, Poland, Italy, Estonia, and Austria round off Europe's based leagues.

Meanwhile, all the usual suspects are also where they should be... down to Sweden Yes "surpassing" everyone else.

Data from European Social Survey Round 8 (2016) via Alexandre Afonso (h/t Emil):
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'Land of Fjords and...Chlamydia': Norway angry at 7-Eleven condom ad


RT
Thu, 21 Jun 2018 19:41 UTC
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Tourists usually imagine Norway to be a land of beautiful fjords and picturesque towns, but a 7-Eleven advertisement for condoms has annoyed the nation's tourism office after it pronounced the country the "Land of Chlamydia."

If the goal of advertising is to get noticed, 7-Eleven has succeeded by creating print and video ads that portray the country as a place riddled with venereal disease. A video posted online shows Norway's famously gorgeous scenery alongside some unexpected words.

"Norway. Land of the fjords, the mountains, the midnight sun, and chlamydia," the text reads. "Norway has one of the highest rates of chlamydia in Europe. Visiting from abroad? Protect yourself against the locals! Get your condoms at 7-Eleven."

But the advertising campaign didn't stop there, with the convenience store chain also placing a print ad at Oslo Central Station - the arrival spot of many tourists visiting the country.

Comment: The aim of most advertising companies nowadays is to go 'viral', regardless of the consequences. And since much of the media crowd lives in a 'liberal' bubble they are often oblivious to a lot of things. Either way, maybe Norwegians should be asking themselves why their country has some of the highest rates of chlamydia in Europe: Also check out SOTT radio's: The Health & Wellness Show: Syphilitic Superpower: The rise of STDs

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Posh London school's tasteless 'Austerity Day' lunch turns stomachs on Twitter


RT
Sat, 23 Jun 2018 13:13 UTC
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A London private school's 'Austerity Day' lunch has been met with a fierce response online, with many accusing the £24,000-a-year school of being tasteless and out of touch over the meal.

While St Paul's Girls' School in Hammersmith normally feeds its students the likes of duck leg confit and slow-baked Moroccan lamb, its idea of an austerity lunch is the same kind of food that students in non-fee paying schools across the country eat every day - baked potato, coleslaw, beans, and fruit.

The school tweeted about the lunch, served to raise money for charity, using a photograph of a white-gloved waiter serving three peas on a silver platter.

Comment: Granted it is admirable that the school at least attempts to educate the children about the issue, but it's still a tasteless stunt gone wrong and it highlights just how out of touch the few who aren't suffering crushing 'austerity' really are:

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Fanatical chanting socialists chase DHS Secretary Nielsen from DC Mexican restaurant

Scott Morefield
The Daily Caller
Wed, 20 Jun 2018 18:10 UTC
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DHS Secretary Nielsen prior to being harrassed out of the MXDC resturant
Members of the local DC Democratic Socialists of America group confronted Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen at a Mexican restaurant Tuesday evening.

"We're in downtown DC disrupting DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen's dinner at MXDC," the group wrote below the video on its Facebook page. "The irony isn't lost on us that this is a Mexican restaurant. Nielsen has led the program to tell her to put an end to separating families, to step down as head of the department, and that ICE and CBP must be abolished #abolishICE #abolishCBP"

Comment: The Daily Caller dug deeper:
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Allison Hrabar
One of the activists who chased Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen out of a Mexican restaurant Tuesday night over the Trump administration's immigration policies is an employee of the Department of Justice, The Daily Caller News Foundation has confirmed.

An employee within the Trump administration initially tipped TheDCNF off about Hrabar's presence at the protest.

The Washington Examiner spoke with Hrabar Wednesday and she defended her behavior as off government time and a use of her First Amendment rights.

Despite Hrabar's claims of keeping her personal politics outside of her time as an employee of the federal government, a look at her Twitter account, @allisongeroi, features tweets during the workday openly celebrating her behavior Tuesday night.


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US libtards are clinically insane and don't care at all about average American people

Robert Bridge
The Strategic Culture Foundation
Wed, 20 Jun 2018 17:46 UTC
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Even before Donald Trump won the White House, there were strong indications that something was not quite right with the Liberal mindset. Today, all doubt on the matter has been cleared away.

The mass hysteria that swept across Liberal America, like one giant tear tsunami, following Hillary Clinton's 'surprise' loss in the 2016 presidential election has reached a new level of madness and can now be described as a deep-seated psychosis.

There are some understandable reasons for the Left's collective mental breakdown. Briefly, 'Russiagate' is disintegrating into a burlesque theater of the absurd, while Trump - from jump-starting the Heartland's industrial sector, to making peace with a nuclear-armed dictator, to 'winning' the World Cup - is on a serious roll. If the momentum continues, it may give the Republicans a crucial victory in November congressional midterms. The Democrats, acutely aware as to what is at stake yet unable to stop Trump, are showing a side of their character that can be best described as treacherous. And in order to see the symptoms of a disintegrating Democratic Party one only need look at the US entertainment industry.

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French exceptionalism? Bankers, billionaires scold Macron for elitism

Leigh Thomas
Reuters
Sun, 24 Jun 2018 15:02 UTC
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© Reuters/Charles Platiau/Pool
French President Emmanuel Macron attends a ceremony marking the 78th anniversary of late French General Charles de Gaulle's resistance call of June 18, 1940, at the Mont Valerien memorial in Suresnes, near Paris, France, June 18, 2018.
Perhaps only in France would a billionaire and one of the nation's most powerful bankers both publicly chastise the president for neglecting ordinary people.

But such is France's professed attachment to its egalitarian tradition that such unlikely critics took aim at Emmanuel Macron on Friday over his promotion of a more meritocratic culture.

"Macron doesn't understand the little people. I'm afraid he's leading France toward a system that leaves the least favored behind," Le Monde quoted Francois Pinault, whose business empire includes the Gucci fashion house, as saying.

Comment: An interesting development. Perhaps the billionaires have a better grip on French history than Macron. The French Revolution wasn't so long ago.

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Unintended consequences: When PC comes back to bite you

Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.
Naitonal Review
Fri, 22 Jun 2018 17:24 UTC
Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, USA
The left-wing establishment's gambits are blowing up in its face.

Political correctness run amok is a popular topic on the right these days. Indeed, the conservative bookshelf is chock full of best-sellers devoted to the topic. Subject matters vary. One may focus on the hypocrisy of campus speech codes, another on the revisionist attempt to indict our founding fathers, yet another on secular progressivism's relentless campaign against religious freedom.

Still, progressive-inspired changes to our value system have made their mark - most notably during the eight-year reign of Barack Obama - and particularly among the generation popularly known as "Millennials." My response to these unwelcome changes has been two-fold: (1) I chronicle the establishment's tantrums whenever an anti-PC, Trump-inspired "disruptor" event takes place; and (2) I publicize vignettes wherein progressive overreaching boomerangs to the Left's disadvantage.
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Immigrant children stripped naked, handcuffed, and beaten in Virginia refugee shelter...under Obama


Gateway Pundit
Thu, 21 Jun 2018 17:22 UTC
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The Associated Press is running a horrific story today on how immigrant children were allegedly stripped naked, handcuffed, strapped down with bags over their head and beaten at a refugee facility in Virginia.

An anonymous plaintiff is suing the Shenandoah Valley Juvenile Center for the abuse he endured at the facility. The teen came here from Mexico. He was a troubled kid and wound up in the high security facility.

Now he's suing the government for abuse he says he endured at the juvenile center.
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