Tag Archives: Communism

LinkSwarm for January 20, 2023

More Flu Manchu madness, DeSantis continues to drive the woke before him, and a guinea pig mystery. Plus: Monorail! It’s the Friday LinkSwarm!  Atlanta antifa types are very upset that shooting cops gets them dirtnapped.  “COVID Vaccines Are … Continue reading →

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Why Commies Couldn’t Do Semiconductors

Asianometry has an interesting video up about East Germany expensive, strenuous efforts to catch up to the west in semiconductor manufacturing technology. Spoiler: They didn’t. Some takeaways: “In the late 1980s, the German Democratic Republic, or East Germany, went all … Continue reading →

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Joe Rogan Interviews Peter Zeihan (Part 1: Russo-Ukrainian War)

“Joe Rogan interviews Peter Zeihan” is obviously irresistible catnip for me, as any regular readers recognize. It’s like Rogan is reading my blog! (Joe, you should totally interview me! I’m a great speaker, I’m local, I can bring my dogs … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for December 24, 2022

I just ran out of time to post all the links I had for yesterday’s LinkSwarm, so here’s the rest. “Life expectancy in the US declined by 5% last year, lowest level since 1996.” Life expectancy in the United States … Continue reading →

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Peru’s New President Is On Team Riot

You may remember from all of nine days ago how lefty Peruvian President Pedro Castillo was removed from power after attempting his own autogolpe. Did that solve the political crisis? Eh, not so much. Turns out that his successor, Dina … Continue reading →

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China Fights Revolution With Porn

Ordinary Chinese have gotten so fed up with the endless Flu Manchu lockdowns that they’ve started mass protests in multiple cities, even going so far as to demand the CCP and Xi Jinping step down. Some commenters have even suggested … Continue reading →

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China’s Rich Potemkin Socialist Village

Much of China’s last two decades of apparent prosperity seems to be an illusion designed to fool both its own people and outside investors. But the Potemkin village of Huaxi takes China’s illusory prosperity to the next level. “Huaxi in … Continue reading →

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China’s Lockdowns: Even Crazier

Evidently those Chinese Flu Manchu lockdowns are even crazier than we thought: In Hunan, Chinese authorties have built literally hundreds of temporary quarantine facilities on roads “as far as the eye can see.” The Uighurs in Xinjiang (remember them?) have … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for November 7, 2022

Greetings, and welcome to a special Election Eve Monday LinkSwarm! My Internet is back up, and tomorrow night I will be liveblogging the election returns starting around 7 PM.  A red tsunami? For the past week or so, my … Continue reading →

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Is China’s GDP Overstated By 60%?

I’ve long thought that, based on the fragmentary evidence we have (the huge debt load, the ghost cities, the known mismanagement and calculation problem of planned communist economies, etc.), the size of China’s economy is overstated by 40%. Now, according … Continue reading →

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