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Studying military history is entertaining and practical. You might not be interested in war, but war is certainly interested in you. On September 10, 2001, I was expecting to spend as much free time as I could hunting that autumn, but by mid-morning the next day I was focused on training for a real war.
War is often the summit of achievement, be that an achievement of a national leader, a nation, or an individual. (more…)
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On Monday, New York City’s Emergency Management agency released a short video (linked below) intended to advise residents on what to do in the event of a nuclear attack. The video rattled some, who questioned why it was being released now. While I think the reason for that is obvious, for me the video is more interesting in its utter ridiculousness, which I will detail here, as well as for what it says about how our rulers view themselves. (more…)
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Karl Thorburn joined host Nick Jeelvy on the last broadcast of The Writer’s Bloc to discuss his fresh and revolutionary ideas about the doctrine of Mutually Assured Destruction, as well as answer questions from listeners, and it is now available for download and online listening. (more…)
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Unlike many moviegoers, I was never that enthusiastic about Dr. Strangelove, Stanley Kubrick’s response to the arms race. I remember that back in the 1980s, a girlfriend and I saw the film and she thought it made light of a serious issue. This was at the height of President Reagan’s sending more missiles to Europe, his Star Wars missile defense plan, and everyone’s lugubrious viewing of The Day After. (more…)
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Today we live so cowed under the bombardment of this intellectual artillery [the press] that hardly anyone can attain to the inward detachment that is required for a clear view of the monstrous drama. — Oswald Spengler, The Decline of the West (more…)
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“Now I’m not sayin’ we won’t get our hair mussed. But I do say, no more than 10 to 20 million killed, tops. Uh, depending on the breaks.” — General “Buck” Turgidson, USAF, in Dr. Strangelove (more…)
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Host Greg Johnson welcomed Patriotic Alternative’s Mark Collett to Counter-Currents Radio on the last broadcast to talk about his activism, current events, and of course your questions, and it is now available for download and online listening.
Topics discussed include:
00:06:00 The purpose of Patriotic Alternative (PA) (more…)
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How to Stay Calm in the Event of a Thermonuclear War
As was the case with this column two weeks ago, this will be an all Russia-Ukraine edition. (more…)
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This latest episode of Counter-Currents Radio features Greg Johnson answering reader questions about any topics and discussing aspects of the Russo-Ukrainian war, and the broadcast is now available for download and online listening. (more…)
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On the last episode of The Writers’ Bloc, host Nick Jeelvy was joined by Karl Thorburn, who educated us on the subject of those New-Fangled Tokens (NFTs), and it is now available for download and online listening.
Topics discussed include:
Bitcoin
Blockchain technology (more…)
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“The Day After, ABC‘s much-discussed vision of nuclear Armageddon, is no longer only a television film, of course; it has become an event, a rally and a controversy, much of it orchestrated.”
— The New York Times, November 20, 1983
I have a somewhat morbid fascination with nuclear war. It is one of the absolute worst and unimaginably nightmarish things that could theoretically happen. When you step back and think about the bullet that the human race dodged during the Cold War, it is truly mind-blowing. (more…)
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To understand the man you have to know what was happening in the world when he was twenty.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
I grew up in the final years of the Cold War. If you aren’t old enough to remember the Cold War, let me tell you that it was a trip.