A Red Pill writer who runs a blog called Toad's Hall has been running a series lately titled Theology for Men of the West, in which he argues that the cultish teachings of the Red Pill and Game philosophies represent authentic Christianity. He's written a long article on Biblical Marriage which purportedly illustrates the Red Pill blasphemy that Game/PUA is taught in the Bible.
According to Mr. Toad, the modern Church is in a state of apostasy and adultery because it requires a priest or pastor to solemnize the marriage union and because it treats the wife as the spiritual equal of the husband. Following the PUA narrative, Toad insists this is false; because marriage occurs during the sexual act alone. In fact, he explicitly states that "Churchians believe that sex is only allowed following such a ceremony and indeed, churchians claim that sex is only moral and licit when it occurs within such a union." He's taken the common cultural misconception that 'sex equals love' up to a new level whereby 'sex equals marriage.'
One would logically assume that such a position would lead to old-fashioned shotgun weddings, but Mr. Toad would disagree since he holds that the actual marriage ceremony has no religious significance. In fact, the issue altogether by claiming that the woman's "consent is not required. This means that whether she knew that she was being married or not; whether she wanted to be married or not; with that act {of sexual intercourse initiated by the male} she is married. And the churchians will screech over this truth."
This Philosophy reduces Christian men to a sociological level even more degraded than Pagan cultures---it is actually the philosophy of a savage. And even worse, he's quite clear that this can include forcible rape. "Even the woman who was raped was married by that act."
Following this barbaric method of mate-selection, the woman's allegedly Biblical duty is submission to her husband. Mr. Toad tells us that "The standard for Christian commitment is thus: the husband makes a permanent but not exclusive commitment to the wife; the wife makes a permanent and exclusive commitment to her husband." Although, how anyone makes a commitment devoid of consent, he doesn't explain.
That is the reason why Churches solemnize marriage and why often marriages are controlled legally as well: because it is a binding spiritual or legal contract; depending upon how it is interpreted culturally. One has to presume under such a contractual arrangement that both parties are capable of consent and have entered into the arrangement of their own free will---which presumes a measure of spiritual and/or legal equality. To abandon this concept as a principle is to revert back to the prehistoric level of the ape.
"The commitment standard of the man is permanent," he further informs us, "His commitment is non-exclusive, which means that at his discretion, he can bring other women into the relationship. The commitment standard for the woman is permanent, and she is bound to her man for as long as he lives. Her commitment is exclusive, which means that he is her one and only. Sex with any other man is the crime of adultery. The relationship between the man and the woman is one of master-servant or ruler-subject. The man is to rule his women and have complete authority over them, over every aspect of their lives, in everything."
As much as Islam is maligned in the West, Islamic teaching---outside of the vicious Wahhabi-Jihadist cults---don't even go to this extreme; less so does Christianity teach this. While traditional religions teach female submission as part of gender polarity, the Red Pills define it thus:
"The woman is to submit to her man in everything, no exceptions. Her submission is not dependent upon her opinion of his behavior or upon his actual behavior. If a man is displaying bad behavior, the woman is to submit to him without a word and win him over by her chaste and quiet conduct." However this chastity doesn't extend to the martial bed, Mr. Toad claims, because "Sex is to be on demand and the woman's body belongs to the man...sexual activity...is all at the discretion of the man."
This doesn't mean, of course, that such men aren't actually to love their 'wives'. Mr. Toad defines such love as: "This love is defined as holding wives accountable for good behavior and requiring their obedience. When they transgress, he is required to rebuke and discipline them. Part of this accountability is his obligation is to review any and every agreement she makes with others...The woman is required to live with the man in order that he might meet his responsibility to hold her accountable for her behavior."
This is simply Idolatry, because a woman's first duty is to God, not to a husband---and certainly not to some random stranger who's taken her by force. But Mr. Toad makes the astounding and blasphemous that the Christian God not only condones such behaviors on the part of men, but engages in it Himself: "God claimed that He had two wives" by which he perverts a passage from the Prophet Jeremiah alluding to God's Covenant with Israel.
It's noteworthy that the Supreme Ayatollah of Iran recently issued a decree condemning Islamic husbands who treat their wives like chattel-property---yet we don't hear a peep out of Christian leaders condemning these blasphemies even though they are clearly infiltrating our own churches. But in Iran, religious instruction is still taught in public schools, so the Ayatollahs have the advantage of being able to shame men into better behavior. In our country, many people grow up with no religious instruction, and being presented with this kind of garbage as 'Christian' either converts them into abusive thugs or causes them to reject Christianity with contempt. Christian prelates and pastors cannot continue in this state of denial and must begin speaking out.
There are few more iconic American institutions than the Texas Rangers. The Rangers were founded in 1823, by the future president of the Texas Republic, Stephen Austin. They played a role throughout all of Texas' history and still exist today in spite of the pervasive political correctness to which all of our national institutions have succumbed.
Our feature for this weekend is the story of a Texas Ranger, from 1983, Lone Wolf McQuade. It stars another American icon (and Trump supporter) Chuck Norris. McQuade is a lone Texas Ranger and Vietnam vet with an exemplary record who's compelled against bureaucratic obstruction, political correctness, and little popular support to do his job. Over his objections, he's assigned a partner, Kayo (played by Robert Beltran). Kayo is a cub whose training involves unlearning most of what he was taught as well as learning the realities of the job from McQuade.
As is typical in an atmosphere of political correctness, ruthless criminal organizations flourish, and McQuade and Kayo soon find themselves up against a vicious arms and narcotics ring that doesn't hesitate to attack even the Army or federal agents. It's up to McQuade alone to finish the job, though he finds along the way a wonderful romantic interest in Lola Richardson (played by Barbara Carrera). Lola's character is quite interesting; she's at first the moll of the posturing and arrogant chief villain, but her head and heart are won by McQuade's genuine masculinity and she turns to him instead. Needless to say, this turn of events makes the battle quite personal between hero and villain.
The storyline and general theme of Lone Wolf McQuade was a very popular one in the late 1970s to late 1980s---at the very end of Hollywood's run as a great entertainment medium. The theme is emblematic of a culture in its waning days: a middle-aged hero, often a loner, working for a once-great institution, with a lot of achievements in his background. These heroes are caught between two opposing forces: an encroaching politically-correct and self-serving bureaucracy on one side and a well-organized and utterly ruthless criminal gang on the other. Their love interests are typically alienated women who are attracted to genuine masculinity and don't run with the popular herd. The cultural message this all conveys is fairly obvious: and for this reason is hated by the modern Hollywood cultural elite.
Nonetheless, films of this era have never waned in their popularity with men. Besides Chuck Norris; Clint Eastwood, Fred Williamson, and Sylvester Stallone are associated with this genre. The reason these films have never lost their luster is because the social predictions they made largely came true; and many men today relate emotionally to the lead characters. J.J. McQuade has been through a divorce, butts heads with his superiors---yet still does his job because it's the right thing to do. The film has a brilliant angle here that's often overlooked by critics: there's an intergenerational dynamic at play. At the beginning of the film, McQuade attends the retirement ceremony for his friend and mentor, Dakota (played by L.Q. Jones) who, despite his 'over 2,000 felony arrests' is told by his superior, "I can't say as I'll miss you" at the celebration's ending. At the other end of the generational scale, McQuade has to train up the young cub Kayo, whom he has to rescue in the opening of the film. (Kayo appears at the end as a toughened veteran).
As we would expect in a film where Chuck Norris plays the hero and David Carradine the villain, there's no shortage of action scenes. Actually Lone Wolf McQuade is a better-than-average film of this genre. The story is convincing, and there are several twists and a fair degree of suspense in the plot. McQuade's character lacks the unfeeling cynicism of some of Eastwood's portrayals, the 'superman' quality of Stallone, or the brooding, soul-searching type portrayed in Williamson's films of the era. McQuade is an archetypical all-American male; a tough guy with a tough job doing what he does best---without pretense or politics---and that is all. And that's what makes his character so alluring.
The popularity of the film led to the television series, Walker, Texas Ranger, which ran on CBS throughout most of the 1990s.
Lone Wolf McQuade is probably best seen on DVD, although it occasionally appears in some of the public-access venues.
David Futrelle, a Male Feminist and anti-Trump 'Resistance' writer published an interesting op-ed recently in The New York Times. In this article, Futrelle gives us his perspective on the saga of Juan Thompson, recently arrested for eight of the bomb threats against Jewish centers nationwide. Futrelle doesn't mention our site specifically, but he does decry pointing out the suspect's political leanings, which we in fact did.
The gist of Futrelle's argument seems to be that certain right-wing/conservative writers went to extremes covering Thompson's Leftist political connections; there is truth to that, with the usual suspects being guilty of it. He also argues that focusing on Thompson's politics detracts from the serious issue of cyberstalking; there is truth to that also. And many of the same writers who exploited Thompson's crimes are guilty of that too.
Where is he wrong, however, is his implication that Thompson's politics are irrelevant to the story. There are two reasons why it is important.
The first is that the Corporate Media has been trying to shovel all anti-Semitic crimes in the US onto the Trump Administration as part of their ongoing vendetta against him. Futrelle even states that "right-wing media outlets have seized upon Thompson's case to deflect attention from the very real---and thoroughly documented---resurgence of anti-Semitism that has accompanied President Trump's rise to power."
But here is what the Anti-Defamation League says on its own webpage: "Our 2016 Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents reported an overall increase of anti-Semitic incidents for the second straight year. While the rate remains historically low, the current numbers reveals disturbing trends...among the 941 incidents reported are disturbing trends, assaults have more than tripled since 2012."
What this indicates is that anti-Semitic incidents are still at 'historic lows' but have been increasing steadily since about mid-way through the Obama Administration. In fact, the Obama Administration saw general increases in so-called Hate Crimes---including many against Christians. These types of crimes, anti-Semitism included, are not exclusively committed by the Political Right. Thompson's case was politically charged mostly because the Corporate Media made it so.
For his part, President has denounced anti-Semitism and disavowed neo-Nazis like Richard Spencer. In December, Trump's then-nominee for US Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, personally led an initiative in his native Montana to foil an attempted Nazi march against Jews in Whitefish.
The second problem with Futrelle's analysis is that it deflects attention itself from the very real problem of those on the PC Left fabricating hate crimes for political gain. Juan Thompson's politics are important for that very reason too.
In a free society, there is no place for racial or religious discrimination, nor for cyberstalking of the type that Thompson engaged in. If the Corporate Media had been more responsible about its coverage of hate crimes, the problems that Futrelle raises wouldn't have existed. Maybe his focus should have been on The New York Times itself instead of Breitbart News.
The heroic Julian Assange, still a political exile in the Ecuadoran Embassy released yesterday an initial series of internal documents pertaining to the CIA. The first group reveals how Obama's CIA chief and Moslem Brotherhood member John Brennan led a massive project to use computer hacking technologies for domestic espionage purposes. This was apparently done with the collusion of several tech companies.
One document group revealed that in 2014 a joint meeting between CIA officials and British MI5 discussed hacking capabilities against so-called 'smart TVs', I-phones, and wifis; as well being able to override automotive smart technologies. The smart TV hacking system was employed on Samsung devices which could convert the television into a covert microphone even when the device is turned off.
The CEO of Samsung, Jay Lee, incidentally, is currently on trial in South Korea on bribery and embezzlement charges along with the now-suspended Obama-supported South Korean President Park Guen-hye. Lee is accused of embezzling Samsung funds to pay off South Korean officials---including President Park---to approve a corporate merger in 2015.
"By the end of 2016, the CIA's Center for Cyber Intelligence had over 5,000 people and produced more than hacking systems, Trojans, viruses, and other weaponized malware," Assange noted, "These hacking products can target a wide range of US and European company products such as Apple I-phones, Google Androids, and Microsoft Windows."
The leaked documents reveal that a project to implement these plans was scheduled for 2015.
One would think that allegations of this magnitude would shock even the somnambulant American public into some type of action, but among the top Corporate Media headlines this morning are:
"Texas Bathroom Bill Sparks Emotional Testimony"
"Report: Obama Furious after Trump Wiretap Allegation"
"Pregnant ESPN Host Slams Sexist Twitter Trolls"
"Ciara Slammed over Naked Photoshoot"
While there's barely a peep about the Wiki Leaks revelations. Oh, and Ameroboob women are marching in pink hats again---for some reason or another.
But recall that these are the same Corporate Media dunces who just a few years ago were laughing off conspiracy theories that things like smart TVs could be used for domestic espionage purposes.
With the current controversy about Obama's alleged wiretapping of Trump, this would be a good opportunity for GOP activists to pressure Party leaders to open investigations into Obama's surveillance programs in general. And it wouldn't hurt to look into corporate collusion with these programs; especially considering how many tech CEOs seem to be quite cozy with the DNC.
The fake news Corporate Media tabloid The Washington Post is in damage-control mode once again. It seems that one of the IT executives, Itai Ozderman was arrested after a SWAT team raid on his home in Maryland.
Ozderman was charged with impersonating an ICE agent and passing himself off as such during a series of incidents in Falls Church, Virginia. Apparently, Ozderman visited the homes of several people who reported him to authorities. His motive in doing so is not clear; but police recovered at his home ICE uniforms and fake badges along with body armor, ammunition, ten weapons, tactical vests, and a police radio. They also found uniforms, badges, and equipment from the Baltimore Police Department.
Maryland authorities are expected to turn Ozderman over to the FBI, who seem to be interested in some other unsolved federal felonies to which Ozderman may have had a connection.
"All that we have to share is that we are aware of the situation and are looking into it," a shamefaced Washington Post spokeswoman told the local press. The Post itself was obliged by these circumstances to report the story, although they stressed that Ozderman was 'innocent until proven guilty'---a fact which their newspaper rarely accords to anyone else accused of anything.
Ozderman was born in Israel and, as we've seen in many of these cases, was educated in American public schools. He graduated from Seneca Valley High School in Germantown, Maryland in 1999. Once again, it doesn't appear that foreign immigrants are necessarily being radicalized abroad.
The Washington Post has been under considerable scrutiny lately. Wiki Leaks recently revealed that their owner Jeff Bezos had been given lucrative contracts by Hilary Clinton during her tenure as Secretary of State. Bezos was a huge donor to the Clinton Foundation and runs a large PAC, connected with Amazon. Bezos spent nearly $12 million on federal lobbying in 2016 alone.
But once again, we see the character of the Cultural Elites who've controlled American political and social discourse for the last three decades. A society is always going to have its elites; but it's increasingly clear that we need a new set of them.
Some troubling new figures from the US Department of Health and Human Services show that, after a brief downturn, Cocaine addiction and trafficking is again on the rise in the drug-addled United States. The number of cocaine-related overdoses in 2015 reached its highest level in a decade and second-highest level since the beginning of the 21st Century. The number of Cocaine users has spiked 61% to nearly 1 million. A survey of 19-28 year olds found that the number of users has gone up from 3.9% in 2013 to nearly 6% today.
Cocaine is exclusively smuggled into the United States as the Coca plant is not cultivatable in northern climates. Much of it is processed here however; including derivatives like 'Crack'. The Coca leaf has some medicinal properties but can be highly addictive in concentrated forms. It has an amphetamine-like effect; but being a natural herb, its effects are often physical as well as psychological. Overdoses typically induce heart attacks or apoplexy and long-term use can result in damage to the central nervous system. Cocaine is especially dangerous when combined with other narcotics or alcohol and even, occasionally, with caffeine or tobacco.
According to the survey, the addiction/usage rates are worst in (no surprise here) the Leftist-dominated Pacific Coast and the New England states; with Oregon leading the pack on one coast and New Hampshire on the other. Also equally unsurprising, 9 of the 10 least-addicted are Red States. The New England area seems especially hard-hit, with every state in the region scoring in the top ten, with neighboring New York at #11.
The Government speculates that the demand for Cocaine has risen because during the last three years, political actions in Colombia, Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia---the main sources of the drug have slowed production---which has increased again to earlier levels. It maybe so; but the drug problem in the US is not a supply-side issue. During the time when Cocaine imports were down, the demand for other narcotics increased. America's drug problem is, and always has been, from the demand-side.
The United States has the highest per capita rate of drug addiction---including 'legal' dope pushed by Big Pharma in the world and no one else is even close. There has to be some intrinsic cultural problem that is causing this level of abuse. Things have reached a level where there are actually marijuana drive-thrus starting up.
To combat the problem is not an easy one, because narcotic abuse on a wide scale is symptomatic of a society that has lost faith. We're not talking about religious faith exclusively, though that is often a part of it. It's symptomatic of culture that has lost faith in itself---of a people mired in hopelessness about the future. This is why we noted earlier that the problem tends to manifest itself in predominantly Liberal social milieus. Liberalism is a philosophy that breeds despair and robs of the individual of power. It also tends to be atheistic, and robs people of the hope in God that we see often holding together even very impoverished cultures.
The problem has also been exacerbated by the fact that, until the Trump Administration, the authorities have tended to deny its seriousness. Yes, we've had 'drug wars' under Bushes and Clintons---but those focused on street drugs while turning Big Pharma into a drug cartel in its own right. Obama's policy was one more or less of complete denial. Trump has at least acknowledged the problem---how he will deal with it remains to be seen.
What there really needs to be is more focus on intervention, treatment, and education. Most importantly, there needs to be a social atmosphere that brings hope and faith again to the future. Whether or not the American people have this kind of strength of character left or not, also remains to be seen.
While the US Corporate Media Establishment was busy witch-hunting Trump's Cabinet and doing damage-control over (further) Obama spying allegations; the Japanese Empire's ruling party held its convention in Tokyo this weekend. A troubling development that came out of this meeting was that term-limit provisions were extended and de facto repealed. This means that current Prime Minister Shinzo Abe---whose power has been extended all through his tenure---will not have to step down in 2018.
The Abe Administration has seen many such disturbing trends, highly reminiscent of pre-WW2 politics. There has been increasing press censorship since 2012, with corresponding militarism and nationalism promoted through the public school. Under Abe, the Empire has vastly expanded military spending including the development of a new Stealth-fighter. This aircraft was displayed last Autumn at an airshow ominously also displaying restored WW2-era Japanese Zeroes.
The Party Congress also pledged constitutional reform including repealing Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution which renounces aggressive war. Indeed, Abe has deployed Japanese Naval Forces well beyond the country's territorial waters and pursued a highly interventionist foreign policy. The Japanese Empire has never apologized formally for WW2 atrocities, nor have they officially given up territorial claims of land ceded in 1945. They have cracked down further on Okinawa and pressed demands for the strategic Kuril and Daiyou Islands. They still consider Sakhalin as part of Japan; and most of their interventions have been in former Japanese-held territories especially Korea, Taiwan, and Indochina.
There are many in the US who believe that a strong Japan is necessary to maintain a strong balance of power in the Pacific; but history proves otherwise. A militarized Japan is as great a threat to regional stability today as it was during the 1930s. Japan never underwent the type of post-war reforms that Europe did. They even retained their Emperor, who is worshipped as a god by the Japanese ruling elite. While the top political and military leaders were removed and tried for war crimes, they were replaced---not by opposition leaders as in Europe---but by their underlings. The large corporate monopolies were broken up, but quickly reorganized under new names. In other words, Japan never underwent a democratic reformation like Europe did.
A resurgent Fascist Japanese Empire is not in the interest of American policy in the Pacific. While it is true that in the 1930s, Japan blocked Russian and Chinese hegemony in the region, they also fought American interests as well---as the events of December 1941 should make abundantly clear. Their goals in the region are not---and never have been---those of a free country securing the rights of free global trade. Their goal has been to monopolize Asian trade under the aegis of their god-emperor.
A better course of action for the US to pursue is abandon the Pax Americana notions of the last four Administrations and pursue a trilateral power-sharing course in the Pacific with the other two great powers: Russia and China. A NATO-type alliance between these three powers would ensure a degree of security and free trade for the entire region.
But Japan is heavily financially invested in Wall Street, US political PACs and the Corporate Media; so opposition to such a policies would be strong. It will be an interesting foreign policy test for the Trump Administration to see where the US will go in the Pacific---as a partner or an aggressor.
