Each day at just after midnight Eastern, a post like this one is created for contributors and readers of this site to upload news links and video links on the issues that concern this site. Most notably, Islam and its effects on Classical Civilization, and various forms of leftism from Soviet era communism, to postmodernism and all the flavours of galloping statism and totalitarianism such as Nazism and Fascism which are increasingly snuffing out the classical liberalism which created our near, miraculous civilization the West has been building since the time of Socrates.
This document was written around the time this site was created, for those who wish to understand what this site is about. And while our understanding of the world and events has grown since then, the basic ideas remain sound and true to the purpose.
So please post all links, thoughts and ideas that you feel will benefit the readers of this site to the comments under this post each day. And thank you all for your contributions.
This is the new Samizdat. We must use it while we can.
**New intelligence suggests a specific course of action concerning use of Substack. For a variety of reasons, who owns it, and who owns the ONLY company that monetizes authors on Substack, the question for us has always been, ‘Why is Substack allowed to exist?” I believe the answer is now known to us. It collects data on you and who you are connected to. Substack does have the best writers out there for counter-narrative views, and does allow the authors to make money at it. Which is suspicious already. But the reasons were made known to us by a Cyber-security professional. The solution seems to be to use a dedicated browser, ONLY for substack. There are many good ones out there now. So downloading another browser is easy. Get the DuckduckGo go one, or Brave or one of many others and use it ONLY for substack and clear cookies after use. Like washing your plate after you eat.
For those interested, please check out https://vladtepesblog.substack.com/ as an another avenue of expression. The Substack is a different project in a sense. It is older videos that in the light of subsequent events, look different or of increased importance, Check it out now and again if you like. But use it safely.
2026 is an important year in vehicle manufacturing. While software intrusion into vehicular functions have been growing, as any car owner can attest to, this is the year when sweeping governmental and manufacturer software remote updates become omnipotent. In other words, you can lay out $50k for a car in cash today, but it isn’t yours. You are at the mercy of software licencing fees and updates which, if you don’t pay when they come up for renewal, your car stops working. This software can limit every function remotely, and can compile and analyze reams of information gathered about how you drive and where you go.
Other important years in government requirements were around 2008 and 1998. Don’t hold me to these years because I’m going by memory, but body-control modules began digitization of vehicles in the late ’90s, and circa-2008 saw greater computerization of vehicles creeping into your ride. These are important years if you want to buy reliable old cars and trucks.
Once upon a time while working at a secret-agent place I noticed that the spots where the bigshot secret agents parked their cars in the underground lot had three lovely old cars from the 1970’s parked in a row. Wonder why.
Read the translation of an article that’s sourced at ground level – starting fro Los Angeles.
Click x to close signin, then scroll down, down, down. (Odd layout.)
Will the Iranian People Rise?
https://www.israpundit.org/will-the-iranian-people-rise/
An Israeli friend just told me about a huge sweep of Shah-supporter cells all over Iran last night. Terrifying.
That it is, I pray that they didn’t capture enough people to prevent the planned upraising.
This just occurred to me, were they active cells supporting and working towards the return of the Shah, or were they people who went out and celebrated the Fire Festival like he ordered? I can see where the latter could be confused with the former.
I didn’t even think of that.
The expatriate Iranians – elites living in LA, born and bred here – mean well, but their perspective is another world. Heart-wrenching disconnect.
I’m told the Shah’s son is the expatriates’ Shah, that we must not pin all our hopes on him.
The current wars are testing the new weapons and developing the new tactics for the looming major war. The new weapons are proving that the late great Jerry Pournelle (SF author, science author, computer column author, NASA project manager until the big layoff in the late 60s or early 70s. He predicted that modern body armor and new high tech would shift the military focus away from Armor and Artillery and return it to the infantry. Modern body armor has shifted the major causalities coming from medium caliper rifles firing hunting velocity rounds while counter battery radar means the shoot and scoot tactics of one or two rounds and then run for the artillery. Armor now faces a new enemy, a quad rotor drone that costs about $150 can now take out a multi million dollar tank from up to 15 Klicks away.
War is being returned to the ever loving infantry, the queen of the battle field is once again becoming the most powerful piece on the battle field. I will predict that we will start working on some type of one or two person streamlined motorcycles with read good mufflers on them to be used by the Calvary to be used for quick sweeps around the flanks.
what I have seen both sides in the Ukraine war are using electric scooters to attack positions, they allow the soldier to get in close to break the crust of the defense so you can start rolling them up from the side.
More on this subject later as more occurs to me.
Yeah I think you are on to something. These drones are so effective. They change everything.
That and modern body armor, the US is going to a 6.8mm round so it will be heavy enough to penetrate the body armor out to a couple of hundred yards.
Please Canadians remember Justice Robert Centa cited there was insufficient evidence the protest would lead to significant criminal activity and noted Charter Rights regarding freedom of speech and assembly.
“Intifada, intifada, intifada, long live intifada, ensure intifada right now” and death to Canada is OK, just a group of terrorists telling us what they think, not to worry.
What about go, go, go ( get out, get out, get out) you unCanadian misfits?