The fix was in long before the first goddamn Marine set foot in Da Nang. By the time President Lyndon B. Johnson put his greasy Texan signature on America’s full-scale Vietnam intervention in 1964, the whole goddamn game had already been played. A two-decade-long con job, carefully rigged by a Continue Reading
Zelensky’s Doomed Gamble in the Russian Meat Grinder
The fuse has been sizzling quietly, unnoticed by most of the world—but now, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s brazen, reckless plunge into Russia’s Kursk region is about to explode spectacularly in his own face, showering flaming wreckage across the geopolitical landscape. Thousands of his soldiers—poor bastards—are suddenly teetering on the edge Continue Reading
Trump Rallies Republicans as Government Shutdown Looms
Washington moves in cycles, and this cycle—like so many before it—brings with it the threat of a government shutdown. The deadline is March 14. The bill is 99 pages long. The former president, ever the general in exile, steps onto his chosen battlefield—Truth Social—and issues the call: vote for the Continue Reading
The System is Losing
The machine is breaking down. The great, grinding, oil-spitting monster of control—media, politics, bureaucracy—is seizing up, choking on its own exhaust. Trump is moving too fast, faster than the headlines, faster than the suits in Washington, faster than the polished Ivy League operators who spent their whole lives learning how Continue Reading
The Great American Memory Hole
The truth was always there, lurking in plain sight like a drunk slumped in the corner of a dive bar, muttering the answers to a rigged game. But if you pointed it out, if you dared to say, Hey, that guy’s telling the truth, they called you crazy. A conspiracy Continue Reading
Apex Nights and Eye Pokes
Saturday night. The Apex. A fluorescent-lit corporate fight lab where dreams come to die, and the UFC keeps its worst secrets. They hold these cards in silence, locked away from the world, so that when the inevitable horrors of bad judging, worse refereeing, and completely meaningless fights unfold, no one Continue Reading
The Spies Who Became the News
The television was on. The voices came through the screen. The same men. The same lies. They were old now. They had gray hair and soft hands. They did not run missions anymore. They did not hide in the dark. They sat under studio lights, in air-conditioned rooms, drinking coffee Continue Reading
The Digital Patriots vs. The Bureaucratic Swine
WASHINGTON—It’s a cold March day in the Imperial City, and the streets are full of the usual parade of zombies—politicians, lobbyists, reporters—scurrying through the halls of power like rats gnawing through the last scraps of a once-great empire. The scent of bureaucratic rot clings to the air like cheap perfume, Continue Reading
Understanding Masking in Audio Mixing
Masking is one of the most important concepts in mixing music. It describes how one sound can obscure another, making it difficult—or even impossible—to hear. You’ve likely experienced this both in everyday life and in your own production work. Masking doesn’t just occur with broadband noise like white noise; even Continue Reading
Eternal Vigilance: Foundations of Liberty
The United States was founded on principles of limited government, individual rights, and a balance of powers. These ideas, influenced by Enlightenment thinkers like John Locke, emphasized the protection of natural rights—life, liberty, and property. Locke’s philosophy shaped the Founders, who envisioned a nation where government existed solely to serve Continue Reading