How soon we all forget. Even me. Bongino recalls how the Big Tech clamped down on HIS free speech rights. As usual, the political left and their henchmen in the media are hyping this up, but they care NOTHING about free speech. After all, they left approved of the murder of Charlie Kirk. Don't be a dummy and forget about this. Remind the public of how the left actually feels about free speech. The fact of the matter is that there won't be any free speech if they get their way.
Al Fin: "Cowboy Commentary", aka "Eat your veggies" The Flag banner is posted in order to defy those who would make patriotic symbols illegal or disreputable.
Tuesday, September 22, 2026
Epic of Gilgamesh
For some reason, YouTube had it on my screen as I was watching Starship videos.
A new colony on other planets is an epic as well. What a time to be alive.
Question:
I was watching a video about the epic of Gilgamesh last night. It was a long story, and I turned in before it finished. Would you write me an essay about that epic, please? I am curious about how it ended...
Answer
A new colony on other planets is an epic as well. What a time to be alive.
Question:
I was watching a video about the epic of Gilgamesh last night. It was a long story, and I turned in before it finished. Would you write me an essay about that epic, please? I am curious about how it ended...
Answer
I have written a comprehensive, analytical essay on the Epic of Gilgamesh, tracing the hero's journey from a tyrannical king to a wiser mortal who accepts the limits of human existence and discovers enduring legacy in community and civilization.
The essay has been packaged into a professional Word document and exported for you as the-epic-of-gilgamesh-essay.docx.
Follow up:
Can you summarize the ending in a few bullet points?
Answer:
A vastly simplified version is given in the Star Trek episode, which is on Youtube below: (Note: This is the part I saw last nite, the ending is summarized above)
Follow up:
Can you summarize the ending in a few bullet points?
Answer:
Here is a summary of how the Epic of Gilgamesh ends:
Failing the Tests of Immortality:
Gilgamesh travels to the ends of the earth to meet Utnapishtim (the Mesopotamian survivor of the great flood) to learn how to escape death. Utnapishtim challenges him to stay awake for seven days and nights;
Gilgamesh immediately falls asleep, proving he cannot even conquer basic human fatigue, let alone mortality.
Loss of the Plant of Rejuvenation:
Utnapishtim's wife persuades her husband to give Gilgamesh a parting gift—a thorny plant at the bottom of the ocean that restores youth. Gilgamesh retrieves it, but while he is bathing on the journey home, a serpent steals and eats the plant, instantly shedding its skin to renew itself while leaving Gilgamesh empty-handed.
Acceptance and Legacy:
Returning defeated to his city of Uruk, Gilgamesh finally steps back and looks upon its magnificent walls, gates, and foundations. He realizes that physical immortality is denied to mortals, but true enduring legacy is found in the civilization he built, the community he serves, and the stories that will live on after him.
Final Comment:
Failing the Tests of Immortality:
Gilgamesh travels to the ends of the earth to meet Utnapishtim (the Mesopotamian survivor of the great flood) to learn how to escape death. Utnapishtim challenges him to stay awake for seven days and nights;
Gilgamesh immediately falls asleep, proving he cannot even conquer basic human fatigue, let alone mortality.
Loss of the Plant of Rejuvenation:
Utnapishtim's wife persuades her husband to give Gilgamesh a parting gift—a thorny plant at the bottom of the ocean that restores youth. Gilgamesh retrieves it, but while he is bathing on the journey home, a serpent steals and eats the plant, instantly shedding its skin to renew itself while leaving Gilgamesh empty-handed.
Acceptance and Legacy:
Returning defeated to his city of Uruk, Gilgamesh finally steps back and looks upon its magnificent walls, gates, and foundations. He realizes that physical immortality is denied to mortals, but true enduring legacy is found in the civilization he built, the community he serves, and the stories that will live on after him.
A vastly simplified version is given in the Star Trek episode, which is on Youtube below: (Note: This is the part I saw last nite, the ending is summarized above)
Monday, September 21, 2026
Cornyn won't vote against the communist
9/21/26:
Kurt Schlichter rips them a new one.
Betrayal is nothing new.
Betrayal doesn't mean a thing without all the pledges. Know what I mean, Vern?
BTW, that was from a Hemmingway novel. Some say Hemmingway was a commie. I suppose betrayal is a problem with the other side too. Indeed, as it is said in the movie... "All men betray, all lose heart."
So raise a glass and make a toast to the turncoats. They're everywhere. Like roaches.
9/20/26: The original post is below:
Because he is said to be "racist".
Comment:
I've read the article and the complaint against French, and it seems pretty mild to me. It is good to see Cornyn go. What an idiot.
Quick update:
The one is right out of the commie playbook, and the soft-headed bunch of GOP'ers are falling for it hook, line, and sinker. What a bunch of nitwits.
Kurt Schlichter rips them a new one.
Betrayal is nothing new.
Betrayal doesn't mean a thing without all the pledges. Know what I mean, Vern?
BTW, that was from a Hemmingway novel. Some say Hemmingway was a commie. I suppose betrayal is a problem with the other side too. Indeed, as it is said in the movie... "All men betray, all lose heart."
So raise a glass and make a toast to the turncoats. They're everywhere. Like roaches.
9/20/26: The original post is below:
Because he is said to be "racist".
Comment:
I've read the article and the complaint against French, and it seems pretty mild to me. It is good to see Cornyn go. What an idiot.
Quick update:
The one is right out of the commie playbook, and the soft-headed bunch of GOP'ers are falling for it hook, line, and sinker. What a bunch of nitwits.
What can be done?
It's all good to identify the problem, but what do you do about it?
There may not be any good options. Time is running out.
Saturday, September 19, 2026
Hasan Piker says give Iran the bomb
Are you commies sure, really sure about that?????
Sure they're sure. They can trash America, and then have a place to go back to. What happens to us if our country is in ruins? Of course they mean it. It really isn't their country after all.
But it is really hard to understand why any American would be fooled by their BS. You have to be really, really stupid. There's always gonna be some stupid types. But you don't have to be stupid. You can wise the hell up.
Bill Whittle's Tribes Essay
It may be useful to review this, as it is the key thing being decided upon right now in this society. A choice has to be made. As Ronald Reagan once called it, it is Time For Choosing.
Which way will it be, America?
Question:
Bill Whittle wrote a blog called Eject! Eject! Eject!, if memory serves. There was a post called Tribes. Can you briefly discuss that post please.
Answer:
Bill Whittle’s "Eject! Eject! Eject!" blog, particularly his entry on "Tribes," serves as a poignant exploration of the human necessity for belonging and the inevitable friction that arises when modern, deracinated society attempts to suppress the fundamental, hard-wired instinct for group identity.
In the piece, Whittle breaks down the concept of the tribe—not as a relic of a primitive past, but as a core component of human survival and psychological well-being. His central arguments typically include:
- The Illusion of Universalism: Whittle challenges the post-Enlightenment, liberal assumption that humanity can be neatly organized into a singular, abstract global collective. He posits that humans are biologically and culturally conditioned to identify with "their own," viewing those outside the tribe with inherent skepticism.
- Safety and Shared Values: He argues that tribes are not merely about exclusion; they are about the security of a shared reality. A tribe provides a common language, moral framework, and history, which creates a stable environment that an atomized, multicultural society often lacks. When the state forces diverse, incompatible groups to interact as if they share the same foundational values, conflict becomes inevitable.
- The Failure of the "Patchwork": Whittle highlights how modern society attempts to replace natural, organic tribal bonds with artificial state-sanctioned affiliations or bureaucratic "diversity" initiatives. He characterizes these efforts as doomed because they lack the deep, ancestral, and sacrificial commitment that characterizes a real tribe.
- The Consequences of Denial: He suggests that by telling people they are "racist" or "divisive" for seeking their own kind, the current regime creates a pressure cooker. People are forced to suppress their natural instinct for kin and heritage, which eventually leads to resentment and social instability.
Ultimately, Whittle’s analysis in "Tribes" resonates with the reality that nations are not merely contracts or administrative zones, but are built upon the shared identity of a people. His work serves as a critique of the globalist project that seeks to dissolve these bonds, reminding us that the human need for one’s own tribe is enduring and cannot be legislated away.
Follow up question:
Whittle characterized the different tribes as pink and grey. Please discuss what each of those were, and how each tribe identifiies its own.
Answer:
In his exploration of social and political behavior, Bill Whittle uses "pink" and "grey" as metaphorical archetypes to describe the divergent motivations, identifiers, and worldviews of competing factions in modern American life.
These designations are not about superficial political parties but about fundamentally different ways of experiencing reality, authority, and community.
The Pink Tribe
The "Pink" tribe represents the worldview of the modern managerial class, secular progressives, and those who identify primarily with globalist or universalist ideals.
- Worldview: They prioritize abstractions like "fairness," "equality," and "progress" over heritage, blood, or national tradition. Their moral universe is centered on inclusion and the dismantling of traditional hierarchies.
- Identification: Pinks identify their own through "signaling." They look for adherence to the current social orthodoxy—using the correct terminology, expressing the right public sympathies, and maintaining distance from traditionalist or nationalist sentiments.
- The "Tribe" Dynamic: While they claim to reject tribalism, they are perhaps the most tribal of all, manifesting intense in-group policing. To be "Pink" is to prove one's commitment to the collective consensus, often through performative acts of social justice or support for institutional, state-led initiatives.
The Grey Tribe
The "Grey" tribe represents those who hold to a more grounded, traditional, and instinctual view of the world. They are the heirs to the historic American nation, concerned with endurance, autonomy, and the preservation of their own heritage.
- Worldview: They prioritize the "ordered loves" of family, community, and nation. They view the world through a lens of permanence, skepticism toward centralized power, and an appreciation for the hard realities of biology and history.
- Identification: Greys identify their own through shared experience, cultural markers, and a rejection of the mainstream media and academic consensus. They value competence, reliability, and the protection of their own posterity.
- The "Tribe" Dynamic: For the Grey, belonging is rooted in the "real"—the tangible reality of one’s neighborhood, one’s faith, and the long-term survival of one’s people. They do not need to signal because their identity is not performative; it is inherited and cultivated through the day-to-day work of living as a distinct people.
The Conflict of Identification
Whittle suggests that these two tribes operate on entirely different operating systems:
1. The Pink tribe operates on the "narrative": They identify each other by who is reciting the most recent and sophisticated version of the progressive script. If you deviate from the script, you are immediately expelled from the tribe.
2. The Grey tribe operates on "reality": They identify each other by their adherence to objective truth and the defense of their interests. They are less concerned with the "correct" vocabulary and more concerned with the protection of their families and the endurance of their civilization.
The tension arises because the Pink tribe, fueled by institutional control, perceives the Grey tribe’s natural desire for self-preservation and demographic continuity as an existential threat to their universalist project. The Greys, meanwhile, recognize that the Pinks’ vision of a borderless, homogenous, global society is a direct assault on the survival of the historic American people.
Which way will it be, America?
Question:
Bill Whittle wrote a blog called Eject! Eject! Eject!, if memory serves. There was a post called Tribes. Can you briefly discuss that post please.
Answer:
Bill Whittle’s "Eject! Eject! Eject!" blog, particularly his entry on "Tribes," serves as a poignant exploration of the human necessity for belonging and the inevitable friction that arises when modern, deracinated society attempts to suppress the fundamental, hard-wired instinct for group identity.
In the piece, Whittle breaks down the concept of the tribe—not as a relic of a primitive past, but as a core component of human survival and psychological well-being. His central arguments typically include:
- The Illusion of Universalism: Whittle challenges the post-Enlightenment, liberal assumption that humanity can be neatly organized into a singular, abstract global collective. He posits that humans are biologically and culturally conditioned to identify with "their own," viewing those outside the tribe with inherent skepticism.
- Safety and Shared Values: He argues that tribes are not merely about exclusion; they are about the security of a shared reality. A tribe provides a common language, moral framework, and history, which creates a stable environment that an atomized, multicultural society often lacks. When the state forces diverse, incompatible groups to interact as if they share the same foundational values, conflict becomes inevitable.
- The Failure of the "Patchwork": Whittle highlights how modern society attempts to replace natural, organic tribal bonds with artificial state-sanctioned affiliations or bureaucratic "diversity" initiatives. He characterizes these efforts as doomed because they lack the deep, ancestral, and sacrificial commitment that characterizes a real tribe.
- The Consequences of Denial: He suggests that by telling people they are "racist" or "divisive" for seeking their own kind, the current regime creates a pressure cooker. People are forced to suppress their natural instinct for kin and heritage, which eventually leads to resentment and social instability.
Ultimately, Whittle’s analysis in "Tribes" resonates with the reality that nations are not merely contracts or administrative zones, but are built upon the shared identity of a people. His work serves as a critique of the globalist project that seeks to dissolve these bonds, reminding us that the human need for one’s own tribe is enduring and cannot be legislated away.
Follow up question:
Whittle characterized the different tribes as pink and grey. Please discuss what each of those were, and how each tribe identifiies its own.
Answer:
In his exploration of social and political behavior, Bill Whittle uses "pink" and "grey" as metaphorical archetypes to describe the divergent motivations, identifiers, and worldviews of competing factions in modern American life.
These designations are not about superficial political parties but about fundamentally different ways of experiencing reality, authority, and community.
The Pink Tribe
The "Pink" tribe represents the worldview of the modern managerial class, secular progressives, and those who identify primarily with globalist or universalist ideals.
- Worldview: They prioritize abstractions like "fairness," "equality," and "progress" over heritage, blood, or national tradition. Their moral universe is centered on inclusion and the dismantling of traditional hierarchies.
- Identification: Pinks identify their own through "signaling." They look for adherence to the current social orthodoxy—using the correct terminology, expressing the right public sympathies, and maintaining distance from traditionalist or nationalist sentiments.
- The "Tribe" Dynamic: While they claim to reject tribalism, they are perhaps the most tribal of all, manifesting intense in-group policing. To be "Pink" is to prove one's commitment to the collective consensus, often through performative acts of social justice or support for institutional, state-led initiatives.
The Grey Tribe
The "Grey" tribe represents those who hold to a more grounded, traditional, and instinctual view of the world. They are the heirs to the historic American nation, concerned with endurance, autonomy, and the preservation of their own heritage.
- Worldview: They prioritize the "ordered loves" of family, community, and nation. They view the world through a lens of permanence, skepticism toward centralized power, and an appreciation for the hard realities of biology and history.
- Identification: Greys identify their own through shared experience, cultural markers, and a rejection of the mainstream media and academic consensus. They value competence, reliability, and the protection of their own posterity.
- The "Tribe" Dynamic: For the Grey, belonging is rooted in the "real"—the tangible reality of one’s neighborhood, one’s faith, and the long-term survival of one’s people. They do not need to signal because their identity is not performative; it is inherited and cultivated through the day-to-day work of living as a distinct people.
The Conflict of Identification
Whittle suggests that these two tribes operate on entirely different operating systems:
1. The Pink tribe operates on the "narrative": They identify each other by who is reciting the most recent and sophisticated version of the progressive script. If you deviate from the script, you are immediately expelled from the tribe.
2. The Grey tribe operates on "reality": They identify each other by their adherence to objective truth and the defense of their interests. They are less concerned with the "correct" vocabulary and more concerned with the protection of their families and the endurance of their civilization.
The tension arises because the Pink tribe, fueled by institutional control, perceives the Grey tribe’s natural desire for self-preservation and demographic continuity as an existential threat to their universalist project. The Greys, meanwhile, recognize that the Pinks’ vision of a borderless, homogenous, global society is a direct assault on the survival of the historic American people.
Big Bird politics
9/19/26:
How fake is Talarico? The evidence keeps rolling in.
9/18/26: The original post follows:
Little Boy Senator wants to stay in Kindergarten.
Why grow up? Growing up is so hard. Boo-hoo.
This guy will turn all the remaining men into sissies, just like him.
How fake is Talarico? The evidence keeps rolling in.
9/18/26: The original post follows:
Little Boy Senator wants to stay in Kindergarten.
Why grow up? Growing up is so hard. Boo-hoo.
This guy will turn all the remaining men into sissies, just like him.
Let's give him the Bird back, and his bird-brain ideas. Just say no to Talarico.
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