Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez vs. ICE: the Elephant in the Room.

17 July 2019 [YT link]

I think there's an important question for the future of our society that's being ignored, right in the midst of the (tense) face-off between A.O.C. and Tom Homan (former director for I.C.E., i.e., American border security).

Bernie Sanders KEEPS LYING about Amazon.com's Taxes

16 July 2019 [YT link]

Torn from the pages of Accounting Today magazine: .

https://www.accountingtoday.com/articles/tax-law-didnt-help-amazon-pay-zero-taxes-in-2018-it-was-just-savvy

By contrast, I note, Forbes.com puts more emphasis in the taxes that Amazon does pay ("$1.18 billion, accounting for local, state and international taxes").

https://www.forbes.com/sites/stephaniedenning/2019/02/22/why-amazon-pays-no-corporate-taxes/#242b1c5654d5

(反共產) "The End of Exploitation" Promised by the Left. 🧐

16 July 2019 [YT link]

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The meaning of happiness, as opposed to the meaning of life.

15 July 2019 [YT link]

A different version of this video (without the text on-screen, without the edited intro) was uploaded under the title, "Happiness, obduracy and the meaning of life." That was on August 6th of 2017.

This is now one of only two videos on "the meaning of life playlist" —somewhat more concise than the playlist on my own personal philosophy, I might add. ;-)

Anecdote: Cops and Confrontations on the Streets of Kunming.

15 July 2019 [YT link]

A funny story from my peculiar "real life" in China. ;-) #storytime #policestory #china

Earthling Ed's Fake For-Profit Charity

15 July 2019 [YT link]

Yeah, there was more than one way to word that: "Fake Non-Profit", "Fake Charity", "Fake Not-For-Profit Charity"… in any case, Bobby's Perspective drew attention to the fact that Ed's charity is not a charity at all, but, instead, a for-profit business. However, Bobby didn't quite tell the whole story (there was one big, obvious omission, in his description of the registered company documents, and I explain it here).

The video quoted from "Bobby's Perspective" can be seen in full here, titled "The Mysterious Case of Earthling Ed | Episode 3": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJhC93u8tAo

#vegan #vegans #veganism

Alt-Right Racism Adapts: from Evalion to Brittany Pettibone.

14 July 2019 [YT link]

Here are the remnants of Evalion's youtube career, preserved by Leafy (LeafyIsHere) making fun of her: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjbbE817Q-SNS4biXLeDIDW6LahYh5qQo

Against Hipster Communism, Against NonCompete.

14 July 2019 [YT link]

NonCompete jokes around, but he's preaching a dangerous ideology, historically responsible for mass-murder and economic failure on an astounding scale, and (I believe) he's damaging the day-to-day lives of followers/true-believers here and now, even if they never lift a finger in an actual revolution. His youtube channel is here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkZFKKK-0YB0FvwoS8P7nHg/videos

The particular video quoted (and criticized) is "A Beginner's Guide to Overthrowing Capitalism", found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NuqxMpkH6Y

Maddie Lymburner's youtube channel is here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCH7fZDHwZR7ww23A50R1ppA/videos

The particular video quoted is here: "WHAT I EAT TO STAY LEAN & FIT (Pre+ Post Meal Recipes)" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDic8F1IuAM

(反共產) Can Anyone Deprogram a True-Believing Communist? (Anti-Communist)

13 July 2019 [YT link]

An attempt (as an anti-Communist) to talk sense to a thoroughly brainwashed, true-believing Communist.

Open Relationships, the Anthropology of the Hmong, Akha & Ourselves, Too

13 July 2019 [YT link]

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And yeah, this video is part of the Mayim Bialik playlist. The video of hers that I've quoted and responded to is titled, "I Was Wrong About Open Relationships || Mayim Bialik", and you can find it here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiFXacTf0hA

Flexing on Mayim Bialik: Vegan vs. Vegan Misinformation.

12 July 2019 [YT link]

I'm vegan but we've got to recognize that even with the best of intentions, vegans often spread misinformation and rely on pseudoscience. #vegan #vegans #veganism

Mayim Bialik's video (quoted here) is titled, "How To Raise Vegan Kids || Mayim Bialik", and here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaxGR6ncu3c

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Veganism: Everywhere you go, life is a struggle.

12 July 2019 [YT link]

Everywhere you go, life is a struggle. You don't get to choose whether or not your life is a struggle: you get to choose whether that struggle is meaningful, or meaningless. You get to choose what it is you struggle about/for/against, and how. That's my argument for veganism: I won't tell you that it isn't a struggle, I'll tell you that the struggle is meaningful —that it is worthwhile.

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And yes, for the record, I was tempted to title this something along the lines of, "Zero waste leads to vegans quitting veganism", as that is one piece of the puzzle here. :-/

Link to the video quoted from "Alicee": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMjjXiKERqQ

Link to "the fairly local vegan". https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ3cJEWlDyZfeyOLSDjR7fw/videos

This is part of the longest-running playlist on the channel, "Advice Nobody Wants to Hear". #advicenobodywantstohear #advice

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Jeff Epstein, Alan Dershowitz & the Implications.

12 July 2019 [YT link]

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^ Support the creation of new content on the channel for $1 per month, over at Patreon… so that I can afford to get sued by Alan Dershowitz. 哈哈哈😄

PUA, the Doomed Subculture of David Bond.

11 July 2019 [YT link]

This video may or may not contain the secret to the meaning of life, revealed in passing while heaping scorn on "Pick-up artist" (P.U.A.) David Bond. And, yeah, this also deals with the specific issue of "white guy in Asia" privilege, I suppose. Support the creation of new content on Patreon, and you (YES YOU!) can suggest the target of my future demicomedic criticism.

#AntiPUA #AntiMGTOW #advice

Vaush vs. Veganism (vs. Ask Yourself vs. Me vs. Whatever)

10 July 2019 [YT link]

On my other channel this is titled, "The paradox of the authoritarian left", and that is, perhaps, a better summary of what my interest is, in responding to (and criticizing) this peculiar debate.

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The Meaning of Life (vs. Jordan Peterson)

09 July 2019 [YT link]

"A Meaningful Life", I'd prefer to say, rather than "The Meaning of Life".

The video quoted (from Peterson) was originally titled, "Jordan Peterson on the True Meaning of Life", and can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4yOfk6IHGc

Earthling Ed is a Bullshit Merchant, Vegans are Buying.

09 July 2019 [YT link]

You can have a movement guided by critique, or a movement stumbling ahead blindly. Real vegans recognize real vegans, AND real vegans criticize real vegans, you dig?

#vegan #vegans #veganism #EarthlingEd

Earthling Ed vs. Bobby's Perspective: Idiot vs. Idiot.

08 July 2019 [YT link]

I may be vegan, but even I can offer a better critique of Earthling Ed than "Bobby's Perspective" can. 哈哈哈😄 The video quoted in the intro is here, "The Mysterious Case of Earthling Ed": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF1eFio7fqw

Earthling Ed's youtube channel is here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVRrGAcUc7cblUzOhI1KfFg/videos

#vegan #vegans #veganism

What if Clinton is Guilty? Billy Jack Haynes, History in the First Person.

07 July 2019 [YT link]

(1) Mainstream press coverage of the issue, including a short video of Billy Jack Haynes speaking on his history working for Bill Clinton (within the article, not on youtube) at the Daily Mail: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5407479/Billy-Jack-Haynes-says-witnessed-1987-Arkansas-murders.html?fbclid=IwAR3vWynC2x9I-1IvQAuTrFrftYdkqjo5lPDXTtKy_RVfZ-ee159mIF3ouN0

(2) A long (32 minute) interview, with B.J.H. reflecting on the events, and on his own motivations in now speaking about them publicly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEus_D0PJVM

(3) An 11 minute summary from an informed outsider's perspective, also reflecting on the extent to which the story can be objectively verified: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5Tt7BycjEw&feature=youtu.be

(4) The documentary film "The Clinton Chronicles", the first half of which (roughly) is salient to the topic of this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCGW033-82c

Napoleon the 3rd… J.J. McCullough is WRONG!!!

07 July 2019 [YT link]

Napoleon the 3rd was one of the most important figures in the history of the world, not least of all because of his influence on Karl Marx. He did get a youtube biography, over here: _ Napoleon III: The Forgotten Bonaparte_ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn7Bxsqhcps

J.J. McCullough's video (briefly mentioning Napoleon the 3rd) is here: _"Every leader of France, EVER"_ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ppuA4sAmc8

And yeah, BTW, the publication of _L'extinction du pauperism_ is 1844, the same year that Marx and Engels publish "The Holy Family" (vs. Max Stirner and Bruno Bauer).

The False Ecology of Bernie Sanders (2019–2020)

06 July 2019 [YT link]

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What, you don't already know Georges Monbiot? Here's the link:

https://www.monbiot.com/2017/10/06/the-meat-of-the-matter/

Monbiot has directly addressed (false) grass-fed beef industry claims repeatedly… in part because (at a much earlier stage of his career) he was once gullible enough to believe them.

Example: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/oct/04/livestock-farming-artificial-meat-industry-animals

Bernie Sanders gets remarkably few views on his own youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/SenatorSanders/videos

At the time of going to press, he had only 2,000 views on this video, "Farmers Can Help Address Climate Change"… if you help to share the link, we could easily exceed that number, even here on my own, small channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReeWPc2ju9c

#vegan #vegans #veganism

What if Lauren Southern is Innocent? (Seriously…)

06 July 2019 [YT link]

The factoid that Milo Yiannopoulos is over two million dollars in debt was widely reported and discussed in the mainstream press: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/dec/03/milo-yiannopoulos-more-than-2m-in-debt-australian-promoters-documents-show

On the Morality of Joe Rogan.

05 July 2019 [YT link]

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#JoeRogan #vegan #vegans #veganism

No, Capitalism DOES NOT Require Growth: Sometimes, the Left Lies.

05 July 2019 [YT link]

There are slogans that become bedrock assumptions in political life without anyone questioning their empirical basis, without anyone even going through a Socratic process of defining the clams and assumptions clearly, to test if they could be true.

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Two Lies Bernie Sanders is Telling About the Economy… and One He's Not.

04 July 2019 [YT link]

The mainstream left is clinging to this illusion that "the poor are getting poorer" and "the middle class is stagnating (if not being reduced to poverty)," even when very clear economic facts prove that these claims are untrue (charts from the C.B.O., the census bureau, and so on). Bernie Sanders may not be aware that he's lying, but he's repeating dangerous misinformation that has ossified into "bedrock assumptions" rarely challenged in the mainstream left (e.g., in the Democrat Party presidential primary debates).

Why Did Carrie Fisher Die? Jeff Adachi? #SOBRIETY

02 July 2019 [YT link]

This is not about Star Wars. This is about life, ethics, the decisions we make, the type of people we aspire to become… and the consequences. Why Exactly Did Carrie Fisher Die? And Jeff Adachi?

At the time of her death, Carrie Fisher's blood contained (i) cocaine, (ii) morphine, (iii) oxycodone, (iv) MDMA ("ecstasy"), (v) heroin, (vi) prozac, (vii) abilify, and (viii) lamictal.

#quitdrugs #quiteverything #sobriety

Veganism, Obstacles to Cooperation (w. Ask Yourself)

01 July 2019 [YT link]

The vegan movement is fractious and fragmentary, with invidious silences, narrowly defined ideological camps that dare not speak to one-another, brittleness of beliefs, and very little internal collaboration, co-operation or debate… and I spoke to Ask Yourself about his efforts to create a round-table for conversations of some kind to proceed upon.

And here's the link to his channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQNmHyGAKqzOT_JsVEs4eag/videos

Idiot vs Idiot: Unnatural Vegan vs. Destiny the Streamer

30 June 2019 [YT link]

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My Girlfriend on Line One! 🧐 + "Career" Update.

30 June 2019 [YT link]

A deeply personal and reasonably profound conversation with my girlfriend on the phone (she's in the U.S.A., while I'm in Taiwan) including also some updates about my career, education and "misc." personal/professional life situation.

Andrew Yang vs. Aristotle: the Limits of U.B.I.

29 June 2019 [YT link]

I had only four hours of sleep the night before this was recorded, and if you want proof, I made an uncharacteristic slip-up after @2:45, "Unyet untested". Support the creation of new content on Patreon, or else there will be no new content to (thus) find fault with: https://www.patreon.com/a_bas_le_ciel

Bonny Rebecca is single, BUT I AM NOT.

28 June 2019 [YT link]

In many ways a video following up on, "Breaking up with my girlfriend REPEATEDLY" (uploaded circa one week ago), found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnItgeCWbcY

Jordan Peterson: the Lobster as a Symbol in His Social & Psychological Philosophy.

28 June 2019 [YT link]

I have no idea who deserves the credit for the lobster-chariot image appearing in the thumbnail, so I can only provide this link (unless someone writes in to let me know a name). https://carleton.ca/align/2018/jordan-peterson-uses-pseudoscience-to-support-his-intellectually-feeble-ideas/

If you're unfamiliar with the horrifying facts about anti-depressants, check out this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZEkgohG7k7rq7l8i6VGhFUrGAwTBoTS1

The Left is Lying About Poverty in America… WHY?

28 June 2019 [YT link]

It is so commonly said that "the poor are getting poorer" that, apparently, nobody does a quick google search to put political claims about economic inequality in check. In the debates within and surrounding the American Democratic Party primaries, this has become a meme… BUT WHY? If you're going to advance a plausible case for a new economic and social policy, why build it on an obvious lie?

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If you don't wanna hear about my breakup with my girlfriend, etc., you might be interested to know that I maintain a separate channel for "serious politics only" called AR&IO (Active Research and Informed Opinion), here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP3fLeOekX2yBegj9-XwDhA/videos

Ethics, activism, egoism, acne. (Chat w. Ask Yourself)

26 June 2019 [YT link]

Should I include "virtue ethics" as a topic here? / vegan / vegans / veganism / street activism / Jeff Nelson / Vegsource / Ask Yourself / Faraday Speaks / Caleb Cain

The Christchurch Massacre Aftermath: Censorship, Democracy and Dissent.

26 June 2019 [YT link]

Not a monologue, a discussion with two (yes, TWO) people!

https://www.patreon.com/a_bas_le_ciel/

Originally titled, "the Professionalization of Censorship, the Amateurization of Democracy and Dissent."

Ted Cruz vs. Youtube (Project Veritas vs. Google)

26 June 2019 [YT link]

Yeah, Ted Cruz is my hero, all of a sudden. His youtube channel gets suspiciously few views, and you can find it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1YENAvOveE

I give you two options: support this channel on Patreon, or else it will cease to exist. It will cost you $1 per month: if you really think that the meaning brought into your life by this channel (past, present or future) isn't worth $1, then I'm not in a position to disagree with you, I'm just in a position to quit. https://www.patreon.com/a_bas_le_ciel/

Gwyneth Paltrow is Neither Vegan Nor Ex-Vegan.

25 June 2019 [YT link]

A strange case of illusion vs. reality.

Jordan Peterson's Bad Advice is Literally Killing His Fans.

24 June 2019 [YT link]

Jordan Peterson's meat-eating fans wrote in to defend him, and to defend his daughter's promotion of a 100% meat diet —something eaten by the whole family (from the ailing grandmother, Tammy, to the one year old baby!). "But it can't possibly be bad for your health, it's 100% grass-fed, organic, free range meat!" Yeah, right.

Acne: Quitting Nina and Randa's Insane Diet.

24 June 2019 [YT link]

Nina and Randa promote "The Clear Skin Diet". In my girlfriend's case, the diet had very negative consequences (her acne got worse, and it had much more negative impacts beyond that) and there's a more general lesson to be learned here about having scientific attitudes (even/especially toward claims made about the curative powers of vegan diets).

#clearskindiet #vegan #vegans

It takes a village to raise a family, thus jealousy. ⓸

24 June 2019 [YT link]

My old catchphrase "Bronze Age Virtues"/ "Bronze Age Values" gets a mention here. #bronzeagevirtues #bronzeagevalues Support the creation of new content on Patreon, or else this channel is gonna disappear (sorry, but it's true). https://www.patreon.com/a_bas_le_ciel

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Activism: Don't Waste My Time.

22 June 2019 [YT link]

(反共產) On the Definition of Communism (Anti-Communist Perspective)

22 June 2019 [YT link]

Well, imagine what I could do if I actually got a credential (M.A. or PhD) to do real research or university level lecturing. This presentation had zero script, zero preparation, zero edits, and was recorded between 1:40 AM and 2:00 AM, local time. Support me on Patreon, so that I have a shot at going back to university and getting an M.A., I guess. :-/ https://www.patreon.com/a_bas_le_ciel

#politicsinpyjamas

My emails with ex-vegan Brianna Jackfruitson / Brianna Jackson

22 June 2019 [YT link]

Yep, you can lose weight, feel great, and get in shape, with only a vegan diet and… 600 hours at the gym per year, I guess.

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Tariff & Trade: Bernie Sanders vs. Donald Trump, "By the Book".

22 June 2019 [YT link]

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Incidentally, I do have a separate channel for book reviews (as well as a playlist within à-bas-le-ciel), and my "main" channel (with fewer viewers!) is "for serious politics only", AR&IO (Active Research & Informed Opinion).

Reviews Channel = https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwFVGsSXOM5d3xLSunquAPA/videos

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Jordan Peterson & His Wife, Eating Themselves to Death.

21 June 2019 [YT link]

The carnivore diet has consequences; carnism has consequences. For people, for animals, for the environment. Jordan Peterson, Tammy Peterson, Mikhaila Peterson, and the tiny granddaughter of the family… they all need to face up to those consequences.

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Brianna Jackson is Ex-Vegan (Brianna Jackfruitson eats meat, dairy and eggs now)

20 June 2019 [YT link]

Yeah, breaking news, right? If you wonder why the vegan movement is weak in 2019, it's partly because people backed the wrong leaders (and even the wrong entertainers) for several years leading up to 2019. Partly. Not entirely. But partly. And Brianna is one memorable example. #vegan #vegans #veganism

Links? Okay, you want links, you got em. https://www.youtube.com/user/BriLovesPetite/videos

https://www.instagram.com/briannaejackson/

Eggs, a typically brutal vegan debate (w. Mic the Vegan)

19 June 2019 [YT link]

This discussion took place on/via the Ask Yourself Discord server, found here: https://discordservers.com/server/363108109797031936

#vegan #vegans #veganism

Breaking up with my girlfriend REPEATEDLY.

19 June 2019 [YT link]

Theatricality and honesty, in politics, on the internet, and in real life.

18 June 2019 [YT link]

On twitter, I wrote: "Theatricality and honesty are not mutually exclusive. Sometimes, you need to be theatrical precisely to be honest. And theater has always been an aspect of democracy, since Athens invented the game."

https://twitter.com/EiselMazard/status/1141226978885816321

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This video is part of my longest-running playlist, "Advice Nobody Wants to Hear".

#advice #advicenobodywantstohear #politicsinpyjamas

JEALOUSY ⓶ Feelings of Injustice, rage and revenge.

18 June 2019 [YT link]

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