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One unsub...someone whose handle is "DongBathin." So Sunday's unsub was Harding and today's is DongBathin. What's with all the phallics deserting me? Not enough dick jokes?

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Oct 22Liked by David Cole

For 32 years, you have been running the largest and most "deadly" concentration camp for deniers and agnostics (Not like the ADL does, using fear and dogma, but reason and historical records). The former can’t escape the 9’2” tall fence, the latter either submits to reason, or joins the camp of the nuts.

Your Unsubs are your Sonderkommandos: they serve a purpose, but they must go.

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LOL!!!! Well-put!

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Bravo!

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Oct 22Liked by David Cole

Don’t worry, I’m sure there’s plenty more coming

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LOL! Funny enough, second unsub today is a "trad Catholic." Pope-hats are phallic, right? So the pattern continues.

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Oct 22Liked by David Cole

Trust one of those knobs to pull out

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I wouldn'r give it a second glans.

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Oct 22Liked by David Cole

Dave, I was extremely disappointed about your comments about Bill Cosby being bad for committing all those rapes when we all know the worst part was the hypocrisy.

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LOL!!!!! That's what makes Norm the best ever; his stuff remains quotable forever.

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Oct 22Liked by David Cole

You should go to Musk & tell him you're a holocaust denial denier & have him fund your book being published. If you say denial-denier fast enough he probably won't catch what you're actually saying & its not like he's gonna read what you write anyway. Matter of fact no one in that demographic will, they'll probably even promote your book & "quote" from it just as they do to you now but you'll have the revised book published & I'll get to read it- win / win.

The book can have a cover quote that says "Dave is so hardcore holocaust denial isn't enough for him, he denies the denial, thats how based & redpilled he is."

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LOL!!!!!! Love it!

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Dave...He's Based! That is Don Draper level good.

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Oct 25Liked by David Cole

How long has it been since Mad Men came out? Time for a re-watch!

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Nearly ten years, I think.

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Way longer than that! It debuted in 2007.

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Right, but the last season was 2015. That was why I said ten years.

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Oct 26Liked by David Cole

Maybe they should have cut a pop song of the theme? Lyrics: "Mad men, sad men, bad men, rad men, cad men, dad men, mad men, ooh-ooh-oooh...."

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Oct 22Liked by David Cole

Happy Halloween to you David.

And happy Birthday to me. (Todays my birthday by the way)

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Well then a VERY Happy Birthday to you, Rasa! Cheers!

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Loved the line in your column about Hitler being evacuated to the East...

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Oct 22Liked by David Cole

> and the Mises Institute gang

Yes, they should drop the crap of calling a socialist to whoever doesn't want to privatize Uranus. Even L. von Mises qualifies as one for having been drafted and served in the Austrian Army - according to their strict criteria. Hitler, of course, is a prime target, and Zoomers and Tards can't get enough of his 'National Socialist' panacea. But as you said, can't fit 5000 words in a meme.

Another great article with a clever angle - Thanks.

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Thank YOU, Ricardo, for the kind words.

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Oct 22Liked by David Cole

Dave, the thing that gets people twisted in knots about Nazis/Socialists/Left/Right is how we define terms. I think the Zoomer Nazi fan boy craze is due to this. That being said, if, like ze Germans in the '30s, you have government direction of economic activity, detailed plans for Everything, and a lurching societal break from previous norms and forms in a deliberate attempt to drag the unenlightened and unworthy into a bright new future, it sounds a lot like So---, er, y'know. How about I risk detention and suggest a new term: "Socialism with German Characteristics".

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Oct 22Liked by David Cole

The “Nazi means National SOCIALIST” line is one of the dumbest, most destructive pieces of pablum to fall from the drooling mouths of boomercons. Close second would be the “who was worse, Hitler or Stalin (or Mao, Pol Pot, whomever)?” as if that doesn’t devalue human life at all and spit on graves of the “less worse.”

When I die, if I hear anyone make a WWII reference or analogy, I’ll know I’m in Hell.

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Well-said!

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Oct 23Liked by David Cole

Excellent column, Dave. You are truly an incredible writer. It sucks that more people don't get to see this. And you have hit upon one of my favorite topics. Horror movies. I believe I may have you beat. Five years old, double feature at the drive-in, Rosemary's Baby and Night of The Living Dead. At 10 my mom wouldn't take me to see The Exorcist, she thought it would be too much. But she had the book at home, so I just snagged it off the shelf and read it. It was not too much. But horror has definitely lost something. So, I'm looking forward to checking out MADS. Thanks for the recommendation. But I do have a dilemma now. I was doing some deck repairs today and my back is past the point of rude names. It's cussing me out good. I was going to smoke some weed to take the edge off, but I have a feeling that this might not be a weed type of movie. Any thoughts on that? I'm really glad that you didn't find anthrax in your mail. That would suck big time. I once had a local gang leave a threatening note on my porch. They had the wrong address. I'm guessing they were not very bright, and I was hoping they would actually show. Stupid small-town punks, I'm sure that I had better weapons. Could have been amusing.

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Five years old? THAT'S impressive! (I was six when I first saw Night, so you have me beat there, to). I can imagine that viewing MADS while high would greatly increase the sensation, and perhaps make it way more effective and disturbing. The combination of the frenetic, fast-moving single take, the lead character's drug-induced paranoia, and director Moreau's shocking, sometimes surreal images might really do a job on the mind of a stoned viewer!

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Oct 23Liked by David Cole

I was thrilled to find out that we were going to see NOTLD, but I had already been raised on horror. Granted it was late night t.v. fare but I was hooked from the start. MADS: I did view it while high, medical dispensary stuff which is a bit milder than some of the other options. But it was definitely a weed film. I am in 100% agreement about the first half of the movie. It was great. That party scene was almost claustrophobic for me. I can remember having a few moments like that and it may not last long but it's not pleasant. The actors were fantastic, and I loved the pacing. I think I owe you a couple of beers for this one.

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Glad you liked it, Sandy! Yeah, that party scene really struck a nerve. And hats off to the director and cinematographer for the way they keep the thing rolling at such a pace. I was overjoyed to actually enjoy a new horror film for once. Last night I tried the newest installment of the V/H/S/ series ("Beyond"), and found it lacking in many ways. The effects get better with each new (bigger budgeted) installment, but the writing and acting were generally weak.

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Oct 23Liked by David Cole

The V/H/S series isn't too bad. I can at least stay awake through them. Since you do the Shudder free trial you may have watched them already, but I had a lot of fun with The Cleansing Hour. And I thought Terrified was pretty good. It took me four attempts to get through Skinamarink, I kept falling asleep. I didn't quit on it because I thought that there would be a payoff. Alas, it was just boring AF.

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Agreed about Skinamarink. My problem with the V/H/S series is that they keep repeating over and over and over "conjuring" storylines. "Conjuring a demon conjuring a demon conjuring a demon" again and again. It's tiresome! "Beyond" presents as a unique twist - all alien-related stories. But they don't stick to it. Could've been interesting. Several of the stories have good concepts, but terrible execution.

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Oct 23Liked by David Cole

I haven't seen Beyond yet. Maybe I'll give it a shot soon. My problem is my watchlists are huge. Most of it ends up there for later consideration. If I can't stand the first 10 or 15 minutes, they've lost me, and it gets deleted. Seems to be a common problem, good ideas with poor execution. I often find myself going back to old favorites. I might know how it turns out but at least it's good viewing.

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I'm much too squeamish to watch horror movies. I even watch hospital documentaries through my fingers. But you are a movie buff whose opinions and reviews I would trust. Any recommendations for a movie that wouldn't make me shit myself?

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You're asking the wrong guy! I don't do "horror lite." I was 7 when I saw Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and I never looked back! That said, anything made-for-TV is going to be lighter fare, so, for example, the old Twilight Zones, or Serling's later Night Gallery, or the British series Tales of the Unexpected (most eps are on YouTube) are well-written but not too heavy on scares and next to zero gore. Even the 1980s Tales from the Darkside is fairly light. As for movies, anything pre-1968 will be tame enough.

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Thanks for the suggestions which sound right up my street (especially the free, easy access YouTube ones). I feel a bit like a Beatles fan asking a metal head to recommend some not-too-noisy songs but hey, I think you came up with the goods.

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My pleasure! Any time!

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Also try horror comedy like Return of the Living Dead or a PG 13 kinda movie like Fright Night or TerrorVision (1986). All are good family fun.

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Right, I'll give them a go. Thanks.

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Fright Night is a LITTLE gory...but all in good fun. It's a very near-and-dear film to me. My first girlfriend was a longtime friend. As in, we just always were together, so there was none of that teenage "dating" thing; we were just always hanging out. But my first real "date" with a girl, like, in the cutesy kids way, shy young things holding hands and sech, was to see Fright Night, summer 1985. I'll always love that film for the memory of her holding my arm during the scary parts.

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Jeez! Texas Chainsaw Massacre at age 7, Fright Night for your first date. I suppose at your funeral you'll have Friday 13th projected onto the coffin!

Nice memory of the young girl clutching your arm for protection. As if at that age you could have protected her from ANYTHING, let alone and axe murderer (or whatever).

The older I get the more I want to return to that age when girls seemed almost like a separate species. I suppose it was just hormones dressing things up in romantic garb, all borrowed from Hollywood films, yet rather that than the cynical conviction that it all boils down to 2½ minutes of squelching noises. That old romantic feeling occasionally visits me in dreams, where the girl is just a warm presence rather than someone with a face and an identity.

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Oct 25Liked by David Cole

My best friend and I went to see 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' way back when in the Buena Vista Theater in Irving, Texas. That 800 seat Spanish Colonial Theater was a beautiful place - had to lie to his parents, naturally. We rode our bikes. We were both eleven years old. That is one of the few horror movies I liked, along with Jamie Lee Curtiss in "Halloween'.

https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/57555

Back then, in Texas, no one checked IDs, and I was buying beer at age 15.

Texas, like the rest of America, used to be a wonderful place to live until the fucking liberals shit all over it.

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Try the 1931 Peter Lorre movie M.

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Thanks. I will.

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Oct 25Liked by David Cole

Have you seen Frederick Wiseman's documentary Primate? After almost projectile-vomiting my breakfast, I was humming E. Costello's "This is Hell":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qysc0Zb0dqw

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No, I haven't seen it and after the effect it had on you I'm not sure I want to.

For about 20 years Elvis Costello was my favourite pop singer/songwriter but as his music became less poppy I gradually went off him.

The only thing I object to in 'This is Hell' is his dislike of Julie Andrews' version of 'Favourite Things'. Okay, it is perhaps a bit saccarine but it's from The Sound of Music for christ's sake!

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Oct 22Liked by David Cole

Dave, have you watched any of the English AI-generated Hitler speeches on YouTube? They're quite popular it seems. I've watched one or two but I'm not sure how to describe it.

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I've seen parts of them. "The kids" are into it, I guess.

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Oct 23Liked by David Cole

"Just boys enjoying the company of boys. The tall one grew up to be Milo Yiannopoulos"

Exotic Adrian Street predicted Milo back in the 80s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEkAab69sSc

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LOL!!!!

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Oct 23·edited Oct 23Liked by David Cole

Street's novelty songs are actually pretty good, like a "camp" Benny Hill; this one made me laugh out loud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TILYV_fpjlw He beat the shit out of Jimmy Savile in real life too, so he was a hero outside of the ring.

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LOL!!!!! Hadn't seen that.

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LOL !!!

https://youtu.be/TILYV_fpjlw?t=176

LMFAO !!!

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Oct 23Liked by David Cole

I used to watch him on TV wrestling in Dallas; he was a master troller. Here's a video on the Savile story: https://youtu.be/CUl2K6pq5R8?si=f1kD6-oE1U7XBu2W

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Oct 23·edited Oct 23Liked by David Cole

I just had a flashback of The Sportatorium, it is all your fault Sonny !!!

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Oct 24Liked by David Cole

That's it; also the era of Junkyard Dog filling the Superdome for Mid South Wrestling

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Great article. The European Conservative has a similar take to yours in the Charles A. Coulombe article, "Is the Rising Right Right?" Gregor Strasser and his brother Otto would have been much better for Europe and the world but in times like those the extremes can be expected to win out over more nuanced voices. Otto was quite a character. After returning to Germany he wrote, "Hitler und Ich", re-started his political action group, the Schwarze Front, and led the Deutsche Sozial Union. BTW have you read Mishima's play, "My Friend Hitler" about the Röhm purge? Gregor features as a main character in it.

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I've never read the Mishima play. Thanks for the recommendation!

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Oct 25Liked by David Cole

Why does my lo-cal library seem to have more books by Yomu Mishima than by Yukio Mishima? What did Mishima's mom say at his funeral--- something like, "There's no need to mourn, he's wanted to do this all this life"?

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What I want to to know is this:

Who is the idiot or mongoloid who thought up the dang "boomers", "x-ers", "zoomers", etc. BS? What really pisses me off is the stupid ass dates for the changeovers, makes no sense to me, a generation is 20years, right? Why isn't it like so: 1901-1920, then 1921-1940, 1941-1960, 1961-1980, 1981-2000, 2001-2020, and so on ???

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Good point!

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Oct 23Liked by David Cole

Even though you made that disparaging "mongoloid" remark, I have decreed that the suggestion you made is now law.

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Your decree is as empty as the envelope in David's mailbox, but, what a nice gesture.

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Oct 23·edited Oct 23Liked by David Cole

I ain't much of a horror movie fan, I've seen a little bit of the real thing, going back well over 50 years. Such as, one fine day I was walking home from school in first grade, heard SCREECH, BANG followed by hysterical female screaming. Kept on walking a half block to the intersection of two residential streets, saw a 5th - 6th grade boy and his bicycle lying on the pavement, there was a small trickle of blood maybe 3 feet long, coming out of his head, [where's the blood?]. The teen aged driver of her brand new 1969 Camaro was still screaming, a woman from an adjacent house rushed out and hollered, ran back inside to call the emergency # (not 911 in those days). In about 2 minutes a Dallas policeman rolled up, checked for signs of life, retrieved a blanket from the trunk of his cruiser, covered the deceased boy. Then the cop told all of us brats that had gathered to "get lost" . . . end of that story.

And, not quite as graphic, but still disturbing, shortly after the above, an ambulance and police car were at the house next door to mine when I was coming home from school, mother was waiting for me at the end of my block, and she walked me into the house. She told that the man next door, a henpecked, sort of Floyd the barber looking guy was dead. Later on I learned that he had blown his brains out while sitting in his car, in the closed garage with the engine left running, the carbon monoxide would have done the job if the .38 bullet failed.

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He blew his mind out in a car? Damn...some Beatles fans take it way too far.

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Oct 23Liked by David Cole

Yes, and I have a black widow spider that has sucked the life out of two scorpions living under a chair in my kitchen. CREEPY !!!

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What's most creepy of all? The spider's name is . . . Rosie !!!

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LOL!!!!

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Oct 23Liked by David Cole

The 1969 Camaro is a beautiful car. One of my favorite muscle cars with the big block engine.

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Agreed, I had a 1968 Firebird 400, during 6 years of my youth beginning in my sophomore year of HS. Stupidly sold it to a fried friend that promptly wrecked it. I used the $3,500 sales price to buy a new 1985 Mustang GT . . . stupidly traded that in for a 1987 F-250 Diesel work truck, it got hit twice in the 6months that I owned it.

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Oct 24Liked by David Cole

Nice. I'm guessing you were quite popular in high school!

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Oct 22Liked by David Cole

True, most horror movies are crap but so are most non-horror movies. My favorite in the past ten years or so is "It Follows". It was, I've seen it five times, was legitimately scary in parts. To me it had some novel ideas and didn't rely on jump scares. The story tied together as well unlike, as you alluded to movies that go off in all directions and don't make a lick of sense with ridiculous "surprise" endings. Have you seen that It Follows?

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Yes indeed, a very effective film. A nightmarish sense of being relentlessly pursued, presented from a very novel angle. I definitely enjoyed it.

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