Kevin Barrett, “Oujda, Sept. 4, 2023. Photo shop I visited to take a picture for my residency application. The secret of the Moroccan monarchy is ‘Every man a king.’ (Not quite the Huey Long version).” LD: On 9/15/23, you emailed me, “Glad I escaped that madhouse. Thank you for encouraging the move.” We must be insane for having abandoned the greatest country on earth and in history! Now that you’ve been in Morocco for seven months, are you still feeling relieved?
I have respected Mr. Unz for a long time for his courage to publish just about any opinion...so long as the writer is smart and the writing is good. In my opinion Mr. Barrett and Mr. Dinh were among Mr. Unz's best writers. Which makes them among the best in the world, I would say.
Finally got around to writing you a review. 5 stars and
"Astute look at the modern world in guise of travel posts
Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2024
Linh is one of the few fearless chroniclers of the current scene. He tells it as he sees it and doesn't self censor even though doing so would be a smart money move.
When Linh visits a country he doesn't go to famous sites. Instead he heads to the local cafe or rundown bar and chats with Cafe owners, travelers, expats (often old) and anyone else who strikes his fancy. He uses those conversations to ruminate on the passing scene of our increasingly insane world.
I don't read much his articles, but I'm glad that Kevin is living in Marocco and seems happy. There is something slightly odd about seeing an old British man living there but since he converted to Islam and married a Muslim lady, I suppose it's apt. (Also, it seems a nice, warm place.) Sometimes I kinda wish all other Muslims in Europe did the same and went back home, not because I dislike Muslims particularly (in fact, I think they've been unfairly demonized in the last decades by you-know-whoo), but because white European people are disappearing, and they need their own space too.
Then again, if Europeans are disappearing, it's mostly by their own fault. I mean, come on, France enshrining abortion in the constitution and people clapping, Switzerland, Canada and now France having euthanasia and "suicide pods" even for young people... Never mind the Jews, it doesn't look like European people really want to live in this planet anymore.
Enjoyed the interview. You are both talented writers
Morocco was on my list of places to live for at least a year but the king went full WEF during covid and had a very strict lockdown so now I am seeing how things go.
I am surprised Kevin doesn't think Soros DAs intentionality increase crime because they obviously do. I guess most people have their red lines they don't want to cross.
I have found returning to the US that pro Zionists are loud and clear about their support for the Israeli genocide but the rest of the normies are uncomfortable talking about it. People are very nice though
"Semite" is really a linguistic term, referring to a family of languages (Arab, Hebrew, Aramaic). Later it started to be used also as a "race" to define such people (in contrast to, say, "Aryans"). But the term "antisemitism", invented in Germany (but maybe by a Jew) always referred only to Jews. Not to Arabs or others. (There were not very many Arabs in Germany at the time, as, alas, there are now). That said, there is an open question whether modern Askhenazi Jews descend from people from Palestine or from somewhere else (Khazar theory, etc).
You don't have to be a Jew to be a Zionist. Glenn Beck and Joe Biden have both declared they're Zionists. Glenn Beck is a Mormon and Biden is a Catholic. Much like you don't have to be Jewish to like Levy's.
What's most disturbing to me about this Israeli/Palestinian war is that this genocide has been going on for over 77 YEARS and only since this past October is it being recognized and acknowledged. Millions of Palestinians have been slaughtered...while the world sleeps... Heartbreaking. The Palestinians are a Semitic race of people...not these Israeli Jews...yet it's these very same Jews that claim anti-Semitism, when challenged, when it's these Israeli's that are the Anti-Semitics.
I highly doubt there will be WWIII or even a civil war, in the US.
I'm not sure I can handle it. The visual terrain of the USA is so devoid of any life but commerce in between its' grandiose gestures. I asked my friend how was his trip to Florida. Great he said except for the driving; the freeway from Palm Beach to Miami was 16 lanes he said.
I would be interested in Linh or Kevin commenting on a specific example of American media failing spectacularly. What I have in mind is the former Sports Illustrated. I still have boxes of issues from the '80s (including the 1980 issue featuring the US Olympic hockey team in celebration after defeating the Soviets as the cover). Few thing were more well-known as a (media) common denominator among the great unwashed masses than SI. I suppose it was because of the overwhelming and ubiquitous fact of "sports" in American life. My argument is that SI was one of the few things which was both widely-known AND held in respect by normies and average Joes, and now it is gone.
When I was in a supervisor position with Agriculture Canada I had a number of 19-21 yrs old summer labourers to manage the experimental fields. When I could see that they were dogging it while working I would tell them, "since you appear unmotivated to work you are better off at going to the washroom with the SI Swimsuit edition and at least get some amusement!"
I have respected Mr. Unz for a long time for his courage to publish just about any opinion...so long as the writer is smart and the writing is good. In my opinion Mr. Barrett and Mr. Dinh were among Mr. Unz's best writers. Which makes them among the best in the world, I would say.
" If Jews are committing genocide, and they’re also doing it in Ukraine, why not say Jews?"
Why not, INDEED???
Shukran, Kevin
Finally got around to writing you a review. 5 stars and
"Astute look at the modern world in guise of travel posts
Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2024
Linh is one of the few fearless chroniclers of the current scene. He tells it as he sees it and doesn't self censor even though doing so would be a smart money move.
When Linh visits a country he doesn't go to famous sites. Instead he heads to the local cafe or rundown bar and chats with Cafe owners, travelers, expats (often old) and anyone else who strikes his fancy. He uses those conversations to ruminate on the passing scene of our increasingly insane world.
Highly recommend"
Table for 8 Billion
Two of my favorite people! Thanks so much for interviewing dear Kevin!
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I don't read much his articles, but I'm glad that Kevin is living in Marocco and seems happy. There is something slightly odd about seeing an old British man living there but since he converted to Islam and married a Muslim lady, I suppose it's apt. (Also, it seems a nice, warm place.) Sometimes I kinda wish all other Muslims in Europe did the same and went back home, not because I dislike Muslims particularly (in fact, I think they've been unfairly demonized in the last decades by you-know-whoo), but because white European people are disappearing, and they need their own space too.
Then again, if Europeans are disappearing, it's mostly by their own fault. I mean, come on, France enshrining abortion in the constitution and people clapping, Switzerland, Canada and now France having euthanasia and "suicide pods" even for young people... Never mind the Jews, it doesn't look like European people really want to live in this planet anymore.
Maybe many of Western Euros have a "self-annihilation" gene, manifested by so many wars over the last millenium. Too much TNT causes gene mutation.
Enjoyed the interview. You are both talented writers
Morocco was on my list of places to live for at least a year but the king went full WEF during covid and had a very strict lockdown so now I am seeing how things go.
I am surprised Kevin doesn't think Soros DAs intentionality increase crime because they obviously do. I guess most people have their red lines they don't want to cross.
I have found returning to the US that pro Zionists are loud and clear about their support for the Israeli genocide but the rest of the normies are uncomfortable talking about it. People are very nice though
in Norway there are many Zionists not Jews therefore when talking about Is Israel I say JEWS
Great interview, bro. You should do more of these...
And, one doesn't have to be a Jew to be a Semite.
Semites are a condition of having originated geographically in Phoenician and Assyrian lands.
The Palestinians are the real Semites; not those Jews that were born and raised for more many generations in Europe, North America or anywhere else.
Those Jews are imposter Semites.
"Semite" is really a linguistic term, referring to a family of languages (Arab, Hebrew, Aramaic). Later it started to be used also as a "race" to define such people (in contrast to, say, "Aryans"). But the term "antisemitism", invented in Germany (but maybe by a Jew) always referred only to Jews. Not to Arabs or others. (There were not very many Arabs in Germany at the time, as, alas, there are now). That said, there is an open question whether modern Askhenazi Jews descend from people from Palestine or from somewhere else (Khazar theory, etc).
Yes, and perhaps there were Semitic Jews in Palestine? Of course!
They are bona fide Semites! Not those that for generations have propagated in Europe.
I am a first gen Canadian, mum from Romania, Dad from UK.
I am not Romanian or British or Caucasian or East European. I am Canadian.
And this declaration is standard for everybody on the planet except?...
You don't have to be a Jew to be a Zionist. Glenn Beck and Joe Biden have both declared they're Zionists. Glenn Beck is a Mormon and Biden is a Catholic. Much like you don't have to be Jewish to like Levy's.
What's most disturbing to me about this Israeli/Palestinian war is that this genocide has been going on for over 77 YEARS and only since this past October is it being recognized and acknowledged. Millions of Palestinians have been slaughtered...while the world sleeps... Heartbreaking. The Palestinians are a Semitic race of people...not these Israeli Jews...yet it's these very same Jews that claim anti-Semitism, when challenged, when it's these Israeli's that are the Anti-Semitics.
I highly doubt there will be WWIII or even a civil war, in the US.
I think you meant "Levis", the dungarees.
No...I meant Levy's. It's an old commercial about Rye bread.
I'm not a U$A-ian.
I have no idea if Levis are a Jewish company.
Is it good bread?
It's very commercialized...I'm not a fan.
I'm not sure I can handle it. The visual terrain of the USA is so devoid of any life but commerce in between its' grandiose gestures. I asked my friend how was his trip to Florida. Great he said except for the driving; the freeway from Palm Beach to Miami was 16 lanes he said.
More Muse photos please.
I would be interested in Linh or Kevin commenting on a specific example of American media failing spectacularly. What I have in mind is the former Sports Illustrated. I still have boxes of issues from the '80s (including the 1980 issue featuring the US Olympic hockey team in celebration after defeating the Soviets as the cover). Few thing were more well-known as a (media) common denominator among the great unwashed masses than SI. I suppose it was because of the overwhelming and ubiquitous fact of "sports" in American life. My argument is that SI was one of the few things which was both widely-known AND held in respect by normies and average Joes, and now it is gone.
When I was in a supervisor position with Agriculture Canada I had a number of 19-21 yrs old summer labourers to manage the experimental fields. When I could see that they were dogging it while working I would tell them, "since you appear unmotivated to work you are better off at going to the washroom with the SI Swimsuit edition and at least get some amusement!"
confusion reigns supreme in my mind about what you are saying in this article.
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