The Post-Partisan Emporium

  Fear Itself: The Sky is Always Falling Black pills and chicken littles Donald Jeffries I never thought I’d witness what I’m seeing right now. The government appears to be literally being audited, before the eyes of the public. We are learning astounding things about the way our tax dollars are being wasted, and used to line the pockets of the usual suspects, in what amounts to a giant money laundering scheme. Many of my friends in the alternative media are not merely skeptical of what is happening, but downright hostile to it. They are claiming that all the DOGE disclosures are “fake news.” That’s been debunked! Maybe by the same “fact checkers” that apparently were paid by our tax dollars through USAID. Where’s the proof? As I’ve said, DOGE is exactly the kind of thing we would have expected from a President Ron Paul. The alt media shies away from attacking Ron Paul. He may be the only high profile public figure that the black pilled forces   don’t   think is compromis...

  The Ice Man Cometh The long and sordid history of cold beer Radio Far Side By the time you finish this column, you will never see your local convenience store the same way again. In fact, you will come to appreciate your local Squat ‘n’ Gobble as an artifact of ancient history, albeit with some modern flourishes. The concept of the ice house dates back thousands of years, with origins in ancient civilizations that needed ways to preserve food and keep cool before the advent of modern refrigeration and air conditioning. China had the earliest know ice houses (Shang Dynasty, c. 1100 BC) . Ice storage pits and cellars were used to preserve food and serve chilled drinks. The emperor was known to send runners into the mountains to collect ice from the permanent snow pack, and serve it mixed with fresh fruit juices or flavored milk, thus creating sorbets and ice cream. In Persia (Iran), Yakhchāls (c. 400 BC)  were one of the earliest known ice houses. These structures were made of...