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CANTO TALK podcasts from last week

Silvio Canto, Jr.
7/12/2026 7:00:00 AM

    Catch our shows from last week:      P.S.  You can listen to my show.  If you like our posts, please look for Donate on the right column of the blog page. 

Muslim families are having babies, and the Brits are not

Silvio Canto, Jr.
7/12/2026 5:38:53 AM

            Muslim families are having babies, and the Brits are not: This is not a conspiracy theoryits cold, hard dataand it points to a looming problem in the UK and Europe.------------------ver in London, the locals got more confirmation that their country is changing, and we dont mean the way things change over time. Yes, times bring change but this report our of the UK is quite significant. Lets check it out:    A new report sparked backlash over the rapid growth of the United Kingdoms Muslim population.Muhammad was the top baby name in England and Wales in 2025, the Office for National Statistics posted Thursday. This marks the third year in a row that name topped the[...]

The Migrants Are A Fetish

K T Cat
7/7/2026 9:18:46 AM

The Pope recently visited Lampedusa, an Italian island near the coast of North Africa, recently famous for being the initial landing point for African and Muslim men invading Europe. The Pope refers to them as "migrants," but while I am obligated to be obedient to his theological teachings when he speaks from the Deposit of the Faith, he is just another blue collar drunk at the bar when it comes to geopolitics and economics.In this case, I had to say, "Shut up, Leo. You're full of it."I'm referring, of course, to his standard blather about embracing the stranger or welcoming the stranger or letting my daughter get raped by strangers, all for Jesus. Whatever. It's all the same, man.Just shut up, Leo.I got involved in[...]

Happy 250th, America

K T Cat
7/4/2026 5:26:12 AM

I'm working all weekend to meet a Monday deadline, so this is the best I can do.I hope you're have a great 4th of July weekend   

Why does America keep winning?

W.C. Varones
12/12/2025 8:48:00 AM

X:          Yes. But also, America's abundance of natural resources and history of fortuitous developments kinda seems like God shed His grace on thee.        Capitalism and divine providence are like Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. 

Inflation is always and everywhere a progressive phenomenon

W.C. Varones
11/13/2025 9:31:17 AM
Excerpt from a text conversation with a young "democratic socialist":DS: Every time the US has become progressive, the right wing and the centrists said the policies were too unrealistic, but the civil rights movement still passed, and FDR is currently looked at as one of the best presidents of the past hundred yearsWC: Some times the right wing and the centrists are right. LBJ's Great Society has trapped millions in multigenerational welfare dependency. Obamacare has made health care unaffordable and is bankrupting both families and the US governmentLBJ's Great Society (and the Vietnam War) was what forced the US government to break the gold standard under Nixon, leading to all subsequent inflation crises. Inflation and all[...]

What Ails Us - But First Some Background

B-Daddy
4/6/2025 5:10:10 PM
Someone close to me asked me to give an overall take on the current state of politics and the prospects for our future. I thought to answer, but first want to explain how I analyze the political landscape.Here are some key principles that are worth repeating because we seem to forget them.1. A chicken is an eggs way of making another egg.      To influence the the size and numbers of your chickens, manage egg production and consumption. Demographics are destiny.2. Eggs are rare, sperm is plentiful.      Combined with 1 above, the most important variable component of demographic destiny is female reproductive behavior and strategies.3. Testosterone confers greater strength and aggression[...]

Bezos vs Burnham - Robber Baron vs Managers

B-Daddy
1/26/2022 8:32:44 PM
 Well not really; and not just because Burnham isn't a household name. James Burnham authored key insights on "managerialism" and predicted its eventual triumph over capitalism in his 1941 book "The Managerial Revolution," summarized here, but skip ahead 5 minutes (this is a great podcast). George Orwell provided this summary in 1943.Capitalism is disappearing, but Socialism is not replacing it. What is now arising is a new kind of planned, centralized society which will be neither capitalist nor, in any accepted sense of the word, democratic. The rulers of this new society will be the people who effectively control the means of production: that is, business executives, technicians, bureaucrats and soldiers,[...]

And Where a Salon Scribe Gets a Tad Out of His Swim Lane

Dean
11/11/2015 9:22:09 AM
Over the weekend, Salon writer, DAVID MASCIOTRA, caused quite a dust-up on social media with his own salute to the troops ahead of Veterans Day . Here is the headline, followed by the sub-headline and then followed by the first paragraph of the piece:You dont protect my freedom: Our childish insistence on calling soldiers heroes deadens real democracyIt's been 70 years since we fought a war about freedom. Forced troop worship and compulsory patriotism must endPut a man in uniform, preferably a white man, give him a gun, and Americans will worship him. It is a particularly childish trait, of a childlike culture, that insists on anointing all active military members and police officers as heroes.If you desire, you can read it[...]

Football rules changes...? You've come to the right place

Dean
1/31/2015 2:04:56 PM

    Theres no denying that over the last few decades most all on-field rules changes made by the NFL have been exercises in increasing offense and scoring. This has created an arms race in a sense where the pendulum swings back and forth between the NFL offenses and NFL defenses whereby the offenses get aided by rules changes and the defenses counter with a combination of innovative schemes and superior athletes. To wit, for years, its been conventional wisdom that the best athletes in the world were in the NBA. Now days, we would add NFL defensive backs and possibly outside linebackers/rush ends into that mix (you dont think dudes like Richard Sherman, Darrelle Revis and J.J. Watt can ball a little?).But[...]

Taco Bell Removes Fresh Produce Items Amid Growing Explosive Diarrhea Outbreak 

Leslie Eastman

As nationwide Cyclospora outbreak continues, its a good moment to rinse produce thoroughly, keep preparation surfaces clean, and remember that fresh doesnt always mean risk-free.The post Taco Bell Removes Fresh Produce Items Amid Growing Explosive Diarrhea Outbreak first appeared on Legal Insurrection.

Rebels, Hospital Worker Strikes, and Ebola: How Fractured Governance Is Fueling Congos Outbreak 

Leslie Eastman

Public health response cannot succeed where governance is fractured, logistics are crippled, and trust is already in short supply....no matter how robust the "pandemic response plans" are.The post Rebels, Hospital Worker Strikes, and Ebola: How Fractured Governance Is Fueling Congos Outbreak first appeared on Legal Insurrection.