<script data-pm-proxy="intercept"></script><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Dissident Thoughts]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Strategy To Be On The Last Train To The Gulag Still Ends Up At The Gulag]]></description><link>https://arthursido.substack.com</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ysuO!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1ea37177-f5b3-4133-a956-c96e009ebc54_559x559.png</url><title>Dissident Thoughts</title><link>https://arthursido.substack.com</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 20:21:38 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="/__u/arthursido.substack.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Arthur Sido]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[arthursido@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[arthursido@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Arthur Sido]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Arthur Sido]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[arthursido@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[arthursido@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Arthur Sido]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[Did The Moon Crickets Behave While I Was Gone?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Of course not&#8230;..]]></description><link>https://arthursido.substack.com/p/did-the-moon-crickets-behave-while</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://arthursido.substack.com/p/did-the-moon-crickets-behave-while</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Arthur Sido]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 14:50:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MaEG!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8040cb60-65e4-465a-a469-4a36ad2acdcb_660x500.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Of course not&#8230;..</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3pKQ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc8f86459-39a5-480b-adcc-354b7222db67_951x274.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3pKQ!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_424, 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Ooooh I know the answer to this one!</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MaEG!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8040cb60-65e4-465a-a469-4a36ad2acdcb_660x500.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MaEG!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_424, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8040cb60-65e4-465a-a469-4a36ad2acdcb_660x500.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MaEG!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_848, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_webp, 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y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>In an amusing cohencidence, both shootings occurred in locations where police were already present.</p><h4><strong><a href="https://cwbchicago.com/2026/08/shootout-leaves-1-dead-13-injured-at-washington-park-picnic.html">Shootout leaves 1 dead, 13 injured at Washington Park picnic</a></strong></h4><p>The official number is 1 dead, 14 wounded now&#8230;.</p><blockquote><p><em>A shootout inside Washington Park left one man dead and 13 others injured Saturday night, according to Chicago police, putting it in a tie as the city&#8217;s worst shooting of the year.</em></p><p><em><strong>Chicago police officers were already in the area monitoring a planned gathering in the park</strong> near the 5400 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue when multiple gunmen began shooting around 11:37 p.m., police said. Officers immediately reported &#8220;nonstop&#8221; gunfire over their radios as people ran for cover.</em></p><p><em>&#8220;They&#8217;re still shooting,&#8221; one officer said as the gunfire continued.</em></p></blockquote><p>Cops were right there and they started shooting each other anyway.</p><h4><strong><a href="https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/2-dead-9-hurt-in-trenton-mass-shooting-police-say/4148052/">2 dead, 8 hurt in NJ mass shooting, police say </a></strong></h4><blockquote><p><em>Also, during the afternoon update, Steve Wilson, the police director for Trenton, New Jersey, said there was little to share as the investigation was still &#8220;in its infancy.&#8221;</em></p><p><em>Wilson said police were aware of the gathering and had been out to the area several times overnight. There may have even been police present at the scene when the shooting occurred, he said.</em></p><p><em>&#8220;That has yet to be confirmed, but I believe that&#8217;s where it&#8217;s going,&#8221; he said. </em></p></blockquote><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!K2kH!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd3254d3e-0ff4-45b3-b648-ae8f33eccf32_814x455.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!K2kH!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_424, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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Reed Gusciora said one of the victims who died -- though the mayor did not provide additional identifying information -- had recently returned to the community after a period of incarceration.</em></p><p><em>&#8220;We understand that one of the individuals who lost his life had been <strong>working to turn his life around</strong> after returning home from incarceration and had recently been recognized for his commitment to reentry and positive change,&#8221; the mayor wrote in a statement. </em></p></blockquote><p>He wuz turnin&#8217; his life &#8216;round!</p><p>Working to turn his life around means he hadn&#8217;t been arrested yet after being released from prison. </p><p>Twelve minutes and half a country apart but blacks still acting like blacks wherever they are found. </p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://arthursido.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Dissident Thoughts is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Back From Canuckistan]]></title><description><![CDATA[I spent the last few days in Ontario and then a good chunk of my day today driving.]]></description><link>https://arthursido.substack.com/p/back-from-canuckistan</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://arthursido.substack.com/p/back-from-canuckistan</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Arthur Sido]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:59:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!G4GI!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9919e155-2828-4400-8d5d-3ba824c50e72_624x384.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I spent the last few days in Ontario and then a good chunk of my day today driving. Driving at high speed in the pouring rain through Detroit is always a delight. Back to posting tomorrow. </p><p>As an aside, the Snow Mexicans are really mad about the whole &#8220;Lake America&#8221; thing which is the only upside to Trump wasting time being retarded and slap fighting with Carney instead of actually doing anything. I warned some of the Canadians, we already took a Great Lake so keep it up and your largest city will be called Trumponto.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!G4GI!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9919e155-2828-4400-8d5d-3ba824c50e72_624x384.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!G4GI!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_424, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9919e155-2828-4400-8d5d-3ba824c50e72_624x384.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!G4GI!, 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8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Trolling Canada is it&#8217;s own reward I guess but doesn&#8217;t do anything about removing 30-50 million plus alien invaders.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://arthursido.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Dissident Thoughts is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[On Our Next Episode Of “Hey, Whatever Happened To....”]]></title><description><![CDATA[Remember when &#8220;Joe Biden&#8221;, aka the AutoPen, was signing pre-emptive pardons for his family members and cronies?]]></description><link>https://arthursido.substack.com/p/on-our-next-episode-of-hey-whatever</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://arthursido.substack.com/p/on-our-next-episode-of-hey-whatever</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Arthur Sido]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 18:37:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ysuO!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1ea37177-f5b3-4133-a956-c96e009ebc54_559x559.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Remember when &#8220;Joe Biden&#8221;, aka the AutoPen, was signing pre-emptive pardons for his family members and cronies? It was unprecedented, &#8220;pardoning&#8221; people including pretty obscure family members who not only had not been accused of a crime but in many cases were people no one had even heard of. </p><p>The excuse was that the tyrant Trump would go after his political enemies, from Liz Cheney on the January 6th farcical &#8220;committee&#8221; to the heretofore unknown members of the Biden family. Of course none of that happened, just as no one ever looked at Hillary Clinton and the Clinton family/crime syndicate. No one has ever been held to account for the 2020 shenanigans or all of the other crap from Covid and the &#8220;vaccines&#8221; to the unjust show trial of Derek Chauvin. </p><p>Then remember when there was all that talk of challenging those &#8220;pardons&#8221; for people not yet even accused of a crime? Somehow that slipped through the cracks and I don&#8217;t think it is all the fault of Israel and this foolish, unwinnable war on Iran.</p><p>It is certainly peculiar how after a few hurfs and blurfs from Trump that the issue completely disappeared. No one talked about it. It might make a suspicious man ask &#8220;why&#8221;?</p><p>My theory on why is that Trump isn&#8217;t challenging it because he is going to do the same thing before his term is up. Democrats have made no secret of their intentions to go after Trump and his family criminally once he is out of office. At first I thought this was just more Orange Man Bad pettiness but now?</p><p>I am thinking there may be more to this than just spite. </p><p>There are a lot of shady things going on, from the golden cell phones that never got delivered to the crypto scheme, the weird timing on annoucements on Iran that caused massive shifts in the market to Barron Trump reportedly being worth over $100 million already.</p><p>I have known quite a few very wealthy people, no one on the scale of Trump, but one thing I have noticed is that for most of them when it comes to wealth there is no such thing as enough. Being content isn&#8217;t a quality you find in most wealthy people because it isn&#8217;t a quality that lends itself to becoming wealthy in the first place.</p><p>Most people have noticed a major shift in Trump from Year One to Year Two of Trump 2.0. Gone is the populist posturing. Now it seems to be All Israel All The Time and full on looting, getting what he can for his family dynasty by robbing the rotting corpse of what was once America. </p><p>Perhaps being able to see things most of us can&#8217;t he has come to realize, as many of /ourguys/ have figured out, that there is no saving this country and so he figures might as well get what he can, while he can. On the other hand I called this guy a New York City conman, a carnival barker writ large, back when he was running the first time and if anything he has more than lived down to my derision. </p><p>Watch and see. I will be shocked if Trump doesn&#8217;t emulate Biden by preemptively pardoning himself, his family and his cronies. The difference? The Left won&#8217;t hesitate to challenge his &#8220;pardons&#8221; and they have plenty of pet judges who will rule against the Bad Orange Man without hesitation. The Supreme Court as presently constituted probably won&#8217;t go along but I don&#8217;t think the SCOTUS will look as it does now for very much longer.</p><p>I don&#8217;t think people are going to like it when they get to see how the sausage is made.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://arthursido.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Dissident Thoughts is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Get The Flock Outta Fort Wayne!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some slightly positive local news for a change.]]></description><link>https://arthursido.substack.com/p/get-the-flock-outta-fort-wayne</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://arthursido.substack.com/p/get-the-flock-outta-fort-wayne</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Arthur Sido]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 18:35:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ysuO!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1ea37177-f5b3-4133-a956-c96e009ebc54_559x559.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some slightly positive local news for a change.</p><p>Earlier in the week, the city of Fort Wayne voted to not renew a $120,000 contract with Flock after a pretty massive outpouring of public rejection of the invasive camera system. Astute observers of the city budget pointed out, and this was reinforced by the Fort Wayne police, that the cops just needed to reduce the amount being spent to under a hundred grand and that would remove the need for council approval. Basically it was a &#8220;eff you&#8221; workaround. </p><p>That brought more backlash which led to this:</p><h4><strong><a href="https://www.wane.com/top-stories/future-of-flock-what-can-fort-wayne-expect-from-the-fwpd/">FLOCK: FWPD confirms cameras will come down after conversation with Mayor</a></strong></h4><blockquote><p><em>After a conversation with Fort Wayne Mayor Sharon Tucker, the Fort Wayne Police Department (FWPD) said Flock cameras around the city will be coming down.</em></p><p><em>&#8220;The Mayor has heard the concerns from the public,&#8221; spokesman John Perlich wrote Thursday.</em></p><p><em>&#8220;We will be working to disable the Flock technology,&#8221; Perlich continued. &#8220;There are logistics to work through such as a federal grant that&#8217;s part of this process. Flock ultimately will oversee the removal of the cameras.&#8221;</em></p></blockquote><p>I will withhold judgment until it actually happens because the cops definitely don&#8217;t want them to come down. Still it will be nice to see it happen. From Flock to data centers to &#8220;vaccine&#8221; mandates, people are slowly waking up. Too late to be sure but better more moving toward our side than not is my philosophy. </p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://arthursido.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Dissident Thoughts is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[They Just Hot Is All]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of the many reasons why blacks are incapable of self-governance, especially in the modern era, is that they have been told absolutely nothing is their fault.]]></description><link>https://arthursido.substack.com/p/they-just-hot-is-all</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://arthursido.substack.com/p/they-just-hot-is-all</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Arthur Sido]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 14:52:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!jhpW!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3608f8a2-2535-4d1b-ba2f-22639a0e467d_956x500.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!jhpW!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3608f8a2-2535-4d1b-ba2f-22639a0e467d_956x500.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!jhpW!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_424, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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No matter what.</p><p>Case in point, I found this amusing from the Congo of the South also known as Jackson, Mississippi&#8230;..</p><h4><strong><a href="https://archive.is/k9yuj">Why does violence feel like it&#8217;s everywhere? Jackson police chief answers</a></strong></h4><p></p><blockquote><p><em>Violent crimes &#8212; domestic violence, aggravated assaults, homicides &#8212; occur throughout the city of Jackson, but Jackson Police Department Chief RaShall Brackney said the full picture as to why those crimes are happen is more nuanced than headlines alone.</em></p><p><em>The Jackson Police Department&#8217;s data shows 50 homicides were investigated from January through Aug. 13, 2026, with about an 84% clearance rate. That means roughly four of every five cases ended with an arrest.</em></p><p><em>For comparison, JPD saw 135 homicides in 2022 with a clearance rate at 47%, while 2025 data showed 63 homicides and about an 89% clearance rate.</em></p></blockquote><p>This tired old mulatto bag is RaShall Brackney, the Police Department Chief of the Congo of the South&#8230;.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!D7sp!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F11e87830-c6ed-48cc-91f2-2bc0920faa79_296x309.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!D7sp!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_424, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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half of state capitals. On the other hand I asked Grok to <strong><a href="https://x.com/i/grok/share/e7bf7e74a2a54a1d8fa91236239b168d">rank all 50 U.S. capital cities by murder rate</a></strong> and this is where Jackson really shines!</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4Cxe!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F91a90328-cf18-48d6-b9cf-7bdd076ad33b_969x559.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4Cxe!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_424, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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capital in America.</p><p>Never fear, da poleece chief has it all figured out!</p><blockquote><p><em>Brackney said social and economic pressures from weather-driven stress to housing instability can trigger eruptions, while easy gun access and a culture that glamorizes violence help fuel deadly confrontations.</em></p></blockquote><p>WTF is &#8220;weather-driven stress&#8221;? Does she mean people are cranky when it gets hot? Check me if I&#8217;m wrong Sandy, but it gets hot all over the place but only Jackson seems to be a slaughterhouse with double the homicide rate of Baton Rouge, where it also gets crazy hot. Maybe something else helps to explain the disparity so I asked Grok to show me the state capitals ranked by black population&#8230;..</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BYru!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffa4fa344-509f-4472-9d58-8bd92a3e40b1_985x526.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BYru!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_424, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffa4fa344-509f-4472-9d58-8bd92a3e40b1_985x526.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BYru!, 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We found the mystery ingredient! </p><p>If your car runs out of gas but you refuse to take responsibility for filling it up when it gets close to empty, that is obviously your fault. When blacks are facing the reality of their violent crime? They blame everyone and everything but themselves and that is one big reason (besides biology) why violent crime mostly a black thang.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://arthursido.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Dissident Thoughts is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[No One Told This Guy]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of the rules of gun safety that most of us learned in some form if we grew up around firearms goes something like this:]]></description><link>https://arthursido.substack.com/p/no-one-told-this-guy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://arthursido.substack.com/p/no-one-told-this-guy</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Arthur Sido]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 16:47:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!uV9x!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F35f316ba-cef7-4698-aa8a-2562110ffc5d_590x674.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of the rules of gun safety that most of us learned in some form if we grew up around firearms goes something like this:</p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p><strong>Be sure of your target and what is behind it.</strong></p></div><p>Put another way, make sure you know what you are shooting at and also what is behind that target because even if you miss, your bullet keeps travelling.</p><p>Mrgunsgear shared this horrifying video reminding us that only cops should have guns as they are the trained professionals:</p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" 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8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>The cop was rocking that &#8220;on the run, one handed shooting stance&#8221; that is the preferred stance of all serious, professional shooters.</p><p>A moving target, a running shooter, holding the gun loosely in one hand while mag dumping in the general vicinity of the target. I am pretty sure I would have a tough time hitting a stationary mannequin running and shooting one handed, much less someone on the move. </p><p>Who is in the buildings behind Cortez White? Or down the street? Don&#8217;t know! He is just blazin&#8217; away, fortunately it looks like most of his misses went into the street or dirt but still a rogue 9mm round flying around an urban area isn&#8217;t a great idea.</p><p>On the other hand his reloads were sort of OK, he is better at reloading than he is at shooting which seems to be a skills gap to me.</p><p>The <strong><a href="https://www.25newsnow.com/2026/08/26/peoria-officers-actions-deadly-may-shooting-ruled-justified/">unnamed officer was cleared</a></strong> in the shooting but this part cracked me up:</p><blockquote><p><em>Hoos also said since it happened in broad daylight with other people in the area, the officer had a clear duty to try and apprehend White and that he was a threat to everyone in the vicinity.</em></p></blockquote><p>As the officer was blasting away randomly into the vicinity, I would say both of them were a threat to everyone in the vicinity.</p><p>Solid police work and nice shootin&#8217; Tex.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://arthursido.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Dissident Thoughts is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Help Me Out Here]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sorry for the paucity of posting, been a busy week and next week includes a wedding for one of our Amish families so it likely will be as well.]]></description><link>https://arthursido.substack.com/p/help-me-out-here</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://arthursido.substack.com/p/help-me-out-here</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Arthur Sido]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 20:46:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ysuO!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1ea37177-f5b3-4133-a956-c96e009ebc54_559x559.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry for the paucity of posting, been a busy week and next week includes a wedding for one of our Amish families so it likely will be as well.</p><p>While the Ukraine war has fallen out of favor with the elites, although a few &#8216;tards still have Ukrainian flags in their user names, the war isn&#8217;t getting much coverage in the media. From what I have gathered it has devolved into what looks a lot like two different wars being fought at the same time:</p><ul><li><p>Ukraine is very low on manpower and conventional munitions so their focus is on civilian targets and infrastructure in Russia herself. Incapable of pushing the Russian forces out of Ukraine they are trying to cause enough economic pain to force Russia to capitulate. I guess no one in Ukraine has read a history book covering the Eastern front in World War II because the Russians thrive on misery.</p></li><li><p>The Russians are just pummeling Kiev and other cities with ballistic missiles and Ukraine has no interceptors to even try to stop them, not that they were all that effective to begin with. Meanwhile Russian forces keep grinding through Ukrainian territory.</p></li><li><p>At the same time, our noble &#8220;defender of democracy&#8221; buddy Zelensky is saying that in order to protect democracy in Ukraine they can&#8217;t possibly have elections: <strong><a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/political/zelensky-says-wartime-elections-would-destroy-ukraine-purported-bastion-democracy">Zelensky Says Wartime Elections Would &#8216;Destroy&#8217; Ukraine, The Purported Bastion Of Democracy</a></strong>. One would suspect that in real elections Zelensky would lose badly and his shelf life in Ukraine would be coming to an end.</p></li></ul><p>That is the battlefield situation. Yesterday something weird happened. Rumors yesterday swirled when a U.S. military C-17 landed in Moscow. Now a C-17 is a pretty big plane, capable of hauling 170,00 pounds of cargo or over a 100 soldiers or even a couple of Bradleys or a tank. Then it was revealed that the plane was carrying CIA Director John Ratcliffe for &#8220;secret&#8221; meetings with his Russian counterparts.</p><p>This is where my question comes in. Why the hell did John Ratcliffe fly to Moscow in one of those monsters? </p><p>I assume the government has a bunch of Gulfstreams or some other private jet that he could have flown on that would have been more comfortable for him and his entourage and used a fraction of the fuel.</p><p>Maybe some former/current dot mil people can chime in here. Is it a security thing, because a C-17 to me seems a lot easier to hit with a SAM than a much smaller and faster Gulfstream. </p><p>Anyway, whatever he was doing there it didn&#8217;t seem to work as we are hearing now that Russia plans to escalate their attacks on Ukraine: <strong><a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/oil-extends-decline-rubio-rules-out-new-strikes-iran-oman-transit-deal-nears-finalization">Putin To Escalate Ukraine War In Wake Of CIA Chief&#8217;s Visit, Report Speculates</a></strong></p><blockquote><p><em>Russia is preparing to escalate attacks on Ukraine after concluding that negotiations for a peace deal have reached a dead end, according to three people close to the Kremlin.</em></p><p><em>For now, Russia is weighing an intensification of powerful conventional ballistic missile attacks on Kyiv, including the center of the capital, and infrastructure targets in other Ukrainian cities, the people said, asking not to be identified because the matter is sensitive.</em></p></blockquote><p>Well done Director Ratcliffe! </p><p>It may not seem like it but Russia hasn&#8217;t been fighting a total war against Ukraine yet. There isn&#8217;t anything to stop Russia from basically leveling Kiev completely but they haven&#8217;t done so for whatever reason. I don&#8217;t know how long that forbearance will last. </p><p>Whatever all of this means, it seems certain that the grinding war in Ukraine will continue with more Whites being killed by other Whites every day. It would be a real shame if Russia were to drop a ballistic missile on Zelensky in the near future, that might finally lead to an end to this war as short of direct NATO interaction there is no plausible scenario where Ukraine recovers lost territory and every day that goes by means more lost ground and more dead Ukrainians, leading to a demographic genocide that will likely never be fixed and that seems likely to be one of the points of this fiasco from the start.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://arthursido.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Dissident Thoughts is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[They Were Filming A Reality TV Show And A (Really Crappy) Basketball Game Broke Out!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Apologies for another WNBA story but the folly wrapped in a farce inside of a fiasco LARPing as a serious sports league is an endless source of amusement.]]></description><link>https://arthursido.substack.com/p/they-were-filming-a-reality-tv-show</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://arthursido.substack.com/p/they-were-filming-a-reality-tv-show</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Arthur Sido]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 13:10:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pV3r!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F24651af1-1c2b-4f20-bcdf-26e013943b90_644x439.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Apologies for another WNBA story but the folly wrapped in a farce inside of a fiasco LARPing as a serious sports league is an endless source of amusement. </p><p>A few weeks back a former NBA player, Enes Kanter Freedom announced that he was selectively transgender when it came to playing basketball and that he was declaring himself eligible for the WNBA draft. Of course it caused a huge kerfuffle among women who suddenly could figure out the difference between men and women when facing the prospect of an NBA caliber dude scoring 100 points per game in the WNBA. </p><p>Yesterday he went to a game between the Indiana Fever and Chicago Sky and in the third quarter one of the lesbian chicks started screaming at him, he stood up and was ejected from the game&#8230;.</p><h4><strong><a href="https://archive.vn/hB5Jg">Enes Kanter Freedom ejected from Fever-Sky game after he was confronted by Sky&#8217;s Cloud</a></strong></h4><blockquote><p><em>Former NBA center Enes Kanter Freedom was ejected from Sunday night&#8217;s Indiana-Chicago WNBA game after he was confronted by Sky guard Natasha Cloud late in the third quarter.</em></p><p><em>Freedom was sitting along the baseline. He had on a black shirt that read &#8220;WOMAN noun. adult human female.&#8221;</em></p></blockquote><p>It was high comedy.</p><p>Natasha Cloud is a 5&#8217; 10&#8221; mulatto lesbian, Kanter is a 6&#8217; 10&#8221; guy. He is laughing his ass off at her. She is acting all tough because she knows he won&#8217;t do anything. 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is how humans have understood a woman for as long as there have been women. The exact word used and the age when a girl officially becomes a woman might have changed over the years but that is pretty much it. </p><p>Then look at how the AP describes a &#8220;transgender&#8221; woman, aka a man wearing panties (emphasis mine):</p><blockquote><p><em>The WNBA has been the subject of recent debates on whether transgender women &#8212; <strong>people assigned male at birth who transition to align with their gender identity</strong> &#8212; should be allowed to participate in the league. There has never been such a player in the WNBA.</em></p></blockquote><p>Assigned male at birth like being assigned to a cabin at summer camp, a completely capricious and arbitrary assignment.</p><p>They would never admit it but the WNBA has to love this stuff because people are paying attention. No one is watching the WNBA for the games, they only watch because of the drama. Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese&#8217;s &#8220;rivalry&#8221;, Clark getting assaulted, Sophie Cunningham pointing, on and on. As befits a women&#8217;s sports league, it is all driven by drama and is indistinguishable from most female driven reality shows that people watch for the amusement of them being catty with one another.</p><p>What an absolute clown show.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://arthursido.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Dissident Thoughts is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adventures In black Self-Governance!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Give them credit for consistency, blacks are undefeated when it comes to proving themselves incapable of even the most basic self-governance.]]></description><link>https://arthursido.substack.com/p/adventures-in-black-self-governance</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://arthursido.substack.com/p/adventures-in-black-self-governance</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Arthur Sido]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 23:37:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!559h!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0252e11b-5968-45d3-8936-4642272b9f05_500x548.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Give them credit for consistency, blacks are undefeated when it comes to proving themselves incapable of even the most basic self-governance.</p><p>The last few weeks have seen some pretty rough weather here in the Hoosier state. While we have gotten a whole bunch of rain and some warnings to watch for flooding, it has been mostly beneficial. The corn and soybeans are exploding, as are the hay fields and lawns alike. </p><p>Other parts of the state have been much harder hit. Due south of us in the Muncie area there has been catastrophic flooding. In Williamsburg, Indiana people have been pumping water out of their basements for 10 days straight but the aquifer is so full that the water you pump out just drains into the neighbor&#8217;s basement until they pump it out and into yours. They are actually having to collect the water and then truck the water away from town: <strong>&#8216;I&#8217;m not going to let this town down&#8217;: <a href="https://www.wane.com/top-stories/im-not-going-to-let-this-town-down-small-indiana-town-pumps-water-out-of-basements-for-10-straight-days/">Small Indiana town pumps water out of basements for 10 straight days</a></strong></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pTM1!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff51251af-2e30-4d87-9c68-fd9a4f28af32_490x387.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pTM1!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_424, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_webp, 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There they suffered derecho winds that were like an inland hurricane. Thousands lost power and going a dozen days thousands are still without power. Gary is also a shithole that is almost 80% black and less than 10% White.</p><p>Obviously the reason power isn&#8217;t restored is racism! </p><p>The Gary area is serviced by NIPSCO (Northern Indiana Public Service Company but now called NiSouce for some reason) for their electricity and NIPSCO is responsible for repairing the lines. Shortly after the storms while NIPSCO workers were working on repairing the lines and the hundreds of poles down but this being Gary the blacks demonstrated their usual gratitude and grace under pressure:</p><p><strong><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/nipsco-vehicle-hit-by-gunfire-gary-indiana/">NIPSCO resumes power restoration efforts after worker&#8217;s vehicle hit by gunfire in Gary, Indiana</a></strong></p><p>Well of course.</p><blockquote><p><em>Gary police said two NIPSCO employees were scouting around when someone fired on their vehicle, hitting their Jeep twice, with one bullet lodged in the back of a headrest. </em></p><p><em>Investigators say that the company vehicle was followed by an off-duty officer from an outside agency, but neither the employees nor the officer saw the gunman. No injuries were reported.</em></p><p><em>As a result of the incident, the city says it&#8217;s coordinating with Gary police, Indiana State Police, and state officials to ensure crews are protected during the restoration process. The city added that ISP is sending additional troopers to assist local forces.</em></p></blockquote><p>It makes it harder to do your job when you need armed security to protect the workers from the people complaining about their power being out. Even before the shooting the workers were being tailed by security. Funny, I have never seen security guarding the line workers around here when they are working. </p><p>Governor Mike Braun is even <strong><a href="https://x.com/GovBraun/status/2091535737611043036">sending in the National Guard</a></strong> to help as NIPSCO hasn&#8217;t exactly been doing a great job, shootings notwithstanding.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7vCy!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F91eef919-d49d-4b55-9615-b26cae867498_601x400.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7vCy!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_424, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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Let&#8217;s check out some of the executive team&#8230;</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!f29y!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd633628c-68d6-4d02-a395-66c4d6ed17dc_882x450.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!f29y!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_424, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd633628c-68d6-4d02-a395-66c4d6ed17dc_882x450.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!f29y!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_848, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, 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The EVP and Group President for Utilities is black. The Chief Operating Officer is black. The Chief Financial Officer and the Chief Technology Officer are both White as those jobs actually require you to know something. </p><p>Meanwhile the local government of Gary is quite&#8230;.diverse.</p><p>First the Mayor, one Eddie Melton.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_KYQ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb0ec00d6-0181-44d8-8f4e-a205e74dc9c0_370x417.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_KYQ!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_424, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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Allen, bottom right. He looks smart. The other half of his cabinet&#8230;</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LO84!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faecd8e8d-0837-4f0b-83d1-2ae7cedacb99_956x660.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LO84!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_424, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faecd8e8d-0837-4f0b-83d1-2ae7cedacb99_956x660.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LO84!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_848, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_webp, 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Check out dat crown for dem KANGZ!</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eUPj!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3b65a32d-15bd-492b-848e-c00fc46ed3a9_1462x328.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eUPj!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_424, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3b65a32d-15bd-492b-848e-c00fc46ed3a9_1462x328.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eUPj!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_848, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_webp, 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/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eUPj!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3b65a32d-15bd-492b-848e-c00fc46ed3a9_1462x328.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>What does this group do?</p><blockquote><p><em>The mission of the Gary Commission on the Social Status of Black [sic] Males (GCSSBM) is to study the social conditions of the city&#8217;s Black [sic] male population, develop strategies to remedy or assist in remedying serious adversities, and make recommendations to improve the educational, social, economic, employment and other circumstances for Gary. The Commission serves policymakers and public interest groups, as well as the media, community organizations and members of the general public.</em></p></blockquote><p>That is a lot of words for &#8220;lines the pockets of commission members and their connected friends&#8221;.</p><p>Gee Wally, why is a black run city where the residents shoot at people trying to get their power back on, with a utility also run by blacks, somehow not able to get the power back on in Gary, Indiana? It is a mystery but I am sure White people are to blame.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!559h!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0252e11b-5968-45d3-8936-4642272b9f05_500x548.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!559h!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_424, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0252e11b-5968-45d3-8936-4642272b9f05_500x548.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!559h!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_848, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, 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To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Get Rekt Fartsmello!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Denied!]]></description><link>https://arthursido.substack.com/p/get-rekt-fartsmello</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://arthursido.substack.com/p/get-rekt-fartsmello</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Arthur Sido]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 21:18:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eQsd!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe78acede-df21-4fea-aa87-1c5abe5be066_1024x1024.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a href="https://archive.is/3N1JQ">Denied</a></strong>!</p><blockquote><p><em>A Texas judge denied Karmelo Anthony a new trial on Saturday, after his attorneys argued that courtroom restrictions, hearings held without Anthony present and the handling of an unwritten agreement between his former lawyers and prosecutors violated his rights.</em></p><p><em>Retired District Judge Michael Chitty denied Anthony&#8217;s request after reviewing the motion, court record, evidence and arguments, briefs and relevant case law, according to his order. The order did not detail his reasoning for the decision.</em></p><p><em>The decision leaves Anthony&#8217;s murder conviction and 35-year prison sentence in place. His challenge will continue on direct appeal.</em></p></blockquote><p>Back to the showers with ya boy! There is a line waiting for you to drop the soap.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eQsd!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe78acede-df21-4fea-aa87-1c5abe5be066_1024x1024.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eQsd!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_424, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe78acede-df21-4fea-aa87-1c5abe5be066_1024x1024.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eQsd!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_848, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, 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To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Air This MFer Out!]]></title><description><![CDATA[The latest in 2G family values!]]></description><link>https://arthursido.substack.com/p/air-this-mfer-out</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://arthursido.substack.com/p/air-this-mfer-out</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Arthur Sido]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 14:43:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DOo7!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2f3c5afe-24cc-44f7-912a-001e61c791da_443x501.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The latest in 2G family values!</p><h4><strong><a href="https://archive.is/6fI1c">&#8216;Give me $20 right now&#8217;: Indy man accused of robbing his father with a &#8216;Draco&#8217;</a></strong></h4><blockquote><p><em>An Indianapolis man has been arrested after allegedly using an AK-47-style rifle to rob his father, saying he&#8217;d &#8220;air this motherf***er out&#8221; if he didn&#8217;t get $20.</em></p><p><em>Deshawn Edwards, 28, was arrested Sunday morning after an argument at a home on Indy&#8217;s east side ended with shots being fired. He has since been officially charged with felony armed robbery, criminal recklessness, intimidation and pointing a firearm.</em></p></blockquote><p>Deshawn looks like a standard Deshawn.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DOo7!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2f3c5afe-24cc-44f7-912a-001e61c791da_443x501.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DOo7!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_424, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2f3c5afe-24cc-44f7-912a-001e61c791da_443x501.png 424w, 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/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DOo7!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2f3c5afe-24cc-44f7-912a-001e61c791da_443x501.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>It gets better&#8230;</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!onEO!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F842993d5-8c0a-4c1d-87ab-a66ad9afafda_220x124.gif" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!onEO!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_424, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/fl_lossy/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F842993d5-8c0a-4c1d-87ab-a66ad9afafda_220x124.gif 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!onEO!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_848, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/fl_lossy/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F842993d5-8c0a-4c1d-87ab-a66ad9afafda_220x124.gif 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!onEO!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/fl_lossy/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F842993d5-8c0a-4c1d-87ab-a66ad9afafda_220x124.gif 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!onEO!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/fl_lossy/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F842993d5-8c0a-4c1d-87ab-a66ad9afafda_220x124.gif 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!onEO!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_lossy/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F842993d5-8c0a-4c1d-87ab-a66ad9afafda_220x124.gif" width="320" height="180.36363636363637" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/842993d5-8c0a-4c1d-87ab-a66ad9afafda_220x124.gif&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:124,&quot;width&quot;:220,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;But Wait Theres More GIF - But Wait Theres More - Discover &amp; Share GIFs&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="But Wait Theres More GIF - But Wait Theres More - Discover &amp; Share GIFs" title="But Wait Theres More GIF - But Wait Theres More - Discover &amp; Share GIFs" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!onEO!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_424, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/fl_lossy/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F842993d5-8c0a-4c1d-87ab-a66ad9afafda_220x124.gif 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!onEO!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_848, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/fl_lossy/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F842993d5-8c0a-4c1d-87ab-a66ad9afafda_220x124.gif 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!onEO!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/fl_lossy/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F842993d5-8c0a-4c1d-87ab-a66ad9afafda_220x124.gif 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!onEO!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/fl_lossy/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F842993d5-8c0a-4c1d-87ab-a66ad9afafda_220x124.gif 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><blockquote><p><em>The caller explained that Edwards and his father had gotten into a fight that ended with Edwards trying to rob his father while wielding a &#8220;Draco.&#8221; Court documents state that Edwards had shot his father in the past and served time in jail for the offense.</em></p></blockquote><p>Well sure, who hasn&#8217;t engaged in a little good natured attempted murder with their old man? It&#8217;s like a right of passage for blacks.</p><p>I will say it again, the only thing worse for a young black than growing up <strong>without</strong> a father in the home is to grow up <strong>with </strong>a father in the home.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://arthursido.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Dissident Thoughts is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Not-So-Good Boy After All]]></title><description><![CDATA[I thought I might be done with this guy but nope, here we are talking about Karmelo, aka &#8220;The Murder Monkey&#8221;, aka &#8220;Fartsmello&#8221;, aka &#8220;The Watermelon Felon&#8221;, Anthony again.]]></description><link>https://arthursido.substack.com/p/a-not-so-good-boy-after-all</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://arthursido.substack.com/p/a-not-so-good-boy-after-all</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Arthur Sido]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 12:19:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!FnJw!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa939829a-a1e1-417b-b3d8-7cf49c29f6d0_500x723.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I thought I might be done with this guy but nope, here we are talking about Karmelo, aka &#8220;The Murder Monkey&#8221;, aka &#8220;Fartsmello&#8221;, aka &#8220;The Watermelon Felon&#8221;, Anthony again.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!uIJJ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa04f7bb4-27f6-49dd-831f-ed5ecec19b60_1024x1024.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!uIJJ!, 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/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!uIJJ!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa04f7bb4-27f6-49dd-831f-ed5ecec19b60_1024x1024.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>The legal &#8220;dream team&#8221; that showed up after he was already convicted, conveniently enough since that conviction was a slam dunk and who wants to be on the losing side, managed to get the Murder Monkey a hearing on a retrial and get the original judge removed because he said the jury &#8220;got it right&#8221;.</p><p>Anyway, the Fartsmello Anthony boosters thought they won some great victory but then it quickly turned out that they stepped on a rake and now some information that had been withheld at trial has come out. </p><h4><strong><a href="https://archive.is/zg3HD">Karmelo Anthony prosecutor reveals trove of evidence jury never saw &#8212; including disturbing texts: &#8216;Low key on the verge&#8217;</a></strong></h4><blockquote><p><em>Karmelo Anthony&#8217;s ex-girlfriend reported that he was stalking her hours before he stabbed Austin Metcalf &#8212; and he had threatening and violent texts on his phone, the prosecutor revealed at Anthony&#8217;s appeal hearing Thursday&#8230;..</em></p><p><em>&#8230;He told the court Anthony&#8217;s high school girlfriend confided to an assistant principal on April 2, 2025 that Anthony was stalking her after a breakup, and that he was obsessed with fights, guns, and knives, according to local outlets at the hearing.</em></p><p><em>Anthony also sent a picture of the knife and told his ex-girlfriend, &#8220;I&#8217;m low key on the verge,&#8221; Wirskye said.</em></p><p><em>&#8220;He was spiraling,&#8221; the prosecutor added.</em></p></blockquote><p>This wasn&#8217;t brought up at trial in an agreement between the prosecution and the defense and in return the defense wouldn&#8217;t mention some graffiti the Metcalf boys were involved in that included &#8220;racist&#8221; stuff. </p><p>Well now the prosecutor has started to reveal this information and the picture it paints is of Karmelo Anthony carrying a knife not because he wuz afeerd for his life but because he was mad about his girlfriend breaking up with him and he was sending her threatening text messages. </p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p><strong>Far from being self-defense, Karmelo Anthony was looking to stab </strong><em><strong>someone </strong></em><strong>that day</strong></p></div><p>My wife&#8217;s first thought when we were looking at this was that if Fartsmello hadn&#8217;t killed Austin Metcalf at the track meet he was probably going to kill his ex-girlfriend. He was definitely sprialing and had seemingly become obsessed with stabbing people. Sarah Fields who has been doing great work on this case <strong><a href="https://x.com/SarahisCensored/status/2090476399479939542">tweeted this</a></strong>:</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!QDiM!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fada08140-2d39-47bb-94b7-37c76a38da21_598x553.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!QDiM!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_424, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fada08140-2d39-47bb-94b7-37c76a38da21_598x553.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!QDiM!, 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6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>I am not a legal expert or a psychologist but if someone is texting their ex-girlfriend and saying things like &#8220;when I stab somebody I'm gonna lick their blood off the blade" it sure sounds like he is giving pretty serious thought to, you know, stabbing someone. </p><p>This wasn&#8217;t a spontaneous stabbing in &#8220;self-defense&#8221; at all, it was premeditated in the sense that Karmelo Anthony was obsessed with stabbing someone. This helps to answer the question as to why the Watermelon Felon brought a knife to a track meet in the first place and why he seemed to intent on provoking a confrontation with what he knew was an unarmed Austin Metcalf. </p><p>It was already an open and shut case without the text messages, and from what Sarah Fields is saying there are other texts that are even worse. I don&#8217;t see how he gets a new trial and even if he did these texts certainly paint him in a bad light and strongly suggest premeditation which makes his case even worse.</p><p>Also this is a solid reminder that if you send something electronically, it can be used against you so be careful what you say even in jest in text messages or via messenger services. </p><p>I had a hard time picking an image, I got a bunch of just hilarious results from my prompts but I went with this one.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!FnJw!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa939829a-a1e1-417b-b3d8-7cf49c29f6d0_500x723.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!FnJw!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_424, 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url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pOx3!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc86afafe-a371-4027-91d8-94317ac725fe_1371x640.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pOx3!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc86afafe-a371-4027-91d8-94317ac725fe_1371x640.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pOx3!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_424, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pOx3!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc86afafe-a371-4027-91d8-94317ac725fe_1371x640.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Yesterday, August 19th 2026, marked a milestone as the U.S. officially hit $40 trillion in national &#8220;debt&#8221;. <strong>That&#8217;s $40,000,000,000,000</strong>. </p><p>That is a pretty big number. </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!x87b!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe4fb8595-4822-472b-a80b-8690a8cea2d7_650x346.gif" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!x87b!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_424, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/fl_lossy/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe4fb8595-4822-472b-a80b-8690a8cea2d7_650x346.gif 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!x87b!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_848, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!x87b!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_lossy/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe4fb8595-4822-472b-a80b-8690a8cea2d7_650x346.gif" width="650" height="346" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/e4fb8595-4822-472b-a80b-8690a8cea2d7_650x346.gif&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:346,&quot;width&quot;:650,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;25 Ways To Feel More Like An Adult This Month&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="25 Ways To Feel More Like An Adult This Month" title="25 Ways To Feel More Like An Adult This Month" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!x87b!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_424, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/fl_lossy/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe4fb8595-4822-472b-a80b-8690a8cea2d7_650x346.gif 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!x87b!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_848, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/fl_lossy/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe4fb8595-4822-472b-a80b-8690a8cea2d7_650x346.gif 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!x87b!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/fl_lossy/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe4fb8595-4822-472b-a80b-8690a8cea2d7_650x346.gif 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!x87b!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/fl_lossy/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe4fb8595-4822-472b-a80b-8690a8cea2d7_650x346.gif 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>I put &#8220;debt&#8221; in quotes, and assume those for the rest of the post, because debt is something you owe and in general it is expected you will repay. No one has seriously believed the U.S. would repay the debt, not ever.</p><p>Without going into a Ron Paul-esque screed about fiat currency not backed by anything more substantial than &#8220;Trust us bro&#8221;, the ugly reality of money is that it is entirely a fiction. A dollar bill is worth a dollar because we all agree that it does. The money held in checking accounts is completely imaginary. For the average person virtually all of their transactions, from getting your paycheck to buying groceries to paying bills, happens via a series of electronic transactions. Most of us don&#8217;t even pay taxes in the sense of writing out a check, it is taken magically from our imaginary paycheck.</p><p>Now I am not suggesting we return to a strictly barter economy of course. The use of a medium of exchange like money is easier than some guy showing up with a truck full of boards to trade for a truck full of corn. The problem is that so much spending is done via funds that just don&#8217;t exist. </p><p>This is accelerating at the Federal level. I had Grok make me a chart of the national debt over the last 25 years. </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1luG!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd49dc6b2-5cc0-4565-b809-cdb8fd62dcb7_1326x755.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1luG!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_424, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd49dc6b2-5cc0-4565-b809-cdb8fd62dcb7_1326x755.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1luG!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_848, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, 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To add another $10 trillion in debt, doubling to $20 trillion, took 9 years in 2017.</p><p>The next $10 trillion debt milestone happened around 2021, so only 4 years thanks to &#8220;pandemic&#8221; spending. </p><p>To get from $30 trillion to $40 trillion took right around 5 years. </p><p>In 2008, not that long ago by my reckoning, the U.S. was &#8220;only&#8221; $10 trillion in debt but today is quadruple that figure. </p><p>Also worth pointing out, DOGE notwithstanding, Donald Trump has overseen more &#8220;money&#8221; added to the national debt that any other President to the tune of $11.6 trillion and he still has a couple of years to go&#8230;.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4cIp!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7caa7c33-ee57-42a3-b7a1-b7f15c0e3600_789x818.png" 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6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>A very significant percentage of that debt was created in the service of outright fraud, including and especially in the military as our trillion dollar a year armed forces have been basically run out of the Middle East by Iran.</p><p>A question I have asked before&#8230;.since Federal spending has absolutely no relationship to tax revenue, why bother collecting taxes at all? Why not just keep spending imaginary &#8220;money&#8221; and adding to the national debt to pay for government spending?</p><p>The answer is pretty obvious: taxing your income is a way to siphon from the productive class, bringing them down to the level of the dependency class. It isn&#8217;t really about &#8220;paying your fair share&#8221; or &#8220;equity&#8221;. It is just punishment for being a kulak.</p><p>There is nothing to be done about the national debt. It will keep swelling and interest payments will keep taking an increasing share of the &#8220;budget&#8221; so they will borrow to pay the interest and on and on. 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To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[4H + 2G = 911]]></title><description><![CDATA[A tradition in America, especially here in the heartland, is the annual State Fair.]]></description><link>https://arthursido.substack.com/p/4h-2g-911</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://arthursido.substack.com/p/4h-2g-911</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Arthur Sido]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 17:47:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Pjpt!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F702058e9-4bdd-4442-812b-842c6244eadf_869x867.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A tradition in America, especially here in the heartland, is the annual State Fair. It is a time for the young farm kids to show off their prize cattle, chickens, pigs and sheep and for hardcore gardeners to see who has the best squash or tomatoes. Most of the young kids from elementary school age through high school are either in 4H or the FFA, and in the heartland they were mostly White.</p><p>4H as an organization stretches back more than a century, formed in the 1910s and the 4 H&#8217;s stand for&#8230;.</p><h4 style="text-align: center;"><em><strong>Head, Heart, Hands,</strong></em><strong><span> and </span></strong><em><strong>Health</strong></em></h4><p>I was in the FFA, my wife however being an actual farm kid was in 4H <strong>and</strong> the FFA. Both were pretty wholesome, White, quintessentially rural America heartland groups although it looks like even the FFA has been somewhat infiltrated (see: <strong><a href="https://www.arthursido.com/2025/11/there-is-still-good-in-this-world.html">There Is Still Good In This World</a></strong>) like everything decent in our society. </p><p>The fair is a special time whether county or state because it represents the culmination of a lot of hard work. If you want to show a beef steer you have to get that thing way before the fair, same although not quite as early with hogs or sheep. I used to get my market hogs when they were just little squealers at sales in the winter so they would be big enough (like around 225-250 lbs) for the fair in the summer. You don&#8217;t just show up, you have to put in a lot of work before the fair.</p><p>Fun story, I only entered the state fair in Ohio once for a pen of market chickens. Me being me I didn&#8217;t read the rules so I just took my county fair chickens from a month earlier. The problem? In the month or so between the Lucas County fair and the Ohio state fair those Cornish-Rock hybrid chickens ate a ton and grew a ton so they were like 9 pounds when I got to the state fair and were waaaaay too heavy to show. I would have known this if I had read the rules. But I didn&#8217;t so me and my cluckers slinked back to Lucas County.</p><p>That is what the fair means for the kids in 4-H. </p><p>The ghetto 4H is somewhat different. The ghetto 4H&#8217;s stand for&#8230;.</p><h4 style="text-align: center;"><em><strong>Hookahs, Homicides, Hi Points and Hos</strong></em></h4><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Pjpt!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F702058e9-4bdd-4442-812b-842c6244eadf_869x867.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Pjpt!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_424, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F702058e9-4bdd-4442-812b-842c6244eadf_869x867.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Pjpt!, 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class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;nSZHMifG3rk&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/nSZHMifG3rk?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><p>Despite the attempts to claim on social media that this sort of crap is not just a black thang, the videos always show exactly what you would expect.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eM0L!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F95030304-466f-494e-97e2-667339e9f859_610x470.gif" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div 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Leave it to blacks to go to some place built around celebrating the accomplishments of hard work and turn it into a negro thunderdome.</p><p>Here is something important to understand. This wasn&#8217;t a bunch of groups of black teens who were there to have a good time and just happened to get into fights. They weren&#8217;t interested in the carnival rides or trying to win a stuffed animal at one of the rigged games.</p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p><strong>They went there specifically to cause mayhem and commit acts of violence. </strong></p></div><p>Whenever you have yoofs in large numbers there is a chance for fights to break out. It was very rare when I was growing up, but it happened. These incidents that we see over and over are preplanned and intended to only end in one way: chaos. </p><p>I really don&#8217;t understand it, I don&#8217;t know why you would go somewhere specifically to cause mayhem, to hurt and upset people. Then again I am not a sub-human piece of filth so I am kind of glad I am incapable of understanding. </p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://arthursido.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Dissident Thoughts is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even In Death They Dindu Nuffin]]></title><description><![CDATA[I really had hoped to never talk about this asshat again but here we are.]]></description><link>https://arthursido.substack.com/p/even-in-death-they-dindu-nuffin</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://arthursido.substack.com/p/even-in-death-they-dindu-nuffin</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Arthur Sido]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:09:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!L7wS!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F46b265c3-deb9-44d5-a948-824839684896_606x704.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I really had hoped to never talk about this asshat again but here we are.</p><p>Following the suicide of Jason Arday after his lies were brought to light, you would have hoped he would quickly fade into obscurity as yet another embarrassing example of why DEI doesn&#8217;t uplift anyone and instead degrades the institutions supposedly benefitting from being &#8220;diversified&#8221;. You would be wrong.</p><p>The Usual Suspects are out in full force. Race hustler and pseudo-intellectual Ibram Henry Rogers aka &#8220;Ibram X. Kendi&#8221; is claiming that, get this, Jason Arday was &#8220;lynched&#8221;&#8230;.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!L7wS!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F46b265c3-deb9-44d5-a948-824839684896_606x704.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!L7wS!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_424, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F46b265c3-deb9-44d5-a948-824839684896_606x704.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!L7wS!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_848, 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8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Fortunately there is a community note to point out how silly this is, and also notice that the brave scholar and academic has replies turned off. </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a 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What a hero! </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!g2Jh!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F97223e53-422f-4dbb-8ec4-63354716e271_2048x1365.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!g2Jh!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_424, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F97223e53-422f-4dbb-8ec4-63354716e271_2048x1365.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!g2Jh!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_848, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F97223e53-422f-4dbb-8ec4-63354716e271_2048x1365.jpeg 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!g2Jh!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F97223e53-422f-4dbb-8ec4-63354716e271_2048x1365.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!g2Jh!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F97223e53-422f-4dbb-8ec4-63354716e271_2048x1365.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!g2Jh!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F97223e53-422f-4dbb-8ec4-63354716e271_2048x1365.jpeg" width="526" height="350.4258241758242" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/97223e53-422f-4dbb-8ec4-63354716e271_2048x1365.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:970,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:526,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;May be an image of one or more people and text that says 'IN THE UK YOU CAN HARASS A BIACk PROFESSOR TC DEATH, BUT &#947;&#959;&#965; 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It cracks me up when blacks act like they are forced to hide their identities because dey be &#8220;Fightin&#8217; da powah and sheeeiiit&#8221; when in fact they are parroting the most acceptable positions imaginable. Jason Arday was hired for a position because he lied about his qualifications and took a job from someone else who was actually qualified, likely a White person, but no one seems to care about that. </p><p>Looking past Jason Arday who will be soon forgotten as race hustlers, self-loathing Whites and &#8220;fellow Whites&#8221; move on to the next &#8220;injustice&#8221; <em>du jour</em>, we are seeing yet another example of the upside-down, inside-out world of the black sense of &#8220;justice&#8221; and &#8220;morality&#8221;.</p><p>In the bizarre world of black &#8220;morality&#8221;, it is a greater injustice to point out the dishonesty of a black than it is for a black to be dishonest. Lying to people, especially to White people, isn&#8217;t really immoral at all because of slavery and systemic racism and stuff. In the same way, George Floyd trying to steal from a small shop owner by using a counterfeit $20 isn&#8217;t really immoral or even relevant. An even better example is the &#8220;Hands Up, Don&#8217;t Shoot&#8221; Mike &#8220;Gentle Giant&#8221; Brown who was shot by a cop while resisting arrest after Brown committed a strongarm robbery of a small store owner. </p><p>The entire story passed around in the black community about Mike Brown was a lie with alleged &#8220;eye-witnesses&#8221; claiming he had his hands up when shot even though the forensics proved without a doubt this was a lie. 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He might as well have dressed in prison orange because that graduation photo is indistinguishable from a mugshot. Tlaib got pretty badly ratio&#8217;d and bodied in the replies and the community notes:</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!y6I5!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F19ce33b9-f503-4659-a2b6-cba269322863_584x222.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!y6I5!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_424, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F19ce33b9-f503-4659-a2b6-cba269322863_584x222.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!y6I5!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_848, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F19ce33b9-f503-4659-a2b6-cba269322863_584x222.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!y6I5!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F19ce33b9-f503-4659-a2b6-cba269322863_584x222.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!y6I5!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F19ce33b9-f503-4659-a2b6-cba269322863_584x222.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!y6I5!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F19ce33b9-f503-4659-a2b6-cba269322863_584x222.png" width="584" height="222" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/19ce33b9-f503-4659-a2b6-cba269322863_584x222.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:222,&quot;width&quot;:584,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:24341,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://arthursido.substack.com/i/211699989?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F19ce33b9-f503-4659-a2b6-cba269322863_584x222.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!y6I5!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_424, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F19ce33b9-f503-4659-a2b6-cba269322863_584x222.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!y6I5!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_848, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F19ce33b9-f503-4659-a2b6-cba269322863_584x222.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!y6I5!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F19ce33b9-f503-4659-a2b6-cba269322863_584x222.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!y6I5!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F19ce33b9-f503-4659-a2b6-cba269322863_584x222.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Rashida Tlaib is a Palestinian of some sort, not black, but she is both dumb enough and dishonest enough to be an honorary negro.</p><p>The position of black &#8220;civil rights advocates&#8221; and their leftist White enablers is clear. If you defend yourself from a black criminal trying to harm you and you kill said black criminal, <strong>you </strong>are the immoral one. Interrupting a black acting like a black is the truly immoral action, whether that is calling one out for a lie or trying to arrest a black criminal. </p><p>Whether Jason Arday or George Floyd or Michael Brown, their deaths are the culmination of a lifetime of making one stupid decision after another until it finally kills them. Jason Arday wasn&#8217;t &#8220;lynched&#8221; or &#8220;hounded to death&#8221;, he was caught in a series of lies and rather than own up to it kept denying the clear evidence. Why did he kill himself? I have no idea but the blame for his suicide falls 100% on his shoulders. </p><p>I get that and you get that but blacks never will because their default position when it comes to fellow blacks is always that they dindu nuffin. </p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://arthursido.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Dissident Thoughts is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[News You Can Use (Maybe)]]></title><description><![CDATA[The big happenings in the gun world have to do with the sort-of, depending on several factors, partial overturning of the National Firearms Act or NFA.]]></description><link>https://arthursido.substack.com/p/news-you-can-use-maybe</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://arthursido.substack.com/p/news-you-can-use-maybe</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Arthur Sido]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 23:04:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/youtube/w_728,c_limit/2WUdEkPruP0" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The big happenings in the gun world have to do with the sort-of, depending on several factors, partial overturning of the National Firearms Act or NFA. The NFA is the law that regulates suppressors (&#8220;silencers&#8221;), short-barreled rifles (SBRs) and short-barreled shotguns (SBSs) among other stuff.</p><p>For a good overview of what this means, I would direct you to Mrgunsngear who is reliably sober and fact driven&#8230;.</p><div id="youtube2-2WUdEkPruP0" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;2WUdEkPruP0&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/2WUdEkPruP0?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><p>It reminds me a bit of the whole pistol brace thing in that the injunction or whatever only impacts people that are connected to the plaintiffs, like the Gun Owners of America. It also is super confusing. He shared this chart&#8230;</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!jA6L!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff39ce228-b194-4f98-908c-9f0af38cd219_1047x779.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!jA6L!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_424, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff39ce228-b194-4f98-908c-9f0af38cd219_1047x779.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!jA6L!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_848, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_webp, 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the same with an Aero Precision lower. </p><p>Kudos to Brandon Herrera, the AK Guy, for having a suppressor transferred to him without the NFA form at 12:01 AM when the challenge window expired. I am looking forward to seeing what he will do in Congress.</p><p>The ATF has been pretty silent on the whole thing, and I don&#8217;t think it is malice but sheer confusion on their part. I don&#8217;t think they know what to do and Trump has (for a change) gotten actively involved and directed the DOJ to not challenge this ruling. What that means is still up in the air but what would be ideal is for Congress to just repeal the NFA completely, which it could have done in the Big Beautiful Bill but that provision was killed by certain traitorous elements in the GOP.</p><p><em>John Wick</em> films notwithstanding, as I assume my readers all know, suppressors make a firearm quieter but not silent, especially if you are not using sub-sonic ammo. Rather than a soft <em>pfut </em>sound like you hear in the movies, they just reduce the report of the firearm which is beneficial to your ears. The number of suppressors used in actual crimes has to be a miniscule number, they are expensive and they make a pistol a lot harder to conceal, so they aren&#8217;t more of a threat.</p><p>SBRs also are not more dangerous, especially on the scary AR-15 where the shorter barrel means you are losing velocity. Of course rifles of any sort are rarely used in crimes anyway.</p><p>You can&#8217;t deny that we have had a lot of small wins over the last decade, from the widespread adoption of &#8220;permitless concealed carry&#8221; to the <em>Bruen </em>decision to this gutting of the NFA. That hasn&#8217;t stopped some people on social media from bitching because they didn&#8217;t get everything they wanted right now. More importantly, this window of what I called <strong><a href="https://www.arthursido.com/2019/05/the-golden-age-of-gun-buying.html">The Golden Age Of Gun Buying</a></strong> back in 2019 has a shelf life and all of these wins can be rolled back with days of Democrats taking control over the Congress and White House. </p><p>Enjoy it while it lasts and buy with an eye toward that future when things won&#8217;t be so golden.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://arthursido.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Dissident Thoughts is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[That Was Quick]]></title><description><![CDATA[They found the &#8220;alleged&#8221; shooter from yesterday&#8217;s mass shooting at Virginia State University and like Nick Fuentes he was in the closet&#8230;]]></description><link>https://arthursido.substack.com/p/that-was-quick-886</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://arthursido.substack.com/p/that-was-quick-886</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Arthur Sido]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 14:09:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6mfi!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2010a973-f9ad-40f7-9d58-1e64d41aa83f_839x432.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>They found the &#8220;alleged&#8221; shooter from yesterday&#8217;s <strong><a href="https://www.arthursido.com/2026/08/fire-up-the-memory-hole-6.html">mass shooting at Virginia State University</a></strong> and like Nick Fuentes he was in the closet&#8230;</p><h4><strong><a href="https://www.12onyourside.com/2026/08/15/chesterfield-police-find-shooting-suspect-hidden-closet-vsu-campus/">Chesterfield Police find shooting suspect hidden in closet on VSU campus</a></strong></h4><blockquote><p><em>The Chesterfield County Police Department said a 19-year-old Henrico man is behind bars after a mass shooting at Virginia State University on Saturday&#8230;.</em></p><p><em>&#8230;.The police department said the suspect, identified as 19-year-old Camron Harris, was later found on Saturday afternoon hiding in a closet at Seward Hall on Virginia State University&#8217;s campus.</em></p></blockquote><p>Here be Cam-Ron and he isn&#8217;t a student at VSU&#8230;.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6mfi!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2010a973-f9ad-40f7-9d58-1e64d41aa83f_839x432.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6mfi!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_424, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>The story did quote a student&#8230;</p><blockquote><p><em>Todd Macon, an incoming VSU freshman, said he heard the gunshots from inside his dorm room. He&#8217;s only been on campus for a few days.</em></p><p><em>&#8220;Well, I didn&#8217;t hear about it. I heard it from out the window. We were watching the movie around this time too. We stopped. Ain&#8217;t nobody know what&#8217;s going on, but I knew it was gunshots,&#8221; Macon said.</em></p></blockquote><p>&#8220;Ain&#8217;t nobody know what&#8217;s going on&#8221;.</p><p>I checked with <strong><a href="https://x.com/i/grok/share/acb0b89590e943898b7b2e7336ad1e93">Grok</a></strong> and the average SAT score for the incoming freshman at Virginia State is 945 which is about 100 points lower than the average score but VSU is an SAT &#8220;test-optional&#8221; school so I would guess those taking the test were on the relatively &#8220;smarter&#8221; end of the spectrum.</p><p>Clearly only the best and brightest of the 2G community attend Virginia State University.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://arthursido.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Dissident Thoughts is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fire Up The Memory Hole! ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yet another &#8220;school shooting&#8221;/&#8221;mass shooting&#8221; that the media is going to bury quickly.]]></description><link>https://arthursido.substack.com/p/fire-up-the-memory-hole-350</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://arthursido.substack.com/p/fire-up-the-memory-hole-350</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Arthur Sido]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 20:07:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!FwCc!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F414cfd4a-f4d6-4763-b381-c6e243be0bbc_624x624.gif" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!FwCc!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F414cfd4a-f4d6-4763-b381-c6e243be0bbc_624x624.gif" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!FwCc!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_424, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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/__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/fl_lossy/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F414cfd4a-f4d6-4763-b381-c6e243be0bbc_624x624.gif 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Yet another &#8220;school shooting&#8221;/&#8221;mass shooting&#8221; that the media is going to bury quickly.</p><h4><strong><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/5-people-shot-at-virginia-state-university-as-police-investigate-multiple-suspects/ar-AA2abo4c">At least 1 student among 5 people shot at Virginia State University as police investigate</a></strong></h4><p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_State_University">Virginia State University</a></strong> you say?</p><blockquote><p><em>Virginia State University (VSU or Virginia State) is a public historically Black [sic] land-grant university in Ettrick, Virginia, United States. Founded on March 6, 1882, Virginia State developed as the United States&#8217;s [sic] first fully state-supported four-year institution of higher learning for Black [sic] Americans. </em></p></blockquote><p>Ah&#8230;.also, &#8220;higher learning for blacks&#8221;. LOL. LMAO even.</p><p>Five shot, none killed. No suspects, no ongoing threat. On the campus of an HBCU.</p><p>Well clearly this was the work of a MAGA hat wearing White supremacist!</p><p>Like most &#8220;school shootings&#8221; this one is going into the memory hole, which is already bulging with uncountable black-on-black mass shootings, school shootings, drive-by shootings, etc., etc., etc&#8230;.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://arthursido.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Dissident Thoughts is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good Riddance To Bad Trash]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am late to the game on this one as I was out until pretty late last night.]]></description><link>https://arthursido.substack.com/p/good-riddance-to-bad-trash-3c7</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://arthursido.substack.com/p/good-riddance-to-bad-trash-3c7</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Arthur Sido]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 15:07:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2IEB!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F63701098-afd4-4b24-a786-6c03ca84e33d_546x532.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am late to the game on this one as I was out until pretty late last night.</p><p>Our favorite (former) Cambridge professor, Jason Arday, was &#8220;found dead&#8221; yesterday. You will recall that Arday had created the most ridiculously improbable backstory you could imagine and was finally called out for it years later: <strong><a href="https://www.arthursido.com/2026/08/jason-arday-and-seven-years-of-madness.html">Jason Arday And Seven Years Of Madness</a></strong></p><p>It appears that the humiliation had gotten to him and he took the cowardly way out: <strong><a href="https://archive.is/8tT2a">Jason Arday, 41, found dead at home following Cambridge plagiarism scandal</a></strong></p><p>It is being described as &#8220;unexpected but not suspicious&#8221; and he had allegedly told friends he &#8220;couldn&#8217;t go on&#8221; so that sure sounds like suicide to me.</p><p>Of course as this is the Isle of Race Cuckery formerly known England they have made a man who lied about his entire life story, used those lies to get a job at Cambridge and humiliate that once august institution where he used that lofty perch to scold White people into a misunderstood victim of &#8220;racism&#8221;. Cue Sadiq Khan&#8230;</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2IEB!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F63701098-afd4-4b24-a786-6c03ca84e33d_546x532.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2IEB!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_424, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F63701098-afd4-4b24-a786-6c03ca84e33d_546x532.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2IEB!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_848, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_webp, 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8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>He is right, no White person would have faced this "public shaming" because no White person would have been hired by Cambridge with that ridiculous CV in the first place.</p><p>What the goat humping, &#8220;Being stabbed by my fellow Muslims is just part and parcel of living in London&#8221; Mayor means by &#8220;a wake up call&#8221; is that we should never question blacks when they are clearly lying lest the accusations be found true and lead to the black person unaliving themself. In short, there should be no standards and no accountability for blacks. </p><p>More, from the article linked above:</p><blockquote><p><em>The death is being treated as unexpected but is not believed to be suspicious. University of Cambridge professor, and director of the Autism Research Centre, Sir Simon Baron-Cohen has now told the BBC he spoke to Mr Arday on Friday morning when he &#8220;said he couldn&#8217;t go on&#8221;.</em></p><p><em>Sir Simon told Radio 4&#8217;s Today programme: &#8220;He was being subjected to relentless scrutiny, including ridicule, discrediting absolutely every detail of his life, and he wasn&#8217;t coping with the loss of his career, the loss of his reputation, and he felt he couldn&#8217;t go on.&#8221; &#8220;He used those words in voice notes,&#8221; he added.</em></p></blockquote><p>Every detail of his life was being discredited because every detail of the story he concocted was bullshit. For those curious about such things, Sir Simon Baron-Cohen&#8217;s <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Baron-Cohen#Early_life_and_education">Early Life</a></strong> is what you would expect:</p><blockquote><p><em>Baron-Cohen was born into a Jewish family in London, the second son of Judith and Hyman Vivian Baron-Cohen&#8230;His cousins include actor and comedian Sacha Baron Cohen and composer Erran Baron Cohen.</em></p></blockquote><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ff3J!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1bbaf772-8731-4caa-92bf-cc31e5b79557_575x407.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ff3J!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_424, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, 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row&#8217;</a></strong></p><p>Lewis is a black guy living in the UK and like most blacks his single focus is on complaining about blacks being held to the same standards as everyone else.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WGwM!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6340a59e-e66e-4a28-8495-66b9a2facef7_471x248.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WGwM!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_424, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6340a59e-e66e-4a28-8495-66b9a2facef7_471x248.png 424w, 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Why is he a &#8220;good person&#8221;?</p><blockquote><p><em>Jason is a good person (I&#8217;ve met him) who will be well aware that his conduct demands accountability, amid the questions that continue to come thick and fast. It is important, however, to provide context, and human to defend fiercely his right to an emotional wellbeing.</em></p></blockquote><p>Oh you met him? Well I am convinced he is a &#8220;good person&#8221; now. As I said Lewis being a black guy has turned this into an issue of &#8220;racism&#8221; because it is absolutely not permitted to question a black.</p><blockquote><p><em>It is also important to note this issue is complex and goes way beyond him. A minority of critics have, for example, weaponised it to justify their warped view that all Black [sic] people in senior public life are there solely because of DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion). One instigator of the Arday inquiries published a blog post two years ago arguing that in a true &#173;meritocracy, Black [sic] people would disappear from almost all &#173;high-profile positions outside of sports and entertainment.</em></p></blockquote><p>That is completely true. Without preferential hiring and selection, blacks wouldn&#8217;t hold very many prominent positions in academia, business or government because they, in general, lack the intelligence and temperament to hold those positions.</p><blockquote><p><em>Actually, the current controversy shows even white [sic] liberals &#8211; in this case Cambridge, who also have questions to answer &#8211; have the power to decide which world Black [sic] people are allowed to thrive in ... or not. Even the more progressive companies are back to a near-total dominance of one demographic across positions of leadership and &#173;influence.</em></p></blockquote><p>The White liberals at Cambridge <em>tripped over themselves</em> to give this guy a made-up professorship so they could pat themselves on the back over being so enlightened and they would have never removed him if public pressure hadn&#8217;t forced their hand despite his ridiculous contrived backstory. </p><p>As for the second sentence, why would Whites not have &#8220;near-total dominance&#8221; in the UK? Whites are still more than 80% of the population of the UK while blacks are less than 4%. It is their country, Whites built that nation into an empire that spanned the globe. Cambridge was built into one of the greatest institutions of learning in human history entirely by Whites. It <strong>ought to be</strong> dominated by White people. </p><p>Anyway, that is enough digital ink spilled over a liar and charlatan who took himself out. Good riddance. </p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://arthursido.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Dissident Thoughts is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[We Don't Need No Education....]]></title><description><![CDATA[&#8230;as long as the teachers look like us!]]></description><link>https://arthursido.substack.com/p/we-dont-need-no-education</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://arthursido.substack.com/p/we-dont-need-no-education</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Arthur Sido]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 17:52:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1V_5!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe2eb922d-a84e-4f29-8185-5be764e63af8_500x500.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Broadly speaking, schooling is <strong>supposed</strong> to be about <strong>learning</strong> (or in Minneapolis &#8220;learing&#8221;). There are other factors like learning to get along with others and obtaining certain social skills, such as how to keep quiet about your teacher molesting you, but those are secondary to the fundamental building blocks of learning. Our schools are designed to build on prior learning, so you go from learning your numbers to basic addition and subtraction, then multiplication and division, fractions, geometry, algebra, and so on. </p><p>In practice very little of that is going on of course. This has been true for quite some time and now it seems every public school teacher has a TikTok account where they proudly proclaim their intention to transform little kids into trannies. Despite the seemingly endless firehose of money we pour into public schools, educational achievement is on a downward trajectory. </p><p>Much or most of that is the result of demographics. In many inner city schools the student body looks like it was plucked from Juarez, Nairobi or some Indian subcontinent open air toilet. Our education system, whether &#8220;educators&#8221; will admit it or not, was designed by and for White students who on average possess the minimal intelligence needed to grasp the fundamentals of learning. It is not working and never will work regardless of spending on students who have IQs under 90. The less White (or East Asian) the school, the worse the educational results. </p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://buymeacoffee.com/arthursido&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;You can buy me a coffee!&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://buymeacoffee.com/arthursido"><span>You can buy me a coffee!</span></a></p><p>None of that is news to my astute readers of course. </p><p>That also doesn&#8217;t stop morons from insisting on making changes that do nothing to move the achievement needle for all sorts of reasons. For example down in the state capitol of Indianapolis we see this story:</p><h4><strong><a href="https://fox59.com/news/indynews/its-a-vibe-indianapolis-school-stands-out-with-black-male-educators/">&#8216;It&#8217;s a vibe&#8217;: Indianapolis school stands out with black male educators</a></strong></h4><p>I am not sure what &#8220;It&#8217;s a vibe&#8221; means but I am sure it doesn&#8217;t mean &#8220;Results in improved achievement&#8221;. From the story&#8230;</p><blockquote><p><em>According to the National Center for Education Statistics, less than 2% of educators are Black [sic] men. One Indianapolis school is flipping the script.</em></p><p><em>At Avondale Meadows Middle School on the city&#8217;s near northside, 13 of the school&#8217;s 21 staff members are Black [sic] or other minority men&#8230;</em></p><p><em>&#8230;The comments poured in, with positive messages like &#8220;Black [sic] educators make a difference&#8221; and &#8220;Love to see this!&#8221;</em></p><p><em>Principal Ciara Jones says the atmosphere inside the school is different when students see so many men who look like them in positions of leadership.</em></p><p><em>&#8220;It&#8217;s a vibe,&#8221; Jones said. &#8220;It&#8217;s like having the uncles in the hallways. Learning feels more personable now.&#8221;</em></p></blockquote><p>It&#8217;s like having uncles in the hallway? As in &#8220;I&#8217;ll be a monkey&#8217;s uncle&#8221;?</p><p>I saw the story on Faceberg and the comments were pretty evenly split between snarky comments from people like me, normies wondering why &#8220;color matters&#8221; when hiring and the frothing at the mouth defenders of this decrying people asking why &#8220;color matters&#8221; as racists.</p><p>Me being me, I asked myself &#8220;Self, I wonder if this has resulted in positive results for the students?&#8221;. Me also being me, I suspected it did not and as is usually the case, I was right. The stats for <strong><a href="https://www.greatschools.org/indiana/indianapolis/8460-Avondale-Meadows-Middle-School/">Avondale Meadows Middle School</a></strong> are pretty grim. First the lay of the land&#8230;..</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Jo86!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0a702249-67ca-490a-bcf1-cfa930fc0de8_752x682.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Jo86!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_424, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0a702249-67ca-490a-bcf1-cfa930fc0de8_752x682.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Jo86!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_848, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_webp, 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Virtually no White students. That is a pretty ominous set of demographics and the results are exactly what you would expect.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!efCJ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F843da36a-b48d-4b59-b5a3-e6752a8ba89c_751x359.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!efCJ!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_424, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F843da36a-b48d-4b59-b5a3-e6752a8ba89c_751x359.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!efCJ!, /__u/arthursido.substack.com/w_848, 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The English state required tests must be pretty easy and still less than a quarter met the bare bones standards. What is worse, English was the best result. In math 93% didn&#8217;t meet the standard and in science 98% were below the mark. </p><p>For a point of reference, these are the same tests taken by local Amish kids and many of them, at least the girls, score very well. I know a few that tested at high school senior level despite only going to school through the 8th grade. The Amish kids score very well compared to their peers and most have horrible grammar, although that doesn&#8217;t seem to stop them from being very successful in life. </p><p>Maybe it is just the racism talking but it seems to me that even though having male black teachers makes the students (and liberal White ladies on social media) feel good, it isn&#8217;t translating to better test scores. You can&#8217;t solve the problem of black underachievement by increasing the number of black teachers or even increasing the level of spending, not by any amount. 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race.</em></p><p><em>Yagaloff claims that financial incentives will attract greater diversity.</em></p><p><em>&#8220;Are there financial incentives for black and brown people to work here? It&#8217;s an extra burden, quite frankly, to be a black and brown teacher and administrator in the district, so I think we need to start thinking about that financially if we&#8217;re not already,&#8221; she stated.</em></p><p><em>&#8220;We got money,&#8221; she laughs.</em></p></blockquote><p>Dey is tired boss. Powerful tired. </p><p>As it just so happens, Whites are tired too. Tired of their violence and complaining and general bullshit.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://arthursido.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Dissident Thoughts is a reader-supported publication. 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