New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Edo de Waart, with Augustin Hadelich (violin). Music by Beethoven and Brahms. Michael Fowler Centre 18 August.

The sonata, the concerto and the symphony are among the greatest achievements of mankind. They reached their apogee in the nineteenth century. They have been under assault since the early part of the twentieth, when Stravinsky and others launched a war on melody and beauty.

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Greetings Friends!

I am now in the process of fundraising for an upscale forum to hold in-depth and entertaining debates in Auckland. New Zealand speakers for a New Zealand audience.

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There is no such thing as hate speech.

Hate speech is an irrational anti-concept dripping in the pure slime of subjectivity without any proper objective measure to give it any qualification.

Once there was a great philosopher who suddenly somehow someway acquired superpowers. X didn't have the slightest idea who or what had changed him, nor why, nor how long the changes would last.

I wrote this essay because I'm completely fed-up with Obleftivism's appeasement and evasion of the Left's vicious anti-white and anti-man bigotry. As usual, the original post is at the link. The article includes supporting links and screenshots. https://militaryreviews.blogsp...

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Now that Lauren Southern and Stefan Molyneux have been told by Immigration NZ that they will be given visas to come to New Zealand to speak if they can find a venue, Hazim Arafeh, President of the Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand, says that he is angry and that:

Not exactly a ringing endorsement:

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At 5:30 on (1 hour on).

Platonic "forms" and Kantian "things-in-themselves" don't exist. "A priori", "necessary", and "analytic" propositions, claims, knowledge, and truth are similarly non-existent.

Virtually all reading material should be printed in "12 point type" or larger. It's pretty much moral depravity if it isn't. Tiny type blinds people.

"The only thing better than singing," said Ella Fitzgerald, "is more singing." There's been a singing-fest in New Zealand these past few days, of a kind that reminds us that opera singing in particular is one of the great glories of humanity.

The Russian government seems highly competent at making weapons which can slaughter millions of innocents. But how good is it at protecting individual rights?

Live stream of concert version of Aida to begin at 7.30 pm. Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and sundry soloists (not SOLOists):

Many will think that this blog entry's title is hyperbole. Before reaching such a conclusion consider the following news article from what's left of England. "Students" (more accurately, Moslem invaders) have erased Rudyard Kipling's "if" from a university wall where it had been recently posted.

Joe DiGenova is magnificent here. This, as opposed to Obleftivism and Trump Derangement Syndrome, is what OrgOism needs:

Elan Journo is a fellow at the Ayn Rand Institute (ARI) and its resident foreign policy "expert." Last month Journo had a book published, What Justice Demands: America and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. I haven't read it yet. Honestly, it will probably be some time before I bother.

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jaime Martin with Simon Trpčeski (piano).
Music by Shostakovich and Grieg.
Michael Fowler Centre, July 13.

The day after this concert I spoke at a pro-freedom of speech rally at Parliament. For me there was a synergy between these events. Freedom of artistic expression was unknown to Dmitri Shostakovich for most of his career.

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Recovering gradually from an attack of something that left my legs useless and my mind in a hallucinatory realm for four days, an experience I would be hard put to describe even as a fairy tale (no, I do not use cannabis or any other brand of recreational drug), I am beginning to catch up with my emails and grasp the state of the world – where the Congressional hearings stand and how far Islam has progressed in the West (Islam, the West, and “progress” being mutually contradictory terms).

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I can’t remember who exactly wrote this salient metaphor about literature, it may well have been Jane Austen:

MEDIA RELEASE:

A crowd funding campaign has been launched to raise money to bring judicial review proceedings against Phil Goff and Auckland Council for their banning of speakers Stefan Molyneux and Lauren Southern at Council-owned venues.

Semi-Objectivist Steve Ditko died a few days ago at age 90.

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"Alt Right" (whatever that is) YouTubers Stefan Molyneux and Lauren Southern have just been effectively banned from entering New Zealand thanks to Phascist Phil, Mayor of Auckland, and sundry Islamophascists:

We're used to it that one should sacrifice oneself for God or the State or the Collective—then more latterly the planet. Now it's for the animals.

This article, published in the May 1999 issue of the Space Coast Area Mensa (SCAM) newsletter, made predictions that have sadly come true.