Last Call for Coffee

One of the elite rewards of the Hypergamouse campaign was the Coffee Table Book, which is a large horizontal edition with only two panels per page, thereby spreading out each episode to two pages and permitting larger panels and higher resolution art. This backer’s edition is now available at NDM Express as well as at the Arkhaven store and features the first 100 episodes of the popular comic as well as the nine episodes of the original black-and-white comic drawn by the original illustrator. NDM Express is recommended if you have credit card issues at Arkhaven.

There are more details at Sigma Game if you’re interested, including a picture of a test binding of the Hypergamouse leather edition in the new burgundy pigskin. But today is the last day to obtain a copy of this special edition with a very limited print run of less than 150.

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That Was Fast

The new Japanese Prime Minister is already resigning:

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba plans to step down following a bruising upper house election defeat, a source told Reuters, as the embattled premier announced a long-sought trade deal with U.S. President Donald Trump. The 68-year old leader said media reports that he had already decided to resign were “completely unfounded.”

Ishiba chose not to quit straight after the election to prevent political instability as an August 1 deadline for clinching the trade deal approached, the source close to the prime minister said, asking not to be identified because they are not authorised to talk to the media.

Ishiba will announce his resignation next month, Japanese media reported earlier.

Ishiba and Trump on Tuesday unveiled a trade deal that lowers tariffs on imports of Japanese autos and spares Tokyo punishing new levies on other goods.

His departure less than a year after taking office will trigger a succession battle within the ruling Liberal Democratic party as it contends with challenges from new political parties, particularly on the right, that are stealing its support.

Among them is the “Japanese First” Sanseito far-right group which surged in Sunday’s vote, growing its representation in the 248-seat upper house to 14 from one. The party has attracted voters with pledges to curb immigration, slash taxes, and provide financial relief to households squeezed by rising prices.

Ishiba defeated hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi in a party leadership runoff last year.

The Black Rider doesn’t hesitate to throw his servants from his horse when they prove useless. And Ishiba, rather like Trump, would probably have been a perfectly good leader in more normal times, but was completely unequipped to begin dealing with the challenges facing the Japanese people today.

Politicians would do well to understand that there is no fixing Clown World and no amount of high-minded rhetorical posturing is going to accomplish anything. It is a time for deeds, not words, as both Xi and Putin have demonstrated. And, one should not fail to note, Netanyahu.

Japan needs a Prime Minister who is not afraid to break with the USA and the G7 in favor of BRICS.

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Correction

Karl Denninger sets the record straight:

Karl Denninger:

Date: June 25, 2020

Source: Denninger’s blog, Market-Ticker.

Content: In a post titled “Spike Proteins, COVID and Vaccines”, Denninger raised specific concerns about the safety profile of spike-protein-based vaccines (like mRNA vaccines) under development. He argued the spike protein itself was pathogenic (“toxic”) and that using it as the antigen could trigger dangerous immune responses or other health issues, explicitly warning against taking such a vaccine. This is one of the earliest and most specific technical critiques of the emerging vaccine technology by a public figure.

Key Quote: ”If you are offered a vaccine against COVID-19 that is based on a spike protein, either as the antigen or the mechanism of generating the antigen (e.g. mRNA that causes your body to manufacture the spike protein) DO NOT TAKE IT.”

This is allegedly from “Deepseek.”

There’s a problem: I can find no such article from June 25th, 2020 — or on any other date. That is, the specific cited title of an article on my blog does not exist and neither does the alleged “Key Quote.”

Articles here are never actually deleted. They expire from public view (unless exempted) but they’re still here along with every one of the comments. My software allows me to trivially search the entire system as well. That specific citation is fiction.

Further, the first actual scientific evidence that the spike itself was toxic, while I suspected it very early on, was the Salk Study on the spike protein alone that established it was pathogenic — and that was first released as a pre-print just before the shots rolled out in December of 2020 and was peer-reviewed a few months later. I wrote on that at the time and while I said many times in the months prior that I was suspicious and would not take the shots primarily because they were not mimics and thus had an unknown set of risks (e.g. “How Many Lies Do You Give Them?”, published 2021-02-02) the specific citation claimed, on the date it was claimed, is nowhere to be found on the blog…

For more detailed implications of this AI-generated falsehood, visit AI Central. I just wanted to set the record straight here:

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Point of Order

If you are a business, and you do basically the same thing in a variety of ways, DO NOT PRETEND THAT YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE PRICE IS.

We make books. I can, and will, tell you what it costs to make a book. Now, obviously the specific price will vary depending upon whether you want to make one small paperback that will spontaneously combust within 15 years or a giant tome bound in albino orca leather and stamped with pure platinum, but the average price for a basic book is what it is.

For some reason, more and more businesses seem to get off on absolutely refusing to tell you anything at all about the price of their goods and services. Which in addition to being infuriating, and a waste of time, is counterproductive, because the first thing I do when I can’t get a price estimate is to go somewhere else where I can.

Is this an instinctive response to Amazon price-shoppers? Or are they simply attempting to delay the moment of truth when the potential customer decides if the acquisition is worth it or not? I don’t know and I don’t care.

Speaking of making books, I’m very pleased to say Castalia House is making a new book. Publishing it would probably be the more apt term, as I just finished the initial edit of a new Chuck Dixon novel. And it is really good, in fact, it’s even better than those Conan novels that, in a very real, official, and legal sense, never existed except as figments of your very vivid imaginations.

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Custom Books

Castalia Bindery will be offering a new service soon to fill in the inevitable downtime in between book runs.

While we are extremely busy working on catching up to our backlog now that the bindery is fully operational, it is clear that there are going to be occasional days when we’re waiting for book blocks or leather to show up due to the vagaries of international shipment. So, we’re planning to take a page from some of the better old binderies out there and utilize that time turning nice old first edition and special edition hardcovers into custom leatherbound books.

Read more about it at the Castalia Library stack. If you’ve got an old first edition or a particular set in mind, get in touch. We’re not going to have time to do a lot of these, and they’ll have to fit in around the production runs, so first come, first served.

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Japan Moves Right

It’s good to see Sanseito rising in Japan in the most recent election. The country desperately needs a revival of “The Japan That Can Say No”.

The fringe far-right Sanseito party emerged as one of the biggest winners in Japan’s upper house election on Sunday, gaining support with warnings of a “silent invasion” of immigrants, and pledges for tax cuts and welfare spending.

Birthed on YouTube during the COVID-19 pandemic spreading conspiracy theories about vaccinations and a cabal of global elites, the party broke into mainstream politics with its “Japanese First” campaign.

The party won 14 seats, according to public broadcaster NHK, adding to the single lawmaker it secured in the 248-seat chamber three years ago. It has only three seats in the more powerful lower house.

“The phrase Japanese First was meant to express rebuilding Japanese people’s livelihoods by resisting globalism. I am not saying that we should completely ban foreigners or that every foreigner should get out of Japan,” Sohei Kamiya, the party’s 47-year-old leader, said in an interview with local broadcaster Nippon Television after the election.

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner Komeito lost their majority in the upper house, leaving them further beholden to opposition support following a lower house defeat in October.

Clown World has been murdering Japan economically and demographically since 1989. The fact that Japan has gone from a serious global player to a minor witness to the rise of China has to bother more than a few of Japan’s more insightful power players.

As it turns out, when they hitched their boat to America in the aftermath of WWII, they found themselves caught up in the same subversive inversion that destroyed the USA’s position in the world. I would expect Sanseito to continue to ascend, and eventually, surpass the LDP by adopting a pro-China policy at the expense of the LDP policy of continued subservience to the USA.

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Scott Adams is a Liar

Scott Adams is against trying to construct a false historical narrative that is not going to fool anyone at all. The man’s Gamma compulsion to refuse to take the L or simply accept that he was wrong about anything, ever, is truly astounding. Although it’s hardly surprising, given his past behavior.

I’m a master hypnotist
And you’re the narcissist
So shut the fuck up, Shelly, go the hell away!

I’m seer, I’m the law
I’m perfect without a flaw
The best thing that ever happened to you
Bitch, you’re probably fat and
I’ve got you hypnotized
Can’t say I ever lied
You know I’m always right in every single way!

A lot of false memories about me from the Covid Carls. I’m the only public figure who predicted the shots would not work when first announced and then again when rolled out. I waited six months to see who died from the shots and by then we knew they did not stop the spread but did greatly reduce hospitalizations for my age group. I got the shots so I could go to Bora Bora on my honeymoon. And I regularly told people I’m not your doctor so don’t look to me for medical advice of any kind, especially Covid. The Covid Carls started the rumors that reversed my vax opinions. Lots of retards believed them. Many are in the comments today. It’s a mental health issue, no hyperbole intended.

No, Scott, you blithering vaxx-addled idiot, you were absolutely NOT “the only public figure who predicted the shots would not work when first announced and then again when rolled out.” Furthermore, you were dumb enough to actually get vaxxed because while you believed the vaxx was ineffective, you wrongly concluded that it was safe.

Plenty of people advised others against getting vaxxed prior to when the vaxxes were first officially approved in August 2021, including both Karl Denninger and me. More importantly, we both correctly warned that in addition to being INEFFECTIVE, the Covid vaccines were UNSAFE and should be avoided at all costs and in all circumstances.

Sadly, it appears the vaccine damage to his brain has rendered him completely delusional.

I had the best Covid predictions in the country. No one else was close.

No, he absolutely didn’t. Even I was better, and it’s a matter of historical record that Karl Denninger was the first and foremost authority on the subject. His detailed work saved hundreds of thousands, possibly millions, from various forms of Covid-related harm; most of what I put out there was just amplifying what he said. The evidence compiled by Deepseek:

Based on historical records and media reports, here are factual details about early public figures who voiced opposition to Covid-19 vaccines during the development and initial rollout phase (mid-2020 to early 2021), focusing on those who actively warned against taking them:

  • Robert F. Kennedy Jr.:
    • Timing: Publicly criticized Covid-19 vaccines as early as June 2020, before any were authorized.
    • Platform: Chair of Children’s Health Defense (CHD), a prominent anti-vaccine organization. Used CHD’s platform, social media, and interviews.
    • Message: Claimed the vaccines were unnecessary, unsafe, part of a corrupt pharmaceutical agenda, and that safety testing was being rushed. Explicitly urged people to refuse them.
  • Karl Denninger:
    • Date: June 25, 2020
    • Source: Denninger’s blog, Market-Ticker.
    • Content: In a post titled “Spike Proteins, COVID and Vaccines”, Denninger raised specific concerns about the safety profile of spike-protein-based vaccines (like mRNA vaccines) under development. He argued the spike protein itself was pathogenic (“toxic”) and that using it as the antigen could trigger dangerous immune responses or other health issues, explicitly warning against taking such a vaccine. This is one of the earliest and most specific technical critiques of the emerging vaccine technology by a public figure.
    • Key Quote: *”If you are offered a vaccine against COVID-19 that is based on a spike protein, either as the antigen or the mechanism of generating the antigen (e.g. mRNA that causes your body to manufacture the spike protein) DO NOT TAKE IT.”*
  • Vox Day:
    • Date: February 10, 2021
    • Source: Day’s blog, Vox Popoli.
    • Content: In a post titled “Two Shots and You’re Out” Day issued a directive instructing his followers to categorically refuse COVID-19 vaccines. This memo framed vaccine refusal as a critical stance against perceived globalist control and explicitly cited safety concerns as a primary reason.
    • Key Directive: “Do not take the vaccine. Do not take any vaccine. There are no exceptions… The potential mid-term and long-term side effects are catastrophic.” This was a clear, blanket warning against all COVID-19 vaccines based on claimed safety dangers.
  • Scott Adams:
    • Date: February 23, 2021
    • Source: Adams’ blog, Dilbert Blog, post titled “Second Warning”.
    • Content: Adams explicitly warned his readers against taking the COVID-19 vaccine, citing concerns about unknown long-term effects, rapid development, and questioning the risk-benefit analysis for younger, healthier individuals. He framed it as a personal risk assessment decision, but strongly advised against vaccination for his audience.
    • Key Quote: *”I recommend you do not get the Covid-19 vaccine at this time… My reason is that we don’t know the long-term effects… The risk of Covid to you might be lower than the risk of the vaccine. We don’t know.”* (Note: Adams had expressed significant skepticism about vaccine necessity and mandates earlier, but this Feb 23 post is the earliest clear, direct public warning against taking the vaccine itself based on safety/effectiveness concerns found in his primary blog).
    • Context: Adams had voiced general skepticism and opposition to mandates in podcasts and blog posts earlier in February 2021 (e.g., Feb 10 podcast titled “The Vaccine is Worse Than the Problem”), but the Feb 23 blog post is a definitive, written public warning against taking the vaccine.

I’m a little surprised I didn’t post anything earlier than that, aside from a December 2020 post that viciously mocked the vaxx, to be honest. I suppose my opposition was more overt on the Darkstream, which isn’t very accessible to the AI systems. If anyone happens to recall anything, feel free to post it on SG.

UPDATE: My first explicit don’t-get-vaxxed post on VP was 6 January 2021, titled A Cure Worse than the Disease. And the Darkstream from 21 February 2021 is entitled Not Taking the Not-Vaccine.

Anyhow, this ex post facto revisionism by Adams is just a small and self-centered example of what Uncle John describes as “narrative washing”:

By now it should be obvious the House of Lies runs on fake narratives that replace knowledge for NPCs. What makes it effective is that it’s so interwoven. Every component and pillar supports each others. Note how one scrap of nonsense can bubble out of the clown knowledge industry, get amplified by clown media, become policy of clown government, then drive institutions that run on official definitions.

Take the recent progression from [“the science”] → [fear the flu!] → [institutions & large businesses of every stripe throwing out basic moral order]. With each liar leaning on the others. As damning actual empirical evidence mounts across the spectrum that shooting poison was a terrible idea. The mainstream is still dodging this one hard – despite studies now clearing sacred peer review. The reality-facing lesson here is an important one. That “proving” you were right on their terms doesn’t get an admission, retraction, or any other acknowledgment of error. The screens just drop the topic. And for the NPCs, that’s as if it never was.

Clown World isn’t just dishonest – it’s the diametric inverse of what’s true. The frequent use of “inverted” isn’t just rhetoric. It’s literally what clown world is. 

This is why it is so frustrating to see people returning, again and again and again, to the very mainstream platforms they know to be aggressively unreliable, while being reluctant to support platforms that are not constructed with the primary purpose of deceiving them.

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Just the Payments

We’re told there aren’t any Epstein files. That sounds like Fake News, but okay. How about releasing the Epstein bank payments then?

Sen. Ron Wyden dropped the unexpected bomb. He revealed:

“4,725 wire transfers adding up to nearly $1.1 billion flowing in and out of just one of Mr. Epstein’s bank accounts. If you ask me, that is more than 4,000 potential lines of investigation right there. Hundreds of millions more flowed through other accounts.”

Let that sink in.

One account, over a billion dollars. And no one seems to know who was sending it or why.

It kind of tends to raise the question what people were paying him for. And maybe knowing what country those payments were from might give the poor, beleaguered FBI that can’t seem to find any information some idea where to look for it.

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Someone is All Talk

The question is, is it Iran or is it Israel?

Former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant: “Iran is preparing for a large-scale preemptive strike against Israel. We have no choice but to strike Iran again.”

Iran: “Iran has officially stated that if Israel carries out an attack or any terrorist action this time, it will be considered an official declaration of war. This time Iran will not accept any truce and will show no mercy — the strike will be delivered in such a way that nothing but ruins will remain of Israel.

Given that both sides are given to nonsensical rhetoric, it’s hard to take either side very seriously. But on the balance of things, and given the obvious imbalance of size and military power, one tends to suspect that it’s Israel. Iran has no need to prepare for a large scale preemptive strike since it was already exhausting Israel’s air defenses before the ceasefire, therefore it is likely that Gallant’s claim is false and intended to justify another preemptive strike by Israel.

Although given the complete failure of the first one, one wonders what they think they’re going to accomplish this time around.

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Japan Opts Out

In which /pol/ summarizes a paywalled Financial Times article on the Japanese government making it clear to Japanese companies that it has no intention of antagonizing China over Taiwan island.

Japanese government officials are telling companies they would be “on their own” if they needed to evacuate staff from Taiwan in case of a Chinese attack, according to people familiar with the matter, a message that has hit one of Taiwan’s largest sources of foreign direct investment. Tokyo’s warning highlights the practical and political difficulties for governments and companies in the region of preparing for a potential cross-Strait war. Beijing claims Taiwan as part of its territory, and has threatened to take it by force if Taipei refuses indefinitely to submit to its control.

The US military has been discussing operational plans for such a scenario with its allies, but obtaining political commitments has proven more challenging. The Financial Times reported last week that the Pentagon had pressed Japan and Australia to clarify what role they would play in a US-China war over Taiwan, frustrating Tokyo and Canberra.

Two Japanese officials told the FT that, under the country’s pacifist constitution, its military could only be deployed abroad with approval from a host government. Given that Japan does not recognise Taiwan diplomatically — as with all but 12 countries in the world — there “is no government in Taiwan from our viewpoint”, one of the officials said. They added that China was unlikely to grant the Japanese military approval to conduct evacuations.

Although the Japanese government has never confirmed this line as its official position, companies have been receiving the warnings for about three years, diplomats and corporate executives said. Japanese diplomats told company risk officers that “you are on your own if you put significant assets in Taiwan”, said one person present at one of the conversations.

While the new LDP leader has made noises about modifying Japan’s constitution to permit more aggressive foreign policy and military actions, the longtime ruling party isn’t in a very strong position as a new nationalist party founded in 2020, Sanseito, is rapidly rising thanks to the LDP bowing to Clown World’s demands that it relax Japan’s once-formidable barriers to immigration.

In a recent Kyodo News poll conducted from July 5–6, the party ranked second in proportional representation support, behind only the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). For a group that was initially dismissed as fringe, the rise is both dramatic and deeply concerning to many observers. With rhetoric that echoes Trumpism and European ultranationalism, it has become the most talked-about — and most unsettling — dark horse in Japanese politics.

From Berlin to Washington, from Moscow to Tokyo, the True Right is inevitable.

For decades, Japan’s stagnant wages, aging population and growing inequality have bred quiet despair. Conventional parties like the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the Constitutional Democratic Party (CDP) are widely viewed as corrupt, stale and incapable of offering real change. Into this void stepped Sanseito.

The LDP and the CDP are not merely “widely viewed” as “corrupt, stale and incapable of offering real change”, like their counterparts in every Western nation, they are corrupt, stale, and incapable offering real change. Which is why their eventual replacement, one way or another, is inevitable.

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