Posted On: Monday - May 19th 2025 7:52PM MST
In Topics: Internets Music Websites Media Stupidity Liberty/Libertarianism
They're a great org - I can't keep up with all the newsletters and magazines, along with the others, but I seem to agree with nearly everything the John Birch Society stands for. I need to send in my yearly dues (reminder to self).
Since, our last post was about internet searches, I'll start the week of with this short observation. I wanted to paste in a link to this organization for an Unz Review comment. I was pretty sure the main site is simply jbs.org (yes, it is), but I figured I'd search on google to make sure. I see that I cut it off of the screenshot, but my search was simply for "John Birch Society":
I see wikipedia up top for lots of searches on people and organizations, but look where the blurb and link to jbs.org ended up. It's after a page from The New Yorker and even the Niskanen Center (wait, who the hell are the Niskanen Center?), and NPR, sorry, npr. npr says the organization is secretive, so I guess I'm breaking internet silence here by even mentioning the jbs. Yes, it's very extreme indeed these days to be pro- Liberty and Christianity and anti- Globalism and Communism.
In our post Peak Search Results, really, "Peak Useful Internet Search Results", we stayed non-political with our speculation with 3 reasons for Peak Search being behind us - I guessed '10-'15, somewhere in there. This above - that's political. We know where google stands.
And now, after a 2nd time suggestion by Mr. G. Anderson, here is the 1950s-60s ctrl-left folk band The Chad Mitchell Trio singing The John Birch Society. Now, Peak Stupidity likes us some good music and making fun is OK, but I inserted "ctrl-left" here to be. nice. From my reading just now, these guys were as good as Communists. I mean, they had a song making fun of Barry Goldwater supporters, for cryin' out loud.
OK, they can't have been hard-core Communists, because they were having fun.
This was a short possibly non-interesting post, so let me add a Nielson Ratings update here. I mentioned they send $5 bills now with the survey diaries. Inflation, you know. A few years ago it was either 2 or 3 bucks inside each inbound envelope. Cash is good. We filled out the diaries honestly, basically indicating that we don't listen to the radio. Of course I had to add my one embellishment (as mentioned in the post linked-to here) about pulling up to some ghetto thugs car and hearing a little bit, till I rolled up the windows. That's pretty much my phrasing.
Well, they wanted a name for the check to send me. I can't do that, HAL. I've been using a fake name the whole time, something along the lines of Joe Blow. OK, we won't get the money. Just now I received the check they sent anyway, made out to (something along the lines of) Joe Blow. How can I cash that? Anyone got any ideas? 50 bucks is 50 bucks. It's money for nothin', but, yeah, cash is King, bitchez. Next time, all cash in advance, or no data for you.
PS: I had to fix my link to jbs (missing the https: etc.), and I see that duckduckgo does better. The first big blurb featured up top goes to the John Birch Society site.
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[UPDATED 05/20:] Added Chad Mitchell Trio song and commentary on said combo.
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Comments:
The Alarmist
Tuesday - May 20th 2025 11:31AM MST
PS
Five bucks in an envelope .... hmmm. Can that get you a better table at McDonalds?
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Five bucks in an envelope .... hmmm. Can that get you a better table at McDonalds?
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Moderator
Tuesday - May 20th 2025 9:50AM MST
PS: It must have been you, Mr. Anderson, who led us to this song before. Yes, it's a decent tune and the lyrics are great - one has to ignore the obvious 1960's leftist agenda.
This song should appear in this post, so I'll get to that in a while. Thanks.
This song should appear in this post, so I'll get to that in a while. Thanks.
Ganderson
Tuesday - May 20th 2025 5:43AM MST
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https://youtu.be/oWCYSVZhPoU
From the criminally underrated Chad. Mitchell Trio . Their political stuff hasn’t worn welll- political stuff usually doesn’t - and they were standard issue early 60s leftists, but they were good singers who chose good songs.
“ Oh, we’re meeting at the courthouse
At 8 o’clock tonight,
you just come in the door
and take the first turn to the right
Be careful when you get there we’d hate to be bereft
But we’re taking down the names
Of everybody turning left”5
https://youtu.be/oWCYSVZhPoU
From the criminally underrated Chad. Mitchell Trio . Their political stuff hasn’t worn welll- political stuff usually doesn’t - and they were standard issue early 60s leftists, but they were good singers who chose good songs.
“ Oh, we’re meeting at the courthouse
At 8 o’clock tonight,
you just come in the door
and take the first turn to the right
Be careful when you get there we’d hate to be bereft
But we’re taking down the names
Of everybody turning left”5
"Mayto Dee, may we have a table by door and the drive-through window?"
"Ahhh, but Miss Your and Mon Sewer, there are better tables by the soft drink machine..." [Holds his hand out behind his back.]
"Sir, we like this one. We want to make sure we won't get hit with any hot oil from the fryer the next time there is a chimp out. My Doc says to avoid the trans-fats."