Category: Hustlers, Frauds, Mountebanks
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Naomi Wolf on Zohran Mamdani
Naomi Wolf feels . . . guilty because my reaction to Mamdani is so personally aversive. It is aversive because of the lie-and-deception factor. Mamdani, as I will reveal, is a nepo son dressed as a communist — but a communist takeover of NYC is not what really motivates this man, not what is really…
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Skeptical and Credulous
Remember Bernie Madoff? A Substack retrospect.
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Spiritual Mountebanks
Substack latest. Hold onto your wallets, muchachos! The world is full of hustlers and charlatans who prey upon spiritual seekers. One ought to be suspicious of anyone who claims enlightenment or special powers. The acid test is whether they demand money or sex for their services. If they do, run away while holding onto your…
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Thomas Merton on Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche
Substack latest. Excerpt: One of the worst features of some New Age types is their conceit that they are beyond duality when they are firmly enmired in it. Perhaps the truly enlightened are beyond moral dualism and can live free of moral injunctions and prohibitions. But what often happens in practice is that spiritual aspirants…