Roundtable Discussion on Homer's "The Odyssey" featuring Christopher Hitchens.

 

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Professor Stanley Lombardo reads from his translation of the Iliad.

"The Contemporary Relevance of the Iliad"

Wikipedia:

Stanley F. "Stan" Lombardo (alias Hae Kwang; born June 19, 1943) is an American Classicist, and former professor of Classics at the University of Kansas.

He is best known for his translations of the Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Aeneid (published by the Hackett Publishing Company). The style of his translations is a more vernacular one, emphasizing conversational English rather than the formal tone of some older American English translations of classical verse. Lombardo designs his translations to be performed orally, as they were in ancient Greece. He also performs the poems, and has recorded them as audio books. In performance he also likes to play the drums, much like Ezra Pound.

Video Title: Roundtable Discussion on Homer's "The Odyssey" featuring Christopher Hitchens. Source: C-SPAN's Book TV. Date Published: July 23, 2026. Description:

In 2000, C-SPAN's Book TV hosted Professor Lombardo and other panelists to discuss his latest translation of Homer's Odyssey and talked about the enduring importance of the work. During the course of the discussion Mr. Lombardo read passages in English and Greek and panelists responded to viewer telephone calls and electronic mail.

The War Nerd’s Iliad (w/ John Dolan)

 

Video Title: The War Nerd’s Iliad (w/ John Dolan). Source: The Zero Hour with RJ Eskow. Date Published: October 26, 2017.

Keep Your Friends Close. . .

I remember watching Alex Jones documentaries in the early 2000s and the big fear at the time was the United Nations taking over the military and running concentration camps for dissidents.

Throughout the 90s we saw the rise of the blue helmets, these rape happy scumbags who were being given free reign in conflict zones all around the world, and especially in Africa. 

Their track record was proven to be a disaster wherever they were deployed. 

But that fear was largely misplaced. 

With today's news that the U.S. military is officially integrating with the Israeli military we can put aside any reservations about who is running the show in Washington. 

Now the threat is in your face and impossible to avoid. Now the enemy has made itself known for all with eyes to see.

In many ways today was a Godsend. 

The war in the Middle East has never been clearer. 

This is a war between Islam and Israel, orchestrated by a transnational elite, that America and Iran find themselves in the middle of but won't see any of the rewards. Not a dime. They are towels being wrung out. That's their current purpose as enslaved nations. 

Religion and ideology has gripped both capitals, while foreign military outfits enforce security on their streets.

That's their situation.

They are slaves.

"Did What Was Right"

Trump, Ford, Carney, every political leader, government agent, and politician around the world destroyed lives and businesses during Covid. 

They're all going to hell. 

This doctor is not. 

He did the right thing when it wasn't easy.

CHARGES DROPPED against Dr. Kirk Moore, a HERO who handed out "VACCINE CARDS" and administered saline instead of the deadly "covid" vaccine .

Hero doctor saved many lives. pic.twitter.com/IQpfJM6Xde

— Luiz M.D. (@Luizmd) July 21, 2026

On Geographic Lessons, And The Strange U.S.-Canada Beef

Canada has a pretty good education system. I'm sure the Prime Minister and the Premier of Ontario took geography classes in school. 

Canada and America are joined at the hip.

I don't know why they decided to pick a fight with the psychopath in Washington and why they think Canada has any chance in a trade war with the United States.

These two men need to be far away from political office. They both have zero political instincts and have done great harm to Canada.

Doug's late brother had more tact and diplomatic skill. He would have been a better leader and gotten along fine with Trump. 

You have to flatter a man like him, not antagonize.