I. INTRODUCTION

A. Appearances

• NFL Preview.
  
• Live w Baris:
  

B. Art of the Day: Meme Masters

A meme we’re adding to the 1776LawCenter’s Rolodex of excellent memes for merch, the simple, elegant Don’t Tread On Me from the American revolution against the silhouette of the Amish farmer. 

C. Wisdom of the Day: Joel Salatin

“We’ve got the cultural mentality that you’ve got to be an idiot to be a farmer.” Joel Salatin.  

D. Cultural Recommendation: Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal

Joel Salatin’s wonderful book on food freedom — Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/835344.Everything_I_Want_To_Do_Is_Illegal?

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I. INTRODUCTION

A. Art of the Day: The curved Victorian couch under the open window, with the kerosene lamp before the moonlit azure sky, the TV on behind as welcome rest beckons. The firmness of these old curved couches reminds of what furniture was once reliably made with style and to be steady and strong as a structure, but also to serve a function beyond appearance or aesthetic for something as fundamental as rest. 

B. Wisdom of the Day:  “He understood that the foreign aid game was a sham - he had to know. It existed to make him rich and to shackle his country with debt.” John Perkins, Confession of an Economic Hit Man. 

C. Cultural Recommendation: The Debt Trap. Critics of the IMF proved prescient. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1865314.The_debt_trap?

D. Appearances

• NCAA, NFL & Soccer Previews: https://rumble.com/user/SportsPicks?e9s=src_v1_cmd
• Saturday Morning AMA https://sportspicks.locals.com/post/7234672/live-betting-w-barnes-saturday-august-30-2025

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Barnes Brief: Daily Edition, Thursday, August 28, 2025

I. INTRODUCTION

A. Appearances

• NCAA, NFL & Soccer Previews: https://rumble.com/user/SportsPicks?e9s=src_v1_cmd

B. Art of the Day: The necessary reading nook, like the kind I’d try to form for myself at bookstores like Shakespeare in Paris, or for one’s residence to shape a place to disappear within, chasing the thoughts of the author and oneself, transported to other worlds made comfortable by the hugging chair, warm blankets, and surrounded books. 

C. Wisdom of the Day: “To love the little platoon we belong to in society is the first principle of public affections.” Edmund Burke. 

D. Cultural Recommendation: 1775: A Good Year for Revolution by Kevin Phillips. Brilliant text detailing the people, and ideas, that made the world greatest revolution arise. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13588422-1775

*Note: A reminder — links are NOT endorsements of the ideas contained therein. The Library is big, and it mostly consists of ideas I do not personally share.  

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