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Rule by Fiat: National Crises, Fake Emergencies and Other Dangerous Presidential Powers
Rule by Fiat: National Crises, Fake Emergencies and Other Dangerous Presidential Powers “When the President does it, that means that it is not illegal.”—Richard Nixon Who pays the price for the dissolution of the constitutional covenant that holds the government and its agents accountable to the will of the people? We all do. This ill-advised […]
I’m Not Breaking Up with America This Valentine’s Day, and Neither Should You
I’m Not Breaking Up with America This Valentine’s Day, and Neither Should You “There’s absolutely no evidence to support the statement that [America is] the greatest country in the world. We’re 7th in literacy, 27th in math, 22nd in science, 49th in life expectancy, 178th in infant mortality, 3rd in median household income, number 4 […]
Empire of Lies: Are ‘We the People’ Useful Idiots in the Digital Age?
Empire of Lies: Are ‘We the People’ Useful Idiots in the Digital Age? “Back in the heyday of the old Soviet Union, a phrase evolved to describe gullible western intellectuals who came to visit Russia and failed to notice the human and other costs of building a communist utopia. The phrase was “useful idiots” and it […]
Enough Is Enough: If You Really Want to Save Lives, Take Aim at Government Violence [SHORT]
Enough Is Enough: If You Really Want to Save Lives, Take Aim at Government Violence [SHORT] Enough is enough. That was the refrain chanted over and over by the thousands of demonstrators who gathered to protest gun violence in America. On March 24, 2018, more than 200,000 young people took the time to march on […]
You Want a Picture of the Future? Imagine a Boot Stamping on Your Face
You Want a Picture of the Future? Imagine a Boot Stamping on Your Face We have arrived, way ahead of schedule, into the dystopian future dreamed up by such science fiction writers as George Orwell, Aldous Huxley, Margaret Atwood and Philip K. Dick. Much like Orwell’s Big Brother in 1984, the government and its corporate […]
America’s Gestapo – The FBI’s Reign of Terror
America’s Gestapo – The FBI’s Reign of Terror “We want no Gestapo or secret police. The FBI is tending in that direction. They are dabbling in sex-life scandals and plain blackmail. J. Edgar Hoover would give his right eye to take over, and all congressmen and senators are afraid of him.”—President Harry S. Truman “Don’t Be […]
Playing the Government’s Game: When It Comes to Violence, We All Lose
Playing the Government’s Game: When It Comes to Violence, We All Lose By John Whitehead, constitutional and civil rights attorney, the Rutherford Institute. “When it gets down to having to use violence, then you are playing the system’s game. The establishment will irritate you – pull your beard, flick your face – to make you fight. Because […]
Does Fear Lead to Fascism? A Culture of Fear and the Epigenetics of Terror
Does Fear Lead to Fascism? A Culture of Fear and the Epigenetics of Terror “No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.”—Edward R. Murrow, broadcast journalist America is in the midst of an epidemic of historic proportions. The contagion being spread like wildfire is turning communities into battlegrounds and setting […]
The Deep State: The Unelected Shadow Government Is Here to Stay
The Deep State: The Unelected Shadow Government Is Here to Stay “Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government, owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people.” ― Theodore Roosevelt America’s next president will inherit more than a bitterly divided nation teetering on the brink of financial catastrophe when he or she […]
Things Are Getting Scary: Global Police, Precrime and the War on Domestic ‘Extremists’
Things Are Getting Scary: Global Police, Precrime and the War on Domestic ‘Extremists’ Are you afraid that the government is plotting to confiscate your firearms? Do you believe the economy is about to collapse and the government will soon declare martial law? Do you display an unusual number of political and/or ideological bumper stickers on your car? If you answered […]
‘Minority Report’ Is 40 Years Ahead of Schedule: The Fictional World Has Become Reality
‘Minority Report’ Is 40 Years Ahead of Schedule: The Fictional World Has Become Reality “The Internet is watching us now. If they want to. They can see what sites you visit. In the future, television will be watching us, and customizing itself to what it knows about us. The thrilling thing is, that will make […]
Would Somebody Please Bring Freedom & Democracy To America
Would Somebody Please Bring Freedom & Democracy To America Clearly, the language of freedom is no longer the common tongue spoken by the citizenry and their government. With the government having shifted into a language of force, “we the people” have been reduced to suspects in a surveillance state, criminals in a police state, and […]
Freedom or the Slaughterhouse? American Police State From A to Z
Freedom or the Slaughterhouse? American Police State From A to Z “Who needs direct repression when one can convince the chicken to walk freely into the slaughterhouse?”—Philosopher Slavoj Žižek Despite the best efforts of some to sound the alarm, the nation is being locked down into a militarized, mechanized, hypersensitive, legalistic, self-righteous, goose-stepping antithesis of […]
Jade Helm, Terrorist Attacks, Surveillance and Other Fairy Tales for a Gullible Nation
Jade Helm, Terrorist Attacks, Surveillance and Other Fairy Tales for a Gullible Nation “Strange how paranoia can link up with reality now and then.” ― Philip K. Dick, A Scanner Darkly Once upon a time, there was a nation of people who believed everything they were told by their government. When terrorists attacked the country, and government […]
The Emergence of Orwellian Newspeak and the Death of Free Speech
The Emergence of Orwellian Newspeak and the Death of Free Speech “If you don’t want a man unhappy politically, don’t give him two sides to a question to worry him; give him one. Better yet, give him none. Let him forget there is such a thing as war. If the government is inefficient, top-heavy, and […]
