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Self-Governance in an Unreasonable Age
Self-Governance in an Unreasonable Age Part IV: A Conclave of Reptiles Once again, the country descends into the fetid morass of double-talk, obfuscation, and contemptible cacophony known as election season. Right on cue, every slithering incumbent and mucilaginous political rookie is crisscrossing his/her/its respective area of operations in the hope of bamboozling the required number […]
The All-Important Doorman
The All-Important Doorman Picture this: A tribal leader from a distant country visits the US. He’s brought to a large apartment building in New York City. When he gets out of the car, he looks up at the great building and is quite impressed. A uniformed doorman exits the foyer and comes out on the […]
‘Ticking a box is no longer an option’: David van Reybrouck on elections, imagination and Brexit.
‘Ticking a box is no longer an option’: David van Reybrouck on elections, imagination and Brexit. David van Reybrouck lives in Brussels, is a pre-historic archaeologist, but works mostly as a literary writer, and as a non-fiction writer. He’s probably best known for his book ‘Congo: the epic history of a people’, for appearing in […]
Dear Spain, Mainstream Media: A Majority of Catalans Want Independence (Stop Saying Otherwise)
Dear Spain, Mainstream Media: A Majority of Catalans Want Independence (Stop Saying Otherwise) Even though 92% of voters in the Catalonia election voted for independence, mainstream media keeps repeating the lie that a majority in Catalonia were against independence. Here’s the real math. Mainstream Media Lies Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal repeated this frequently stated […]
Ohio Communities Face ‘Voter Suppression’ in Push to Rein in Oil and Gas Development
Ohio Communities Face ‘Voter Suppression’ in Push to Rein in Oil and Gas Development Three years in a row, communities in Ohio have attempted to vote on initiatives that would grant them greater say over oil and gas development in their jurisdictions, but over and over again, appointed officials, some with direct ties to the […]
Ron Paul: Vote All You Want, the Secret Government Won’t Change
Ron Paul: Vote All You Want, the Secret Government Won’t Change (ANTIMEDIA) Former congressman Ron Paul is outspoken. When he retired from Congress, he called lawmakers psychopathic authoritarians to their faces. He’s also called Donald Trump an authoritarian and asserted Hillary Clinton could have run as a Republican. And just last week, Paul took aim at the foundational structure of […]
Brad Friedman: Why To Be Suspicious Of Every Election
Brad Friedman: Why To Be Suspicious Of Every Election Electronic voting machines have opened up Pandora’s box Long an ‘exporter of democracy’ to the rest of the world, there is ample evidence that the United States lacks even the most rudimentary, basic protections necessary to preserve voting integrity within its own borders. Some of the […]
The Voting Delusion
The Voting Delusion This November, I heartily encourage all Americans to exercise their civic duty by going to the polls and voting for one of the dignified Presidential candidates that have amazed us this election cycle with their wisdom and compassion… not! Unfortunately, this is not a laughing matter. A large segment of the U.S. […]
Pictorial Essay: Message to the Voting Cattle
Pictorial Essay: Message to the Voting Cattle Our own awesome ‘wip’ posted this video in another thread, and asked me to listen to it. I did, and it’s freaking fabulous. I agree with about 95% of it. It explains as well as I’ve ever heard, why I say we should all vote for Candidate Nobody. […]
Doug Casey’s Top Five Reasons Not to Vote
Doug Casey’s Top Five Reasons Not to Vote Democracy is vastly overrated. It’s not like the consensus of a bunch of friends agreeing to see the same movie. Most often, it boils down to a kinder and gentler variety of mob rule, dressed in a coat and tie. The essence of positive values like personal […]
Trust Trudeau? I’ll Wait and See
Trust Trudeau? I’ll Wait and See Canada’s young prince promises ‘real change.’ I can’t help but be wary. Like many Canadians, I want to trust the Liberals, but I don’t enjoy having to trust them. Photo by Mario Jean. How are we feeling about the new Canadian Camelot? Justin Trudeau is young, movie star handsome, […]
Should everyone vote?
Should everyone vote? It’s election time in Canada, and as usual ad campaigns on TV, radio, print, and even Facebook are urging “everyone” to vote. But is that such a good thing? To ask it another way: Is it really a good thing to tell people who are ignorant of law (so they don’t know […]
Democracy Or Oligarchy – You Decide
Democracy Or Oligarchy – You Decide In the interests of clarifying what it is that America has become, we offer this… So which one sounds more accurate?
How to Change the World Overnight
How to Change the World Overnight Making a Difference Mark Twain said: If voting made any difference they wouldn’t let us do it. In other words, if the government is not trying to stop something, it must not be very important. On the flip side of the coin, the great historian Howard Zinn noted: Protest always looks futile at […]
