{"id":28658,"date":"2017-12-08T07:32:11","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T12:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=28658"},"modified":"2017-12-08T07:32:11","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T12:32:11","slug":"expect-desperate-and-insane-behavior-from-government-in-2018-part-3-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=28658","title":{"rendered":"Expect Desperate and Insane Behavior From Government in 2018 \u2013 Part 3 (War)"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"post-header \">\n<h3 class=\"post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/libertyblitzkrieg.com\/2017\/12\/07\/expect-desperate-and-insane-behavior-from-government-in-2018-part-3-war\/\">Expect Desperate and Insane Behavior From Government in 2018 \u2013 Part 3 (War)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-49375\" src=\"https:\/\/libertyblitzkrieg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-06-at-10.42.37-AM.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 312px) 100vw, 312px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libertyblitzkrieg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-06-at-10.42.37-AM.jpg 924w, https:\/\/libertyblitzkrieg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-06-at-10.42.37-AM-300x277.jpg 300w, https:\/\/libertyblitzkrieg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-06-at-10.42.37-AM-768x710.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"312\" height=\"288\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the first two installments of this series, I discussed the potential for the U.S. federal government to make some spectacularly foolish moves against its own people in the realms of cannabis and Bitcoin. My basic assumption is that government tends to despise freedom, and that \u201cleaders\u201d of an empire in decline like the U.S. are particularly vulnerable to very bad decisions.<\/p>\n<p>Government propagandists constantly instruct the public that they need to be fearful of their neighbors or some guy in a cave overseas (who they probably funded in the first place), when they themselves tend to be the most unethical, corrupt thieves of all. It\u2019s a very clever scam.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"Tweet-header u-cf\">\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor js-inViewportScribingTarget\" data-scribe=\"component:author\"><a class=\"TweetAuthor-link Identity u-linkBlend\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LibertyBlitz\" data-scribe=\"element:user_link\" aria-label=\"Michael Krieger (screen name: LibertyBlitz)\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-avatar Identity-avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Avatar Avatar--edge\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/885245888578424832\/bsJj6xFm_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-scribe=\"element:avatar\" data-src-2x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/885245888578424832\/bsJj6xFm_bigger.jpg\" data-src-1x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/885245888578424832\/bsJj6xFm_normal.jpg\" \/><\/span><span class=\"TweetAuthor-decoratedName\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-name Identity-name customisable-highlight\" title=\"Michael Krieger\" data-scribe=\"element:name\">Michael Krieger<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TweetAuthor-screenName Identity-screenName\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"@LibertyBlitz\" data-scribe=\"element:screen_name\">@LibertyBlitz<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-body e-entry-content\" data-scribe=\"component:tweet\">\n<div class=\"u-hiddenVisually js-inViewportScribingTarget\">If you want to ban Bitcoin because of money laundering, crime and violence, we should really ban government first.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Tweet-metadata dateline\"><a class=\"u-linkBlend u-url customisable-highlight long-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LibertyBlitz\/status\/938448857280552961\" data-datetime=\"2017-12-06T16:43:37+0000\" data-scribe=\"element:full_timestamp\"><time class=\"dt-updated\" title=\"Time posted: December 06, 2017 16:43:37 (UTC)\" datetime=\"2017-12-06T16:43:37+0000\">11:43 AM &#8211; Dec 6, 2017<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>With that in mind, today\u2019s post will zero in on what I consider to be the greatest threat to world peace going into 2018. While I remain unsure as to what the U.S. government may attempt when it comes to cannabis and Bitcoin, I\u2019m far more concerned about the prospects of Donald Trump entangling this nation in an escalating and increasingly disastrous conflict in the Middle East. The signs are everywhere, and it\u2019s all becoming very obvious. In fact, I\u2019ve probably written more articles on this topic than any other in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than rehash everything I\u2019ve already said, below are links to my October series on the matter:<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/libertyblitzkrieg.com\/2017\/10\/10\/empire-destroying-wars-are-coming-to-america-under-trump-part-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Empire Destroying Wars Are Coming to America Under Trump \u2013 Part 1<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/libertyblitzkrieg.com\/2017\/10\/11\/empire-destroying-wars-are-coming-to-america-under-trump-part-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Empire Destroying Wars Are Coming to America Under Trump \u2013 Part 2<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/libertyblitzkrieg.com\/2017\/10\/12\/empire-destroying-wars-are-coming-to-america-under-trump-part-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Empire Destroying Wars Are Coming to America Under Trump \u2013 Part 3<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Expect Desperate and Insane Behavior From Government in 2018 \u2013 Part 3 (War) In the first two installments of this series, I discussed the potential for the U.S. federal government to make some spectacularly foolish moves against its own people in the realms of cannabis and Bitcoin. My basic assumption is that government tends to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[4174,17395,7844,259,379,4285,6174,827,862],"class_list":["post-28658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geopolitics","category-liberty","tag-bitcoin","tag-cannabis","tag-donald-trump","tag-empire","tag-government","tag-liberty-blitzkrieg","tag-michael-krieger","tag-united-states","tag-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28658"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28659,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28658\/revisions\/28659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}