"Imagine if the US and EU were still aligned on the censorship-by-proxy strategy. Few people realize how close we were to global totalitarianism." —Michael Shellenberger
Few people realize how close we are to global totalitarianism. Musk is right now censoring my speech on X to cover for his buddies at Palantir who are violating the Fourth Amendment.
They aren't going to stop censoring now. It's more important than ever to them.
1) Because they have so many unfinished agendas that the adults in the room, non-censored, could harpoon.
2) Because if they don't keep censoring or suppressing the reach of sane voices, a "thermonuclear" truth bomb may detonate, go viral and start a cascade of other Truth Bombs, which would lead to ....
The masses going to Home Depot or their garage and getting their pitch forks.
We live in the banana republic of Colorado and most of the publicly educated citizens under the age of 30, (>50%) will not defend the USA in a hot-war with China. This is because the young Millennials and well over half of the Gen Z's feel betrayed by the fiat/monetary system and their financial future. Especially if now indebted with five-figure student loans for attending university.
The Forgotten Generation: Gen-Z and the Laborless Future:
The generational fault line in this "K-shaped recovery" falls most heavily upon Generation Z, the first cohort to enter adulthood in a fully digitized, AI-mediated economy. Educated and technologically fluent, they face a paradox: their skills align with the new digital order, yet they are excluded from its capital structures. AI-driven automation has reduced entry-level pathways, creating an expanding class of underemployed graduates facing anomie and ennui—the social dislocation Émile Durkheim warned accompanies rapid structural change.
Pitch forks indeed. Or maybe it's the Karl Marx nightmare of a "proletariat army".
On deck (in my opinion): Universal Basic Income - delivered via digital money. As long as the young have their devices, social media and video games, they will probably be placated. I mean, they are going to have to live in their parents' basement or the converted garage/apartment behind the house, but many are already fine with that.
I see few signs the "younger generation" is going to push-back on any draconian measures. They were as silent as a mouse during the Covid lockdowns. (I hope I am wrong, though.)
My son got a four-year degree in finance a couple years ago. He recently had a group call with some buddies from college, and NOT ONE of them had found a job in his field of study.
Is that good or bad since almost all are wars have been nonsense? In any case, they're too soft and they're not needed: We have the immigrants now. But how loyal are they going to be?
There's nothing like a White army I admit. But not the kind of young Whites "Colorado" produces.
One can't help but remember the "Colorados" (named for their red hair), the Irish Catholic immigrants who were persecuted for their faith during the Mexican American war. They went over to the other side where they found honor and respect. And one can't help but respect the American side which defeated the Mexicans and then left. They didn't wan to breed with them. So here we have the two strands of human life: the biological and the cultural.
That is the concern. Canada has been a gracious host so far, and I believe I have good options for humanitarian visas even among the 14 eyes. I'm hoping they will do a double take when they realize how dangerous the surveillance system really is.
There continues to be moderate censorship inclusive of that on 'Epoch Times' and other Alternative Media Sources; X and all others confronted in the recent year's time.
WE PRETEND THE USUAL ENEMIES BEHIND CENSORSHIP ARE NOT ACTIVE IN THE U.S.
The left is a death cult... Their intention is to destroy all of western civilization, and they were making pretty rapid progress on it until Trump came along...but the battle has just begun, and with useful idiots like Bondi talking about "hate" speech, the result remains in doubt...
The worship death and murder. Abortion is their means of child sacrifice to their idol gods. Hence the reason they froth at the mouth in anger to protect and preserve it. The left is the embodiment of pure evil among us.
Like many "progressive" changes in society and culture, abortion was immoral and illegal for millennia for a reason. Society and decent people knew it was wrong. The sexual revolution is not good or healthy for all of mankind. Hence it was looked at with strict behavioral rules. Same with many other changes that have a detrimental impact on people as a whole from gambling to drugs to single mothers. All change is not for the better.
What constitutes a human being versus a clump of cells is an issue of much debate. Clearly, the Satanists consider the fetus to be a human life. A cult initiate must take a human life; usually this means assisting in an abortion at a ritual mass.
But I wouldn't expect you to believe such things happen, Dennis.
The clump of cells never exists! From the first division of the fertilized egg, the intelligence of DNA is at work, making an adult human being as the end result.
The Bible does not give a straightforward, simplistic set of rules concerning abortion. It does not directly address our contemporary discussion of abortion and where it does somewhat intersect, the collection of books as a whole are either contradictory or support the claim that the fetus is valuable, but not to be valued at the same level as persons.
However any verses are best interpreted, they still don’t show that abortion is wrong. This is because the Bible is not always a reliable guide to morality, since there are troubling verses that require killing people for trivial “crimes,” allow enslaving people and beating them, stoning adulterers to death and require obeying all government officials and more.
ok, what does in the eyes of God mean? Is God not infinite, eternal, omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent (i.e. non-dualistic)? Does it make sense to attribute our finite dualistic experience/perspective to God?
My God is The Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM), the holy deity of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, or Pastafarianism.
A Pastafarian prophet of the Venganza forums known as Solipsy received divine guidance and wrote The Loose Canon, the Holy Book of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
Some excerpts from The Loose Canon include:
"I am the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Thou shalt have no other monsters before Me (Afterwards is OK; just use protection). The only Monster who deserves capitalization is Me! Other monsters are false monsters, undeserving of capitalization". - Suggestions 1:1-5
"Since you have done a half-ass job, you will receive half an ass! The Great Pirate Solomon grabbed his ceremonial scimitar and struck his remaining donkey, cleaving it in two" - Slackers 1:51–52
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I have faith in the Flying Spaghetti Monster. It is my belief that every word in the Loose Canon gospels is true.
The Flying Spaghetti Monster commands us to go onto every internet site comment section, no matter what the subject, and spread the word of her.
And, as with the Judeo-Christian Biblical God, you are not permitted to ever question it. Ever! That is very offensive to us Pastafarians.
Dennis, this is a debate I have no desire to participate in either. What I will say is that I have seen women place the aborted fetal remains in make shift altars and worship them. It was offensive to behold and utterly disgusting. If this isn't reminiscent of child sacrifice then I really don't know what is.
You know....the woman didn't get pregnant by herself...She made the decision to have unprotected sex when she was fertile....For guys, if the woman is hot to have sex, go find something else to do. We are no different than our four-footed friends except that the female "goes into heat" once a month. The animal in her wants to breed because she is fertile. Run in the other direction.
Personally, abortion, except in the case of rape and incest, should be a two person decision. It has nothing to do with women's rights. That baby wasn't conceived by itself.
Here in the state of Maryland, it was just codified that abortion can be done up to birth....and most of the people voting for that have no idea (a) what they voted for and (b) that it was already legal. Please do not display any amorality by stating that abortion is not murder. Abortion is as old as prostitution and is not going away any time soon. However, there is some reasonableness about it. We do not want to go back to the coat hangar back ally days but it should not be a form of birth control. This is the year 2025. There are too many methods for birth control which have been on the market for over 50 years. That's where the woman's decision making comes in...that and having the partner also use a condom. Nothing is foolproof, even a snip job for the guy.
Enough of this crap about a woman's right...If you are old enough to have consensual sex, you are old enough to take precautions.
Also, regarding the push for abortions, never forget that the de-populationists have reared their ugly heads again...with both abortions and with eugenics of euthanasia being pushed in many countries as a form of "health care".
To clarify, I am not only a woman but have also long advocated for self-determination for end of life....with serious safeguards concerning the slippery slopes....we are on the slippery slope for abortions and Canada, for one, has gone over the top on the slippery slope for euthanasia.
Let’s include child trans ideology in this child sacrifice 2020s style. If one doesn’t see this evil close up, they have no idea what is really going on. Ask me how I know. This is why I left the left and joined the Trump coalition. But, still, every vote I make at this point is still a white hot rage vote against the left and a wish for vaporizing revenge. . I’m in for President Trump and MAHA but I don’t trust the rest of the right. They don’t seem to realize the world has changed. I’m sick of my GOP Congress critter sending newsletters with ribbon cuttings and such. Smiling faces talking to constituents. Darren LaHood, legacy rep—I’m talking to you. Make me want to vote for you because I know you are working for me.
Holy shit! I'm from Peoria, too. And I have no idea what our congressman does or even who he really is. It's all just a shitshow for the sheep. I've been all over the world, and no place has such docile, trusting, uninformed, brain dead sheep like Peoria.
Redistricting a few years back gave me a GOP rep. An improvement over the democrat one. But it had to be carved out crazy time because I’m up here 7 miles away from the Wisconsin border. You are in Peoria. 160 miles away south . It’s a snake like district from you up to me. I’m sure this has knocked out even more GOP representation in Illinois. Blame it on the big infected blue boil on the ass end of Lake Michigan and red wimps in Springfield.
Let’s include child trans ideology in this child sacrifice 2020s style. If one doesn’t see this evil close up, they have no idea what is really going on. Ask me how I know. This is why I left the left and joined the Trump coalition. But, still, every vote I make at this point is still a white hot rage vote against the left along with desiring vaporizing revenge. I’m in for President Trump and MAHA but I don’t trust the rest of the right. (A few exceptions) They don’t seem to realize the world has changed. I’m sick of my GOP Congress critter sending newsletters with ribbon cuttings and such. Smiling faces talking to constituents. Darren LaHood, legacy rep—I’m talking to you. Make me, as a former lefty, want to vote for you because I know you are working for me.
Bondi is such an unbelievably poor choice for this utterly consequential position. I have been trying to figure out why President Trump seems to be so satisfied with her? She has done exactly nothing.
The DOJ, like the courts where they make their living, cannot be reformed overnight. It's quite dangerous for James to be talking about military tribunals because that is something the country would not come back from. Even having the DOJ break precedent and prosecute judges for anything other than bribery or sex crimes is likely to backfire and be weaponized by the other side.
The good news is that the laws already passed by Congress intended a private right of action against judges who knowingly or recklessly violate the Constitution:
The pleading standard is quite high, especially for first movers, but federal judges who violate the Constitution can be sued as individuals in more impartial state courts:
Of course Norm Eisen and other figures such as Judge Boasburg are just the tip of the iceberg of corruption. I recently learned about t CIGIE: The Council of Inspectors General for Integrity and Efficiency. This council coordinates and controls all the inspectors general.
Their power is in the refusal to investigate any whistleblower claims and other violations. No investigation, o possibility of finding criminal, seditious, or even treasonous activities. This council was created by the Obama administration and was voted into existence by congress, so it cannot simply be eliminated. It was perhaps a brilliant move in terms of gaining control and protection by the Obama administration. Petition your Congressmen and Senators to remove this organization. The current he had of CIGIE was an Obama appointee.
What do we do when those who are supposed to be the designated "watchers" aren't doing the watching?
I'm sorry, I've written my congressional "representatives" many times. Most of the time I get an auto-penned form letter with a response totally unrelated to my email. I've also called my congressional "representatives" and spoken to some young bimbo who's sleeping with the boss and registered my opinion. I'm sure that it is immediately related from my mouth to the "representative" by the bimbo intern. Yeah and monkeys are flying out of my ass right now.
The US Congress is a dismal and colossal failure and we all know it.
I get the same so it is rather demoralizing. Since we have onl6 one representative here in Vermont, it is rather hopeless. Rep. Becca Balint, a WEF Shill, usually starts off her reply: I am sorry we don’t see eye to eye…. Translation: I don’t give a rats patouti about your opinion, I have my marching orders and F you…. I write letters to papers in the locality that way more people might be inspired to become educated etc. and perhaps get involved. I don’t have an6 good solutions to the federal level, so if you do, pass them on.
Ha. I have nothing. I've been black pilled for so long I can't remember ever being optimistic. I find myself even rolling my eyes at our host's optimism, as great as he is in his writings. The whole system has been so corrupted because of lovers of money and lovers of power. Humanity destroys everything it touches because of the love of money and insatiable greed. Until we evolve past this, nothing will change.
The problem is that our representatives have extremely little threat of being fired for non-performance, DC has become its own entity, giving allegiance not to their constituents, but to the Deep State. Even recalls have almost 0 chance of success, Newsom being the latest fiasco.
Sidebar- It has been going on since our inception.
No federal or national politician is going to change the Status Quo. We have to think Local. Local. Local. We need grassroots' uprisings, which would take real leaders - who are in short supply. If these leaders emerge, they'll be targetted for silence - like Julian Assange was.
The "thermo-nuclear truth bomb" I dream of can't happen from the "alternative media" because enough people don't read the alternative media and none of our big scandals break through to the "mainstream"/mass audience. It's a given the corporate "watchdog press" is 100-percent captured and will continue to work non-stop to conceal important truths. The people or organizations who could make an explosive, narrative-changing scandal "go viral" will never do this.
It's almost like the world's real rulers have covered or eliminated every possible scenario where they could be exposed as the evil villains they really are.
Jimmy Dore had a segment about an Israeli soldier who killed himself - as many are doing. In his note he said, I can never be forgiven for the things I have done.
When the two sides are diametrically opposed to each other about the role of government, the government ceases to have relevance. The 50.01% will have control for a short period of time. That is it. The political pendulum swings and wars have kept the USA viable through most of its history. The Bush RINO group removed the pendulum and Trump has started the removal of the MIC keeping us a war status.
So my question is, what reason does the USA have to exist, today? The 50.01% is not good enough. Differences of less than 5% is not enough. The question is, can the USA survive when one of the two sides wants to destroy the fabric of the country and there are no wars to rally the folks around?
The United States is a great big illusion, destroyed by political factionalism. We’ve been playing different iterations of Loyalists and Patriots since 1776. The common denominator is the human condition.
Republicans (the people) versus Federalists (the government) have swung back and forth since 1776. Jefferson against Hamilton for starters. Today we have the problem that the pendulum has been sitting on the Federalist side for too long without counter influence. The Bushes will be looked back on as the destroyer of Republican ideology as their promotion of the Federalist Deep State is the cause of what we are experiencing today. The RINO movement is the destroyer of the Constitution.
The 17th Amendment effectively eliminated the Republicans vs the Federalist argument. Abe Lincoln started it when he over threw the Constitution of 1788. Woodrow Wilson finished it off with the advent of the Federal Reserve, the Federal Income tax and turned the Senate into a glorified House of Representatives.
Excellent summation, JohnAZ. I will take your argument one step further. Government loses its relevance when it loses the confidence of the governed. The US government has long lost the confidence of the governed, just look at the approval rating of the US congress. Once the confidence of the governed is lost the government then has to resort to coercion and fear to exercise its authority. Once it has done that the lack of confidence from the people becomes anger and resentment and then out right rebellion.
Covid and the incompetence of all government during that debacle in the USA was the nail in the coffin for any confidence the people have in their government. The US congress is an utter joke and the people know it. The only ones who don't know it are the fuckers who are inhabiting the seats in Congress. They still think they are relevant because they keep getting invited to visit unwatched low ratings talk shows like Jimmy Kimmel. They have no understanding, no idea, just how hated and despised they truly are in the eyes of the people.
We have entered the anger and resentment phase of the death of the US "democracy." Time will tell when the people will finally throw this failed system of government into the trash bin.
Most People probably do realize the institution of Congress is completely captured and corrupt. However, most people really like their own senator or congressman.
Amazingly, they still trust the experts and authorities because there's zero national movement to hold those who gave us the the Covid scam responsible.
Really, people don't want to look at themselves in the mirror and admit they were spectacularly wrong ... and went along with, say, "crimes against humanity."
If you could convince mothers that lies made them put their own children's health and life at risk maybe we'd get the national outrage we need. But that would take a "truth bomb" that will never be allowed to detonate.
I think we're on our own and better just do what we can to protect our own families and make do as best we can. (Some Divine Intervention about right now would be fine with me.)
I've kind of lost my patience in waiting for divine intervention, Bill Rice, Jr. Seems divinity is giving plenty, and I mean PLENTY of deference to the wicked and filthy of our society. I'm starting to feel like maybe God isn't as righteous and good as we all believe he/it to be. Wickedness thrives in this world, to be sure.
It is the cause of the creation of the Deep State, self defense by the federal government.
IMHO, only a period of benevolent autocracy by a Trump inspired government will destroy the hold the Left has on the institutions of the country. This is unconstitutional which makes it unlikely which means the Left strategists will continue to beat the system. The good guys are vastly outnumbered.
Would it be that were true. During his first campaign, Trump waved an angry finger at Boeing for its $1 billion proposal to revamp Air Force One. "Now we are going to have a businessman in office!" we thought- someone who might be happy flying a mere business-jet and ditching the army of sycophants, hangers-on and others getting free rides on our dime all over. But once in office, he quickly shut up, gave Boeing all they wanted and more- and that applies to the entire MIC: spending has gone in one direction only- up- and this includes shoveling billions upon billions more off to Ukraine FBO the arms dealers since he took office. He announced he had a plan to end the war on Day One- well, he could have done it by turning off the spigot, John.
Agree, but do we know the factors? I do believe that a split is coming between us and Europe as Europe drifts farther into inconsequence. Trump despises Europe as a bunch of do-nothing wannabes.
The question is, can it be avoided? History says no. The great American experiment of e pluribus unum is failing as reality and human weakness asserts themselves.
Ask yourselves, today, what is holding this country together? The NFL?
The NFL.... a rigged game. A couple of key calls of questionable nature by referees keeps the 'game' going. Something like a few key court decisions (judges) choosing winners and losers.
What our rulers really fear is secession. Say half the U.S. states filed for an amicable divorce from a hopelessly corrupt government ... This would reduce by half the number of citizens the Powers that Be can control.
It would also cut their tax receipts in half (although a bulk of their "revenue" now comes from the Magic Printing Press.)
Alas, no modern-day Thomas Paine would ever lead a new secession effort. This leader would be assassinated or given the Snowden, Assange treatment in 24 hours.
Plus, no Americans want to risk losing their social security benefits, pensions or local Military Industrial Complex missile plants or all the great "research" universities and hospitals we have.
That is, they've got us ... and they know they do.
Democracy always FAILS. It is nothing more than tyranny of the minority by the majority. Mob rules.
For this reason the founders of the USA didn't want this nation to be a democracy. It was a established as a democratic republic in order to prevent tyranny of the minority by the majority. Unfortunately, it has been corrupted into now being a system of tyranny of the majority by the minority and majority just sit there with there thumbs up their bums and do nothing about it.
I would never want to live in a pure democracy.
Besides, democracies have a life span of about 200 years. How is old is the USA's supposed "democracy?" We are way past due.
"Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty." - Plato
"Propaganda is to a democracy what violence is to a dictatorship." - William Blum
"Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide."- John Adams
"What can the schools do to defend democracy? Should they preach a specific political doctrine? I believe they should not. If they are able to teach young people to have a critical mind and a socially oriented attitude, they will have done all that is necessary." - Albert Einstein
"The cornerstone of democracy rests on the foundation of an educated electorate" -
"So, under the catspaw president “Joe Biden,” the FBI, CIA, the State Department’s Global Engagement Center, Stanford University’s Internet Observatory, the social media companies, and the White House itself worked sedulously to suppress the free expression of ideas, including the idea that they were all working to suppress free expression."
Classic example of FASCISM.
And--yes--Trump needs to invoke the Insurrection Act, because all the criminal mayhem we've been experiencing (still are) is an international war on our Republic.
Freedom on Earth? Are we free? I don't feel free. I just paid my county over $4,000 for the right to live on land and in a house that I have paid for free and clear of any debt. I'm now gearing up for my April payment of more than $10,000 to the US government because, you know, they have a right to the income I worked so hard to earn.
Freedom? I don't think humanity would know what freedom is if it came up and bit a big painful bloody chunk out its ass.
Hear. Hear ... This is a very strange form of "freedom."
They didn't just change the definition of "vaccine," they also, over time. re-defined "freedom." It's not the type freedom our founders would recognize.
After covid, anyone who believe we are "free" in this country are complete dunces.
I always tell people who croon about American freedom to try not paying their property taxes and they will see who owns everything and just how free they truly are.
We are all slaves to a system we were born in to and had no say in establishing. So were our parents, grand parents and so on.
Trump Renewed calls to eliminate U.S. Income Tax completely.
Citing the "hundreds of billions of dollars" the U.S. is receiving in tariff revenue, President Donald Trump said his administration could completely eliminate the income tax in the U.S. over the next couple of years.
In a March 2025 interview with CBS News, U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said the president hopes to eliminate federal income taxes for people who earn less than $150,000 a year, but he didn’t cite tariff revenue as the impetus for that idea.
“I know what his [Trump’s] goal is: No tax, for anybody who makes less than $150,000 a year. That’s his goal. That’s what I’m working for,” Lutnick said in the interview.
The problem with this is Mr. Trump cannot eliminate the Federal Income tax without Congress. The Constitution needs to be amended or the amendment needs to be repealed and that cannot be done without Congress.
The information you have provided is fantastic to read and behold but without enough assholes in Congress, it will never happen.
The Republicans will screw themselves if they do that. People who pay no income tax are more inclined to support vast govt. spending programs - it's not costing them. It's like asking a welfare mother to vote for fewer taxes. What does she care, she doesn't pay taxes. If anything, she wants more taxes, more benefits paid to her.
The Europeans continue to paint Russia as the evil empire while expanding their brush to include the US, all while allowing the barbarians to take over their countries.
Why did Monroe do his doctrine? To keep the European powers out of the Western Hemisphere. To stop the control of autocratic governments that the Europeans lived under as a product of the Middle Ages. Europe has been trying to invade the Americas for centuries, trying to control them, they still are. Most of the global entities originate in Europe. Both world wars were mostly European with the USA getting involved before having the wars spillover here. Europe has been toxic for a long time.
What government is really whittling away all of our freedoms and liberties? It's not China, Russia, Iran, Iraq, Syria or Afghanistan. This observation should be common sense and plainly obvious to every half-way cognizant citizen. The enemy is our own government and all our "experts" and "authorities" - who profit from their close associations with the State. When and if enough people realize this, real change would be possible. I'd start with Covid and the "response" to same, where every piece of guidance and claim was false and toxic.
Alas, what candidate who is running for office right now is running on this platform? If we can't even "identify the problem," How are we going to solve it?
I subscribe to the Dr. Phil school of "blunt speech" when it is required, and right now, it's a screaming necessity. Say it out loud. Say it whenever and however necessary, but say it. When I hear one of these cretins say "democracy," I substitute the word "regime."
Frankly, I think the leftist loons are pushing for a civil war under the assumption that Americans are too soft and far gone to fight to protect their country. That is the primary reason for their assisted invasion of millions of military aged illegals, with voting a secondary benefit. Antifa and blm were insufficient in numbers thus the need for reinforcements which we now see on our streets and in our cities. Their hatred of Trump and all supporters is based on their being out of power and having their grifting and corruption exposed and cut off substantially. Just power-mad freaks that predominate in the Demoncrap Party and their useful idiot supporters. Truly evil and insane in their quest for ultimate and never-ending power. If you are not one of them, you are a target and need to plan and prepare for what they have planned, so arm and train for your own protection which you can hope you never need. However, hope is not a plan.
Too soft and far gone? Yes, BUT I propose that it is the fact that it is primarily the fact that due to the efforts of Europe and BRICS+, the folks that believe in the Constitutional Republic are becoming out numbered. Twenty years ago, could you have even imagined the city of New York being run by a socialist Muslim? Does Mamdani represent the new America? Is the 50.01% going to evolve into a socialistic USA? Right now, the nation is spinning to the Left, and the advent of AI, CBDC is only going to speed us up.
Speaking of Muslims running western metropoli, this year's London Christmas tree lighting by Ghenghis Khan (or whatever they call his honor the Mayor) was a hoot. They bought the ugliest tree in Norway and threw a few strands of lights over it. See it on YouTube. Not a deliberate sign of disrespect to Christians you say. LOL
"Did you see that the city of Portland lit their 'Tree' refusing to call it a Christmas tree?"
I expect various city officials and a civil commission including Jews, Mohammedans, Hindus, Jains, Buddhists, Africans, and Atheists, spent several days debating the Tree Nomenclature Issue.
It was touch and go whether they would find a mutually acceptable term, but in the 11th hour before the lighting ceremony an agreement was reached. To wit:
The Winter Festival global climate change reduction tree for women and minorities celebrating diversity.
"It is a fundamental principle of Establishment Clause jurisprudence that government is prohibited from advancing, promoting or endorsing religion. The government cannot prefer one religion over another or prefer religion over non-religion. Therefore, it is easy to see how members of the public are confused when they see a government-sponsored Xmas tree, crèche or menorah in front of city hall or located on the grounds of some other public property. Generally, the government is allowed to celebrate the holidays with secular decorations, such as lights and depictions of Santa Claus, and in narrow circumstances, a crèche or other patently religious symbols. The two relevant Supreme Court decisions, Lynch v. Donnelly, and Allegheny v. ACLU, were decided after a fact-sensitive analysis. Indeed the Court continually stresses that the constitutionality of such displays are determined on a case-by-case basis. These decisions are discussed in further detail below."
"Therefore, determining whether a crèche or menorah displayed on public property in your hometown violates the Supreme Court’s current interpretation of the Establishment Clause is highly dependent upon the facts and circumstances surrounding the display. While it is permissible for governments to celebrate the holiday season, there are certain limitations on holiday displays on public property. If you are concerned that your local, state, or federal government body is violating the constitutional principle of separation of church and state in the context of public religious displays, look for the following indications:"
Continue reading. I doubt you will take the time to read this John. Or will you?
London does not 'buy' trees from Norway at Christmas. Norway has donated one annually (also to Edinburgh) since WWII, in gratitude for support during the war.
Also, 'Christmas' trees are nothing to do with Christianity, but are of pagan origin (brought to the UK by Prince Albert, iirc). Given what a grotesque festival of insane consumerism and gluttony the whole thing has become, Christians would do well to make it themselves who decide to have nothing further to do with it. They could, if they feel it necessary, celebrate the birth of Christ on a date nearer to when He is known to have been born. I consider myself a Christian and could see it far enough. Most people confuse cultural Christianity with actual Christianity (the Gospel).
Saint Boniface cut down the World Tree of the Germans. Nature had its revenge with the Germans coming to adore the Christmas Tree more than any. You say, "pagan" with such hatred. You are so much like Saint Boniface or the old Puritans who King James loathed.
Your "paganism" is just enjoying the gifts of God. Of course they can become a snare, but so can hating them.
I'm glad the UK citizens didn't have to pay for that overgrown weed. With a degree in religious studies and 70 yrs life experience, I already know all about Christmas trees, DEC 25 as Mithra's birth, and anything else you wish to reveal.
But are you saying the Muslim Mayor of London has helped you find the true meaning of Christmas by all his down scaling?
For decades, traditional political wisdom said that in order to win elections, politicians shouldn’t speak about Palestinian rights or hold the Israeli government accountable to international law. But Mamdani’s historic victory that toppled a political dynasty shows that people are done with that tired, racist and hateful old version of politics.
Congress can also get rid of crap judges by passing a bill to eliminate their individual judicial seats. But it’s the most worthless, do-nothing, obstructive congress in history—so that’s not going to happen.
The US Congress. The most gigantic colossal failure of the US political system. Americans keep pointing fingers at Trump, Biden, Obama or Bush and blaming them for what ails America. They have no idea that Congress is the sovereign. They make the laws. They can override a presidential VETO. They spend the money. Congress is to blame for what ails this Country. Not the President. Americans should be pissing razorblades in anger at their betrayal by their "elected representatives." Instead they suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome, not knowing that all Trump can do is sign Executive Orders without a willing Congress. Presidents don't make laws.
Thus the danger of an uneducated population. We are witnessing this right now.
Real and seismic reform isn't going to come from politicians. Surely by now, we have enough evidence to agree this isn't the solution. Since every important organization is completely captured, we'd have to purge EVERY leader of every important organization. And, even if by some miracle, this happened, the "leaders" who would take their spots probably think the exact same way.
Hell, it took a year to get eight people on one CDC board to ban mandatory Hep-B shots for infants who are 12 hours old. This was the boldest "purge" of the last couple decades and it will probably finish off RFK, Jr.s tenure at HHS.
The US Constitution permits a convention of States. This was inserted into the Constitution by the founders knowing that the Constitution may need to be amended without involvement of the US Congress.
Unfortunately, the States themselves are so divided or are so deeply dependent upon the Federal monies that they States themselves can't come together to hold a convention of States to amend the Constitution.
I have exhausted myself for fifty years trying to explain our dire situation to family, friends and any strangers that would listen. But people just don't want to hear negatives that might adversely impact their little lives of pleasure. The best thing to do is send them articles such as this. Kunstler has that way of expressing reality, sweetly and succinctly. And like this article, he is EXACTLY correct.
"But people just don't want to hear negatives that might adversely impact their little lives of pleasure."
Perhaps a percentage of the population think this way. I wonder how many of them realize they can't do anything to change any of it and just seek after their personal pleasures as long as the pleasure train keeps stopping at the station? We are so divided as a people that we can't even agree on what constitutes abortion, what a woman is, or if professional sports are rigged or not. We can't agree on anything and cannot unit or come together to accomplish anything.
There are a lot of stupid and clueless Americans out there but I can't believe all of them are stupid and clueless. Some of them, perhaps a majority of them know the system is amiss but they don't know what to do about it.
Good point. Many people have responded to me by saying "well, we can't do anything about it". And those people tend to be wealthy and/or very comfortable. It is a generational attitude whereby their parents and grandparents put in the hard work and passed the wealth along. What the recipients are really saying is "I got mine and I'm not going to risk it".
My philosophy is to point out circumstances and hope that some people become proactive in protecting our heritage by protecting their own stuff. It goes hand in hand.
The masses love the new "Wicked" movie, where the hero is actually the green person who was labeled as a "wicked witch." The real villain was actually the Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
The wicked witch even flew over Oz on her broomstick and spelled out in the skies (chemtrails?): "Oz is a Liar."
Someone needs to do the same thing in the skies above Washington D.C. Of course, the masses would defend "Oz" no matter what - which is actually the theme of the "re-imagined" movie. The Wizard understood nobody in Oz was going to come after him. A few people care about the truth ... but not nearly enough.
In reading "Mao" by Jung Chang, I learned there were a couple occasions when Mao's policies were so disastrous, the other CCP top leaders had to force him to back down. But Mao made note of his opponents and later got his revenge on each one.
The lesson: You cannot appease or coexist with something utterly evil. Like the deep state Globalists. They will crawl back and kill you, if you don't kill them when you have the chance. Go medieval on them, Donald!
Those who would otherwise be considered intelligent and yet continue to support the Left have not yet grasped the fact that the 'elite' are madmen/women addicted to power. Addicts will continue to reach for the next fix, knowing that it may kill them.
What needs to be understood is that the 'elite' are not rational human beings - the worst among them belong in insane asylums.
Time and again I run into people who believe themselves superior for having some piece of paper for sitting in a class far too long, but they have zero common sense and no real-life skills beyond whatever their major was.
The other caveat in this they are always "liberal" with what I would consider extreme views and fall for the Democrat party lines de Jour.
Critical thinking skills GONE, COMMON SENSE GONE, and always grousing about Republicans as the Dems destroy anything remotely passing as our precious Representative Republic.
I am always stunned when I see vote tallies come out of Congress. Votes are always straight down party lines. It's amazing to me that out of 435 in the House and 100 in the Senate that NOT ONE of those fuckers can think for themselves or vote according to their constituents. It's always how the bosses tell them to vote. Period.
And they believe themselves to be superior to the rest of us. My big ass they are.
For decades, there's been a coordinated campaign to eliminate critical-thinking skills in all important institutions.
You can see one example of this orchestrated messaging on TV commercials and the casting decisions of the races of the couples depicted in said commercials.
So true, Ben. There are a lot of bitter, sad, hopeless young people, deeply in debt for a worthless degree. The lucky ones get to work at Gov. Pritzker's Cannabis Dispensaries.
Well, if Bondi doesn’t start arresting people, military tribunals are all that’s left to protect free speech- Western Civ. Pulling out of NATO on the understanding it was designed to protect, not prohibit, free speech, would be a step in the right direction. Yes, it would end that captive market for the MIC, but - what’s more important?
Bondi isn't going to do jack-shit. She'll hang around, do nothing, and once it's done she'll be a talking head making millions on Fox News. These jobs are nothing but auditions for lucrative political shill jobs after.
Bondi is utterly repugnant to me. Anytime I see her she appears to be flailing about arguing some moot points or defending herself. She's devoid of any leadership skills whatsoever. Completely useless. I can only take about 5 seconds of her.
Norm Eisen wrote a color revolution manual called “democracy playbook”. Insane that he continues to openly orchestrate a coup: https://yuribezmenov.substack.com/p/norm-eisen-color-revolution-playbook
Few people realize how close we are to global totalitarianism. Musk is right now censoring my speech on X to cover for his buddies at Palantir who are violating the Fourth Amendment.
They aren't going to stop censoring now. It's more important than ever to them.
1) Because they have so many unfinished agendas that the adults in the room, non-censored, could harpoon.
2) Because if they don't keep censoring or suppressing the reach of sane voices, a "thermonuclear" truth bomb may detonate, go viral and start a cascade of other Truth Bombs, which would lead to ....
The masses going to Home Depot or their garage and getting their pitch forks.
We live in the banana republic of Colorado and most of the publicly educated citizens under the age of 30, (>50%) will not defend the USA in a hot-war with China. This is because the young Millennials and well over half of the Gen Z's feel betrayed by the fiat/monetary system and their financial future. Especially if now indebted with five-figure student loans for attending university.
The Forgotten Generation: Gen-Z and the Laborless Future:
The generational fault line in this "K-shaped recovery" falls most heavily upon Generation Z, the first cohort to enter adulthood in a fully digitized, AI-mediated economy. Educated and technologically fluent, they face a paradox: their skills align with the new digital order, yet they are excluded from its capital structures. AI-driven automation has reduced entry-level pathways, creating an expanding class of underemployed graduates facing anomie and ennui—the social dislocation Émile Durkheim warned accompanies rapid structural change.
Pitch forks indeed. Or maybe it's the Karl Marx nightmare of a "proletariat army".
On deck (in my opinion): Universal Basic Income - delivered via digital money. As long as the young have their devices, social media and video games, they will probably be placated. I mean, they are going to have to live in their parents' basement or the converted garage/apartment behind the house, but many are already fine with that.
I see few signs the "younger generation" is going to push-back on any draconian measures. They were as silent as a mouse during the Covid lockdowns. (I hope I am wrong, though.)
My son got a four-year degree in finance a couple years ago. He recently had a group call with some buddies from college, and NOT ONE of them had found a job in his field of study.
They were all warned to wake up but prefer to play their blame game. No sympathy here.
Is that good or bad since almost all are wars have been nonsense? In any case, they're too soft and they're not needed: We have the immigrants now. But how loyal are they going to be?
There's nothing like a White army I admit. But not the kind of young Whites "Colorado" produces.
One can't help but remember the "Colorados" (named for their red hair), the Irish Catholic immigrants who were persecuted for their faith during the Mexican American war. They went over to the other side where they found honor and respect. And one can't help but respect the American side which defeated the Mexicans and then left. They didn't wan to breed with them. So here we have the two strands of human life: the biological and the cultural.
Red Pills are being downed by an entire generation of the youth.
I think we are already there, J.E. Pendleton.
That is the concern. Canada has been a gracious host so far, and I believe I have good options for humanitarian visas even among the 14 eyes. I'm hoping they will do a double take when they realize how dangerous the surveillance system really is.
Elmo is just as evil as the rest of them.
It's a shame Eisen can't be exiled to Uranus.
It's a shame that most people pronounce that planet with the accent on the wrong syllable...
He has aged and the tactics in that book are stale.
Tomorrow belongs to youtubers.
There continues to be moderate censorship inclusive of that on 'Epoch Times' and other Alternative Media Sources; X and all others confronted in the recent year's time.
WE PRETEND THE USUAL ENEMIES BEHIND CENSORSHIP ARE NOT ACTIVE IN THE U.S.
Is the U.S. consenting to be gaslit?
Not by consent but by default...
The left is a death cult... Their intention is to destroy all of western civilization, and they were making pretty rapid progress on it until Trump came along...but the battle has just begun, and with useful idiots like Bondi talking about "hate" speech, the result remains in doubt...
The worship death and murder. Abortion is their means of child sacrifice to their idol gods. Hence the reason they froth at the mouth in anger to protect and preserve it. The left is the embodiment of pure evil among us.
Canker, my friend. Abortion is not murder.
Does having an abortion take an innocent human life?
https://www.truelife.org/answers/is-abortion-murder
Abortion Is Not Murder in the Eyes of the Law
https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/unchartedterritory/103731
Granting an embryo the status of full legal personhood is, in reality, just another fraudulent way to suppress the decision-making of women.
Let's not go off on this tangent today please.
Don't approve of abortion ~don't have one!
...In the uterus, no one can hear you scream....
Like many "progressive" changes in society and culture, abortion was immoral and illegal for millennia for a reason. Society and decent people knew it was wrong. The sexual revolution is not good or healthy for all of mankind. Hence it was looked at with strict behavioral rules. Same with many other changes that have a detrimental impact on people as a whole from gambling to drugs to single mothers. All change is not for the better.
"Society and decent people knew it was wrong."
Really? How do you know that Big Grey?
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence!
The same with "The sexual revolution is not good or healthy for all of mankind." I betcha you have no evidence that this claim is true!
Most of the ancient sexual repression was very harmful, and disgusting.
Just read the Bible as evidence of that. Women were dirty during their periods!
When the state demands that you subsidize other people's choice in committing what you regard as murder, it is not just a matter of differing opinions
What constitutes a human being versus a clump of cells is an issue of much debate. Clearly, the Satanists consider the fetus to be a human life. A cult initiate must take a human life; usually this means assisting in an abortion at a ritual mass.
But I wouldn't expect you to believe such things happen, Dennis.
The clump of cells never exists! From the first division of the fertilized egg, the intelligence of DNA is at work, making an adult human being as the end result.
Well played. You turned his own argument against him.
Unfortunately they do😱
O for Christ's sake stop rationalizing it! Of course it's murder...
Opinions are like assholes. Everybody has them
The Bible does not give a straightforward, simplistic set of rules concerning abortion. It does not directly address our contemporary discussion of abortion and where it does somewhat intersect, the collection of books as a whole are either contradictory or support the claim that the fetus is valuable, but not to be valued at the same level as persons.
However any verses are best interpreted, they still don’t show that abortion is wrong. This is because the Bible is not always a reliable guide to morality, since there are troubling verses that require killing people for trivial “crimes,” allow enslaving people and beating them, stoning adulterers to death and require obeying all government officials and more.
https://pressbooks.pub/phronesis/chapter/common-arguments-about-abortion/
Your perspective is wrong in the eyes of God is another matter.
ok, what does in the eyes of God mean? Is God not infinite, eternal, omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent (i.e. non-dualistic)? Does it make sense to attribute our finite dualistic experience/perspective to God?
Would that be Zeus, Allah, Yahweh or Thor Kevin?
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My God is The Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM), the holy deity of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, or Pastafarianism.
A Pastafarian prophet of the Venganza forums known as Solipsy received divine guidance and wrote The Loose Canon, the Holy Book of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
Some excerpts from The Loose Canon include:
"I am the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Thou shalt have no other monsters before Me (Afterwards is OK; just use protection). The only Monster who deserves capitalization is Me! Other monsters are false monsters, undeserving of capitalization". - Suggestions 1:1-5
"Since you have done a half-ass job, you will receive half an ass! The Great Pirate Solomon grabbed his ceremonial scimitar and struck his remaining donkey, cleaving it in two" - Slackers 1:51–52
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I have faith in the Flying Spaghetti Monster. It is my belief that every word in the Loose Canon gospels is true.
The Flying Spaghetti Monster commands us to go onto every internet site comment section, no matter what the subject, and spread the word of her.
And, as with the Judeo-Christian Biblical God, you are not permitted to ever question it. Ever! That is very offensive to us Pastafarians.
Just imagine if your mother would have aborted you, you wouldn’t have a voice here!
Dennis, this is a debate I have no desire to participate in either. What I will say is that I have seen women place the aborted fetal remains in make shift altars and worship them. It was offensive to behold and utterly disgusting. If this isn't reminiscent of child sacrifice then I really don't know what is.
Having a before-20-week abortion is a different animal than "placing the aborted fetal remains in makeshift altars and worshiping them."
I'm sure you will agree eh, Canker. The latter is disgusting and performed by deranged woman brainwashed by religion.
The former probably saves an unwanted child from a life of terrible abuse and misery, or many cases, the mother's life.
And I'm sure that you don't approve of woman who has been raped being forced to carry the fetus to term. Religion rears it's ugly head again
https://feminist.org/news/forced-to-carry-the-reality-of-rape-related-pregnancies-in-a-post-roe-world/
I call 'unfair' to characterizing all abortions as child sacrifice. Come on man!
You know....the woman didn't get pregnant by herself...She made the decision to have unprotected sex when she was fertile....For guys, if the woman is hot to have sex, go find something else to do. We are no different than our four-footed friends except that the female "goes into heat" once a month. The animal in her wants to breed because she is fertile. Run in the other direction.
Personally, abortion, except in the case of rape and incest, should be a two person decision. It has nothing to do with women's rights. That baby wasn't conceived by itself.
Here in the state of Maryland, it was just codified that abortion can be done up to birth....and most of the people voting for that have no idea (a) what they voted for and (b) that it was already legal. Please do not display any amorality by stating that abortion is not murder. Abortion is as old as prostitution and is not going away any time soon. However, there is some reasonableness about it. We do not want to go back to the coat hangar back ally days but it should not be a form of birth control. This is the year 2025. There are too many methods for birth control which have been on the market for over 50 years. That's where the woman's decision making comes in...that and having the partner also use a condom. Nothing is foolproof, even a snip job for the guy.
Enough of this crap about a woman's right...If you are old enough to have consensual sex, you are old enough to take precautions.
Also, regarding the push for abortions, never forget that the de-populationists have reared their ugly heads again...with both abortions and with eugenics of euthanasia being pushed in many countries as a form of "health care".
To clarify, I am not only a woman but have also long advocated for self-determination for end of life....with serious safeguards concerning the slippery slopes....we are on the slippery slope for abortions and Canada, for one, has gone over the top on the slippery slope for euthanasia.
Yep! Don't approve of armed robbery? Don't be an armed robber! All good man !
Don't approve of rape? Don't commit one. But don't tell other men what they can do! Great logic, Dennis.
Rape and abortion are not the same thing, Hm!
Miss sex ed classes I see!
Thank you.
You are not going to shame me because I see things differently from you.
And I do not call you a sick fuck.
Let’s include child trans ideology in this child sacrifice 2020s style. If one doesn’t see this evil close up, they have no idea what is really going on. Ask me how I know. This is why I left the left and joined the Trump coalition. But, still, every vote I make at this point is still a white hot rage vote against the left and a wish for vaporizing revenge. . I’m in for President Trump and MAHA but I don’t trust the rest of the right. They don’t seem to realize the world has changed. I’m sick of my GOP Congress critter sending newsletters with ribbon cuttings and such. Smiling faces talking to constituents. Darren LaHood, legacy rep—I’m talking to you. Make me want to vote for you because I know you are working for me.
Holy shit! I'm from Peoria, too. And I have no idea what our congressman does or even who he really is. It's all just a shitshow for the sheep. I've been all over the world, and no place has such docile, trusting, uninformed, brain dead sheep like Peoria.
Try visiting Maricopa county, AZ.
Redistricting a few years back gave me a GOP rep. An improvement over the democrat one. But it had to be carved out crazy time because I’m up here 7 miles away from the Wisconsin border. You are in Peoria. 160 miles away south . It’s a snake like district from you up to me. I’m sure this has knocked out even more GOP representation in Illinois. Blame it on the big infected blue boil on the ass end of Lake Michigan and red wimps in Springfield.
Let’s include child trans ideology in this child sacrifice 2020s style. If one doesn’t see this evil close up, they have no idea what is really going on. Ask me how I know. This is why I left the left and joined the Trump coalition. But, still, every vote I make at this point is still a white hot rage vote against the left along with desiring vaporizing revenge. I’m in for President Trump and MAHA but I don’t trust the rest of the right. (A few exceptions) They don’t seem to realize the world has changed. I’m sick of my GOP Congress critter sending newsletters with ribbon cuttings and such. Smiling faces talking to constituents. Darren LaHood, legacy rep—I’m talking to you. Make me, as a former lefty, want to vote for you because I know you are working for me.
Bondi is such an unbelievably poor choice for this utterly consequential position. I have been trying to figure out why President Trump seems to be so satisfied with her? She has done exactly nothing.
The DOJ, like the courts where they make their living, cannot be reformed overnight. It's quite dangerous for James to be talking about military tribunals because that is something the country would not come back from. Even having the DOJ break precedent and prosecute judges for anything other than bribery or sex crimes is likely to backfire and be weaponized by the other side.
The good news is that the laws already passed by Congress intended a private right of action against judges who knowingly or recklessly violate the Constitution:
https://151farmers.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/136-Harv.-L.-Rev.-1456.pdf
The pleading standard is quite high, especially for first movers, but federal judges who violate the Constitution can be sued as individuals in more impartial state courts:
https://scholar.law.colorado.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2034&context=lawreview
The Tribunals will be the only way after eight years of Obummer playing with the courts he has ruined or justice system.
Blah, blah
Bukele got rid of El Salvador's judges. He says it was the only way and for us too. How did he do it?
Bondi is what? In her 50s? Not old enough to know better...sorry...
Of course Norm Eisen and other figures such as Judge Boasburg are just the tip of the iceberg of corruption. I recently learned about t CIGIE: The Council of Inspectors General for Integrity and Efficiency. This council coordinates and controls all the inspectors general.
Their power is in the refusal to investigate any whistleblower claims and other violations. No investigation, o possibility of finding criminal, seditious, or even treasonous activities. This council was created by the Obama administration and was voted into existence by congress, so it cannot simply be eliminated. It was perhaps a brilliant move in terms of gaining control and protection by the Obama administration. Petition your Congressmen and Senators to remove this organization. The current he had of CIGIE was an Obama appointee.
What do we do when those who are supposed to be the designated "watchers" aren't doing the watching?
I'm sorry, I've written my congressional "representatives" many times. Most of the time I get an auto-penned form letter with a response totally unrelated to my email. I've also called my congressional "representatives" and spoken to some young bimbo who's sleeping with the boss and registered my opinion. I'm sure that it is immediately related from my mouth to the "representative" by the bimbo intern. Yeah and monkeys are flying out of my ass right now.
The US Congress is a dismal and colossal failure and we all know it.
I get the same so it is rather demoralizing. Since we have onl6 one representative here in Vermont, it is rather hopeless. Rep. Becca Balint, a WEF Shill, usually starts off her reply: I am sorry we don’t see eye to eye…. Translation: I don’t give a rats patouti about your opinion, I have my marching orders and F you…. I write letters to papers in the locality that way more people might be inspired to become educated etc. and perhaps get involved. I don’t have an6 good solutions to the federal level, so if you do, pass them on.
Ha. I have nothing. I've been black pilled for so long I can't remember ever being optimistic. I find myself even rolling my eyes at our host's optimism, as great as he is in his writings. The whole system has been so corrupted because of lovers of money and lovers of power. Humanity destroys everything it touches because of the love of money and insatiable greed. Until we evolve past this, nothing will change.
Cankerpuss
The problem is that our representatives have extremely little threat of being fired for non-performance, DC has become its own entity, giving allegiance not to their constituents, but to the Deep State. Even recalls have almost 0 chance of success, Newsom being the latest fiasco.
Sidebar- It has been going on since our inception.
Give Vermont back to Vermonters.
No federal or national politician is going to change the Status Quo. We have to think Local. Local. Local. We need grassroots' uprisings, which would take real leaders - who are in short supply. If these leaders emerge, they'll be targetted for silence - like Julian Assange was.
The "thermo-nuclear truth bomb" I dream of can't happen from the "alternative media" because enough people don't read the alternative media and none of our big scandals break through to the "mainstream"/mass audience. It's a given the corporate "watchdog press" is 100-percent captured and will continue to work non-stop to conceal important truths. The people or organizations who could make an explosive, narrative-changing scandal "go viral" will never do this.
It's almost like the world's real rulers have covered or eliminated every possible scenario where they could be exposed as the evil villains they really are.
It's clearly Satanic and has been prophesied. They should all be vaxxed.
So right you are, Chucky. Too many people. Too many diverse opinions. Too many cultures. Cannot be unified......ever.
Yes, when you write to your Congressmen and Senators, make sure you have your Caps Lock on. That way they'll know you are serious. Are you serious?
Thanks for this information. I’ll write my congressmen.
And wait for your auto-penned unrelated form letter response.
"Dear Mr. Cankerpuss,
Thank you for your letter and for bringing this matter to our attention. We value your feedback and will give your suggestion careful consideration."
Jimmy Dore had a segment about an Israeli soldier who killed himself - as many are doing. In his note he said, I can never be forgiven for the things I have done.
Yep, that about sums it up.
They mean that 50.01% of the voters get to control the other 49.99%. Democracy was DOA the day it was invented.
When the two sides are diametrically opposed to each other about the role of government, the government ceases to have relevance. The 50.01% will have control for a short period of time. That is it. The political pendulum swings and wars have kept the USA viable through most of its history. The Bush RINO group removed the pendulum and Trump has started the removal of the MIC keeping us a war status.
So my question is, what reason does the USA have to exist, today? The 50.01% is not good enough. Differences of less than 5% is not enough. The question is, can the USA survive when one of the two sides wants to destroy the fabric of the country and there are no wars to rally the folks around?
The United States is a great big illusion, destroyed by political factionalism. We’ve been playing different iterations of Loyalists and Patriots since 1776. The common denominator is the human condition.
Republicans (the people) versus Federalists (the government) have swung back and forth since 1776. Jefferson against Hamilton for starters. Today we have the problem that the pendulum has been sitting on the Federalist side for too long without counter influence. The Bushes will be looked back on as the destroyer of Republican ideology as their promotion of the Federalist Deep State is the cause of what we are experiencing today. The RINO movement is the destroyer of the Constitution.
The 17th Amendment effectively eliminated the Republicans vs the Federalist argument. Abe Lincoln started it when he over threw the Constitution of 1788. Woodrow Wilson finished it off with the advent of the Federal Reserve, the Federal Income tax and turned the Senate into a glorified House of Representatives.
Excellent summation, JohnAZ. I will take your argument one step further. Government loses its relevance when it loses the confidence of the governed. The US government has long lost the confidence of the governed, just look at the approval rating of the US congress. Once the confidence of the governed is lost the government then has to resort to coercion and fear to exercise its authority. Once it has done that the lack of confidence from the people becomes anger and resentment and then out right rebellion.
Covid and the incompetence of all government during that debacle in the USA was the nail in the coffin for any confidence the people have in their government. The US congress is an utter joke and the people know it. The only ones who don't know it are the fuckers who are inhabiting the seats in Congress. They still think they are relevant because they keep getting invited to visit unwatched low ratings talk shows like Jimmy Kimmel. They have no understanding, no idea, just how hated and despised they truly are in the eyes of the people.
We have entered the anger and resentment phase of the death of the US "democracy." Time will tell when the people will finally throw this failed system of government into the trash bin.
Most People probably do realize the institution of Congress is completely captured and corrupt. However, most people really like their own senator or congressman.
Amazingly, they still trust the experts and authorities because there's zero national movement to hold those who gave us the the Covid scam responsible.
Really, people don't want to look at themselves in the mirror and admit they were spectacularly wrong ... and went along with, say, "crimes against humanity."
If you could convince mothers that lies made them put their own children's health and life at risk maybe we'd get the national outrage we need. But that would take a "truth bomb" that will never be allowed to detonate.
I think we're on our own and better just do what we can to protect our own families and make do as best we can. (Some Divine Intervention about right now would be fine with me.)
I've kind of lost my patience in waiting for divine intervention, Bill Rice, Jr. Seems divinity is giving plenty, and I mean PLENTY of deference to the wicked and filthy of our society. I'm starting to feel like maybe God isn't as righteous and good as we all believe he/it to be. Wickedness thrives in this world, to be sure.
Ditto
It is the cause of the creation of the Deep State, self defense by the federal government.
IMHO, only a period of benevolent autocracy by a Trump inspired government will destroy the hold the Left has on the institutions of the country. This is unconstitutional which makes it unlikely which means the Left strategists will continue to beat the system. The good guys are vastly outnumbered.
Would it be that were true. During his first campaign, Trump waved an angry finger at Boeing for its $1 billion proposal to revamp Air Force One. "Now we are going to have a businessman in office!" we thought- someone who might be happy flying a mere business-jet and ditching the army of sycophants, hangers-on and others getting free rides on our dime all over. But once in office, he quickly shut up, gave Boeing all they wanted and more- and that applies to the entire MIC: spending has gone in one direction only- up- and this includes shoveling billions upon billions more off to Ukraine FBO the arms dealers since he took office. He announced he had a plan to end the war on Day One- well, he could have done it by turning off the spigot, John.
Agree, but do we know the factors? I do believe that a split is coming between us and Europe as Europe drifts farther into inconsequence. Trump despises Europe as a bunch of do-nothing wannabes.
Rally around CW2.0.
The question is, can it be avoided? History says no. The great American experiment of e pluribus unum is failing as reality and human weakness asserts themselves.
Ask yourselves, today, what is holding this country together? The NFL?
The NFL.... a rigged game. A couple of key calls of questionable nature by referees keeps the 'game' going. Something like a few key court decisions (judges) choosing winners and losers.
What our rulers really fear is secession. Say half the U.S. states filed for an amicable divorce from a hopelessly corrupt government ... This would reduce by half the number of citizens the Powers that Be can control.
It would also cut their tax receipts in half (although a bulk of their "revenue" now comes from the Magic Printing Press.)
Alas, no modern-day Thomas Paine would ever lead a new secession effort. This leader would be assassinated or given the Snowden, Assange treatment in 24 hours.
Plus, no Americans want to risk losing their social security benefits, pensions or local Military Industrial Complex missile plants or all the great "research" universities and hospitals we have.
That is, they've got us ... and they know they do.
We have it in form already. Just waiting for the shooting (a very broad category of violent upheaval) to begin.
Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on dinner, as they say.
You are free to say what you want ... if you think like us.
Democracy is an ass in a lion’s skin.
Democracy always FAILS. It is nothing more than tyranny of the minority by the majority. Mob rules.
For this reason the founders of the USA didn't want this nation to be a democracy. It was a established as a democratic republic in order to prevent tyranny of the minority by the majority. Unfortunately, it has been corrupted into now being a system of tyranny of the majority by the minority and majority just sit there with there thumbs up their bums and do nothing about it.
I would never want to live in a pure democracy.
Besides, democracies have a life span of about 200 years. How is old is the USA's supposed "democracy?" We are way past due.
"Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty." - Plato
"Propaganda is to a democracy what violence is to a dictatorship." - William Blum
"Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide."- John Adams
"What can the schools do to defend democracy? Should they preach a specific political doctrine? I believe they should not. If they are able to teach young people to have a critical mind and a socially oriented attitude, they will have done all that is necessary." - Albert Einstein
"The cornerstone of democracy rests on the foundation of an educated electorate" -
Thomas Jefferson
We fail when we propose to take the means offered by Einstein and Jefferson. In these definitions we highlight our failures.
Yes, it's the lowest form of government which is why the Founders eschewed it.
"So, under the catspaw president “Joe Biden,” the FBI, CIA, the State Department’s Global Engagement Center, Stanford University’s Internet Observatory, the social media companies, and the White House itself worked sedulously to suppress the free expression of ideas, including the idea that they were all working to suppress free expression."
Classic example of FASCISM.
And--yes--Trump needs to invoke the Insurrection Act, because all the criminal mayhem we've been experiencing (still are) is an international war on our Republic.
Well put, Robert. Satan doesn't play nice. If we want save freedom on earth neither can we.
Freedom on Earth? Are we free? I don't feel free. I just paid my county over $4,000 for the right to live on land and in a house that I have paid for free and clear of any debt. I'm now gearing up for my April payment of more than $10,000 to the US government because, you know, they have a right to the income I worked so hard to earn.
Freedom? I don't think humanity would know what freedom is if it came up and bit a big painful bloody chunk out its ass.
Just saying.
Hear. Hear ... This is a very strange form of "freedom."
They didn't just change the definition of "vaccine," they also, over time. re-defined "freedom." It's not the type freedom our founders would recognize.
After covid, anyone who believe we are "free" in this country are complete dunces.
I always tell people who croon about American freedom to try not paying their property taxes and they will see who owns everything and just how free they truly are.
We are all slaves to a system we were born in to and had no say in establishing. So were our parents, grand parents and so on.
They are constantly giving new definitions to old words as per their 'agenda'.
Trump Renewed calls to eliminate U.S. Income Tax completely.
Citing the "hundreds of billions of dollars" the U.S. is receiving in tariff revenue, President Donald Trump said his administration could completely eliminate the income tax in the U.S. over the next couple of years.
https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/2025/12/01/trump-reiterates-call-to-eliminate-u-s-income-tax-completely-due-to-tariff-revenue/174080/
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In a March 2025 interview with CBS News, U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said the president hopes to eliminate federal income taxes for people who earn less than $150,000 a year, but he didn’t cite tariff revenue as the impetus for that idea.
“I know what his [Trump’s] goal is: No tax, for anybody who makes less than $150,000 a year. That’s his goal. That’s what I’m working for,” Lutnick said in the interview.
The problem with this is Mr. Trump cannot eliminate the Federal Income tax without Congress. The Constitution needs to be amended or the amendment needs to be repealed and that cannot be done without Congress.
The information you have provided is fantastic to read and behold but without enough assholes in Congress, it will never happen.
I'm not keeping my hopes upon this one, Dennis.
The Republicans will screw themselves if they do that. People who pay no income tax are more inclined to support vast govt. spending programs - it's not costing them. It's like asking a welfare mother to vote for fewer taxes. What does she care, she doesn't pay taxes. If anything, she wants more taxes, more benefits paid to her.
Ditto.
The Europeans continue to paint Russia as the evil empire while expanding their brush to include the US, all while allowing the barbarians to take over their countries.
They are hell bent on extinction.
Why did Monroe do his doctrine? To keep the European powers out of the Western Hemisphere. To stop the control of autocratic governments that the Europeans lived under as a product of the Middle Ages. Europe has been trying to invade the Americas for centuries, trying to control them, they still are. Most of the global entities originate in Europe. Both world wars were mostly European with the USA getting involved before having the wars spillover here. Europe has been toxic for a long time.
Never been threatened by a Russian. Never.
Now, I have been threatened by brown skinned people from south of the US Border.
Just saying. Insanity is king these days, Jack Straw.
What government is really whittling away all of our freedoms and liberties? It's not China, Russia, Iran, Iraq, Syria or Afghanistan. This observation should be common sense and plainly obvious to every half-way cognizant citizen. The enemy is our own government and all our "experts" and "authorities" - who profit from their close associations with the State. When and if enough people realize this, real change would be possible. I'd start with Covid and the "response" to same, where every piece of guidance and claim was false and toxic.
Alas, what candidate who is running for office right now is running on this platform? If we can't even "identify the problem," How are we going to solve it?
So very true, Bill Rice, Jr. I can't add to that as you have summed it up very eloquently. Well said.
I subscribe to the Dr. Phil school of "blunt speech" when it is required, and right now, it's a screaming necessity. Say it out loud. Say it whenever and however necessary, but say it. When I hear one of these cretins say "democracy," I substitute the word "regime."
Frankly, I think the leftist loons are pushing for a civil war under the assumption that Americans are too soft and far gone to fight to protect their country. That is the primary reason for their assisted invasion of millions of military aged illegals, with voting a secondary benefit. Antifa and blm were insufficient in numbers thus the need for reinforcements which we now see on our streets and in our cities. Their hatred of Trump and all supporters is based on their being out of power and having their grifting and corruption exposed and cut off substantially. Just power-mad freaks that predominate in the Demoncrap Party and their useful idiot supporters. Truly evil and insane in their quest for ultimate and never-ending power. If you are not one of them, you are a target and need to plan and prepare for what they have planned, so arm and train for your own protection which you can hope you never need. However, hope is not a plan.
Too soft and far gone? Yes, BUT I propose that it is the fact that it is primarily the fact that due to the efforts of Europe and BRICS+, the folks that believe in the Constitutional Republic are becoming out numbered. Twenty years ago, could you have even imagined the city of New York being run by a socialist Muslim? Does Mamdani represent the new America? Is the 50.01% going to evolve into a socialistic USA? Right now, the nation is spinning to the Left, and the advent of AI, CBDC is only going to speed us up.
Speaking of Muslims running western metropoli, this year's London Christmas tree lighting by Ghenghis Khan (or whatever they call his honor the Mayor) was a hoot. They bought the ugliest tree in Norway and threw a few strands of lights over it. See it on YouTube. Not a deliberate sign of disrespect to Christians you say. LOL
Did you see that the city of Portland lit their “Tree” refusing to call it a Christmas tree? Anti-Christian sentiment is alive and well here.
A civilization which loses respect for shrubbery is doomed
"Did you see that the city of Portland lit their 'Tree' refusing to call it a Christmas tree?"
I expect various city officials and a civil commission including Jews, Mohammedans, Hindus, Jains, Buddhists, Africans, and Atheists, spent several days debating the Tree Nomenclature Issue.
It was touch and go whether they would find a mutually acceptable term, but in the 11th hour before the lighting ceremony an agreement was reached. To wit:
The Winter Festival global climate change reduction tree for women and minorities celebrating diversity.
Freedom from Religion Foundation
https://ffrf.org/frequently-asked-question/state-church-faq/government-violations-state-church-faq/religious-holiday-displays-on-public-property/
"It is a fundamental principle of Establishment Clause jurisprudence that government is prohibited from advancing, promoting or endorsing religion. The government cannot prefer one religion over another or prefer religion over non-religion. Therefore, it is easy to see how members of the public are confused when they see a government-sponsored Xmas tree, crèche or menorah in front of city hall or located on the grounds of some other public property. Generally, the government is allowed to celebrate the holidays with secular decorations, such as lights and depictions of Santa Claus, and in narrow circumstances, a crèche or other patently religious symbols. The two relevant Supreme Court decisions, Lynch v. Donnelly, and Allegheny v. ACLU, were decided after a fact-sensitive analysis. Indeed the Court continually stresses that the constitutionality of such displays are determined on a case-by-case basis. These decisions are discussed in further detail below."
"Therefore, determining whether a crèche or menorah displayed on public property in your hometown violates the Supreme Court’s current interpretation of the Establishment Clause is highly dependent upon the facts and circumstances surrounding the display. While it is permissible for governments to celebrate the holiday season, there are certain limitations on holiday displays on public property. If you are concerned that your local, state, or federal government body is violating the constitutional principle of separation of church and state in the context of public religious displays, look for the following indications:"
Continue reading. I doubt you will take the time to read this John. Or will you?
London does not 'buy' trees from Norway at Christmas. Norway has donated one annually (also to Edinburgh) since WWII, in gratitude for support during the war.
Also, 'Christmas' trees are nothing to do with Christianity, but are of pagan origin (brought to the UK by Prince Albert, iirc). Given what a grotesque festival of insane consumerism and gluttony the whole thing has become, Christians would do well to make it themselves who decide to have nothing further to do with it. They could, if they feel it necessary, celebrate the birth of Christ on a date nearer to when He is known to have been born. I consider myself a Christian and could see it far enough. Most people confuse cultural Christianity with actual Christianity (the Gospel).
Saint Boniface cut down the World Tree of the Germans. Nature had its revenge with the Germans coming to adore the Christmas Tree more than any. You say, "pagan" with such hatred. You are so much like Saint Boniface or the old Puritans who King James loathed.
Your "paganism" is just enjoying the gifts of God. Of course they can become a snare, but so can hating them.
I'm glad the UK citizens didn't have to pay for that overgrown weed. With a degree in religious studies and 70 yrs life experience, I already know all about Christmas trees, DEC 25 as Mithra's birth, and anything else you wish to reveal.
But are you saying the Muslim Mayor of London has helped you find the true meaning of Christmas by all his down scaling?
For decades, traditional political wisdom said that in order to win elections, politicians shouldn’t speak about Palestinian rights or hold the Israeli government accountable to international law. But Mamdani’s historic victory that toppled a political dynasty shows that people are done with that tired, racist and hateful old version of politics.
No they want an entirely new and even worse racist and bigoted style of politics.
With a heaping side of riots and mayhem.
Are you saying Mamdani and NY City's substantial Jewish population will get along fine?
Staten Island already wants out?
Congress can also get rid of crap judges by passing a bill to eliminate their individual judicial seats. But it’s the most worthless, do-nothing, obstructive congress in history—so that’s not going to happen.
The US Congress. The most gigantic colossal failure of the US political system. Americans keep pointing fingers at Trump, Biden, Obama or Bush and blaming them for what ails America. They have no idea that Congress is the sovereign. They make the laws. They can override a presidential VETO. They spend the money. Congress is to blame for what ails this Country. Not the President. Americans should be pissing razorblades in anger at their betrayal by their "elected representatives." Instead they suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome, not knowing that all Trump can do is sign Executive Orders without a willing Congress. Presidents don't make laws.
Thus the danger of an uneducated population. We are witnessing this right now.
Real and seismic reform isn't going to come from politicians. Surely by now, we have enough evidence to agree this isn't the solution. Since every important organization is completely captured, we'd have to purge EVERY leader of every important organization. And, even if by some miracle, this happened, the "leaders" who would take their spots probably think the exact same way.
Hell, it took a year to get eight people on one CDC board to ban mandatory Hep-B shots for infants who are 12 hours old. This was the boldest "purge" of the last couple decades and it will probably finish off RFK, Jr.s tenure at HHS.
The US Constitution permits a convention of States. This was inserted into the Constitution by the founders knowing that the Constitution may need to be amended without involvement of the US Congress.
Unfortunately, the States themselves are so divided or are so deeply dependent upon the Federal monies that they States themselves can't come together to hold a convention of States to amend the Constitution.
We are so boned....
I have exhausted myself for fifty years trying to explain our dire situation to family, friends and any strangers that would listen. But people just don't want to hear negatives that might adversely impact their little lives of pleasure. The best thing to do is send them articles such as this. Kunstler has that way of expressing reality, sweetly and succinctly. And like this article, he is EXACTLY correct.
"But people just don't want to hear negatives that might adversely impact their little lives of pleasure."
Perhaps a percentage of the population think this way. I wonder how many of them realize they can't do anything to change any of it and just seek after their personal pleasures as long as the pleasure train keeps stopping at the station? We are so divided as a people that we can't even agree on what constitutes abortion, what a woman is, or if professional sports are rigged or not. We can't agree on anything and cannot unit or come together to accomplish anything.
There are a lot of stupid and clueless Americans out there but I can't believe all of them are stupid and clueless. Some of them, perhaps a majority of them know the system is amiss but they don't know what to do about it.
Good point. Many people have responded to me by saying "well, we can't do anything about it". And those people tend to be wealthy and/or very comfortable. It is a generational attitude whereby their parents and grandparents put in the hard work and passed the wealth along. What the recipients are really saying is "I got mine and I'm not going to risk it".
My philosophy is to point out circumstances and hope that some people become proactive in protecting our heritage by protecting their own stuff. It goes hand in hand.
"You can ignore reality but you can't ignore the consequences of ignoring reality".
Ayn Rand
The masses love the new "Wicked" movie, where the hero is actually the green person who was labeled as a "wicked witch." The real villain was actually the Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
The wicked witch even flew over Oz on her broomstick and spelled out in the skies (chemtrails?): "Oz is a Liar."
Someone needs to do the same thing in the skies above Washington D.C. Of course, the masses would defend "Oz" no matter what - which is actually the theme of the "re-imagined" movie. The Wizard understood nobody in Oz was going to come after him. A few people care about the truth ... but not nearly enough.
In reading "Mao" by Jung Chang, I learned there were a couple occasions when Mao's policies were so disastrous, the other CCP top leaders had to force him to back down. But Mao made note of his opponents and later got his revenge on each one.
The lesson: You cannot appease or coexist with something utterly evil. Like the deep state Globalists. They will crawl back and kill you, if you don't kill them when you have the chance. Go medieval on them, Donald!
If only he would.
America and Americans are bound by nothing but an abstract political vocabulary that few understand.
Or people understand all the new definitions that Big Brother created.
"Freedom of speech" is dangerous if not regulated and controlled. ("Censorship" - aka "content moderation - protects people.")
"Vaccines" don't have to prevent a disease or an illness to be mandated.
Respiratory viruses are an existential threat and can wipe out the planet - just like man-made climate change.
Gold and silver are "barbarous" relics.
"Diversity is our strength" (but "diversity of thought" is very dangerous.)
... Orwell was right. Our rulers control us by controlling all the definitions, language and history.
Muns: That is so pithy and true, a great observation.
Those who would otherwise be considered intelligent and yet continue to support the Left have not yet grasped the fact that the 'elite' are madmen/women addicted to power. Addicts will continue to reach for the next fix, knowing that it may kill them.
What needs to be understood is that the 'elite' are not rational human beings - the worst among them belong in insane asylums.
Time and again I run into people who believe themselves superior for having some piece of paper for sitting in a class far too long, but they have zero common sense and no real-life skills beyond whatever their major was.
The other caveat in this they are always "liberal" with what I would consider extreme views and fall for the Democrat party lines de Jour.
Critical thinking skills GONE, COMMON SENSE GONE, and always grousing about Republicans as the Dems destroy anything remotely passing as our precious Representative Republic.
I am always stunned when I see vote tallies come out of Congress. Votes are always straight down party lines. It's amazing to me that out of 435 in the House and 100 in the Senate that NOT ONE of those fuckers can think for themselves or vote according to their constituents. It's always how the bosses tell them to vote. Period.
And they believe themselves to be superior to the rest of us. My big ass they are.
For decades, there's been a coordinated campaign to eliminate critical-thinking skills in all important institutions.
You can see one example of this orchestrated messaging on TV commercials and the casting decisions of the races of the couples depicted in said commercials.
https://billricejr.substack.com/p/inter-racial-couples-on-tv-commercials
WILLFUL IGNORANCE.
So true, Ben. There are a lot of bitter, sad, hopeless young people, deeply in debt for a worthless degree. The lucky ones get to work at Gov. Pritzker's Cannabis Dispensaries.
Or under the asylums.
Well, if Bondi doesn’t start arresting people, military tribunals are all that’s left to protect free speech- Western Civ. Pulling out of NATO on the understanding it was designed to protect, not prohibit, free speech, would be a step in the right direction. Yes, it would end that captive market for the MIC, but - what’s more important?
Bondi isn't going to do jack-shit. She'll hang around, do nothing, and once it's done she'll be a talking head making millions on Fox News. These jobs are nothing but auditions for lucrative political shill jobs after.
Bondi is utterly repugnant to me. Anytime I see her she appears to be flailing about arguing some moot points or defending herself. She's devoid of any leadership skills whatsoever. Completely useless. I can only take about 5 seconds of her.
That's what happens when you let women hold positions of power.
Sorry for your disillusion but they don't hold the monopoly on incompetence.
OK Feminist.
Democracy has been defined by the great American seer, HL Mencken as "two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for dinner."
Given the players in this ongoing drama, I can think of no better epigram for our situation.
That's a funny story because I'm suing Musk and X Corp in Bastrop County, Texas, for violating the Deceptive Trade Practices Act and the First Amendment after they had me preemptively shadow banned on X: https://substack.com/@jpendleton/note/c-181455091?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=4rsiu
How did they know who I was? Could it have something to do with a lawsuit in DC involving a connection to Palantir Technologies?
Maybe Norm Eisein will hire you and you can go for class action.
The case was filed as a potential class action but it's still early for certification.
Elmo is a wolf in sheep's clothing.