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The NFL and TV DOA? DRT? LOL.

15 Saturday Oct 2016

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The Washington Post reports on the free-fall collapse of NFL viewership. The phenomenon threatens to take down Big TeeVee as it falls.

Football, America’s biggest prime-time powerhouse, has been thrust into a crisis this fall, with dwindling ratings sparking questions over whether it can remain a gold mine for television in an age when more Americans are abandoning traditional TV.

Network executives have long used the National Football League’s live games as a last line of defense against the rapid growth of “cord-cutting” and on-demand viewing upending the industry.

My long-standing views on television and my recent decision on football are known to my audience. There is nothing wrong, per se, with either. Football is a sport, a simulated 1-hour war in a potential atmosphere of fun. Better that than a real war. TV offers (offered) the potential of idea transmission and entertainment. There is nothing wrong with that.

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The problems with both institutions came from devolution. I swear both were hi-jacked and weaponized against the people many years ago. Football on television became the worst realization of the tragedy of Plato’s Cave. Now it seems people are turning both off.

The Post says the change came about from people utilizing newer forms of electronic entertainment. I’m not sure the change is for the better. Sure, some must be reading websites like this one, Googling “Plato Cave” and then reading The Republic. Intellectualization is never a bad thing.

Still, I suspect many have only traded one from of trivial control for another. Half of the internet and 98% of cable is dedicated to filth and stupidity.

We now have the ability to comment of the Tweets of Alt-Right pundits, who commented on the comments of traditional pundits, who garnered thoughts about news accounts of insults and general jabber-wacky spouted by other commentators, about the remarks of candidates in some battle royal “debate” between two sides of the same uni-party in a Club-controlled political election.

Others trespass backyards at night looking for a digital cartoon rabbit or gold stars or something.

I suppose all of this beats dodging lions, sacrificing rival tribesmen to the sun gods, or searching for a lightening-sparked fire source. Beats it but not by much.

Allow me to offer up some better alternatives for passing away the free time:

  • Read a book – any book;
  • Write a book – any book;
  • Start a business. This is difficult given the regulatory environment and failure is likely. Still, I know you have some great ideas – something you are good at, that you enjoy, that others will pay for;
  • Call the IRS (800-829-1040): go through all of the robo-options and see how many times they hang up on you. Hours of fun….;
  • Vacation in Cuba and get your cigars on. Thanks, BHO!;
  • Go to the gym – cross-fit, power-lift, body build, treadmill, boxing, old man shuffle – anything, just do it. 70% are flirting with diabetes and the slow death of fast food. Reverse the curse;
  • If you love football, instead of watching it, buy a ball and take the kids to the park and play it;
  • Take a walk in the woods. A slow walk whereby you look at and appreciate exactly what goes on in the greater creation;
  • Write a letter to someone in power asking or telling them to stop a war;
  • Google “Virginia Gallardo dance.” Okay, this might trend towards “filth” but, hey, she’s not hurting anyone and you gotta channel that inner Trump sometime. BTW, gentlemen, once you do this, you may thank me in the comments section;

These are only suggestions.

US AG Sec. Says ‘Eat Less’: Truth From A Bureaucrat. Amazing.

05 Wednesday Oct 2016

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I can be a little brutal with the government sometimes. Honest but brutal nonetheless. Still whenever I find a pol or an agency head making sense I try to praise him for it.

Monday, in Washington, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack had two incredibly good points: Americans waste too much food and Americans need to cut their food portions. I agree 100%.

“But the first step, and the one way the USDA can provide help and assistance to meet this need, is to expand on the — on the issue of food waste,” Vilsack said. “A third of the food that we grow, raise and produce in this country is never consumed the way it was intended. It’s wasted.”

“It ends up oftentimes in our landfills as solid waste. In fact, in our landfills today, food waste is the single largest component of solid waste in landfills.”

Vilsack declared that “first and foremost, America can stop wasting food.”

“We can reduce portion sizes, we can have a more informed consuming public,” he said. …

Now, the Secretary and I may have a slight disagreement about the need for these changes. Actually, I bet we each see the others perspective to some degree. Anyway, my primary concern is that 70% of Americans are either overweight, obese, morbidly obese, or so obese that they died while I was typing this sentence.

The amount of food people waste and throw away is staggering – maybe half of what’s produced goes in the garbage. And that’s after Americans gorge on already gluttonous portions. If people ate responsibly we might only need 40-50% of the current national food stock and production.

He’s right about informed choices too. The smaller portions should be of greater nutrient value that the fast food crap people consume today. Consider this picture of Sec. Vilsack himself, preparing to eat on a Navy ship:

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What’s on that plate? It looks tasty and actually isn’t all that bad. But it could be better: A cheeseburger on an enriched white flour bun, beans, and what appears to be a giant potato wedge (maybe????). The beef paddy and the beans and perhaps that slice of processed (fake) cheese provide protein. Good. The beans add fiber (and music). The beans also add starchy carbs as does the potato(?) thing and the bun. Not good. You’ll note the absence of anything green.

Carbs, carbs, and more carbs. I estimate that plate carries 800-1000 calories which isn’t too bad. But it’s mostly the wrong kind of calories. If the consumer was going to climb a mountain or do heavy labor those carbs would help. However, a radar operator on a destroyer who just sits in a chair all day will convert those carbs (part of them) into stored fat.

There’s the obesity problem – the bigger the portions of fattening foods, the bigger the obese themselves and the more of them.

Vilsack’s main concern was the growing world population which he insinuates we must feed. I don’t see that as our responsibility. However, if it was, freeing up half of our foodstuff for export would help.

At any rate, follow the good Secretary’s advice and you can become healthier. You might even help the greater world.

Get With It, Julian

04 Tuesday Oct 2016

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Today was going to be the big day. I suppose it was in a way. Julian Assange stated Wikileaks will release about a million documents concerning rampant U.S. corruption between now and November’s Black Mass election show. Still, I was hoping for concrete information this morning. The waiting game…

But first, I made an error a few days ago. I posted a meme about the possible assassination of Assange:

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This was wrong and I apologize. Based on what we know, about the previous assassination of Assange as proposed by Hillary Clinton, a more accurate meme would be:

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Drones, yes. Sorry about that.

Anyway, the information is coming. It looks to be a multi-faceted expose:

  • Systemic corruption in U.S. electoral process;
  • Spying on America citizens, to include efforts by Google and other companies;
  • Wars, wars, and more wars – for profit;
  • Collusion between three countries (the U.S., the U.K., and guess who) to create terror, war, turmoil, and resulting profits;
  • As part of the collusion, arms dealing with ISIS (specifically by a current presidential candidate); and
  • Destroying nations in order to enrich banksters – the evidence of this concerning Libya has been public for a few years now.

All of this will come out eventually. Some think it will sway the election. I thought so but now I’m not so sure. I’m not sure any of it will really matter to the people. There’s probably going to be reason to indict and arrest certain persons but is that what people want. Is anyone interested in justice any more?

Consider what Wikileaks has told us already. Look at the timeline of Wiki releases over the past 10 years (pages 7 – 8). Look at the U.S. concerned releases this year alone. The fact that Hillary Clinton is running for president and that Americans still want to support their corrupt government at all is evidence that they really don’t care about the truth or justice.

The good news, today, is that Julian did avoid a Predator strike. The rest will wait.

The Financial Crisis Recovery Crisis

28 Wednesday Sep 2016

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Remember the financial crisis? And I mean from your own personal experience. Of course you do. Now, remember the recovery – again from experience and not what the media and politicians lied about. That ones a little harder, eh? There wasn’t much of a recovery honestly.

Now the recovery in name only is in crisis. Historically we’re due for another recession at this point. And the next one will be carrying the baggage of the last in addition to new problems.

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At least the Joker had a plan – chaos.

Like the fun from 2008, this next round will center on the funny money-inflated banking industry. Deutsche Bank will be playing the part of Lehman Brothers or AIG (or both).

Europe’s biggest lender Deutsche Bank has lost more than half of its value since January, posing a threat to the stability of other banks across the continent. Some analysts are worried it could invoke a large-scale crisis, bigger than in 2008.

After a massive sell-off on Monday, Deutsche Bank’s market value shrank to €14.5 billion. In dollar terms it is only $2 billion more than the $14 billion penalty the bank faces from the United States Department of Justice over its mortgage-backed securities business before the 2008 global crisis.

Deutsche’s problems have raised questions about the health of other big European lenders. The share price of the Royal Bank of Scotland has plunged 13 percent and Italy’s UniCredit is down 12 percent this month. The Bloomberg Europe 500 Banks and Financial Services Index is down 4.2 percent for September. This is the worst result since June, when the Brexit referendum heavily hit the markets.

The problems of Deutsche Bank are putting the German government in a difficult dilemma, as it must decide whether to save the bank, whose assets are valued at about €1.8 trillion, half the size of the German economy.

Get that? A crisis bigger than 2008. That’s because this one is still tainted by the problems of 2008 which were never dealt with.

Germany is working on a rescue plan but that is just for and because of one bank. What about the others?

There was a secret rescue of sorts after 2008. The Federal Reserve printed up and gave away (loaned to be technical) about $16 Trillion. All of it went to the banks. The banks did nothing with the money; I’ve talked about this before. Maybe a third of the fake cash was gifted to foreign banks – mainly European. The same banks that are in trouble again. The numbers are hard to figure but Deutsche got hundreds of Billion$.

But that doesn’t mean it didn’t accept government rescue money during the financial crisis. Consider the following:

  • As one of the largest counterparties of failed insurer AIG, Deutsche Bank received $11.8 billion of the funds used to bail out AIG. [2]
  • The Federal Reserve made emergency low-cost funds widely available to foreign as well as US member institutions through its discount window. Deutsche Bank was the second heaviest user of such funds, borrowing more than $2 billion. [3]
  • The Federal Reserve also created a program known as the Term Asset-Backed Securities Lending Facility, which allowed banks to use their assets, including troubled or hard-to-value assets, as collateral for short term loans. Deutsche Bank was the largest user of the program, sending the Fed more than $290 billion worth of mortgage securities.[4]

To most people, who don’t make fine distinctions among the particular government programs that funneled their tax dollars to financial institutions, this probably looks an awful lot like a bailout.

This has been on my radar since at least 2013. I focused on the derivatives bubble then. It’s amazing that it has lasted this long.

And, it can’t last much longer. This crisis will probably be the main story of this fall, rather than the clown-show of the U.S. election.

Sadly, the people “in charge” have no idea how to combat these problems, which they created. Their only solutions will be more of the same. For us, that means more suffering. prepare now; this could get very rough.

Mapping The Real Vote

26 Monday Sep 2016

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I tinkered with the Electoral map over at Real Clear Politics to reflect a Trump-slide.

Trump, full landslide:

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Trump, worst to middle case landslide:

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Either way, it’s not even going to be close. In both of these maps: blue areas represent states where people will be disappointed in November; red represents areas where people will be disappointed 2017 – 202(?).

Here’s a Hillary map:

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She takes everything but the “Solid South” Quadling Country. The Impassible Desert is a toss-up.

Again, except for Oz, these are Electoral College maps. Your vote means nothing. The system under the old Constitution, as amended, considers you untrustworthy. Considering that you boiled it down to Hillary and Donald there may be credence to that theory. At any rate the Black Mass is practically decided now, the outcome (either way) certainly is.

Enjoy the “debate” tonight but remember your Mencken: “Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule—and both commonly succeed, and are right.”

I Think The U.S. Government Wants A War With Russia

25 Sunday Sep 2016

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Or enough of them do to cause a mild concern.

I was thinking about a pleasant little fun article on fall getaways, now that autumn is finally here. I’ll get to that directly. However I think maybe trying to avert nuclear war is just a little more important.

The Whitehouse, the Congress and the Pentagon are run by the goddamdest bunch of homicidal, lunatic, idiotic fools ever hatched.

The U.S. is fighting a soft, undeclared war in Syria. The details are purposefully murky but it seems we are backing various terrorist organizations aligned (sometimes) with rebels fighting the Assad regime. As usual the motives behind this war are: keeping Tel Aviv happy; helping the military-industrial criminal complex turn a profit, and; helping Satanic banksters print fortunes out of thin digital air. A side benefit is that the war displaces and angers people, giving Washington and its European fiefs importable terror ammunition in their greater war on their own peoples.

The problem with this “splendid little war” is the Russian element. The Russians are backing Assad for their own reasons and are intent on stamping out radical Islamic terrorists. Their reasons for involvement are: stopping the spread of terrorism to Europe and Russia (kind of important) and; maintaining stability in the region where Russia has trade interests (Assad may not be the nicest guy but he does hold things together – or did until the U.S. started meddling). The U.S. interests are the four I cited above. Which one benefits you?

The U.S. and Russia reached a cease-fire agreement in an attempt to work out issues and end the war. Washington immediately violated the terms by bombing a national military convoy – a move supporting ISIS. The U.S. does this on a weekly basis. The same ISIS that shoots gays in Florida, stabs Christians in Minnesota, and bombs the handicapped in New York. Putin has concluded the people in and around D.C. are beyond insane and not trustworthy with a water gun. He may be on to something.

The new lie in D.C. is: We didn’t do it! Russia did. All the evidence points to the DOD/CIA but the fabrication points to Putin.

The American projectionist fantasy loonies are out in force:

At the U.N.:

The US accused Russia on Sunday of supporting “barbarism” over the bombing of the Syrian city of Aleppo as the west stepped up diplomatic pressure on Moscow.
Accusing Russia of supporting a Syrian regime offensive that has derailed a ceasefire agreement negotiated between Washington and Moscow, Samantha Power, US ambassador to the UN, said Russian and Syrian forces were “laying waste to what is left of an iconic Middle Eastern city”.

In a blistering speech to an emergency UN Security Council meeting, Ms Power said: “Instead of pursuing peace, Russia and Assad make war.”

While Moscow was likely to argue that it was pursuing terrorists in Syria, she said that “Russia is espousing fiction”. “What Russia is sponsoring and doing is not counterterrorism; it is barbarism,” she added.

This is the Ivy-League, Irish, Anti-American, delusional, puesdo-academic, political hack of a harpy calling the traditional, Western Civilization defenders barbarians. It’s like the pot calling the kettle black only that the pot is smoking pot and the kettle is an intelligent, responsible government bewildered by the brazen stupidity of the pot.

It’s worse in D.C., where Defense Criminal Ash Carter and Marine Corps Crony Joseph Dunford met with the Arkham Asylum Committee of the Senate. The low-rent discussion centered on the recent bombing and cover-up lies.

Both of these tax-paid morons admitted they “had no facts” about the convoy bombs. However, they were armed with a healthy dose of neurotic fantasy.

“‘Not only our people – our defense industry partners, too, need stability and longer-term plans to be as efficient and cutting-edge as we need them to be,’ Carter told the senators.” How nice of him to think of the MIC at a time like thi$.

Carter, as crazy as any I have ever heard of, responded to the prissiest Senator in Washington, Lindsey Graham, that “the Russians are responsible for this strike whether they conducted it or not…” Whisky Tango Foxtrot? Again, those facts things…

Dunford, feeling left out of the madness, piped up about a “no-fly” zone: “Right now… for us to control all of the airspace in Syria would require us to go to war against Syria and Russia.” A war with Russia. From the same people who couldn’t beat nine lightly armed goat-herds in Afghanistan. Brilliant! Dunford effectively made the argument that D.C. is a “no-thought” zone.

Stirred out of his angry stupor Sen. McCain argued we could impose a zone without war. He has direct experience with the subject, having himself so deftly navigated such a zone in war previously.

One thing no one talked about is that America has absolutely no business in Syria whatsoever. None. Well, no legitimate interest. Sure banks and our defense industry “partners” need some more money. Sure we do get jihadi shooters in the women’s department at Macy’s. People get killed there and here. But are these really worth our time? Worth our lives?

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Duck and cover is retro cool!

It would be one thing if this were another Iraq, Afghanistan or Libya. It’s not. “War against Syria AND RUSSIA!” Russia has nukes and the ability to get them to America in a hurry. They’re conventional forces ain’t too shabby either. These reasons have long prevented war with Russia. However, today, there is a new breed of stupid on the Potomac.

For more information, see Fred Reed’s analysis of the situation: Hillary, Trump, and War with Russia: The Goddamdest Stupid Idea I Have Ever Heard, and I Have Lived in Washington.

There really is no point in contacting “your” elected officials. They’re not yours and they’re crazy besides. “Your” two presidential choices each offer more of the insane same. Bought and paid for.

You’re only choices are: 1) write a letter to Putin and plead for his understanding; 2) build a fallout bunker in Idaho; 3) pray that the Lord deliver us from this nightmare and these reprobates.

Or you could just keep you’re head in the TeeVee. Keep watching overweight, low-IQ, millionaire felons who hate you play with a ball.

PS: A preview of my fall recommendations: the mountains, the mountains, the beach, a sea-side villa, and the mountains. The younger males among you might plan a trip to Syria if things go ill.

Someone Is Protecting Saudi Arabia

25 Sunday Sep 2016

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On Friday Hussein Obama issued the twelfth veto of his career.

President Obama on Friday vetoed legislation that would allow families of 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia in U.S courts, setting up a high-stakes showdown with Congress.

“I recognize that there is nothing that could ever erase the grief the 9/11 families have endured,” Obama wrote in his veto message. “Enacting JASTA into law, however would neither protect Americans from terrorist attacks nor improve the effectiveness of our response to such attacks.”

Obama’s move opens up the possibility that lawmakers could override his veto for the first time with a two-thirds vote in both chambers.
Republican and Democratic leaders have said they are committed to holding an override vote, and the bill’s drafters say they have the support to force the bill to become law.

The Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA) unanimously passed through both chambers by voice vote.

That means every member of Congress (both houses and both parties) voted for it. Members of the President’s party were just as enthusiastic about the law as Republicans. Why then did Obama shoot it down?

It has long been suspected that Saudi Arabia (and possibly other countries) gave support to the 9/11 terrorists. The Commission impaneled to investigate the attacks found some supporting evidence though their actions were constantly blocked by the Bush administration. A large chunk of their report was classified. When released this year the classified papers were still heavily redacted though they suggested Saudi involvement.

The danger of a lawsuit for the Saudis and maybe the administration (Obama, Bush, and perhaps even Clinton) is that the discovery process might reveal the details of the previous obstruction and redactions. There would be no way to compel the Saudis to comply. However, legally, certain questions and requests, if unanswered, could be deemed answered nonetheless in favor of the plaintiffs.

Did your government give material support to Muhammad Atta?

No answer.

The court deems material support was given to Atta by the Defendants.

Did Saudi Arabia act in concert with Washington to facilitate the attacks?

See how that works?

Such revelations might lead to the truth. And that is something the owners and special interests do not want.

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Free Republic.

It would be amazing that, after almost never vetoing any legislation, Obama choose this one. It would be except we’re talking about the most corrupt administration since the last one.

Vetoes historically are difficult to override. There is a small single-digit percentage rate of success against them. The fact that the Congressional votes were unanimous and the scalding nature of this issue may help. We may know as soon as this week.

A Tale of Two Charlotteans

22 Thursday Sep 2016

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The first got the crap beat out of him (Video). It looked to me like the “flexibles” might have been trying to homo-rape him. You know, for the power…

The second smoothly drove on and got away safely. Some SJWs are none to happy about his escape.

The difference? The second man had a gun and was ready to use it. He didn’t have to. Thugs usually give way immediately when they encounter determined resistance.

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The “F*ck the Police” sign-holders were surely crying to the police about this.

The first man begged for mercy as he was beaten. Pathetic. And he received none. The savage types and mobs in general are not known for compassion. Never beg. Fight! Make them beg.

I would say the man in the car was close to brandishing his gun, almost in a casual manner. I wasn’t there though. In general neither of those two actions – brandishing and casual display – are never proper technique. A gun should only be deployed for active shooting (not showing). However, I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt.

He was in the middle of a violent mob of heathens. Said monsters were busy beating beggars, kicking over the homeless, trying to throw photographers into fires, knocking down reporters, hating on the white debil, fighting with the cops and each other – in addition to rioting, looting, and committing vandalism arson and other felonies. A handgun was more than justified. Hell, a Browning M2 would have been justified. I just hope he exercises a little more caution next time. At least he made it out.

I also hope just one of the insurrectionists learned from this also. Some of us are damned sick and tired and are taking counter-measures. If things don’t change very soon, a lot of thugs are about to get a painful lesson. Our kindness and tolerance (and wimpy begging (sigh)) are taken as weakness and provoke more attacks. Then, invariably, we snap and all hell breaks loose. This is an observable pattern of history.

I can feel it coming. Can you? Something very similar is the subject of my “big post” which, sadly, is delayed again. It really won’t be long…(sigh).

Tonight I hope there is peace in Charlotte. If not, I hope there are dead rioters in the morning. If things escalate I will be calling for rifles. I trust all of you have the pistols ready as is. I know my lunch buddies do.

Guns up! And, STAND, MEN OF THE WEST!

Thoughts On Charlotte

22 Thursday Sep 2016

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I like Charlotte. As far as big cities go it’s one of the best. Great cigar shops. Rocking chairs in the big commercial airport. I went to my first NRA convention there.

Yet, for two nights in a row now, the Queen City has become the epicenter of the collapse of old America. Some random thoughts:

  • I wasn’t there but shooting Keith Scott just because he had a gun is BS. Again, I wasn’t there. Neither were you.
  • Where did the book come from? Was it Nine Millimeter by Hi Point?
  • The cops confronted Scott while trying to serve a warrant on someone else. That is how the justice system operates or used to. Is this something people in Charlotte want discontinued?
  • Scott, a black man, was shot by an officer, also a black man. Why am I, as a result, a “f*cking devil“? That’s not going to win any sympathy. I know you’re upset, bub, but take your racism and go to hell. Seriously.
  • There’s a collection of black preachers in Charlotte called “THUG”.
  • THUG immediately called for a boycott of white business – because a black man shot a black man. Priorities.
  • Boycott really means loot and burn.
  • This sh*t is starting to get really old.
  • This is and is not a racial problem. I see a lot of white faces among the rioters.
  • All this must please ISIS to no end. Don’t forget about them. They like a diversion.
  • Where is Hussein Obama?
  • Tearing up hotels, apartments, interstate, police cars, buses, shops, and WalMart stores is one thing. If you really want a race war, loot the NASCAR hall of fame.
  • I would avoid Charlotte until the National Guard is retracted.
  • I would avoid any major city center right now.
  • Unless Scott used his “book” in a threatening manner, unprovoked, he should not have been shot. People who need to be shot include:
  • People blocking interstates;
  • People burning trucks;
  • People looting Walmart;
  • People looting halls of fame;
  • People attacking reporters;
  • People attacking houses;
  • People committing arson;
  • People who shoot others without provocation.
  • Shoot just a few of them and the rest will go home.

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Who needs zombie movies? News Observer.

If this is the new normal in America, then we really don’t need ISIS. Arm up and avoid the cities. This is starting to make me ill.

 

Protect Your Children (And Yourselves) From The Government

21 Wednesday Sep 2016

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John Whitehead has an excellent article today at LRC about the insane perils imposed by the nanny state on modern parents.

The lesson is this: once a free people allows the government inroads into their freedoms or uses those same freedoms as bargaining chips for security, it quickly becomes a slippery slope to outright tyranny.

Nor does it seem to matter whether it’s a Democrat or a Republican at the helm anymore because the bureaucratic mindset on both sides of the aisle now seems to embody the same philosophy of authoritarian government, whose priorities are to remain in control and in power.

Having allowed the government to expand and exceed our reach, we find ourselves on the losing end of a tug-of-war over control of our country and our lives. And as long as we let them, government officials will continue to trample on our rights, always justifying their actions as being for the good of the people.

Yet the government can only go as far as “we the people” allow. Therein lies the problem.

We have suspended our moral consciences in favor of the police state. As Chris Hedges told me years ago, “Not having to make moral choice frees you from a great deal of anxiety. It frees you from responsibility. And it assures that you will always be wrapped in the embrace of the powerful as long as, of course, you will do or dance to the tune the powers play… when you do what is right, you often have to understand that you are not going to be lauded and praised for it. Making a moral decision always entails risks, certainly to one’s career and to one’s standing in the community.”

Whitehead calls the police state “tyranny disguised as ‘the better good.’” I would say it’s more like the “better god”. People have done more than put their moral decision making in government. They have placed their worshipful faith in it. From this blasphemy evil naturally flows.

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Read this article and consider Whitehead’s book, Battlefield America: The War on the American People. It is up to us to protect our children, ourselves, and our nation from the predatory, Satanic state.