Happy Fourth of July to you. Feel free to celebrate the independence of the American Colonies from Great Britain. In fact, celebrate any ancient history you like. That’s what it is, a long-gone, distant memory. In a historical sense, for some of us, the Posterity of the Founding Generation, it is the day of independence – of our long-dead ancestors from a long-dead king. You should not, in any honesty, celebrate modern independence or freedom unless you live outside the US Empire.
Last year, I wrote, Only A Dictator Can Save America. That, as I mentioned, was and is a long-shot. But, there is something that can save the spirit and the People of the past Nation. It has nothing to do with continuing this ridiculous experiment in failure. Change is upon us. Two years ago, in a post-script, I wrote, “They say a house divided against itself cannot stand. We may soon find out.” We’re beginning to find out now, not in ten or more years, and it does not look good. How we manage the change and adapt will determine our outcomes. I’ve lately been pushing the idea of sending the young and innocent abroad to alternative civilizations. Soon, I’ll offer a few ideas for the Remnant. Redemption and improvement are only possible after acknowledging where we currently stand.
A few facts about your “free” country:
Fear = Freedom! So say your idiot Surgeon General and the idiot Governor of Georgia. It’s not a mask, it’s an “instrument of freedom.” It’s always been this way. We’ve always been at war with Eastasia.
On August 8th, 1945, Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Nagasaki, Japan was the largest Christian Church in the Orient. On August 9th, it was the smallest. Your evil Empire is the only band of destroyers in history to ever drop an atomic bomb on a church.
Your Empire is the leading sponsor of terrorism and war in the world today. No other country even comes close.
Everything your Empire has told you, all of your life, has been a calculated and sinister lie. You live in a giant, malicious hoax
The “leader” of your Empire currently has an international warrant out for his arrest for murder and terrorism, charges justified.
Your vote doesn’t count. In November, elect anyone you choose. The results will be the same. You have, at long last, reached the fatal point where there are no legal or political solutions to your many, and generally self-imposed problems.
Your Empire has turned over all financial value to a small, Luciferian crowd of alien banksters and looters, who have completely destroyed your economy and the future of your children. Your continent-spanning hoax is built on a thin web of fake paper debts.
The same class of alien grifters has also ruined your churches, schools, businesses, entertainments, media, peace, prosperity, and world standing and has greatly assisted “your” government in eviscerating your rights.
Since 1973, your wicked women, their debased male partners, and a satanic society have murdered over sixty-two million children. This is not the mark of a civilized or sane nation, nor of one that deserves to exist.
The American Nation is dead and has been for generations, buried under a tsunami of mass migration like the world has never seen before. Hearing this makes you uncomfortable as you have likely fully embraced the lie.
The Faith in God is removed from everything in the dead nation. Our churches have been blasted to oblivion much like that of Urakami. They abandoned the People as the People abandoned them; all abandoned Reason and Grace. For this reason especially, and in conjunction with all the foregoing reasons, the end of your country, Empire and all, rapidly speeds towards fruition. It isn’t coming. It’s in progress.
Celebrations – which you surely looked forward to, with the loud noises, flashing lights, and unhealthy foods – in your neck of the woods have probably been canceled this year in keeping with another stupid and transparent hoax, the irrational fear of a common chest cold, dangerous only to those already in poor health. Cancelations could be due also to the ongoing foolishness associated with the color revolution being waged, while you sit and do nothing, by a band of illiterate savages and communist agitators. You, happily if indirectly, support their efforts to erase Western Civilization.
So, what do you have today? Fireworks and hotdogs? Antifa will probably handle the fireworks – aimed at the police, maybe you. Keeping that anti-social distance while mouthing the rhetoric of dead men who wouldn’t recognize the country you now live in? Are you prepping to sing along with the national anthem of another nation, the National BLM League, a little later this year? Posted your copy of the mooted Declaration or Muh Constitution yet? Getting good and drunk? Popping the dope like the lately-canonized Geo. Floyd? I’m just asking these things. Go ahead and have a swell time. Just realize that much of the festivity of today – if any is allowed this year – is hollow.
However, if you happen to be a genuine American, one of the proud, the Faithful, and the honest, then you do have reason to celebrate today. And, every day. But, it has nothing to do with failed efforts, misplaced trust, and yellowed parchments. It has to do with hope for a better tomorrow. The days after this one are coming whether we would have them or not. It’s our task to make the most of them so that someday, perhaps after we are gone, our Posterity may rightly celebrate their independence and freedom. We do have our work cut out for us. Let’s do it.
Your beloved and dead constitution lists three crimes, and only three crimes, which the federal government may prosecute. I’ve gone over this before, noting that the government itself is generally the worst perpetrator of those three crimes. Today, an example of imperial piracy on the high seas.
U.S. federal prosecutors filed suit late Wednesday to seize four tankers-worth of gasoline Iran is sailing to Venezuela, the latest salvo in the administration’s effort to stifle flows of goods and money helping to keep two of its top foes in power.
By filing a civil-forfeiture complaint, U.S. prosecutors aim to not only prevent delivery of the Iranian fuel to Venezuela, which began the journey last month, but also deprive Tehran of the revenues from the cargo and deter future shipments.
The action is the latest in a series of moves the U.S. has taken against Iran and its ally Venezuela, as part of a broad operation to pressure the governments in Tehran and Caracas to meet U.S. demands.
We’ve covered civil for theft too. Another batch of Iranian tankers made it through just fine this spring. And in January, we found out that Iran is longer a missile lightweight. They have extremely accurate and powerful anti-ship and ballistic options. They also have subs. This could, should this piracy go too far, get very interesting. Leave well enough alone?
And, thank God! Of course, he had to spin it towards the personal, but this will have to do.
President Trump claimed early Wednesday that reports about suspected Russian bounties on coalition forces in Afghanistan were a “hoax” meant to damage him politically.
“The Russia Bounty story is just another made up by Fake News tale that is told only to damage me and the Republican Party,” Trump tweeted. “The secret source probably does not even exist, just like the story itself. If the discredited @nytimes has a source, reveal it. Just another HOAX!”
The nuts who control the government in Mordor are still utterly insane and evil and still want a war with Russia. Their last pack of lies, concerning Qasem Soleimani, resulted in the General’s murder and a harsh, unstoppable, drone strike ability-ending counter-attack by Iran. What do the nuts want now? The murder of a Russian general? Russia isn’t Iran. Whereas Iran has the power to halt imperial regional aggression, Russia has the ability to turn the United States into an ashtray. This is a good Tweet and may have saved many lives. Today, Orange Man good.
It’s back to Russia, Russia, Russia hype, and/or attempts to prolong the withdrawal from the empire’s longest war.
American intelligence officials have concluded that a Russian military intelligence unit secretly offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing coalition forces in Afghanistan — including targeting American troops — amid the peace talks to end the long-running war there, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The United States concluded months ago that the Russian unit, which has been linked to assassination attempts and other covert operations in Europe intended to destabilize the West or take revenge on turncoats, had covertly offered rewards for successful attacks last year.
Because that just makes perfect sense…
Spokespeople at the National Security Council, the Pentagon, the State Department and the C.I.A. declined to comment.
I imagine this whole idiotic story is nothing but their fictional comment. But hey, Boomer Cons love this kind of fantasy.
Anything even vaguely representative of civilization is being targeted. The savages in this hilarious story are the kind of trash that I mentioned they do not allow in Poland or Slovakia. In those sane nations, in the event that something slips and there is an emergency, they have these funny but effective things called bullets.
Is there a NASCAR statue we could direct these cretins towards?
Imagine a second Switzerland, or rather, think of it as a third Switzerland, after the second, Austria – one to the east of, to the east of… Go on, consult the atlas. Slovakia is smaller than Poland, being approximately the size of the Confoederatio Helvetica (West Virginia-sized). It is an impressive mountain range (the Tatras) bounded on the south by the fertile plains of the Danube river valley. This astounding country has been separate from the Czech Republic since 1993 and the Velvet Divorce, a rare, amicable, and profitable parting of cousins.
More importantly, it is, like Poland in the north, a nation with a distinct and proud people. Eighty percent of the population is comprised of ethnic Slovaks. The rest are predominately other, closely-related Slavs from neighboring countries. Hungary (which we will get to soon!) is heavily represented. There is a decent smattering of Poles, Czechs, Germans, Russians, and other Euros mixed in. Like the Poles, Slovaks steadfastly refuse to admit third-world problems.
As in Poland, a majority of Slovakian people (two-thirds) are Roman Catholic. A large part of the remainder is comprised of other Catholics (C-Town: there are twenty-six kinds of liturgical “Catholics”) and Protestants. Unlike in Amerika, there is no downward spiral in Faith.
I don’t necessarily like the national intelligence data I found, though as-is, the average Slovak IQ is at least a third of an SD higher than that in Amerika. I strongly suspect that, like their neighbors, the Slovaks are experiencing a localized, latter-day Flynn Effect, with mental abilities increasing. This has certainly been the case for the past generation, or since the end of communism in 1989. I imagine the good trend will continue, even as Amerika dips under the “Dutton-Woodley” Effect, falling on average .4 points per year. If these trends do continue, then Slovakia will probably max out in another generation, on par with pre-diversity Germany or with current-era Japan. America – at the current rate of decrease – is a mere fifteen years away from parity with the world average, 86, at the border of “dullness,” and only seven to eight years away from sinking below the average needed (90) to generally guarantee societal stability. Yes, MB, 2033 now looks a little too optimistic (tick, tick, tick). But, that’s not for us to worry about.
Slovakia is a dream-like land of pleasantry and cleanliness, of mixed modernity and convenience with ancient bucolic charm. Here are a couple of assignments for you, the young intrepid traveler: On Startpage or the Duck, take a picture tour. Start with “high Tatras Slovakia” and see what you get. Then – and this is really fun and informative – from Startpage, use the Anonymous View of Google Maps and take a Street View “drive” across the nation. Start in the capital, Bratislava, and go out the E58 to Nitra. From there, continue on to Zvolen. Turn north on the E77 and proceed to lovely Banská Bystrica. This, readers will recognize, was Tom Ironsides’s adopted hometown while he was teaching in-country. From BB head east to Poprad and Kezmarok (Käsmark), high in the very ski-able mountains. Poland is around the northern corner.
Along this route or any other you choose, you will kindly observe a few things. First, all of the roads are in excellent shape. The highways are ultra-modern extensions of the Autobahns and Motorways of the Western countries (Austria, Germany, France, etc). Notice the lack of copious road signs; unlike shit stupid Amerikans, the Slovaks do not need constant reminding about their speeds, seatbelts, curves, and other matters that good drivers take for granted. Notice also the lack of older or broken-down vehicles. The streets are free of litter not because of the laws or civic group efforts but because of the pride and civility of the people. In the towns, with their faces blurred out, the native people are occasionally on display. There is something familiar and similar to all of them. Compare all of this to any road near you in the corroding Empire.
Indulge a couple of videos.
Poprad approached from the air:
(The High Tatras around Poprad. No visible demographics to censor!)
By road:
(Roadtrip from Poland to Slovakia)
Okay, I’d better level with you for a second, using Poprad as an example. [Sigh…] This “up and coming” place may not have all the luxuries you, the American, expect. While they have a Mercedes-Benz sales office in the mall, you have to go a few blocks down the street to the main dealership for service. I know, right? Cool fact, number one: that same street with the dealer and the mall, along with the parallel superhighway, runs right by twelfth-century Spis Castle, half an hour to the east. Cool fact, number two: even SUBSTITUTE readers don’t know this, but Dr. Ironsides leased a Benz SUV at this very mall.
Lest I forget to add this elsewhere: BEER!
Since 1993, Slovakia has been steadily rising across all measurable, positive categories. If you want modern, then it’s there – malls, hi-rises, highways, airports, wi-fi, et cetera. It all comes with a wonderful ancient historical twist. Cruising down the highway at 81 MPH (130 KPH), in a long mountain valley between idyllic villages, you might pass the grandeur of castles like Spis, or one of the other plentiful reminders of the past. And, everywhere, one finds the unadulterated beauty of nature. Rolling, green fields. Forests, home to deer, wolves, and bears. Snow-capped peaks both concealing of and mirrored in glass-clear lakes. OFF THE ORBITZ! I have more…
When you poke around for information, beware that most tourism sites, even the best, inherently steer the adventurer towards Bratislava. This is much the same way that France = Paris, England = London, and Amerika = New York. It’s a fine city and the largest, but it’s not the only one. You’ll no doubt figure out where to start and what to see.
The promotion has worked, as the country is home to numerous booming industries, especially automotive manufacturing and technology. Again, you’ll need a reason to be there. Employment is where you look for it. From Zilina to Kosice, they hire English speakers as English teachers – though they expect the teacher to have a rudimentary understanding of Slovak. Higher education really is both in Slovakia and is another real entry possibility. Startpage or Duck all of that.
Ahoj a dobrý deň! You’ll need to know the language, which is somewhat similar to Polish and Czech. Alas, Duo and Babbel do not yet offer Slovak. So, try the following: Slovak from the EU, and; Radio Slovakia International, offering at least ten easy video lessons, along with general cultural discussion. While you’re at it and coming up to speed, consult the Slovak Spectator, an English newspaper.
Currency-wise, until a decade ago, the Slovaks relied on their own native Koruna. Now it’s the Euro all the way. And, there, it goes a long way. Slovakia has some of the lowest taxes in Europe and a lower than average cost of living – with an improving individual/family purchasing power. As with any move, it will take some getting used to. But, as I said last week, there’s nothing holding you back!
A few related matters:
A correction? I refer to Poland as an “Eastern” Euro nation, and it arguably is. However, they consider themselves “Central,” which arguably they are. They’re also, by the map, Northern. Potato, ziemniak.
A Caveat: I’ve been tossing around these ideas like we still live in a partially sane world. Sorry. There are still a few transatlantic flights at present, with more scheduled for the coming months. France and a few other countries may institute quarantine rules for foreign arrivals or other impediments. This too shall pass, this too shall pass. In the meanwhile, check with your airline of choice, the CDC, or the EU/country of arrival. What’s that? Afraid to fly? Love flying, just not commercial (that’s me)? Then, I have an alternative idea for getting across, rather than over, the pond – it takes a little longer, but it’s cheaper than flying and is its own mini vacation. More on that later, before the ship sails, with you, the cargo (hint, hint) aboard.
Immediately after I finished my draft of last week’s exposé on Poland, the news broke of the calamitous but utterly predictable collapse of “conservative” principles in the worthless, enemy combatant Supreme Court. Tis to yawn, but it helps make my point about leaving. And, about the same time that I submitted the Polish column, old MB posted his primary election tally and analysis, complete with the question: “Is the GOP in the Home County Doomed?” Allow me to answer that: YES! Here’s an alliteration(!) for C-town: Demographics Determine Destiny. (Que Slipping Away by Dave Edmunds).
Back to last week and Poland, many of those “rights” that Roberts and his idiotic, black-robed cucks suddenly invented out of whole cloth, are crimes in Poland. Amerikans are an increasingly stupid, ignorant, mentally-ill band of weak, deluded fools, lacking the ability to grasp reality. There’s this idea that Europe is somehow lost. The truth is, of course, the polar opposite. The worst of the Old Continent – France, England, Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden – are still, at a minimum, 90% or more French, English, German, Dutch, and Swedish. And, the natives are getting restless. Europe, rest assured, will remain Europe. Period.
There will be war in the US and it will probably be protracted and brutal. This is the price of over a hundred years of cowardice and distraction. The result is impossible to determine, though nothing will be the same. The most likely outcome, after much death and suffering, will be balkanization. That is our happy cross to bear, even those of us who spent our adult lifetimes trying to avert disaster. The young need not suffer through the end of our mistakes. Thus, I offer these escape-route recommendations.
Kids, with the exceptions of a few larger urban areas, almost all of Europe is a better option than where you are now and certainly better than where you’ll be in a decade. I started with Poland for a reason – internal harmony. Here, a few more caveats: Unless you are ethnically Polish or unless you have a direct Polish lineage, it will be somewhat difficult to establish yourself there – as is the case in most of the countries we’ll look into. However, it’s not impossible. After personal compatibility with the nation – and they generally reject incompatible applicants out of hand – the reason to be there is the foremost concern. The two best routes are employment and education. If you just want to move in sans specific purpose, and assuming they even let you apply, then you’ll have to bring plentiful documentation about yourself, health insurance, and sufficient financial resources. Don’t let that necessarily trouble you as you can and should find a reason to fit in – university study suggests itself as an ideal cause.
Not to harp on Poland, but I did even more digging. The dollar goes a long way with things like hotel rooms, houses, and menu items. Even before you launch an exploratory foray, take a Google Maps (via SP or the Duck) vaca. I examined Krakow and was overwhelmed with the local culture. And, that’s me, the recluse, impressed with a sizable city. You can and will find your place!
For the trolls, mid-wits, and assorted people determined not to get it: yes, I’m concentrating on the young folks of my people, Westerners. After I wrap up this series, I’m going to address those of us who will remain amidst the fires. We have options and responsibilities. The great news is that what eventually comes will be much better. As for the other peoples of goodwill, I’ll get this out of the way right now.
For the rest who DO NOT wish to participate in the mess they’re helped create in the US:
Post-1965 newcomers: You know where you came from; go back.
Jews: Sorry, no China. Heed the call of Aliyah before the offer is rescinded.
Blacks: Marcus Garvey is in the news lately. If I was an eighteen-year-old black man, my choices would be, probably in this order: Tanzania, Ghana, Zambia, Kenya.
Indians: Hold tight; you may have the chance to expand the reservations and/or reclaim former territories. Who knows?
Not that it’s my business, but I sincerely hope those points can help someone. Heck, I hope all of this series helps somebody. If it does, please send me a postcard!
… these wild heathen savages are going to target something you like.
A quiet evening of demonstrations for racial justice and police reform in Portland ended with the razing of a George Washington statue on the eve of Juneteenth.
Thursday marked the 21st day of protests in Portland sparked by the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. Two groups — Rose City Justice and Lavender Caucus — hosted a sit-in rally at Jefferson High School in the evening where community members shared their experiences with racism to a crowd of a few hundred. The group did not hold a march.
Jefferson High School, LOL. I’m sure the Lavender Mafia wanted to use an elementary school and were upset that the kiddies weren’t present. Police arrived after the sad fact. Ah, well. I hear the “God Emperor” is holding a clown circus soon. Maybe he’ll give us some tough Tweet-worthy BS talking points.
Fact: Geo. Washington is the only President to ever lead troops into battle; he marched the militias out against insurrectionists. Of course, the rebels he faced were literal Americans and things ended amicably (family-like). Allegedly, he shunned the Twitter birdie.
A Rasmussen Reports poll released Monday reveals that 34 percent of likely U.S. voters think the United States will experience a second civil war sometime in the next five years, but that includes only nine percent who say it is “very likely.”
Out of the current voter pool, this third is an approximate correlation with and to the percent of literal Americans (widely defined) in the US Empire. They’re the smarter voters. They’re ahead of failing Deutsch Bank.
Analysts, led by Henry Allen, say there is at least a one-in-three chance that at least one of four major tail risks will occur within the next decade: a major influenza pandemic killing more than two million people; a globally catastrophic volcanic eruption; a major solar flare; or a global war.
The flu and a supervolcano are possible. A solar flare would almost be welcomed. It’s the war, again, that hits the predictive mark. I’ve heard it convincingly asserted that we’re already in the early, cold stages of Civil War 2.0. I think it will heat up considerably, likely coming along with a major foreign war (that the Empire will lose badly).
If only we had a businessman in the White House, Republicucks in the Senate, and some conservative black robes!
Last Thursday, June 4th, as any paperwork American or public school history student could tell you, was the 76th anniversary of D-Day. Then, thousands of American men were wounded or killed in the late stages of the second phase of the Great Civil War of the West. With massive Soviet assistance, their compatriots and allies went on to claim victory. The celebrations and remembrances were muted this year due to our cities burning and the plague and so forth. Perhaps general interest wanes.
Similarly, not so many folks know the significance of today, the 53rd iteration or anniversary of Liberty Day. It was a time just after the horrific changes of 1965 and just before the abortion of 1973, another day of unprecedented events of American military and cultural history.
This day honors the valiant, if tragic combat trials of the USS Liberty, AGTR-5. She was probably the most advanced surveillance warship (a Technical Research Ship) of her day, a model of Navy and NSA efficiency and ingenuity. Unmistakable in appearance, she bore her numbers prominently and, with her unique, multi-antenna design, she resembled no other vessel in the world.
On the afternoon (local time) of June 8, 1967, a Thursday, while cruising lawfully and peacefully in international waters, she and her crew were suddenly attacked by a determined and vicious opponent. Barrage after barrage came from the sea and the air. During the hellish whirlwind, she withstood 30 mm cannon fire, rockets, napalm, and torpedoes. 34 Americans were killed and another 174 were wounded. Though the ship herself – due to the heroic efforts of the crew – remained afloat, she was unsalvageable, being decommissioned the following year.
This incident was a first (and only) in American history. Never before had a Navy ship come under an unprovoked attack without warranting a suitable counterattack. Liberty successfully radioed the Sixth Fleet and a rescue force was dispatched from the USS Saratoga. However, as has never happened before or since, the US fighters were recalled under direct orders from the accursed and surely damned Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara. Neither he nor the bloated and wicked Lyndon Johnson had any use for their own servicemen. No retaliatory action was ever taken against the hostile foreign country which almost, pursuant to their plan, destroyed and sank an American ship.
The results for the crew were mixed at best. While they were sternly ordered, under penalty of Court Martial, not to speak about their harrowing travail, they were quietly and belatedly commended for their efforts.
This episode would have been worthy of a Johnny Horton ballad, had he not died in 1960. Imagine, if you will, something along the lines of The Sinking of the Reuben James, Sink the Bismarck, or John Paul Jones. Here, out of respect for the dead, the warriors, and the artist, I won’t even attempt one of my spoof covers.
The ship’s awards include:
The Medal Of Honor, Commander William McGonagle;
11 Silver Stars;
20 Bronze Stars;
200+ Purple Hearts;
The Combat Action Ribbon; and,
The Presidential Unit Citation.
She remains the most decorated Navy ship for single combat engagement. Oddly, Johnson, may he burn in hell, didn’t see fit to personally present the awards. Unlike previous (or subsequent) heroes, these brave men were not invited to the White House. They didn’t receive the Unit award until 1991 when George “The Vomiter” Bush saw fit to kind of toss it at the survivors as his limousine whizzed by. All ceremonies were clandestine and the name of the hateful enemy was purposely omitted. (Imagine a D-Day commemoration without mention of Nazi Germany). The events were long hidden from the public; odds are, this is the first time you’ve heard the tale, no? There also has never been a formal inquest. Many and dastardly firsts.
There is a semi-credible rumor, a theory that the attack was a related diversion, orchestrated by Johnson (who was just the kind of guy to do such a thing), that was supposed to be the kick-starter for something much worse. Again, Johnson would have been the one. Yet, we’ll leave that, for now, to the speculative or to your own research. Either way, it was another day of infamy, buried under decades of further infamy.
Many never knew. Some know and denigrate this important chapter of our history. Among the latter-day trash, is worthless neo-con dipshit Charlie Kirk, who dismissed the attack as a “conspiracy theory.” Dishon. Dan Crenshaw won’t even publicly discuss or acknowledge the date of the incident. Yet and still, there were investigations of limited scope. Excuses were given. Some apologies made. Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Admiral Thomas H. Moorer of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, among many others, concluded unequivocally that the attack had been deliberate, intended to destroy Liberty, kill her crew, and entangle America in another war. A friend of mine was, upon a time, close friends with Admiral Moorer. He also met with several survivors. None of them thought there was anything theoretical about the attack – in the premeditated murderous conspiracy or in the lethal action.
We owe more than can be imagined to Liberty’s brave crew.
If you would like to further honor the men of Liberty, or if you would like more information about the chief incident of 6/8/67, then please contact the following:
James E. McPherson
-or other-
Acting Secretary of the Navy
Office of the Acting Secretary of the Navy
1000 Navy Pentagon, Room 4D652
Washington, DC 20350
703-697-7391
secnavpa.fct@navy.mil
-or-
Embassy of ISRAEL
3514 International Drive N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20008
202-364-5500
info@washington.mfa.gov.il
Tell them that we will never forget – not the attack, not the ship, not the crew, not the cover-up. Further, learn about our fading American history, especially the parts that the agents of evil would rather you never discover. Remember the Liberty! Or, ignore her and let the battle be a metaphor for the strafing of America.
Greetings! Another week and more affairs, some pertaining to the wider world, in that uniquely American way. Those of you who spent the weekend fellating the current “heroes” probably won’t understand or like the following. Tough. However, I’m proud to say that you might be compensated when a “hero” visits you in person before too long – gun in one hand, syringe in the other!
There’s so much happening with homeschooling and the death of the public schools that I almost ran with that. (Dead schools, dead horse, I know). But, the CDC has effectively recommended disbanding the “schools.” For once, I agree with the CDC!
Also, I had to alter this column slightly when some brand new (decades-old) news broke over the weekend. I did so. Sometimes it’s hard to write a national affairs column about a nation that died around the time I was born – at least, with a straight face. While the original main body, below, concerns the ongoing collapse of the US Empire overseas, there is a domestic story to tell first.
Back in 1969, the residents of Tribeca noticed a new construction site at 33 Thomas Street, a phenomenon not unheard of in Manhattan. By 1974, the new building was finished and open for business; an ugly 33-story tower at home among many others. This one was different. People noticed, though for years they said nothing, that the building had no windows. Blank concrete walls rose to the sky, topped by a bunch of antennas. After initially accepting the cover story that the odd structure was only an AT&T transfer station – which it was and is, in part – the truth emerged: it was (and is) also an NSA listening post.
I know, I know, the blind homers of C-town don’t care ‘bout no Yankee city. And you don’t have to, a similar post in downtown Atlanta being much closer. While they still serve various purposes, these facilities have become somewhat obsolete – being replaced by those personal spy devices that you’re reading this on at the moment.
The NSA itself, born in 1952 out of other nefarious government programs, was long the subject of controversy – not about what it did, but rather, about the tin-foil nuts who suggested it was real. As recently as thirty years ago, the existence of the agency was deemed a crank conspiracy theory. (I’ve come to accept “conspiracy theory” as synonymous with “hard fact.”) As the years passed, other programs were mentioned: Carnivore, Echelon, DCS1000, Boundless Informant, Galileo, FISA, etc. I remember discussing some of these, back in the day, with MB – back when we thought something bad was going to happen to America. Ah, the naivety of youth.
