...The problem now facing liberty is a new form of tyranny, a “social tyranny” exercised by the populace itself over the individual. – Pages 76 That is a portion of one of my favorite passages from On Looking Into the Abyss: Untimely Thoughts on Culture and Society by Gertrude Himmelfarb. It may be strange that …
Midterm Postmortem – Dead Dogma, Brain-Dead Voters, and Plate Tectonics
“[A] significant and growing portion of the American population [has lost] the virtues required to be functioning members of a free society.” – Charles Murray in Coming Apart (Page 289), 2012 The slightly bastardized (for the selfish purposes of my own agenda) and entirely overused quote above is the most succinct characterization of the state …
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A Few Random Notes Before the Massive Distractions of Mid-Term Election Mania
Just clearing my desk and my mind... ___ ___ ___ A brief follow-up to Sophomoric Demagoguery – So Intellectually Shallow it is Hard Not to Laugh...while I didn't bother to watch or delve into the pathetic twaddle myself, I'm glad to see someone did: “We are at a moment in time rarely seen in politics, …
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‘…we are not the sheep we used to be.’
Only slow and laboriously do men, people, society, realize what has happened to them. Realize the truth about their position. … - Page 231 I was too young and politically immature yet during the George H.W. Bush years to really see the game being played against us by the DC uni-Party. Then, during the Clinton …
Sophomoric Demagoguery – So Intellectually Shallow it is Hard Not to Laugh
It seems President Ferret Face stood at the podium and read something to us this evening as prepared by "his" hidden team of fools. I didn't watch...but you can read all about it here: Biden Ignores Issues People Care About in Primetime Speech, Focuses on January 6 and 'Election Deniers' and here: Biden Gives Tired, …
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Important Issues Under the Radar – A ‘Railroad Deal’ UPDATE
Just so you don't let this slip by unnoticed on this Sunday afternoon while the world seems more focused on those critically important things that happen outside of the Pelosi's marriage: Threat of Nationwide Railroad Strike Grows after 2nd Union Rejects Proposed Deal "Now there is news that a second union has rejected a deal …
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The Proper History of Our Times – Filtering the Poorly Scripted and Unserious Data Planted for Short Term Narrative Purposes
Not that I believe the accurate and proper history of our times will ever be written…the institutions and talents required for such a thing have long since been corrupted and rendered useless for the task. Witness the soft acknowledgement by corporate media types today of the clear corruption of the Biden family that was completely …
The Big Chill – Reflections of History…and the Future
The images are critical for the effect and control they seek: silence the opposition and instill fear in the masses. Exhibit A: https://youtu.be/miv_F4UhfQs With special thanks to RufusRJones, Exhibit B: https://youtu.be/OynP5pnvWOs More modern versions...surely to be crafted, scripted, and choreographed through a compliant, collusive party media apparatus for a (generally) softer American people still focused …
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None of this is an Accident
This morning's OffThePress.com headline - ‘SLEEPWALKING TO DISASTER’ MILITARY EXPERTS WARN: BIDEN DEPLETING US WEAPONS SUPPLY - links to this: Biden depleting weapons supply with Ukraine aid, hurting potential defense of Taiwan: experts The warning comes as a new report assesses the U.S. military is at "significant risk" of being unable to win a single …
Manipulating Economic Timelines – The Progressive Narrative Machine Always Points Toward the Left
The story has been mentioned before. Almost a year ago I used it in the introduction to a post titled The Worst Economy in Eighty Years over at the legacy site: I’m sure there were signs much earlier but, with respect to my political awareness, it was three decades ago that I first witnessed the …
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