Mobs and their hideous effects
Your select group finds itself isolated, condemned to impotence. When that happens, the final fall of the guillotine’s blade will be just as swift for the would-be saints as it was for their victims.
Category Archives: Revolution
Foreword for Revolution Underground
Looking over the calendar, history thinks, “If you thought impeachment was a big deal, just wait.”
Cynicism essential to our survival
Corruption corrodes democracy, and produces cynicism. Cynicism does not cause our difficulties. It results from them.
Biden happy to accept military’s help to eject Trump next year
I have always thought that presidents do not have to be all that intelligent. You need a lot of qualities, but you don’t need to be a genius. You do need to be able to think, though.
Police reform and systemic racism
Start with budgets, leadership, employment contracts and qualifications, disciplinary processes, training programs: administrative details every organization must address to function effectively. Academic concepts like systemic racism do not give you traction you need for deep change.
What does a police state require?
We need to accept the fact that this president, if given the opportunity, will try to be a dictator.
Remove FBI from domestic politics
The FBI expects to police the 2020 election, secretly. First priority: do not get caught. They understand now that partial transparency does not work.
Stay out of their way
I know the word criminal conveys more contempt than one would like, but crimes include blatant violations of the Constitution, and of the rights we hold under the Constitution.
How the FBI subverted itself
For one, it would add to Hillary’s pain. For another, Trump would crow. Third, it would remind us that Putin bought his signal victory with the Democrats’ money.
Shelter in place actually means submit to a police state
Boston residents thanked law enforcement officers at the end of the day. They were happy that thousands of officers had protected the city and its residents from the unarmed Tsarnaev.
Foreign interference in American politics: why intelligence agencies want us on alert
They are the shepherds that protect us from the Muscovite wolves. They can use the money to build stronger fences around us.
Surveillance, encryption, and free speech on the internet
Plainly they do not want to protect society, or enforce laws for society’s benefit. They want to dominate society and intimidate citizens. Access to private information helps them do that.
The Jeffersonian 