Tuesday, April 21, 2009 “Bright, Dead Alien Eyes” Live, from Metaluna, it’s Crossfire! Dr. Cal Mecham consults with Metalunan emissary Exeter, living proof that Paul Begala (below, right) has sired extra-terrestrial offspring. Whenever I mischance to see Paul Begala reciting collectivist talking points on television, I’m struck by his resemblance to Exeter.No, I’m not referring […]

Friday, April 24, 2009 The Triumph of the Torture State He was tortured, too: Our Lord was “scourged,” which means that He was turned over to the ministrations of professional torturers, before being sent to the cross. And of course, crucifixion itself was a method of state execution through torture. Jailer: Do you believe in […]

Sunday, April 26, 2009 The “Practical Politics” of a Presumed Plague (Second Update, April 28) An artifact from a time when civilization itself was in peril: This tapestry captures some of the many horrors of the 14th Century Black Death, which claimed an estimated 75-200 million people, many of them perishing from secondary causes created […]

Thursday, April 30, 2009 Pinning Us Down: The “Public Health” Rationale for Tyranny Like the H1N1 flu virus that is the focus of growing public alarm, the Homeland Security State is a recombinant entity. The H1N1 pathogen is composed of strains of influenza that don’t naturally fuse together. In similar fashion, the Homeland Security apparat […]

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 Free Ashton Lundeby! (VERY IMPORTANT Third Update, 5/7) (Expanded) Special Update, May 7 Wired News’s Threat Level column is reporting that Ashton Lundeby is not being held under the USA PATRIOT act. Since the case is under seal at present, the only source for the relevant details is Annette Lundeby; admittedly, […]

Friday, May 8, 2009 Painting the Lily: The Lundeby Case, In Perspective [T]o be possess’d with double pomp, To guard a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue unto the rainbow… Is wasteful and ridiculous […]

Tuesday, May 12, 2009 Criminalizing Citizen Activism: The Chris Pentico Case Who owns this joint? The Borah Building in downtown Boise provides temporary office space for Governor Butch Otter, who — as a state employee — doesn’t actually own the building, nor does he pay the rent. So by what supposed right does the Governor, […]

Monday, May 18, 2009 Don’t Tase Me, Big Bro! With respect to the use of stun guns to administer electro-shock trauma to small children, the State and its agents apply a sliding scale of official charges and punishments. When a police officer subdues a child as young as five years of age by treating him […]

Thursday, March 5, 2009 Sentence First, Trial Never A hoary truism teaches us that crisis reveals character, rather than shaping it. To the extent the word “character” applies to the government ruling us, that maxim certainly applies with respect to the state of permanent crisis we have experienced since 9-11.The tyrannical practices and powers exhibited […]

Monday, May 25, 2009 The “Water Cure” for Mancow Disease Doing “God’s work” in the Philippines: U.S. troops on a mission to suppress an independence movement inspired by American ideals apply the “water cure” — a form of torture now commonly called “waterboarding” — to a captured Filipino rebel. This method of interrogation proved too […]