Thursday, August 21, 2008 Don’t Call The Police: They’ll Sue You The siege at Shingle Springs: A local SWAT operator gestures to his comrades during the June 5, 2007 stand-off that left two men dead, and three deputies injured. Karen Mies, a 66-year-old hospice nurse from Shingle Springs, California, has suffered losses no mother and […]

Tuesday, August 26, 2008 Recovering Lawns, Failed States, and Reasons for Hope Here in western Idaho, amid the waning days of August, summer still announces its presence in afternoon temperatures that retreat just short of the century mark. But the first signs of an overeager Autumn can be felt in the odd, lingering morning chill […]

Monday, March 31, 2008 Just Desertion “The president carries the biggest burden, obviously. He’s the one who has to make the decision to commit young Americans, but we are fortunate to have a group of men and women, the all-volunteer force, who voluntarily put on the uniform and go in harm’s way for the rest […]

Wednesday, August 27, 2008 When Desertion is a Duty A young man named Stephen with large hopes and a small bank account answered an employment ad for a security agency. Offered a generous salary, extravagant benefits, and a sizable signing bonus, he inked a renewable employment contract promising to work for the agency for six […]

Friday, October 3, 2008 The Immigration Bubble Collapses, The Garrison State Thrives (Updated, October 4) The Waterloo Raid: Manacled illegal immigrants muster at an Iowa stockyard in the custody of Homeland Security personnel. As our economy collapses, immigration both legal and illegal is slowing down. Any guess as to the use to which the Homeland […]

Tuesday, October 7, 2008 What Rough Beast… (EXTREMELY Important Second Update, 10/8) The October Revolution of 2008 will prove to be at least as consequential as the one that occurred in Russia in 1917.Beginning immediately after 9-11, George W. Bush and the cabal he represents began the controlled implosion of the hollowed-out shell of our […]

Saturday, October 11, 2008 …Its Hour Come Round At Last… (Important Update) **”When Black Friday comesI’ll stand down by the doorAnd catch the grey men when theyDive from the fourteenth floorWhen Black Friday comesI’ll collect everything I’m owedAnd before my friends find outI’ll be on the roadWhen Black Friday falls you know it’s got to […]

Wednesday, August 13, 2008 America’s Worst Sheriffs, Part I (This is the first of an occasional series.)Morro Bay’s municipal leaders embrace a “felon”? Charles Lynch (center, with ceremonial scissors) is welcomed by the community’s business elite as he opens a licensed medical marijuana dispensary. The red-haired lady to his left is Mayor Janice Peters, who […]

Tuesday, July 8, 2008 It’s a Thieves’ World After All As I was going over the Cork and Kerry mountainsI saw Captain Ferrell, and his money — he was countin’;I first produced my pistol,then produced my rapier, and said, “Stand and deliver -or the Devil, he may take ya.”Whiskey in the Jar(trad. Irish folk tune, […]

Monday, July 7, 2008 Banditti in Blue (Thanks to the Strike The Root blog.)A robber poses with his loot: The lucrative racket called “asset forfeiture,” in which police steal money, cars, homes, and other valuables without convicting their owners of crimes, is a major reason why the fraudulent “War on Drugs” continues. David Seward’s problem […]