Thursday, February 18, 2010 Who’s Afraid of “Interposition”? Those who are mystified by the political concept called “interposition” can find a very compelling tutorial in a vignette from Larry McMurtry’s novel Lonesome Dove.Led by former Texas Rangers Augustus McRae and Woodrow Call, the men of the Hat Creek Cattle Company left their village of Lonesome […]
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Tyrants, Torturers, and Taxmen: Pillars of “Civilization”
by Will Grigg | Jul 3, 2019 | Everything Will, Pro Libertate
Monday, February 22, 2010 Tyrants, Torturers, and Taxmen: Pillars of “Civilization” Not a scene from a movie: Stormtroopers assault a legitimate, lawful business in Las Vegas at the behest of the criminal terror syndicate called the Internal Revenue Service. Maxwell Smart (referring to various implements of torture): Are you sure KAOS has all these devices?CONTROL […]
Sheep-Shearing Season on the Revenue Ranch
by Will Grigg | Jul 3, 2019 | Everything Will, Pro Libertate
Thursday, February 25, 2010 Sheep-Shearing Season on the Revenue Ranch During the most recent Federal Reserve-engineered economic bubble, state and local governments made extravagant promises to their tax-feeder constituencies regarding pensions and other benefits. Now that the bubble has burst, sales and property taxes — once a mighty, roaring river of revenue — have been […]
Grand Distractions
by Will Grigg | Jul 3, 2019 | Everything Will, Pro Libertate
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 Grand Distractions Eeek, a Nazi: Somehow people like Paul Mullet (yes, that is his actual name) don’t leave me palsied with terror. “… it will never be known what acts of cowardice have been motivated by fear of looking insufficiently progressive.” — Charles PeguyIf I were seeking to unload a piece […]
Czars to Serfs: Pay Up and Shut Up
by Will Grigg | Jul 3, 2019 | Everything Will, Pro Libertate
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 Czars to Serfs: Pay Up and Shut Up “A Peasant Leaving His Landlord on Yuri’s Day,” by Sergei V. Ivanov. A wealth of unnecessary and petty [regulations] here engenders a whole army of clerks, each of whom carries out his task with a degree of pedantry and inflexibility, and a self-important […]
Animal Farm in Atlanta
by Will Grigg | Jul 3, 2019 | Everything Will, Pro Libertate
Sunday, March 14, 2010 Animal Farm in Atlanta (Photo used for illustrative purposes only.)[Civilized peace among people requires] that each man shall do, towards every other, all that justice requires him to do: as, for example, that he shall pay his debts, that he shall return borrowed or stolen property to its owner, and that […]
Career Opportunities in the Torture State (UPDATE)
by Will Grigg | Jul 3, 2019 | Everything Will, Pro Libertate
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 Career Opportunities in the Torture State (UPDATE) Astonished and terrified by an unexpected reversal of fortune, three thugs formerly employed by the Gotham City crime boss Gambol suddenly find themselves kneeling on the floor with guns pressed to their heads. The lifeless body of their erstwhile employer is a bloody heap […]
Dr. Leviathan Will See You Now
by Will Grigg | Jul 3, 2019 | Everything Will, Pro Libertate
Monday, March 22, 2010 Dr. Leviathan Will See You Now I’m tempted to say that someone should have the strength of her convictions.”I observe a benevolent feeling here…. There is also tenderness…. But, beware, tender hearts! Don’t you know where tenderness leads? To the gas chambers….Never in the history of the world have there been […]
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Bang for Your Buck: Breaking the Bank to Upgrade the Nuclear Arsenal (Part I)
The United States is on track to spend the equivalent of more than two Manhattan projects per year in one of the most expensive nuclear arms races in history. The US has not done a recorded air breathing nuclear detonation since 1992 (the last US test, Julin-Divider,...
Israel’s Criminal Assault on Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza: ‘Israel killed my grandmother!’
Israel has twice assaulted the Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, leaving behind horrifying death and destruction, and no evidence of a Hamas headquarters.
The Spirit Dissolves: Imminent B2 Retirement
Stealth is a buzzword, please keep in mind that long wave radars detects the minuscule radar cross sections of "stealth" platforms. It can still be detected by a sufficiently powerful radar or at sufficiently close ranges. Dual-band radars are more effective against...
Icebreaker Follies: The US Continues to Drive to Zero
The Navy did have 1.5 icebreakers and now they have half of one. Well, actually, the US has no operational icebreakers now. The Coast Guard’s other icebreaker, the ancient heavy Polar Star, is undergoing a service life extension program at the Mare Island Dry Dock in...
Boeing Incompetence Continues: The Space Launch System Debacle
We all know what is happening now with the Boeing disaster in space where two astronauts are marooned and the billion dollar taxicab is not only malfunctioning but can't be undocked without a human inside piloting the capsule away. Boeing was contracted by Never...
Anti-War Blog – Just a Meme of Their Time
So much to watch, to scroll past. To ignore. Apparently life is so busy, too much going on to care. The need to escape is paramount, to avoid reality. A reality many claim to be normal. Important even. A woman uses her degree to move about on the Olympic stage, elite...