2011

Saviors in Uniform? (Updated, 2/2)

Monday, January 31, 2011 Saviors in Uniform? (Updated, 2/2) “The Army and the People Are One!” Don’t count on it. “The army is all good men but the police, every policeman is bad,” explained Egyptian demonstrator Mustafa Abdel Wahab to Time magazine. Mr. Wahab is as tragically mistaken in the first assessment as he is […]

Ave, Imperium!

Monday, February 7, 2011 Ave, Imperium! Officer Dianobol, I presume? Yes, this pic (from the 2010 Super Bowl) just screams “Freedom!”  Superbowl Sunday, the High Holy Day of our de facto state religion, has become such a brobdingnagian spectacle of militarist self-worship that Leni Riefenstahl would probably find the proceedings a bit excessive. The Caligulan […]

Let’s Play “Name That Arab Despotism”!

Wednesday, February 9, 2011 Let’s Play “Name That Arab Despotism”! There is a large and powerful Arab state ruled by a Soviet-trained military dictator. The figure he has chosen as a successor, the head of the secret police, was also trained in the Soviet Union, and the apparatus of terror and repression he supervises was […]

The War Party’s Atrocity Porn

Sunday, February 27, 2011 The War Party’s Atrocity Porn “This is a massacre,” the frantic Libyan woman, speaking by telephone while cowering in her apartment in Tripoli, told CNN’s Anderson Cooper. “I hope you know that people around the world are watching and praying and wanting to do something,” Anderson told her, as if he […]

They Call That Scam “Sharia”

Tuesday, March 1, 2011 They Call That Scam “Sharia” “I’ll break your back, and make you humble!” Tennessee state senator Bill Ketron insists that his proposed anti-Sharia measure (formally known as the “Material Support to Designated Entities Act”) is not intended to criminalize the peaceful practice of the Muslim religion. Instead, it would permit the […]

Radicalizing the “Homeland” UPDATED, August 11, 2016

Tuesday, March 8, 2011 Radicalizing the “Homeland” UPDATED, August 11, 2016 They make a cute couple, huh? Terrorist fundraiser-turned-Homeland Security Commissar Pete King poses with an unidentified unlawful combatant.   (See the update at the end of the essay.) “We’re talking about a radicalization in this country that is linked to an overseas enemy,” insists […]

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Last Rights: The Death of American Liberty

Last Rights: The Death of American Liberty

Americans today have “freedom” to be fleeced, groped, injected, harassed, surveilled, vilified, disarmed, beaten, detained, and maybe shot by federal agents. From hapless homeowners hit by SWAT raids to pandemic lockdowns pointlessly paralyzing lives, government...

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