Finally, we’re getting some insight into what really happened on Jan. 6. As I have said all along, there was no “insurrection.” It was just some aging Boomers and GenXers on heart meds being let into the U.S. Capitol building and roaming around.
In this first episode of the Podcast series, Dr. Fleming discusses the enduring appeal of the genre of the Western and things to keep in mind as we will watch films on which both he and host Stephen Heiner will comment. Homework for episode 2? Watch the 1929 version of The Virginian.
The first American oubtreak of political iconoclasm took place during the Federal government’s “reconstruction” of the South. The euphemism “reconstruction” is a typical tool of all despotisms, which use words like patriotism, human rights, people’s republics, reeducation camps, and social justice to cover vast confiscations of property, mass murder, and the corruption of children
The revolutionary American regime, since the 1930s, through compulsory school legislation, child labor laws, and child protection statutes, has gone much further than the USSR n directly attacking even the authority of parents over children
Joannes tells us that many Jews at this time, seeing the signs, put their trust in Jesus. I asked a Roman friend, familiar with the sect, what they meant by “put their trust,” and he used the Roman verb “credere,” but that rathe begs the question. I don’t have to tell you that our word pisteuo does not mean simply to think something is so, as in, “I believe you are right” or “I believe Socrates is wise” or “Zeus is god.”….
Who in his right mind wants to ignite a World War between America’s NATO Empire and Russia? In addition to the obvious motive of blind greed, the masters of war always use crisis to consolidate their power and subjugate the American people.
Ukraine will never be an independent nation–or even any kind of nation. It is nothing more than a sandbox where NATO and Russia play their games. Where a line is drawn between the two subject spheres is not a matter of right and wrong but of who is to be master.
Conquests and revolutions almost inevitably entail massive looting such as took place during and, especially, after the America War Between the States, and the demolition of the existing legal order provides a legal justification for despoiling the natives.
When an Old Order is overturned by conquering aliens or revolutionized by an alienated segment of the population, any legal principle or institution that affords protection to the former dominant people will have to be reconstructed, undermined, or destroyed.
Democrats are gloating over the Republican turmoil over picking a House Speaker. The opposite is true. Everyone talks about preserving “democracy.” But this is Democracy in Action.
