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Monthly Archives: December 2011
No Holiday for Some
I’m going to ruin your day. On this Christmas Day, I’d like to ask one small gift of you. Take just a moment to think about the private prison industry in California. I’ll make it simple: Virtually every human in … Continue reading
The Real Enemy
I’m not going to help you much with fixing what’s wrong with the world. We are at war. Only a fool would deny it. Bad things are going to happen and your life will be afflicted with unwanted changes, and … Continue reading
The Gift of Truth for Christmas
Most of my regular readers probably understand this already, but what I offer is a written formulation which may help fill your Santa’s bag of truth so you can share with others. First, I have to reveal something of myself … Continue reading
The Final Defense of Sanity
According to the basic guidelines of civility, the proper response to impertinent questions and suggestions is to laugh. For quite some time, innocence has been no defense in the US. On the one hand, there are enough intentionally confusing and … Continue reading
Delusion Defense
When the world is mad, what happens to the sane? First and foremost, your best defense internally is not taking yourself too seriously. Never forget: It’s always possible you are mistaken, even deluded, about any number of things. Fundamental to … Continue reading
Losing the Race
We don’t even have a good definition for “race” as it pertains to humans. Racism is neither good nor bad; it is a human instinct. It simply is. As with any instinct, it can be coupled with conditioning to produce … Continue reading
Posted in social sciences
Tagged civilization, culture, oppression, propaganda
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The Shape of Oppression
Around here, I’ve seen very little harassment from the government. As noted previously on this blog, I was under some kind of bumbling surveillance at one point around the turn of the millennium. It included tapping my phone, some ham-fisted … Continue reading
Trusting Cynicism; Cynical Trust
We aren’t cynical enough and we don’t trust enough. Warning: This is a blatantly Christian post. You can substitute your own religious verbiage, but I believe you’ll find the principles universal. Our human logic is typically insufficiently cynical. A the … Continue reading
Posted in religion, sanity
Tagged government, oppression, resistance
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Defending the Indefensible
I reiterate: Not only can we not stop this train wreck, but we sin if we try. I’m not choking with rage because I don’t have any vested interests. There is the usual debate over just what the NDAA 2012 … Continue reading
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Tagged government, law, oppression, peace, propaganda
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Not Quite the Apocalypse
We are in deep doo-doo, and it will get worse, but it’s not the End of the World. Having once tasted civilization, humans are loathe to go back to something less. Granted, most of humanity haven’t seen that “something less” … Continue reading
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Tagged government, oppression, resistance, survival, war
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