Just heard on the radio: In a 4-3 decision the Colorado State Supreme Court has decided that The Donald cannot be on the primary ballot in Colorado because of the US 14th Amendment. Specifically Section 3.
What impact? This is different than what the district court decided regarding jurisdiction but did uphold that courts’ “decision” that Trump had engaged in insurrection and that what happened on 6 January 2021 was an insurrection. The person announcing this explained that he and many others expected just this: as a Blue State, Colorado and its Nazgul see The Donald as a monstrous evil.
To us here at The Price of Liberty, The Donald may be a monstrous evil indeed, but then, so is Uncle Joe. And they both seem to be guilty of a lot of crimes, constitutional, legal, and moral.
Several of us at TPOL seriously are worried that this may be the death knell of the present American system of government. (We cannot, in good conscience, call this mess a republic and the idea of a democracy is more of a joke than ever.)
Based on reading the decision, Colorado State Government has determined that even if the other 49 States vote for Trump, Colorado will not accept Trump as president. That is, de jure, secession, even if not de facto.
“… a government and its agents are under no general duty to provide public services, such as police protection, to any particular individual citizen…”
Warren v. District of Columbia, 444 A.2d 1 (D.C. App.181)
The above case involved two women who were upstairs in a townhouse when they heard their roommate, a third woman, being attacked downstairs by intruders. They phoned the police several times and were assured that officers were on the way. After about 30 minutes, when their roommate’s screams had stopped, they assumed the police had finally arrived. When the two women went downstairs they saw that in fact the police never came, but the intruders were still there. As the Warren court graphically states in the opinion: “For the next fourteen hours the women were held captive, raped, robbed, beaten, forced to commit sexual acts upon each other, and made to submit to the sexual demands of their attackers.”
The latest National Defense Authorization Act, being herded through Congress months later than it is supposed to be, has a nasty little item buried in it.
It is not just a reauthorization of an expiring provision of FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act) – Section 702. It is an expansion of a seriously-abused part of that post-Bloody Tuesday (9-11) legislation. Hundreds if not thousands of American citizens have been targets of surveillance by government agencies under that section. Now, the power of those agencies to spy on American citizens is to be vastly increased. Feebes and other government agencies will now be able to demand private, personal information (including apparently financial and medical data) from virtually any business, institution, or government agency about any American. Without such niceties and due process like warrants, subpoenas or such outdated and silly limits. After all, government agencies exist only to help us, right?
And except for congresscritturs, the various agencies won’t have to tell us they are gathering data about us.
This warrantless search power was one of the great evils of FISA, from 2001: 22 years of tyranny. Now, the police state is expanded.
So why did this pass through the House of Representatives with a 2/3+ majority? With only about 70 Republicans and 70 Democrats voting against it?
Propaganda. By being attached to NDAA, all kinds of pressure was put on legislators to pass the entire package and send to Uncle Joe: otherwise, we’d have Russian and Chinese troops occupying the States because all our military would walk off the job because they weren’t getting paid! And the arms merchants would sell all their weapons to North Korea and Iran because the US military wouldn’t be able to buy them because Congress didn’t give the Pentagon most of a trillion dollars for the budget (fiscal) year that started on 1 October of this year!
Pressure, propaganda, and of course, the promise of pork to their States and districts. And a lust for more and more power.
As Sean Ring mentioned in a conference call on Wednesday, lovers of liberty have vastly underestimated the strength and resolve of the state. And had over-confidence in the love of any liberty by most Americans.
Do we deserve the tightened chains around our ankles and wrist? Perhaps.
Friday, 15 December, is Bill of Rights Day as established by Congress. Just as 15 September is Constitution Day.
Like too many people (and religions) who celebrate the birth of Jesus of Nazareth on 25 December and His resurrection (on Easter) but do not follow His teachings, many people (and government agencies) “honor” the Constitution and especially the Bill of Rights while ignoring and perverting its provisions and guarantees of God-given rights.
In 2023, it seems that such violations (of what is supposed to be the fundamental law of the lands we call the States) are expanded weekly. And at the same time, there are more and more calls for further violations. And for outright repeal of some – much – of the Bill of Rights.
The campus security force is a common feature at more and more public (government-run, tax-funded) schools. And for that matter, at more and more businesses. Internal threats to peace and external dangers from growing numbers of people who see an opportunity to do nasty things in what are often free-fire zones with no defenses except signs telling all this is a “gun-free zone.”
Security guards are generally a low-pay occupation, often part-time with few if any benefits, and therefore those men and women who do such work have various problems: mental, social, and physical. Although some States and many government agencies and businesses have some requirements, such as training, drug testing, and background checks, many do not.
And it is not uncommon for those rules to be ignored.
Maybe that was the problem at one high school where the security force supervisor had gone into business with a student at the school. Now, entrepreneurship is a good thing, right? Except that their business was making and selling explosive devices. Or so BATFE and the FBI claim.
Thursday, 14 December 2023, at sunset, is the 8th day of Hannukah, if we are counting right here at TPOL. The observance this year started two months after the Hamas attack.
This latest war in the Middle East – particularly in Canaan (often called “Palestine”) rages on, despite a temporary ceasefire. What we call the “Second Yom Kippur War” or the “Hamas-Israeli War” has seen thousands killed and tens of thousands – even hundreds of thousands wounded, beggared, driven from their homes (temporary or “permanent”). Billions of dollars – millions of ounces of gold – have been spent. The entire world seems to be divided – and the division extends deeply into American society and politics.
And public celebration of Hannukah seems to be limited, around the world. We are told it is due to “antisemitism.” That is hatred of Jews: racism with Jews as its target. The Jews are colonialists: “white Europeans” exercising white supremacy over the people of color and indigenous populations. So any public celebration of a Hebrew/Jewish holiday must be disapproved. Even canceled.
We disagree. Let us explain why, but…
Forgive us if we briefly restate what many – even most – readers of TPOL know.
And the mainstream media is tickled pink about it.
In several States, Democrats and Never-Trumpers are trying very hard to keep The Donald off the ballot, claiming that since he is an insurrectionist (promoting and encouraging an insurrection on 6 January 2021 to overthrow the government) he is constitutionally ineligible to hold office, and therefore cannot even be on the primary ballots.
Now, we have always seen a few problems with that.
First, although at least one judge has arbitrarily declared The Donald to be an insurrectionist, this was done without due process: no trial, no formal charges (other than the media and virtually every Democrat’s and many Republican’s loud-mouthed rhetoric). Although many people wish it otherwise, even Trump must be considered “innocent until proven guilty.” (There are various groups that claim that no conviction is necessary, but to us, their reasoning seems… well, less than sterling.)
And there is certainly a lot of reason, legally and factually and with a tad of reason, to consider what happened on 6 January 2021 was even “insurrection” according to the intent of Congress and the States back in the 1860s when that provision was added to the Constitution. Lots and lots of people claim it was an insurrection but again, the logic is lacking. A more detailed analysis is beyond the scope of this commentary.
While the Beer Flu and the ensuing Pandemic Panic really boosted home-schooling in the Fifty States, the movement has been growing for decades. There are more and more adults – even in their 30s and 40s – who graduated from some form of homeschooling. These include pod schools, micro schools, cooperative institutions, and on-line academies. And many of those getting a primary and secondary education in that manner have gone on to successfully matriculate and graduate from universities and technical schools and other institutions.
Although many conventional private schools did suffer and even closed (temporarily or permanently) during the COVID crazy nonsense, the closure and insane policies and closures of public (government-run, tax-funded) schools forced many parents to opt out and into homeschooling.
As reposted by ZeroHedge, Senator Rand Paul has joined Representative Matt Gaetz in trying to pass a bill in Congress to force an American withdrawal from Syria.
The Associated Press reported back in March that there are about 900 US troops in Syria on any given day. Now, two months into the Second Yom Kippur War (Hamas versus the Israelis), this is getting to be better known. And these American troops are being attacked regularly: at least 73 times in the last two months, including four in one day. These are blamed on Iranian-backed groups and have increased in frequency since the Hamas attack on Israel.
Why? Why are US troops garrisoning a part of an independent nation with less than good relations with the FedGov in DC?
Many readers may be familiar with the Tuttle Twins and Connor, the publisher, editor, and author. Please note this is not a recommendation or an advert for Tuttle Twins books etc.
But in a recent email, Connor brings up some interesting thoughts. Worth sharing on this 7th of December.
Chaos? Breaking news: Colorado Supremes keep Trump off primary ballot
Just heard on the radio: In a 4-3 decision the Colorado State Supreme Court has decided that The Donald cannot be on the primary ballot in Colorado because of the US 14th Amendment. Specifically Section 3.
What impact? This is different than what the district court decided regarding jurisdiction but did uphold that courts’ “decision” that Trump had engaged in insurrection and that what happened on 6 January 2021 was an insurrection. The person announcing this explained that he and many others expected just this: as a Blue State, Colorado and its Nazgul see The Donald as a monstrous evil.
To us here at The Price of Liberty, The Donald may be a monstrous evil indeed, but then, so is Uncle Joe. And they both seem to be guilty of a lot of crimes, constitutional, legal, and moral.
Several of us at TPOL seriously are worried that this may be the death knell of the present American system of government. (We cannot, in good conscience, call this mess a republic and the idea of a democracy is more of a joke than ever.)
Based on reading the decision, Colorado State Government has determined that even if the other 49 States vote for Trump, Colorado will not accept Trump as president. That is, de jure, secession, even if not de facto.
Obviously, more to follow! Be prepared.