Slam-dunk: accusations of “privilege” swell

Posted on 2023-08-22 by TPOL Nathan

Perhaps some Woke activists and supporters are learning that blanket accusations of “fascist” and “Nazi” don’t work as well as other tactics and labels.

We are seeing more and more the accusations of certain people and groups of having “privilege’.” Racists (that is, anyone with skin tones less than Fitzgerald Skin Type IV: see below) have “white privilege” and misogynists (that is, anyone with XY chromosomes who don’t identify as homosexual or transgender of some flavor) have “male privilege.” You get the point.

There are all kinds of “privilege” but only a relatively limited range that are viewed as bad or intolerable by our wonderfully-tolerant and situational-ethical Woke neighbors and enemies of liberty.

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Can we really reform the Justice Department? Really?

Posted on 2023-08-21 by TPOL Nathan

In a recent commentary in The Blaze (we know, evil rag that it is) Adam Mills speaks of seven reforms needed in the US Department of Justice.

No, he didn’t suggest the obvious: changing the name to better reflect its true aim in life: “The Department of Injustice.” Or the even more obvious “Department of Jackbooted Thugs in Suits” either.

Actually, all of his suggestions make a lot of sense: he has some thoughtful observations about what a mess – and threat to liberty – the DOJ is in 2023. And he speaks highly of the need to do these things to protect the US Constitution. So he agrees with us lovers of liberty and even some conservatives. The USDJ and particularly the feebes (which he addresses directly with several of his ideas for reforms) is a threat to the Constitution. To the rule of law.

But more importantly, the feebes and the in-justice warriors of the bloated bureaucracy are a real and present threat to liberty, freedom, and justice in these Fifty States. And for that matter, the world. We need to deal with them now before they grow more arrogant and powerful. Just like the rest of the FedGov. Even tyrants can have and follow law. Immoral and unjust law, but still law. The Constitution by itself can not control tyranny and injustice: that takes more. Much more.

“But,” some protest, “it is a start, no? We have to start someplace, right?”

History tells us otherwise.

Adam, I am sorry to say that your seven reforms will not work.

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The hit dog barks

Posted on 2023-08-18 by TPOL Nathan

An article appeared at Breitbart on Tuesday about the National Review deigning to do a review of rural Virginian Oliver Anthony’s very popular “Rich Man North of Richmond” song attacking almost everything beloved of the political and media establishment.

Dear. Oh, dear. The screed, even secondhand, immediately triggered memories of a saying shared by both my grandfathers. “The hit dog barks.” The increasingly Woke media and political powers that be understood clearly that the song wasn’t talking about Fredricksburg or Manassas – or even the soon-to-be former Fort A. P. Hill.

That elite who deem themselves masters of our States (and the world) seem very thin-skinned at times, don’t they? Or do they just rightly fear almost anything can escalate into a version of France 1789?

But it wasn’t just about DC either: NYC and Philadelphia and Boston, among others, are all north of Richmond. And filled with rich men. Far too many of them seem to have become incredibly wealthy as “civil servants” and serving in elected office. The elite, or as some put it, the technocrats.

The entire article is worth reading. And the song is worth listening to as well, if you can put up with the raw, foul language of this redheaded, redbearded hillbilly singer. (Meanwhile, expect to be “entertained” by a deluge of factoids about this guy, his family, his foibles, his community and background – and anything they can find that he has ever typed, written, said, or “liked.” Cancel culture in action.)

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Trial? We don’t need no stinkin’ trial.

Posted on 2023-08-17 by TPOL Nathan

So a pair of “conservative legal scholars” seem to be stating clearly according to a recent MSN article, These august gentlemen argue that there is “abundant evidence” that Trump engaged in an insurrection, citing his efforts to change vote counts through threats and intimidation and urging his supporters to march on the Capitol.

So “abundant evidence” negates the need for silly things like trials and guilty verdicts – no appeal except maybe (they claim) to Congress – and see, The Donald is a nasty, evil, mean guy which the 14th Amendment “automatically” bars from office.

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Is Sacramento channeling Benedict Arnold?

Posted on 2023-08-16 by TPOL Nathan

The most famous traitor in American history is probably Major General Benedict Arnold, a rising star in the Continental Army who switched sides and joined the Loyalist forces fighting for King George III and the Brits in the American War of Independence.

While the Dems and many Republicans in DC and elsewhere are touting how The Donald is guilty (note, no trial yet) of insurrection (and therefore a traitor) and busy changing the names of dozens of military installations to erase the names of Confederate “traitors” from history, this story comes courtesy of a reader of TPOL:

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Wicked witches of the West

Posted on 2023-08-15 by TPOL Nathan

Now everyone knows that The Donald is not a nice guy, He can be cruel, mean, blunt, and outspoken. (As Caitlin Johnstone has pointed out, Trump is a criminal, not because of the things he’s been indicted for, but because he did the same things as president that every POTUS including Uncle Joe have done: “legal” but criminal violations of moral law and essential/basic principles of liberty.)

And Uncle Joe? A mob boss, however senile he is now: a genuine Godfather with his family/clan at the center of a massively profitable criminal enterprise operating for decades. A serial liar, and increasingly under the control of various handlers and whomever it is that pulls his strings. Who seems to daily add to his criminal record for past and present deeds.

But…

In Congress, we have a pair that are even more evil. Aged and steeped in evil, and dishing it out every day. Did Frank Baum or the scriptwriters of the movie version of “The Wizard of Oz” somehow use a time machine to use these women as models for the villain?

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Culture war expanded by MSM #1

Posted on 2023-08-14 by TPOL Nathan

Many of us probably use “culture war” too frequently. It is a broad term, easily misinterpreted, and designed to rile people up. SAnd it is hard sometimes to think of another term to describe the efforts by many people and groups to tear down the foundations of society and institutions of great importance. Flawed as all these institutions are, they are often – even mostly – far better than what their enemies wish to substitute for them.

Consider this example. Browsing online, I ran across an “opinion piece” in Newsweek, which I believe is both “Mainstream Media” (MSM) and strictly on-line these days. See below for further discussion of this “news magazine.”

The meat of the piece: “Facing a largely ineffective Congress, an overstepping Supreme Court, the rising threat of authoritarianism, and a government seemingly unable to address many of our most pressing problems, a small but growing number of liberal scholars and commentators have been making a strong case against a previously sacred cow: the U.S. Constitution.

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Trigger warning

Posted on 2023-08-12 by TPOL Nathan

A cute, funny picture, right? Unless you were also to launch a screed against certain people or institutions, that is.

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We don’t need or want conscription

Posted on 2023-08-11 by TPOL Nathan

A couple of weeks back, Ron Paul’s Liberty Report featured this op-ed in the Military Times. Freedom’s Phoenix repostedDr. Paul’s (staff) charges with the headline “DC Swamp calls for a draft.”

Big credit to both Dr. Paul and the Hancocks for finding this. Just a couple of problems and blessings: first, Dr. Paul should know that the Military Times is NOT “Pro-Pentagon” (I understand the folks at Freedom’s Phoenix, not being military, may not realize that.) Military Times is frequently critical of the brass hats at the Pentagon, both civilian and military. The publication still seems to have some remnant of the old press ethics and are neutral or even negative to the DoD and armed services in general. Second, it is not the Military Times that wrote or even encouraged this opinion piece: it is a retired USMC Lieutenant Colonel (O-5) (and former Pentagon denizen) that wrote it. The Times makes that clear.

LTC (R) Plenzler is wrong – very, very wrong. And even if he were right about needing a “limited” conscription, that would only address the symptoms of our military “crisis,” for failure to meet recruiting goals is definitely the responsibility of Congress and the political appointees of Uncle Joe’s mob. Yes, he does place the blame on the FedGov political leadership, but again, symptoms and not causes. Yet he expects political decisions about how to get soldiers, sailors, and airmen to be any good? The problem is far deeper than a draft can solve. His proposal will not work. Not just because it is evil, but because it does not change why people don’t want to serve.

Here is the op-ed:

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“Will no one rid me of this mettlesome priest?”

Posted on 2023-08-10 by TPOL Nathan

This is a quote attributed to Henry II of England that preceded the death of Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, in 1170. The king’s words were “misinterpreted” as an order, prompting four knights from Normandy to travel to Canterbury and murder Becket. Right there in the cathedral.

The phrase implies that a leader’s desire may be taken as an order by his or her officials. It is frequently used in contemporary settings to convey the idea that a ruler’s wish might be interpreted as a command by his or her subordinates. Is this what is going on today in DC?

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