In just a few days, the war between Russia and Ukraine will have lasted a year since Moscow launched its special military operation (invasion) on 24 February 2022.
It is perhaps suitable to look at this war in several ways. One is to compare the situation in Ukraine with that in Afghanistan. Now and in the past. Many have suggested there is some similarities. Let us take a look.
Continue readingWestern civilization is falling. Like Roman civilization before it. And Greek civilization before that. There are many reasons. It may still take decades or even centuries, but as with Babylon, the handwriting is on the wall. (And since events seem to be faster, overall, today due to technology and population, we may not have all that long.)
What does that mean? Even if the nukes are launched and dropped, the world and the human race will not disappear. There will be something replacing western civilization. Sooner or later – but unlikely to be a centuries-long period of darkness and horror, as the science fiction writers commonly portray. Not to say it won’t be nasty for a good while, but finally, something else will develop.
Continue readingThe decision of the DC FedGov and other NATO members to send main battle tanks to Ukraine reveals a lot about the poor, immoral behavior of the Western World’s elites.
Right now, the FedGov and NATO is shipping dozens of panzers (tanks) to Ukraine. Billions of dollars of weapons and ammo and supplies have been pulled out of the warehouses and depots to send to be shot off and up in that conflict, supposedly because Ukraine is critical to our security. And to deal with a situation which American and NATO leaders intentionally created: to put Russia with their backs against the wall! We are compelled to ask, Did these idiots really start a war with Russia not knowing whether they had enough weapons, ammo, and supplies to fight their nominated enemy and keep everything else under control? Looks like that, doesn’t it?
Continue readingBuilding on a recent commentary, the news, and talk shows are filled today (27 JAN 2023) with stories about violence in these Fifty States. Particularly, the news is filled with the attack on Paul Pelosi in San Francisco, while his wife was still US Speaker of the House. And the beating to death of a younger black motorist in Memphis, Tennessee, a couple of weeks ago. Of course, as always, the news is filled with reports of mayhem across the States: two mass killings by elderly Asian murderers in California, and many others. And of course, wars all over the planet, “official” or not.
Indeed, the “Gun Violence Archive” claims 45 “mass shootings” so far this month, although only 7 of those actually included a monster killing three or more people. And one of those was cops killing people during a gun battle – including (as I understand it) innocent bystanders. Several of those 7 were domestic murder-suicides, which is very sad.
When people look at the publicized numbers of “mass shootings” and then add all the one or two killed at a time (with guns, knives, etc.), it is easy to say that the States – or at least many of them – are involved in an internal war.
Continue readingBy now, you have surely heard that both the FedGov (DC) and Berlin (BRD – Germany) have decided to send 45 panzers (tanks) to the national-socialist regime in Ukraine. And not just any tanks, but the current generation of main battle tanks: 31 each M1A2 (unknown if they will have the SEPv4 enhancement) and 14 each Leopard 2A6. Uncle Joe announced it himself. Others may follow.
And the German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Wednesday said it was important for Western partners to coordinate military aid to Kyiv. “The crucial part is we do it together and we do not do the blame game in Europe because we are fighting a war against Russia and not against each other,” she said.
Of course, the French Foreign Ministry quickly contradicted that revealing and damning statement, according to Barrons. “We are not at war with Russia and none of our partners are,” ministry spokeswoman Anne-Claire Legendre said. “The delivery of military equipment… does not constitute co-belligerence.”
Except in the real world, it does.
Continue readingBy Edward Hudgins, originally published 4 July 2001. Worth reading again after two decades! Think about these things, and why they are!
America is a unique country, founded on the principle that we are endowed with “certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.” Yet today, through taxes and regulations, government takes half of what each American earns. Government regulates what goods and services entrepreneurs can offer consumers, and restricts consumer freedom to buy many goods from other countries. Politicians currently are trying to restrict or ban what we can smoke, where we can use our cell phones, what we can view on the Internet, and which fattening foods we can eat.
How is it that the people of a country dedicated to freedom put up with such restrictions from political elites? Do Americans still value freedom?
Continue readingWe take it for granted. That is, those of us who are lovers of liberty: little-L libertarians, rational anarchists, free-market anarchists, even big-L Libertarians and minarchists. Classical liberals, even paleo-conservatives. We think that liberty – human liberty – is a good thing.
But why?
Continue readingOh dear! Many Democrats are upset that one particular piece of work (Santos) is not being frogmarched out of the Capitol and shot at dawn by the GOP because he is a “known serial liar” during his campaign.
Actually, I think that could be beneficial to the States. Read on!
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Time served – justice served?
Uncle Joe’s regime has released an al Qaeda terrorist (whom we decline to name – look at the NBC story if you must know) from the “infamous” resort-prison of Guantanamo Bay on Cuba. He was a “legal” US resident before he worked directly for one of the planners of the Bloody Tuesday 9-11 attacks on New York City and the Pentagon, and he was directly involved in the Al Qaeda 2003 Indonesian attack which killed 12 and injured 120 people.
Why was he released? Because he “served his time.” That’s right. He pled guilty and was sentenced to a whole 10 years in prison – “detention” at Gitmo. For being involved directly in a mass murder, and indirectly in no doubt many more.
Compare this to someone I know, who in a fit of passion, tried to but failed to kill his ex-wife, and actually tried to (and did!) save her life after he shot up her car. He has served over 20 years in prison – in a Colorado prison much different than Gitmo – and has still be denied parole. We could cite dozens of other examples of harsher punishment for far lesser crimes than this radical Islamist murderer and conspirator.
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