Outlasting Tyranny
Posted By: Hazymac, 3/24/2023 5:35:08 PM
Lately, in a spirit of “know your enemy”, I downloaded Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals. To my surprise, the first of its three epigraphs comes from a work I have been recommending to people recently – that section of Talmud known as “Sayings of the Fathers,” which is included in the Jewish prayerbook for Sabbath afternoon reading. Though of a very different spirit from Rules for Radicals, Sayings of the Fathers has always seemed to me like a manual for action – in this case, a manual for surviving tyranny and building something that may outlast it.
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The Biden regime has already abundantly established that it has no patience for dissent. The Twitter Files show regime lackeys pressuring Twitter, along with other social media giants, to silence people who dared question, among other things, its COVID-19 narrative — yes, the one that has been shown to have been full of holes all along. But as is so often the case these days, it gets worse. Now it has come to light that the Biden White House actually pressured Meta to censor private WhatsApp texts that dared to express disagreement from the regime’s line. Yes, private texts.
This is not some crazy “far right” conspiracy theory
NPR vs. Masculinity
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In our culture’s present moment of confusion about many basic things, you may well have been wondering what “masculinity” means. Well, have no fear, NPR is here to give you the lowdown on how to properly think of this topic in 2023 in a podcast from their series LifeKit, which magnanimously offers the benighted populace invaluable “tools to help you get it together.”
Here are just a few of the scintillating bits of wisdom dispensed by the (self-proclaimed) cultural experts at LifeKit:
“Everyone’s [i.e., men are] afraid to be themselves.” Alas, there is no discussion of just how many men were consulted to demonstrate how generalizable this belief is,
Where Is John Fetterman?
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Last month, Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) admitted himself to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for treatment for severe depression resulting from his struggle to adapt to life in the U.S. Senate, while still dealing with cognitive impairments from his May 2022 stroke. One key problem he struggles with is an auditory processing disorder, which makes it difficult for him to communicate or even understand others when they speak. Despite efforts to accommodate his impairments in the Senate, Fetterman still struggled to do his job.
Fetterman’s staff has reported that he is making good progress in
The dementia of the sitting President of the United States is now so severe that he can’t remain coherent nearly every time he speaks in public. The entire world knows that leadership of the United States is in the hands of a shadowy group that controls the husk of a not very impressive man who was put into office as a front.
But on a day when other gun grabbers have been exposed as hypocrites for exempting favored groups from their fever dreams of gun confiscation, it is worthwhile noting that the POTUS is incapable of specifying whose guns ought to be grabbed.
Outlasting Tyranny
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Lately, in a spirit of “know your enemy”, I downloaded Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals. To my surprise, the first of its three epigraphs comes from a work I have been recommending to people recently – that section of Talmud known as “Sayings of the Fathers,” which is included in the Jewish prayerbook for Sabbath afternoon reading. Though of a very different spirit from Rules for Radicals, Sayings of the Fathers has always seemed to me like a manual for action – in this case, a manual for surviving tyranny and building something that may outlast it.
Last January, Joe Biden claimed that the events of January 6, 2021 were the greatest threat to American democracy since the Civil War. That invites a look at what happened at the Capitol some 80 years after the Civil War.
On March 1, 1954, Puerto Rican nationalists Lolita Lebron, Rafael Cancel Miranda, Andres Figueroa Cordero and Irvin Flores Rodrigues, took a train from New York City to Washington DC, arriving at Union Station shortly after noon. The four entered the House gallery alongside a class of sixth-grade students from Maryland.
That day, the representatives were debating an immigration bill. At approximately 2:32 p.m. the foursome yelled “Viva Puerto Rico libre!”
Political correctness and woke virtues are like neatly-laid pavers, creating a path that can only lead to tragedy and death; news broke today that a young man named Kyle, who was obviously suffering tremendously from debilitating mental illness, has killed himself.
But Kyle’s heartbreaking story has some rather concerning and extenuating circumstances:
Kyle had abandoned his birth name and instead, was living as Kayleigh Scott…he was “transgender.”
More than that though, Kyle was a poster child for the “trans” movement and corporate “inclusion” policies like DIE. In 2020 United Airlines celebrated “Kayleigh” in a woke public relations campaign video:
Happy Friday, dear Kruiser Morning Briefing friends. (Snip) Another day, another public school making the case for why the Department of Education should be abolished.
It’s no secret that I’m not a fan of the direction public education in America has taken since the late 1960s. Heck, I wrote a book about it. That direction has gotten worse in the last year or so. At least it seems that way. I’m certainly relieved that my daughter is out of school now.
Kevin wrote something yesterday that featured some more infuriating news from those we entrust our children to for a huge portion of their young lives:
A Boston public school is the latest
The main organizers of the Stanford shout-down of the conservative judge Stuart Kyle Duncan last week were associated with the National Lawyers Guild, a Communist front group with its roots in the 1930s radical left.
Alan Dershowitz gives a brief history of the NLG and how they have been trying to stifle conservative viewpoints at university law schools. They have chapters at more than 100 schools, and their plans to disrupt the speech of conservatives have only just started.
According to Dershowitz, the NLG tries to create the impression that the shout-downs are spontaneous expressions of anger. Nothing could be further from the truth. Here’s the attempt to silence Judge Duncan
Three closely watched ailing senators remain away from the Capitol this week and it’s not clear when they will return. One of them, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, has spoken directly with some members of his leadership team and conveyed to them he is doing well and anxious to get back to work.
Meanwhile, Sen. John Fetterman, a Pennsylvania Democrat, continues to make progress in his treatment for clinical depression at Walter Reed Medical Center while also staying in close contact with key members of his staff, according to a source familiar with the situation.
Fetterman has not said when he plans to return to the Senate. The senator entered treatment
It is sad that only 74% of registered voters believe that parents have more rights to choose major, life-changing medical surgery than school officials. (Snip) Who are the 26% of voters who believe the parents have no right to know?
Probably the same sliver of people who believe that biological males should compete with girls in sports and that people with penises should be able to invade girls' privacy in public restrooms and expose themselves in their locker rooms.
They are most likely within the same slim minority of people who think it is O.K. to abort children throughout all nine months of a pregnancy
California’s “gun roster” law has been ruled unconstitutional, and the judge has ordered a preliminary injunction to stop it. And with the decision, a major Leftist anti-gun trope was targeted.
California U.S. District Court Judge Cormac J. Carney ruled that the California Unsafe Handgun Act’s creation of a “gun roster” of acceptable handguns for serfs to own is unconstitutional and ordered an injunction stopping its implementation. Expect it to be appealed by the defendant in the case, California’s Attorney General Robert Bonta, though he doesn’t have much left to go on after this decision.
This so-called “gun roster” is a list of handguns that state apparatchiks allow California serfs to own.
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Just In: Nancy Pelosi Mocks Her Archbishop
After He Calls for Her to Repent for Abortion Views 39 replies
After He Calls for Her to Repent for Abortion Views 39 replies
During an event at Georgetown University on Thursday, Nancy Pelosi, an abortion activist, declared that she is “pro-life” because she values the lives of children after they are born. Additionally, she dismissed her Archbishop’s demand for her to repent for endorsing abortion.
Despite professing to be a devout Catholic, Pelosi promotes several policies that conflict with Christian doctrines, such as advocating for unrestricted access to abortion.“I think I’m pro-life because I care about children and the rest,” she proudly stated.
Pelosi then proceeded to condemn Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone for refusing to offer her communion
As Kristinn Taylor reported earlier at The Gateway Pundit – No one has seen any video of Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), 53, speaking or moving since he was admitted to the psych ward at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland on February 15, allegedly for treatment of severe clinical depression. Since then, Fetterman’s staff and wife Gisele have only released a handful of staged photos that show he is alive and at least somewhat cognizant. No one except for his wife and a few of his senior staff members claim to have spoken with Fetterman, but they have not provided proof.
Ford Motor Company says its electric vehicle (EV) unit, “Ford Model e,” is losing billions of dollars, and should be viewed as a startup company.
Model e has lost $3 billion before taxes over the last two years, and is expected to lose another $3 billion this year as the company invests in the new technology, according to a report by Associated Press. In 2021, Ford’s Model e unit had pretax losses of $900 million. And in 2022, that number was $2.1 billion. Ford reportedly believes Model e will be profitable before taxes by late 2026, with an eight percent pretax profit margin.
How They Convinced Trump To Lock Down
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An enduring mystery for three years is how Donald Trump came to be the president who shut down American society for what turned out to be a manageable respiratory virus, setting off an unspeakable crisis with waves of destructive fallout that continue to this day. Let’s review the timeline and offer some well-founded speculations about what happened.
On March 9, 2020, Trump was still of the opinion that the virus could be handled by normal means.
Report: Growing Rift Between Biden & Kamala
Harris, Biden Upset She is Not ‘Rising
to the Occasion’ 32 replies
Harris, Biden Upset She is Not ‘Rising
to the Occasion’ 32 replies
Reports have surfaced that President Joe Biden is disappointed with Vice President Kamala Harris’ performance as his second-in-command, with comments from top officials within the Biden administration revealing some of the President’s candid views on Harris.
According to the reports, the tension between Biden and Harris stems from a belief that she has not “risen to the occasion” and is failing to reduce his workload adequately. Some officials claimed that Harris is fearful of making mistakes, leading to her being late in joining important political battles, such as
Hollywood, specifically the film industry, is going through a legitimate, serious, and potentially fatal phase.
No one likes the movies anymore.
The key to a healthy industry—audience goodwill—is evaporating quickly.
Sure, there have been some recent hits. Avatar: The Way of Water just became the second-highest worldwide grosser (not counting for inflation) in history. The last three or four Marvel movies have made money. But let’s not kid ourselves. Avatar 2, just like Avatar 1, has had no cultural impact whatsoever. I know of one person who saw it, and when asked his opinion, he replied with a shrug. My guess, and this is just a guess,
Ray Epps is now targeting Tucker Carlson
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During his expose regarding the occurrences on January 6 2021, Tucker Carlson covered the curious circumstances surrounding Rap Epps.
Epps was seen on camera inciting Trump supporters to go into the Capitol the night before the Jan. 6 protests. (snip) NBC News reports Epp’s lawyer Michael Teter sent a ease-and-desist notice to Tucker Carlson and Fox News general counsel Bernard Gugar demanding a retraction and apology from Carlson relating to Epps.
In the notice, Teter wrote that the Fox News host “persists with his assault on the truth” by pushing “fanciful notions” regarding Epps’s involvement in the Capitol attack that were “demonstrably false.”
White House: Meeting of China-Russia ‘Marriage’
Shows They Know ‘American Leadership’
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Shows They Know ‘American Leadership’
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During an interview with Bloomberg on Thursday, John Kirby argued that Xi Jinping’s visit to Moscow to meet with Vladimir Putin is “a manifestation of how much China and Russia know that American leadership on the world stage is back” and that there is “a marriage of convenience, certainly not one of affection” between the two.
Kirby said, “I think, first of all, calling this an alliance is a bit of a stretch. I refer to it as a marriage of convenience, certainly not one of affection. President Xi sees in President Putin a useful foil and a counterweight to American influence, particularly in Europe.
Oil companies have come under increasing legal scrutiny and face allegations of defrauding investors, racketeering, and a wave of other lawsuits. But a new paper argues there’s another way to hold big oil accountable for climate damage: trying companies for homicide.
The striking and seemingly radical legal theory is laid out in a paper accepted for publication in the Harvard Environmental Law Review. In it, the authors argue fossil fuel companies “have not simply been lying to the public, they have been killing members of the public at an accelerating rate, and prosecutors should bring that crime to the public’s attention”.
Emergency teams are responding to reports of a package containing a suspicious powder mailed to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office.
The New York Police Department said an envelope addressed to 'Alvin' was delivered by USPS on Friday. The powder was found in the envelope and the note: 'Alvin - I'm gonna kill you,' according to Fox News.
The suspicious mail comes as Bragg is mounting a case to potentially indict former President Trump over hush money payments to Stormy Daniels in 2016.
Biden annoyed at Kamala Harris for not
'rising to the occasion,' VP scared of
'messing up': report 25 replies
'rising to the occasion,' VP scared of
'messing up': report 25 replies
President Joe Biden is reportedly frustrated at Vice President Kamala Harris for not "rising to the occasion" as his second-in-command, according to a recent report from Reuters.
The bombshell story from Reuters included comments from high-ranking officials in the Biden administration who revealed some of president's candid opinions about Harris.
"If he did not think she was capable, he would not have picked her," one former Biden official told Reuters.
"But it is a question of consistently rising to the occasion," the official said.
Political correctness and woke virtues are like neatly-laid pavers, creating a path that can only lead to tragedy and death; news broke today that a young man named Kyle, who was obviously suffering tremendously from debilitating mental illness, has killed himself.
But Kyle’s heartbreaking story has some rather concerning and extenuating circumstances:
Kyle had abandoned his birth name and instead, was living as Kayleigh Scott…he was “transgender.”
More than that though, Kyle was a poster child for the “trans” movement and corporate “inclusion” policies like DIE. In 2020 United Airlines celebrated “Kayleigh” in a woke public relations campaign video: