Hillary’s prime demographic voting block
Via Goodbye America (in a photo)
Month: August 2016
The Specter of Suffering
The Specter of Suffering
Jews know how to suffer. Christians don’t, although they once did. Most libertarians don’t know how to suffer either.
While there’s no virtue in suffering itself, certain kinds of suffering are unavoidable if we want to change the world. (That is, to really change the world, not just to jabber about it.)
If you run away from suffering, anyone with a pin and a threat owns you.
Let’s be clear on this: Wanting to live in a new way opens you up to suffering. If you hope to avoid it and still attain liberty, you’re kidding yourself. It won’t happen. And to make this point very clearly, I’ll restate it:
Suffering is required; if you can’t hack that, stay home.
And while we’re at it, let me give you a few more stark statements:
- If you care more about losing money than gaining liberty, you’re not going to get liberty.
- If truth isn’t something you’re willing to be hated for, you’re not going to get much truth.
- Entrenched hierarchies always oppose progress. They’ll want to tear down the things we build. If we can’t accept losses and rebuild… and then rebuild yet again… we’re not going to get past tyranny.
Please understand that I’m not endorsing masochism here; I don’t expect anyone to like losing money or to enjoy seeing something they built torn down. But if a negative reaction stops you in your tracks, if fear of “something going wrong” paralyzes you, please stay home until you’re ready to pay that price; you’ll only muck things up for yourself and others.
NO TRIGGER WARNINGS ALLOWED
SSS’ FRIDGE
Obama Admits 10,000 Syrian Refugees: Top Destinations Are Michigan And California
by Tyler Durden
Yesterday, the White House announced that the US had met President Obama’s goal of admitting 10,000 Syrian refugees into the country; it did so ahead of schedule.
One year ago Obama had sought a sixfold increase in the number of Syrian refugees provided safe haven in the United States. After a slow start, the administration was able to hit the goal about a month early and just a few weeks before Obama convenes a summit on refugees during the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly. He would have been hard-pressed to make the case for other countries to do more with the U.S. failing to reach a goal that amounts to about 2% of the 480,000 Syrian refugees in need of resettlement. Millions more Syrians have fled to neighboring states such as Jordan, Turkey and Lebanon and to countries in Europe since the civil war broke out in 2011.
Over 1 million Syrian refugees made their way to Germany, where the resultant social shock, and surge in violent terrorist attacks, have led to a plunge in Angela Merkel’s approval rating. That, however, has not deterred the US from seeking to admit thousands of refugees.
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Question of the Day, August 30
Now that it’s been a few days since the latest distraction, how do you feel about Colin Kaepernick sitting through the national anthem?
The Election Has Been Hacked: The Dismal Reality of Having No Real Electoral Choices
Guest Post by John W. Whitehead
The FBI is worried: foreign hackers have broken into two state election databases.
The Department of Homeland Security is worried: the nation’s voting system needs greater protection against cyberattacks.
I, on the other hand, am not overly worried: after all, the voting booths have already been hacked by a political elite comprised of Republicans and Democrats who are determined to retain power at all costs.
The outcome is a foregone conclusion: the police state will win and “we the people” will lose.
The damage has already been done.
The DHS, which has offered to help “secure” the nation’s elections, has already helped to lock down the nation.
Just a Moment…
By Francis Marion
The sound of Bluegrass flowed like water out the cafe door and down stream along side currents born of Northern Cascades and the snow that still lingered amongst their craggy, watchful peaks. A cool breeze followed the setting sun up the valley and found its way in through the back door of the dining room while the band played softly, one by two, plucking on guitar and bass as farmer’s daughters scurried here and there bringing food and drink to traveller and resident alike.
“I’m sorry we’re full.” said a gentle voice from the front door to a pair of backpackers as a glass of stout found its place in front of my plate.
“We can wait,” they replied but the truth was that no one would leave for hours. Patrons picked slowly at their food and ordered more drinks as the band, a husband and wife duo, plucked another song, sipped their own brew and chatted with the guests in between.
Huffington Post TERMINATED Me For Questioning Hillary’s Health
Syria: Their War, Not Ours
Guest Post by Patrick J. Buchanan
The debacle that is U.S. Syria policy is today on naked display.
NATO ally Turkey and U.S.-backed Arab rebels this weekend attacked our most effective allies against ISIS, the Syrian Kurds.
Earlier in August, U.S. planes threatened to shoot down Syrian planes over Hasakeh, and our Iraq-Syria war commander, Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend, issued a warning to Syria and Russia against any further air strikes around the city.
Who authorized Gen. Townsend to threaten to shoot down Syrian or Russian planes — in Syria?
When did Congress authorize an American war in Syria? Is the Constitution now inoperative?
That we are sinking into a civil war where we sometimes seem to be fighting both sides is a tribute to the fecklessness of the Barack Obama-John Kerry foreign policy and the abdication of a Congress that refuses to either name our real enemy or authorize our deepening involvement.
Our Congress appears again to have abdicated its war powers.
Civil Unrest in America and the World – Who’s responsible?
Via TRUTHstreammedia
Bonus video – Are we now being groomed for another large scale war?
WEINER TALK
QUOTE OF THE DAY
Muck’s Minute #32
This is the First and Last time you’ll hear about Electoral Voting Cycles from Old Muck!
This voting season would not be complete (or maybe better!) without Ol’ Muck’s nickel tossed into the ring. So hold your noses, get a barf bag handy, a shot of Old Crock over ice on the end table next to you and here we go.
One must remember that the elections this November are not JUST about the President although to hear the media that’s the only thing that matters.. Wrong-oh! Don’t forget the Supervisor of Elections, Sheriff, Tax Collector, State Legislature Senate and Representatives, Clerk of the Circuit Court, Country Commission Seats, School Board Members Circuit and District State Judges (who can do an untold amount of local damage if they care too!) and all the dozens of smaller worker bees hopping to hop upon the State or Federal gravy train
First of all, this is not the first (nor will it be the last – short a financial or fiscal collapse or War far beyond what I expect to happen) where there was no one worth a good dammit-it-all-to-hell person to vote for the head of this country. It’s happened – depending upon which historian you believe – at least a half dozen times over the past 240 some years of this magnificent country’s existence and probably more.
RIP GENE WILDER
GREED
