Category: Aggregated

The president is requesting Congress to pass an authorization for the use of military force (AUMF) resolution against ISIS. Congress has not issued a similar resolution since 2002, when President Bush was given the authority to wage war against Iraq. The purpose of this resolution is to give official authority to the president to do the things that he has already been doing for the past six years. Seems strange but this is typical for Washington. President Obama’s claim is that he does not need this authority. He claims, as have all other recent presidents, that the authority to wage … Continue reading →

Solar storm, nuclear EMP, or a derivatives crash; any one of these could trigger a national or worldwide socio-economic collapse on a scale nobody has ever seen, with the subsequent destruction of life, liberty and property almost unimaginable. Out of the smoke and stench of the collapse, one nasty fact remains; not living full time at a retreat will require bugging out, it’s just a matter of time. The journey for most will be long and treacherous, may take weeks, months or even years and may result in injury or casualties to the group. However, only those who are prepped, … Continue reading →

In Part One of this article I attempted to illuminate the concept of generational theory as articulated by Strauss and Howe in The Fourth Turning.  In Part Two I provided proof this Crisis is far from over, with ever increasing debt, civic decay and global disorder propelling the world towards war. Seeds of Crisis & War “The seasons of time offer no guarantees. For modern societies, no less than for all forms of life, transformative change is discontinuous. For what seems an eternity, history goes nowhere – and then it suddenly flings us forward across some vast chaos that defies … Continue reading →

Joe Biden: “That’s [SIC] inviolate borders are honored…” Biden is speaking here about Ukraine.  But this refrain is trotted out whenever it is convenient – not whenever borders are violated (after all, Biden is in the employ of the biggest border-violator in the world today), but whenever it is convenient to point out that borders have been violated. Borders are an interesting thing.  In this context, they delineate the boundaries for the state’s right to exercise its monopoly of violence.  Often – unless delineated by a mountain range or body of water – there is nothing to distinguish one side … Continue reading →

We want to live pure, we want to live clean, we want to do our best; sweetly submitting to authority – leaving to God the rest…. From “Obedience,” a children’s song teaching the supposed virtues of “Positive Christianity” “For I know this — that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.” The Apostle Paul, quoted in Acts 20:29-30 The Rev. Dan Kellogg of Gold Creek Community Church in Mill Creek, Washington wants young people to understand … Continue reading →

Judging by the report on RT, I conclude that the Ukraine peace deal worked out in Minsk by Putin, Merkel, Hollande, and Poroshenko has little chance of success. As Washington is not a partner to the Minsk peace deal, how can there be peace when Washington has made policy decisions to escalate the conflict and to use the conflict as a proxy war between the US and Russia? The Minsk agreement makes no reference to the announcement by Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges, commander of US Army Europe, that Washington is sending a battalion of US troops to Ukraine to train Ukrainian … Continue reading →

Experts have no cure for CFS. But they recommend a new acronym: SEID. It stands for systemic exertion intolerance disease. It would be a lot better if the experts acknowledged the cure. There is a cure. It would be best if the Food and Drug Administration did not shut down anyone who is found offering this cure. This is what the FDA does. I speak from experience. My wife had this debilitating disease in 1987 and 1988. It left only after the “black box” treatment. It took three days: 8 hours a day of being hooked up to a machine. … Continue reading →