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Evil lurks at the margins of society.”  -Mary Douglas

“In the animal kingdom, the rule is, eat or be eaten; in the human kingdom, define or be defined.” -Thomas Szasz

The New Demon

In contrast to the Greco-Roman religions which understood “daimons” as inferior deities of nature, whether good or evil, early Rabbinic Jewish literature considered all demons evil, as the offspring of angels marrying mortal women; others suggest demons are the lost souls of a pre-Adamic race who inhabited the former world; and others believe demons are “fallen angels.” Continue reading →

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We are grateful to the Washington Post, The New York Times, Time Magazine and other great publications whose directors have attended our meetings and respected their promises of discretion for almost forty years… It would have been impossible for us to develop our plan for the world if we had been subjected to the lights of publicity during those years. But, the world is now more sophisticated and prepared to march towards a world government. The supranational sovereignty of an intellectual elite and world bankers is surely preferable to the national auto-determination practiced in past centuries.” -David Rockefeller, Bilderberg Meeting, June 1991 Baden, Germany

Skull and Bones

Throughout most of history, life for the average person was “nasty, brutish, and short.” Very little opportunity existed for most people and someone who was born into a particular caste typically remained there for life. This rigid, static, social hierarchy existed in most parts of the world from the dawn of civilization until the industrial revolution. Perhaps the hallmark achievement of the American Revolution was its overturning of this traditional system of rigidly defined social classes. It is for this reason that the United States Constitution abolished the monarchy and provided for representative government, disestablished the authoritarian church and provided for freedom of worship for all, and specifically forbade the issuing of royal or aristocratic titles. In contrast to the older feudal system, the Constitution outlines a form of government where the individual citizen may rise or fall according to his own ability and effort. Continue reading →

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George Washington

The King Cobra, ‘Ophiophagus,’ Latin for ‘snake-eater’, maintains a diet of devouring other snakes including its own species. It is the largest venomous snake in the world stretching up to 18.5 ft and towering over a small child. Though the King maintains its position as leader of snake-on-human killings, it is not the most venomous snake in the world. It continues to kill humans due to its aggressive behavior, lack of fear towards humans, and tendency to deliver multiple bites in a single attack. It also continues to overpower and dominate other snakes through its size and ability to block highly toxic snake venoms. Continue reading →

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The growth of the state can be traced back from individual rulership by kings and emperors in ancient and medieval times to the expansion of the modern, impersonal, bureaucratic, corporate state. Along the way, the state has produced mass murder and military warfare such as the world has never seen but is now actually in decline on a worldwide basis. It’s also true that throughout most of the developed world only the liberal democratic variation of the state retains legitimacy. As Keith Preston has pointed out, very few people in any of the modern countries take seriously ideas of the fascist state, the communist state, the theocratic state, the military state, absolute monarchy, genuine hereditary aristocracies, and so forth. Continue reading →

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We base all our experiments on the capacity for self-government.” ―James Madison

 Old fashioned rebel

In the old days, if you wanted to hunt, you needed a long gun, not an age qualification and a background check. If you had a problem with a guy, you needed quick hands and a chin, not a cell phone to call the police.

At that time, boys were in a hurry to become men. Old photos of the hardened young Newsies at Skeeter’s Branch smoking like their elders and staring through the smoke says it all. Continue reading →

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photo by Danlia85

Most critics of the “Big Brother State” focus on the endless installation process of technological surveillance systems, ignoring the disturbing reality that Americans themselves form the core of the most critical role of the Big Sister State — the snitch. In a society where large sectors of the population live in utter fear, informing has become an accustomed and commonplace practice for most Americans. Continue reading →

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art by Chivi Chivike

The latest annoyance in my ever annoying Facebook feed is the problem of men placing smiley winky dinky faces after every conceivable status update. If you were to drive from LA to NYC and count the lines on the highway you’d have a pretty good idea of how many men are smiling on Facebook. Continue reading →

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Politics as impotent emotional posturing.”

The gun issue in black and white

In America, the discussion of political issues is an endless and perpetually inconclusive cycle: Party mouthpieces formulate stock arguments, and the media disseminates them to the rank and file, who then absorb and regurgitate them. They are then repeated ad nauseam whenever a well-publicized event returns the question to the limelight. Solutions are never discovered. This has been standard procedure for at least the last three generations who, incapable of seeing outside the narrow parameters of bipartisan debate, accept it as the norm. But why? Continue reading →