Brightest Blurb on Thursday's Internets

comment by 'Birdman III' at Townhall article by Walter E. Williams
article linked at Western Rifle Shooters Association

At some point a collapse WILL happen. And then there will no longer be any money for anything, Defense, Home Security, Education, SS, Welfare, Medicare, et al. No one will give us any money loans and the well will dry up. The one who happens to be in office at the time will receive the blame. And we will be fair game for any tinpot dictator to walk in and take it all. Who would stop him?

All that oil we can't drill now wili be confiscated to someone else's benefit and the American people will go without. The trees we can't harvest now will be cut down for someone else's warmth and housing and the American people will do without. The coal that we can't mine wil be mined for someone else's use and the American people will do without.

Maybe at that point a new generation of Chino-Americans will wake up and become self-sufficient like our fore-fathers. But it will not save the America we grew old in. That America will cease to exist. And people around the world will cheer and celebrate until the next earthquake or tsunami or volcanie eruption and no one comes to the rescue.

We can bite the bullet now and possibly save the old America or we can let continue under Socialism and die a slow ugly death. You choose America between platitudes or reality. You can serve God and save yourselves or you can choose Man-god, as for me and my family we will serve God.

Me? I think we're past the point of saving 'the old America'. That bus was deliberately driven over the cliff, and sure as gravity and economic principles, it's only a matter of WHEN we crash onto the rocks below.

But it's good that some folks still believe it can be saved. May they be right.

Bigger Magazines and Violent Crime

Data beats propaganda.

Virgnia violent crime went down after larger magazines became available again in 2004; from 282 per 100,000 in 2000, fairly level, until a year or so after 2004, down to 227 in 2009. http://vaperforms.virginia.gov/indicators/publicSafety/crime.php

After 5 years of larger magazine sizes, the decrease accelerates! The 2009 Virginia rate is the 7th lowest in the nation.

More Liberty, and Safer Citizens.

Liberty is Good.

Notice the Peoples Republic of Maryland, with uber-restrictive gun laws and 20 round magazine limitations IS MUCH MUCH WORSE than gun friendly Virgina. Also notice that larger magazines in Virgina did not lead to massive liberal bloodbaths in Maryland (despite the mythology).

Is Maryland benefitting from Virginia and National laws?
Someone is going to have to study that.


Years of data - Beats the spin on media hype, doesn't it?

What else was Virginia doing these last few years?
Expanding Open carry
'Shall Issue' Concealed Carry
Unrestricted Magazine sizes
And crime was going down. Hmmmmmmmm.

I'm not saying crime reducing is what led to magazine sizes changing, or that magazine sizes changing is what led to reduced crime. The data is being shown. And the data debunks the lies being told in the media.

Why the focus on Virginia today? Well, CA over at Western Rifle Shooters Association links to articles where some geniuses noticed that in the years since larger magazines have been legal, that police are finding more of the legal magazines! Brilliant!
(Silly observation, really. But pushed as important findings by collectivists here)

The media lies don't end. Collectivists want to take your Liberty.
Seek data to keep informed. Liberty depends on the Truth.


How about National 'violent crime rates' after larger magazines were again available?
FBI data shows national violent crime also going down after those larger magazines magazines are available.

What else was was happening Nationally during these last few years?
Expanding Open carry
More 'Shall Issue' Concealed Carry
Nationally unrestricted Magazine sizes
And violent crime was decreasing? Hmmmmmmm.

Liberty is good.

The data debunks their mythology.

Liberty depends on the Truth.



Data beats propaganda.

[update] Tip of the hat to Borepatch for catching/correcting some of mine. He tried. What's still wrong, is all mine.

[update 2] Tam has a great post regarding magazine size, and the best comment:

"I relate the magazine restriction to governing all cars to 30mph because drunk drivers kill people. If they could only reach 30mph, fewer deaths would result."
-Joseph

Surely, that wins the internets (?)

I am TJIC

spotted at Eternity Road

the police—oathbreakers all—in Arlington, MA, who have conspired in violation of the First and Second Amendments and 18 USC 241 - 242 to deny one Travis Corcoran the free exercise of his constitutionally-protected civil rights.

Travis is known as TJIC on his blog (now offline). Goons came and took his guns and ammo and his Massachusetts 'gun license', as they trampled on the Constitution, some Amendments, Federal Law, and common sense.

Borepatch is leading this cause, and he provides the details of the 'high crimes and misdemeanors' TJIC is implicated in:

On the day that Congresswomen Giffords and a Federal Judge and 7 others were shot, TJIC had a Blog headline that said: "1 down, 534 to go."

His comments were along the lines of the old lawyer joke: What do you call a ship full of lawyers at the bottom of the sea? A good start.

To say that is a threat to lawyers is laughable on its face. Same as with TJIC's comment. Inflammatory? Perhaps. Boorish? Maybe.

But the First Amendment seems to me to apply especially to speech that people are likely to see as boorish.

[...]

It would be one thing if the law were applied equally to all.  It's not, and it will be applied disproportionately to us, because we hold views considered by some in power to be Double Plus Ungood.

Think back on the last 10 years and everything that was said, was done, pictures, and movies, and inciting with violent images and language; and then tell me that if this is allowed to happen to TJIC-- Then tell me who among us 300 million is safe from this?

First they came for the ... [you know the rest!]

Borepatch just recently escaped from the 'Peoples Republic of Massachusetts', and reminds us: Was it not "... a famous Massachusetts citizen who said We must all hang together, or surely we will all hang separately." (Ben Franklin)



If not now, then when? Really.

In my father's time, anyone flagrantly violating the Constitution and Federal Law would be imprisoned for long stretches for such actions repugnant to the Constitution... So now we must watch and see: 'is there any law'? And if it is demonstrated that 'there is no law', then what?

Title 18, USC, Sections 241 and 242

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Title 18, U.S.C., Section 241
Conspiracy Against Rights

This statute makes it unlawful for two or more persons to conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any person of any state, territory or district in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him/her by the Constitution or the laws of the United States, (or because of his/her having exercised the same).
It further makes it unlawful for two or more persons to go in disguise on the highway or on the premises of another with the intent to prevent or hinder his/her free exercise or enjoyment of any rights so secured.
Punishment varies from a fine or imprisonment of up to ten years, or both; and if death results, or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for any term of years, or for life, or may be sentenced to death.

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Title 18, U.S.C., Section 242
Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law

This statute makes it a crime for any person acting under color of law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom to willfully deprive or cause to be deprived from any person those rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution and laws of the U.S.
This law further prohibits a person acting under color of law, statute, ordinance, regulation or custom to willfully subject or cause to be subjected any person to different punishments, pains, or penalties, than those prescribed for punishment of citizens on account of such person being an alien or by reason of his/her color or race.
Acts under "color of any law" include acts not only done by federal, state, or local officials within the bounds or limits of their lawful authority, but also acts done without and beyond the bounds of their lawful authority; provided that, in order for unlawful acts of any official to be done under "color of any law," the unlawful acts must be done while such official is purporting or pretending to act in the performance of his/her official duties. This definition includes, in addition to law enforcement officials, individuals such as Mayors, Council persons, Judges, Nursing Home Proprietors, Security Guards, etc., persons who are bound by laws, statutes ordinances, or customs.
Punishment varies from a fine or imprisonment of up to one year, or both, and if bodily injury results or if such acts include the use, attempted use, or threatened use of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire shall be fined or imprisoned up to ten years or both, and if death results, or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death.
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This situation will clarify a few open questions. We can watch and discover the position of this government: Does 'might make right'? Are some portions of the population now Overlords, 'above the rule of law'? Are the people now slaves, no longer whole men; but just 3/5ths of a man, and subject to the whims of their masters?

"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stomping on a human face -- forever."
- George Orwell

What is the position of the government? Are they constituted to protect our Life, Liberty, and Property? Or is it their intent to trample the common man? And to do so publicly and boldly, to demonstrate that they can.

We Just Witnessed The Media's Test Run To Re-Elect Barack Obama

Keen Observation of the day, over at Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion

We Just Witnessed The Media's Test Run To Re-Elect Barack Obama

In the vile attempt to tie Palin to the Tucson shooting we have witnessed the test run for how the left-wing blogosphere will target Republican candidates and propel false narratives into the mainstream media, and how the mainstream media will take those narratives and run with them.

Angry yelling and lies are a tactic to crowd out facts and reasoned discussion.

How to stop "union tactics" by goons?

Who wins when discussions are displaced & overwhelmed by angry yelling?

Who loses?

And what is lost?

Bow Down To Your Master

Do not Pander to Foul-Mouthed, Foul-Spirited People.

Don Surber

The left wants us to be civil — after being so uncivil for a decade.

Bite me.

There is grown-up work to do now. Liberals ran up the federal credit card, destroyed the American medical system and undermined the rule of law — which is the foundation of capitalism — with a bunch of unconstitutional fiats from the president and his bureaucracy.

[...]

I have been screamed at for 10 years.

It’s my turn now. I am not going to scream back. But I refuse to allow anyone to dictate what I say or how I say it. I refuse to allow the same foul-mouthed, foul-spirited foul people who dumped on me to now try to tell me what I may or may not say.

My free speech matters more than the feelings of anyone on the left. You don’t like what I say? Tough.

Timeless.

Here's something similar, from 200 years ago.

“Let these be your motives to action through life; the relief of the distressed, the detection of frauds, the defeat of oppression, and the diffusion of happiness.”
- Brigadier General Nathanael Greene

Live well. Do good works. Oppose lies and fraud.

Honor MLK: Disobey Unjust Laws

“One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. I would agree with St. Augustine that 'an unjust law is no law at all.”
– Martin Luther King Jr.

Picture and quote from I Disobeyed an Unjust Law
Hat tip to Cliffs of Insanity, and to Green Mountain Homesteading

“All laws which are repugnant to the Constitution are null and void.”
- SCOTUS Chief Justice John Marshall, Marbury v. Madison, 1803

“Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.”
– Martin Luther King Jr.

“All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.”
- Thomas Jefferson

“It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.”
– Voltaire

“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.”
- Ronald Reagan

First&Last Big Test of GOP

Poll: 71% of Americans oppose raising the debt ceiling. Will the GOP Congress vote against a super-majority of Americans, like the Dems before them?

The debt ceiling has been raised 10 times in 10 years, 71 times since 1940, ALWAYS for "The Last Time"TM, "We Promise".

71% against. The debt ceiling could be "the 3rd Rail":  The country is outraged and tired of being raped. The GOP was voted into majority to STOP THIS RAPE.

The GOP needs to roll up their sleeves and show they can DO SOMETHING.

Whoever stands up to stop this, will be our next President.  If no one stands up- Then who cares who is President, really?


ACE has an informative post on this here, including comments from Jim Demint.
Zero Hedge has a post here. (read the comments)
Ron Paul has a post here.
Rand Paul article here.
How will your Congressman vote?

EuroDouchal

Grenadier1 defines a useful new unit of measure here (in comments):

A Douchal is a unit of measure it is equal to an entire bushel of Douches

A "Douchal" (doosh-ul) is a useful measure when it's time to feed the hogs.
By volume, one bushel of "Douchal" is roughly 1.24445663 cubic feet, about 9.3 gallons, and weighs about 77.16 lbs.

For many more Douches, use a larger unit of volume: A "FurDouchalong" (fur-douchal-long) is a Furlong (660 ft) of bushel baskets of Douches.

Example sentence: Congress is a "FurDouchalong".
100 Senators
435 Representatives
5 Delegates
1 Resident
=====
541 Douches, at one per bushel basket (but extending well over the top of a physical bushel basket).

As a unit of measure, by volume, ground up, a rough first estimate is 660 linear ft of bushel baskets of Douches, or one "FurDouchalong".

(someone, please check my math)

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Now a Bushel is 17" diameter. So there are only 466 bushel baskets per 660 linear ft (one furlong).

The volume of each bushel is roughly 1.24445663 cubic feet.

466 bushels volume equates to roughly 580 cubic feet.

At roughly 62 lbs per cubic foot, a "FurDouchalong" weighs about 35,946 pounds!

Divided by 541, that equates to only 66 lbs per Legislator.

Using a more realistic 170 pounds average weight, it is estimated that Congress is two and a half (2.5) FurDouchalong.
Add in some porkulous and the average weight goes up. And they sure are dense.

So we see that Congress is too "FurDouchalong".

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Spread out as a paste, the "FurDouchalong" would be 660 ft long by 17" wide by 7.44” tall. Deep Doo-Doo. Don’t step in it!

Another example of volume: In a 1,000 ft radius, we have 3,141,592 square feet, or just over 72.12 acres! A “FurDouchalong” would be spread to a depth of .0022 inches, .056mm, to cover the entire 1,000 ft radius. This is smaller than “small” raindrops (about .02 inches, .5mm per small drop). So a “FurDouchalong” would cover a 1,000 ft radius in a ‘thin mist’.

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The “Douchal” proves itself as a useful measure.

The ‘english’ measure of “FurDouchalong” has some uses, also, when measuring large volumes.

The “EuroDouchal” (you’re-a-douchal) is the metric unit, defined as exactly 1,000 “Douchals”; roughly 10% larger than two of the english “FurDouchalong” (similar to kilograms vs pounds).
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'Arctic Patriot' Channels Jefferson

'Arctic Patriot' may have read the Declaration of Independence. What do you think? /sarc
from comments at Restore The Constitution

We only have the rights we are willing to defend.
We only have the rights we are willing to kill and die for.

Government cannot grant rights.
Rights must be secured from tyrants and bought with blood.

Government cannot take away your rights.
You must choose to give them away.

If two men vote a third into slavery, he is justified in resistance.

If a thousand do likewise, the one may still resist.

If two hundred and thirty million voters consign one person to slavery, he is justified in resisting by any means available.

No matter what is legislated, no matter what voters decide, you are free. Only you, through conscious choice, can change that.

Resist.

Arctic Patriot

'Arctic Patriot' has an excellent blog as well.

Gunny Gives a SITREP

At a benefit for the "USO" and "Toys for Tots", R. Lee Ermey said

"I got to tell you folks, we're having a big problem this year. The economy really sucks. Now I hate to point fingers at anybody, but the present administration probably had a lot to do with that. And the way I see it, they're not going to quit doing it until they bring this country to its knees; so I think we should all rise up and we should stop this administration from what they're doing because they're destroying this country.They're driving us into bankruptcy so they can impose socialism on us. That's exactly what they're doing, and I'm sick and damn tired of it and I know you are too.

"But I know the Marine Corps is going to be here forever. This administration won't.
Semper Fi. God bless you all."

December 10, 2010, appearance on Roe Roeper's Miracle on Indianapolis Blvd. Holiday Extravaganza broadcast, live from The Venue inside the Horseshoe Casino, broadcast Live on NBC Chicago.

Thank you Gunny, for that Christmas gift.

I Pledge Allegiance

h/t Holger Awakens

Remember when?






[update]

Remember when? ...back before we noticed government destroying businesses and farms, courts and financial stability, and now whole industries.

“It is the responsibility of the patriot to protect his country from its government.”
- Thomas Paine

The current form of government has made itself a leech, a cancer, sucking the life out of the country. As it fattens, it is killing the host.


I also remember a time and place where the government provided stability and consistency, and where robust individuals were able to reap the rewards for their innovation and hard work. No, really. Maybe it was a local/regional phenomenon, but I remember it. It's what the founders intended. And I want that back.

That's the attraction in the videos: The nostalgic notion that people are free to do things without begging the government; that 'we the people' are anything other than Eloi to serve the Morlocks.

"--That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."
- Jefferson, et al

Imagine that: A government constituted with the specific task of ensuring my Safety and Happiness.

Awesome: Day by Day 'Civil War Blog'

American Interest is blogging the Civil War!
The blog has daily "updates" from the archives of newspapers as they were originally published 150 years ago, day by day.
So on December 20th 2010, the blog feature articles and editorials that were originally published on December 20th 1860. etc.

December 20th 1860 has President Buchannan dealing with the secession of several states.
Buckle up!

Prepare for interesting times.

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Warning: 'American Interest' editorials and essays are frequently pro-Obama pro-Statism-Lenninism, and against traditional American ideals and against many of the traditional 'Liberal' philosophies of Western Civilization as embraced by our founders. The civil war is interesting, even when Marxists and RINOs write about it.

Or at least I hope so.
It would be a shame if marxists try to re-write history, no?
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Fed.Gov at War with Christians

from Drudge: Feds force bank to pull 'Merry Christmas' buttons ... [read the whole thing and watch the video]

A small-town bank in Oklahoma said the Federal Reserve won’t let it keep religious signs and symbols on display.

[...] deemed a Bible verse of the day, crosses on the teller’s counter and buttons that say "Merry Christmas, God With Us." were inappropriate. The Bible verse of the day on the bank's Internet site also had to be taken down.

more

The bank was told that failure to comply would result in referral of the matter to the Department of Justice for further enforcement actions.

Fed.Gov conducts religious war against the people, driving religion out of our society through force.
Stalin behaved similarly.

One of these days, we will constitute a government that is specifically tasked with protecting our religious freedoms. And people who violate their oaths of office will be prosecuted.

"Merry Christmas" to the Fed and to all the fed.petty dictators.
Expect FCC 'net neutrality' coersion of religion soon enough.

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Update: After begging, the bank was granted limited "rights" by their overlords (who deem to have it in their power to grant such requests, when the begging suffices).

Who is being prosecuted for tyranny? Which director of which region is also liable for allowing it?
What are the names of the individual Fed employees involved?
Tyrants deem themselves above the law, and try to avoid responsibility. 'Above the law' also means 'without the rule of law'. Long prison sentences are the 'easy way' to reign in these 'god-like' creatures who have taken over our government.

Without consequences, the long train of abuses continues and gets worse.
Start the prosecuting. Please.

-OR-
Start gathering powder and shot in Concord and Lexington.

-OR-
Do nothing, since your life isn't worth the trouble.


"He who does not punish evil commands it to be done"
-Leonardo da Vinci
as quoted on Stormbringer


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Big Sis. Big Brother.

Big Sis TV: ‘IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING’

from Free Republic

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced the expansion of the Department’s national “If You See Something, Say Something” campaign to hundreds of Walmart stores across the country—launching a new partnership between DHS and Walmart to help the American public play an active role in ensuring the safety and security of our nation.

“Homeland security starts with hometown security, and each of us plays a critical role in keeping our country and communities safe,” said Secretary Napolitano. “I applaud Walmart for joining the ‘If You See Something, Say Something’ campaign. This partnership will help millions of shoppers across the nation identify and report indicators of terrorism, crime and other threats to law enforcement authorities.”

[...]

More than 230 Walmart stores nationwide launched the “If You See Something, Say Something” campaign today, with a total of 588 Walmart stores in 27 states joining in the coming weeks. A short video message, available here, will play at select checkout locations to remind shoppers to contact local law enforcement to report suspicious activity.

Over the past five months, DHS has worked with its federal, state, local and private sector partners, as well as the Department of Justice, to expand the “If You See Something, Say Something” campaign and Nationwide SAR Initiative to communities throughout the country—including the recent state-wide expansions of the “If You See Something, Say Something” campaign across Minnesota and New Jersey. Partners include the Mall of America, the American Hotel & Lodging Association, Amtrak, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, sports and general aviation industries, and state and local fusion centers across the country.

In the coming months, the Department will continue to expand the “If You See Something, Say Something” campaign nationally with public education materials and outreach tools designed to help America’s businesses, communities and citizens remain vigilant and play an active role in keeping the county safe.

To whom do we report Tyranny, Theft, and the Communist Coup which has hijacked my country?


Eric Blair warned us this would happen.

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Make Mine Freedom

Pirates Grab the Internets

Freedom of the seas is vital. But, from time to time, Pirates rise up and claim dominion over a part of the sea. Freedom, property, free trade, capitalism, and liberty depend on the seas; and therefore our western civilization rises up to beat back evil pirates.

Enemy combatants, during times of economic war, would try to shut down the sea 'lines of communication' and commerce. "What used to be My Navy" fought to keep those lines of communication and commerce open, and to sink those who would try to submarine our nations' cargo.

Like physical 'lines of communication' over the high seas; modern commerce, captialism, and liberty rely on open lines of communication via the internet.

Blockading the internet is an act of Piracy: Taking, stealing at gun point what does not 'belong' to the Pirate.

Embarrased by Truths posted on open communication channels, Pirates now claim control of what previously was free and open. Who the HELL do they think they are!?

Piratical Tyrannts claimed possession of the internets this week.
They only allow to pass, what they deem ok to pass.
Everyone's packages will be opened and inspected.
The Pirates demand Jizyah to be paid in acknowledgement of their raw power.
Questioning their power leads to being designated a 'person of interest', targetted for extra subjugation.

History oft repeated: Pirates were a huge problem for the west, when Muslim Pirates in the Mediterranean interferred with commerce, and ignored the sovereignty, liberty, and property of others. Bitching does not make Pirates go away. Begging does not make Pirates go away. Pirates demand bribes, to acknowledge their power over you. Similar to a Chicago Mob protection racket. Get in their way, and they will kill you. Fail to pay tribute, and they will kill you.

What did all-american Mr Jefferson do?
He sent fighting men (USMC and Navy) to kill the Pirates, routing out their means of power, destroying their strongholds and the villages of all who support them.

The Brits interrupted the Pirate killing for a few years during the war of 1812, after which Madison sent the Marines to finish off the Pirates.

America doesn't stand for Pirates who steal and blockade lines of communication.
We hunt them down and kill them, and eliminate those who support/empower them.
Then we live free. And we are prosperous.

Russia deals with Pirates directly.

Freedom of the Seas. Freedom of Speech. Free Lines of Communication.
Except in war- Then it is vital to block your enemy's lines of communication.
So why is the FCC getting ready to block ours?!? Because the FCC views "we the people" as their 'enemy'.

Piracy.
Transparent plan.
Brute force.
What to do?

Observe.
Orient.
Decide.
Act.

As an ex-squid, and as a sailor ("the wind is free")-- I hate Pirates.
In previous times, 'what used to be my Navy' wiped Pirates from the seas, ruthlessly.
May we as a nation, grow the stones to do what must be done, again, for modern day Pirates.
Foreign, and Domestic.

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Free Lines of Communication

'Diaspora' is a distributed P2P private network where separate computers connect to each other directly using secure protocols (PGP), without going through a central server of some sort. It is 'in development', but much easier to install and use since the Thanksgiving update. Diaspora is a loabor of love of a few college kids taking some time off, to do 'the right thing'.

What others are saying

What the folks at Diaspora are saying

Diaspora Website (for non-IE browsers) Preview. Download. Join. Experiment.

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For browsers, consider bypassing ICANN

Promising Sundial browser using TLDs


other options? Bueller?

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And yes, we all know that the embarrassing leaks du jour are the works of a well known communist sympathizer, who is out to damage our country. It's a Reichstag fire by a known collaborator. A manufactured crisis, intended to lead to this specific outcome: The taking of our lines of communication.
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NRA robo-called Today

Picked up the phone... click.. click.. click.. click.. pause.. "Hello?" [robo-call indication]
Nice guy wanted to talk to me about the NRA and all the good work they're doing.
"And this call is recorded for quality assurance."

I talked to him about Gun Owners of America, Heller, and asked why the NRA was always in bed with the enemies of the 2nd Amendment, working to give away our rights just so the NRA could get 'most favored whore' status. I asked him if NRA stood for "Not Relevant Anymore".

Civil conversation and he was making his points too. He was sincere about 2A, and I commended him for his efforts. And I tried to get him to see that the NRA was not his friend. Then he asked for the $$$.

I told him that I was with Charlton Heston on this: The only way the NRA would get money from me would be
... from my cold dead hands.

At that point, he hung up.

I'm glad they record calls; and I hope they replay mine, over and over.
Maybe some will understand.

Stalin Wants Control Over Food

Anyone think 'food czar' is a frightening concept?
Ask a Ukranian.
Ask the Chinese.

Why is this critical to push through now, during the lame duck session? What is the imminent crisis?
It's the take-over of another industry.
It's a massive increase in the size of a federal agency.
It's a lot of new money, when INCREASING the budget seems like a bad idea.

But this is so much more.
Historically, this is 'how it's done'.
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Give Thanks

Thank you for my family, and our health, our differences, our struggles, and our faith.

Bless our Families.

Bless the FreeFor.

Guide us through these troubled times.

(and yes, the picture was lifted from ssi)

Mr.Podesta: Cross the Bridge. America is Rallying on the Other Side.

Anyone calling for the violence from 'progressives' to stop?

...crickets...

99.44% of individual/small group political related violence in America has been from the left. Check the numbers (not the hype).

In the 20th century, three times as many people were killed by their own collectivist governments than were killed in all wars combined; 120 million citizens killed within their own countries. The propensity to violence is deep seated within the leftist psyche: killing people 'for their own good'.

Now John Podesta is openly calling for Obama to act by fiat against the will of the American people, to use executive orders and the military against the American people. ! ! !

It's like 1775, when the Torries misunderestimated the response.

"I am of his opinion that when once these rebels have felt a smart blow, they will submit; and no situation can ever change my fixed resolution, ..."
- Letter from King George III to Lord Sandwich

Which sounds like what John Podesta is saying. They will act out their violent fantasies.
They will press onto Lexington, and then Concord, and they will cross the Old North Bridge.
America is rallying on the other side.

"The once-happy and peaceful plains of America are either to be drenched in blood or inhabited by slaves. Sad alternative! But can a virtuous man hesitate in his choice?"
-George Washington, upon receiving news of Lexington and Concord

John Podesta offering America a sick choice: be drenched in blood or become his slaves.
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New Jersey Thinks Rights are Granted by the King

So New Jersey takes exception to TSA abuse. And what do they do?

Are New Jersey State Troopers arresting folks for assault? For sexual harrassment? For violating New Jersey laws?
Are New Jersey Prosecutors indicting TSA officials?

WHY NOT!?

They are conditioned to beg the king.
By asking, they acknowledge that they are powerless as individuals, and only the central fed.gov has authority. The implicit assumption is that 'rights' are derived by begging the king. They are granting/acknowledging that only czars, lawyers, court jesters, consultants are empowered. Even as they complain, the chains rest lightly upon these New Jersey folks.



And why do we need TSA? Because fed.gov refuses to end the jihad.

The jihad is barbaric evil, agressively expanding and subjugating new lands.
The jihad is the problem. Ending jihad is the solution.

TSA is not the solution to jihad.
TSA are prison guards for the collective, controlling the movement of prisoners.
That is their purpose.
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When our votes don't count, it's time.

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'nuff said.
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[list below is updated, and grows longer every day]
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tic Mass , 9 November
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tic Nevada, rigged election machines run by SEIU
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tic Chicago
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tic North Carolina, rigged election machines run by SEIU
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tic Military, absentee ballots
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tic Pennsylvania
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tic Illinois, military ballots
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tic Florida, absentee ballot fraud
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tic New Jersey, unions
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tic Arizona, Corrupt Judge, Mi Familia Vota Education Fund and the Service Employees International Union
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tic Colorado, Mi Familia Vota Education Fund and the Service Employees International Union
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tic Washington State, illegals registering
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tic Nevada, felony bribery
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tic Undermining fundamentals
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tic In a saner time, they would be hanged
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tic The "ETRT" - Election Thievery Redress Tool
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tic Nationwide

They not only steal votes, but also our future; they undermine the rule of law and threaten the republic itself. In a saner time, they would probably be hanged. And if it becomes apparent that the government -- the Eric Holder DOJ, judges, and others -- has become so corrupt that it will preserve its power by negating the votes of the people, then we should consider our Founding Fathers' words: "whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends [life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness], it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it."

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tic Missouri
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tic Portland ME and New York City
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tic Texas
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tic Texas
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tic Arizona
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tic Texas
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tic Maine, Surrender Gun to Vote
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tic Texas Black Panther intimidation
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The Obvious

A fundamental truth.

"Islam and Communism are incompatible with Western Civilization. It really is that simple."
- anon @ 7:20 am in 'comments' at SipseyStreetIrregulars

It really is that simple.

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And, from JohnGaltFla (read the whole thing)

"The Congress will return to session almost immediately after the election and the intelligent voter should be filled with great trepidation. Unlike the Republicans who have been plotting how to carve up their freshly baked power pie, the Democrats and the administration have been designing a systemic attack on our freedoms by planning on the passing and implementation of numerous pieces of legislation previously rejected due to public pressure and long desired by the extremists in power now. The reason the pre-election session did not pass a budget nor appropriations was not because of some mysterious Republican filibuster being held in the men’s room beside the Senate floor. The truth is that the Democrats had a fairly certain determination of the outcome of these elections as early as Labor Day and thus decided to plot the perfect storm to trap the Republicans and complete their agenda. Inserted into omnibus spending acts and defense appropriations will be the largest amount of regulatory whoredom ever witnessed. The design is to force the Republicans into approving the acts or bypass opposing them so they can expand their permanence of an expansive bureaucracy while Americans celebrate the diversions of sport and holiday. A failure or attempt to block any of the Democrat plans will result in chaos by design, with government agencies shutting down and benefits suspended for American citizens, conveniently right before Christmas when they want and need them the most.

"This session of Congress will be anything but lame. It will behave more like a cunning tiger waiting to pounce on its prey and shred it. Everyone feels that after whatever victory occurs next week for those Tea Party candidates and deserving Republicans a call for celebration should be allowed to proceed but I call for increased vigilance. The seven weeks after November 2nd will prove to be consequential, unless of course one elects to imbibe in the victory parades and platitudes which will be the call of the day by the amenable Republicans."

While Treason during the lame duck session should trigger Tar and Feathers and Pitchforks- It will not. Because a gumby nation will watch itself being raped and robbed, again. Darwin might say that America has become too stupid to live.

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Fed Privacy Does Not Exist in ‘Public Places’

David Kravets at Wired writes

The Obama administration has urged a federal appeals court to allow the government, without a court warrant, to affix GPS devices on suspects’ vehicles to track their every move.

The Justice Department is demanding a federal appeals court rehear a case in which it reversed the conviction and life sentence of a cocaine dealer whose vehicle was tracked via GPS for a month, without a court warrant. The authorities then obtained warrants to search and find drugs in the locations where defendant Antoine Jones had travelled.

The administration, in urging the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to reverse a three-judge panel’s August ruling from the same court, said Monday that Americans should expect no privacy while in public.

“The panel’s conclusion that Jones had a reasonable expectation of privacy in the public movements of his Jeep rested on the premise that an individual has a reasonable expectation of privacy in the totality of his or her movements in public places, ” Assistant U.S. Attorney Peter Smith wrote the court in a petition for rehearing.

The case is an important test of privacy rights as GPS devices have become a common tool in crime fighting, and can be affixed to moving vehicles by an officer shooting a dart. Three other circuit courts have already said the authorities do not need a warrant for GPS vehicle tracking, Smith pointed out.

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The appeals court ruled the case “illustrates how the sequence of a person’s movements may reveal more than the individual movements of which it is composed.”

The court said that a person “who knows all of another’s travels can deduce whether he is a weekly churchgoer, a heavy drinker, a regular at the gym, an unfaithful husband, an outpatient receiving medical treatment, an associate of particular individuals or political groups — and not just one such fact about a person, but all such facts.”

We the people instituted a form of government to protect our lives and our liberties. We certainly have natural rights. And especially those that we specifically documented to limit the government we set up to protect us.

But our employees- federal, state, and local agencies - are saying that they have no expectation of privacy.

I'm no legal expert, but fed.gov and the courts seem to be saying that tracking Federal Employees, Judges, Directors/Staff of 3 letter agencies, State and Local bureaucrats - IS LEGAL. This is the new normal.

And by tracking them, it can be determined where they live, where their kids go to school, what church and gym they go to, what bars they hang out at, where they go fishing, where their cabin in the woods is.

We live in interesting times. But if there is no expectation of privacy, then fed.gov and the courts are creating this new reality.

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