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Fear the police (important advice on the streets of his new America)

Let’s do something different. Instead of discussing the evolution of the-America-that-once-was into a New America, let’s have some practical advice about how to live in it. For example, what should you do when questioned by the police? You have identified yourself, and now the questions begin…  {From the archive of 2013.} Contents Don’t talk without an attorney …

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After Orlando, should we repeal the second amendment?

Summary: Orlando, as usual for a crisis in America, brings forth calls to rip another strip from the Constitution. But the Second Amendment worked well for us for two centuries, until conservatives decided America needed more guns in more hands. Orlando is another example of the results. But there are solutions that do not require …

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Celebrate what happened one year ago. It’s the birthday of a New America!

Summary:  Exactly one year ago Glenn Greenwald published the first of Snowden’s revelations. Two days later I forecast that our response to these momentous disclosures would be nothing. That our passivity would mark the birthday of the New America, and the death of the Second Republic (under the Constitution). Today I add this to the …

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Beware of the police (important advice in New America)

Summary: Today’s post is a change of focus. Instead of discussing the evolution of the-America-that-once-was into New America (#NewAmerica), let’s talk about how to cope in it. What should you do when questioned by the police? You have identified yourself, and now the questions begin… Contents Don’t talk without an attorney present. Fear police interrogations We’ve vulnerable …

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The NSA news might be a birthday for the New America!

Summary:  These are special days! The New America approaches as the Second Republic (under the Constitution) dies.  Our children are the victims. Powerful elites are the agents. We are the cause. Recent events show this to any who choose to see. Contents The revelations We squawk loudly, but to what effect? Reform, starting when? Who …

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