October 2013
The Archives
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10.31.13A Harsh Dose of Reality Current Events Comments Off on A Harsh Dose of Reality
Michael Totten returns with another great article about US relations with the Middle East. The Middle East is as trashed right now as I’ve ever seen it. The Syrian conflict has killed more people than the Bosnian war. Iran is moving ahead on its nuclear weapons program while convincing fools in the West that it’s […]
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10.17.13Cause and Effect Current Events Comments Off on Cause and Effect
Two news articles hit my RSS feed last week within 24 hours of each other. In the first, titled America the Lawless, the author describes various ways in which our government flaunts both foreign rule of law as well as our own. Last weekend, a Delta Force team kidnapped a Libyan, Abu Anas al-Libi, off […]
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10.16.13My Gonzo Idea for Congressional Reform Current Events (1)
Did you know that when the United States was founded the state legislatures elected Senators all the way up until 1913 with the 17th Amendment’s ratification? The change was made in the wake of at least three scandals involving candidates who bribed their way into being elected by their respective state legislatures. I mention this both as a […]
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10.15.13Domestic Spying Revisited Current Events Comments Off on Domestic Spying Revisited
The other day I wrote that I had reached outrage fatigue, but I still have a number of articles I’ve been saving in my RSS feed. This is another one, which illustrates why we shouldn’t take government privacy assurances at face value. This story comes from a journalist, who quoted “high officials” about a politically […]
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10.14.13Where Does It End? Miscellaneous (1)
To be honest I’ve surpassed the point of outrage fatigue when it comes to our government. This has been sitting in my RSS feed for a while though, and it’s still a good reminder about important issues that are getting swept under the rug in the wake of congressional theater. General warrants do not state […]
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