Coercion is the essence of the State.

That’s why he’ll lose.

Watching the minions of a government not used to being told “no” is pretty great.  The kicking, screaming, threatening, fearmongering, it’s wonderful, because only by saying “no” and sticking by it will traces of liberty ever return to this country.  Tim Cook, who, yes, is most certainly a hero, is bearing the brunt of this despotic paroxysm, but should remain firm in his decision to deny the preposterous “request” to build a backdoor to all iPhones to fight “terrorism”.

More on this episode in American tyranny at The Federalist.

…than Obama.  That’s 399,000 Federal civilian workers on the taxpayer dime, a dime which equals about $120,000 per year, per worker.  Or $48 billion per year.

Apple unlocked iPhones for federal spymasters 70 times before.

From The Guardian:

“From the moment the US launched its campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Pentagon ordered the use of open-air burn pits to dispose of the wars’ massive volume of waste. The military relied heavily upon these sprawling ditches, which burned around the clock to consume the tens or even hundreds of tons of junk generated daily. By May 2003, according to Hickman, there were more than 250 burn pits at US bases peppered across the two nations…

…Among the other hazardous items service members recall being burned are: petroleum, oil, rubber, tires, plastic, styrofoam, batteries, appliances, electrical equipment, pesticides, aerosol cans, oil, explosives, casings, medical waste and animal and human carcasses. They also used jet fuel to stoke the fire.

These materials converged in a toxic plume that hovered over the base, and seeped into soldiers’ sleeping and working quarters, which were often a mile or less away.”

The political class is begging for World War 3.

The goal of the Warfare/Surveillance State is to enrich itself, not to combat terrorism.  On the contrary, it needs a constant terrorist “threat” that can be trumped up to justify the endless billions that fill its coffers.

So it’s no surprise Trump is leading.

Good god.