Yisroel Dvod Weiss, spokesperson for Jews United Against Zionism, makes clear the difference between Judaism and Zionism, and that the dishonest ‘anti-Semite’ smear directed at Ilhan Omar harms every Jew because it is being committed in the name of all Jews.
https://videopress.com/v/AF0PRr8x
Is a Police State really the only option for effective border security? That, apparently, is the operating assumption at the heart of current US border policy, where the Fourth Amendment is non-existent throughout the 100-mile wide area encircling the US. Border patrol operates with impunity, dragging US citizens out of their cars for searches and seizures that would be illegal in a free country, performing unnecessary body cavity searches which amount to rape by cop. The abuse is so widespread that the federal government regularly intervenes to pay abuse settlements against the agency, $60 million as of last May.
The logic of border security follows the logic of the ‘War on Terror’: the only way to protect you is to strip you of your rights, while spending hundreds of billions of dollars in the process.
The borderlands have long been a playground and testing ground for surveillance technology, dry-running new equipment before sending it inland to law enforcement across the country.
What truly protects us is the security of our rights from government, not a militarized border patrolled by thugs. The real crisis that almost no one pays attention to is the fact that the border is a Constitution-free zone, or the simple truth that no amount of “security” is worth the loss of liberty.
Facebook has announced that it will begin a slow purge of anyone questioning the absolute safety of vaccines, following the likes of Pinterest and YouTube. Of course, censorship backfires in many ways, and the push to censor vaccine skeptics will have the effect of dramatically growing their movement via the Streisand Effect, so called due to Barbara Streisand’s $50 million lawsuit against a photographer, for the crime of taking a picture of her house. She called it an invasion of privacy, but the ensuing publicity of the lawsuit resulted in a huge interest in the picture that was not there before.
Vaccine skeptics are intelligent, motivated, and organized. They will not just give up if they’re booted from the largest social media platforms. They will develop their own platforms, and, thanks to the attempted censorship, their audience will grow far more than it would have otherwise.
Much heat and little light has emerged from the debate about border security. The debate appears very superficial in its focus on a “wall”, which would be the least objectionable feature of the policy currently being pursued at our southern border. That policy is what the ACLU has dubbed a “Constitution-free Zone” which refers to the 100-mile wide zone, beginning at the border’s edge and extending into the US. In this area, your rights do not apply, and border agents can search, detain, harass, and bully US citizens as much as they like with no repercussions. 2 out of 3 US citizens live within this zone, patrolled by over 20,000 agents with an annual budget well over $14 billion. There is much written on the topic of the ‘Constitution-Free Zone, but it’s safe to say that no border security policy is worth the destruction of the rights of those supposedly benefiting from that security.
It’s quite the commentary on the extent of the present-day political decay in the U.S. that a Somali-born, Muslim black woman from Minnesota displays more loyalty to the U.S., its citizens, and the Constitution than virtually the entirety of the swirling gaudy, preening refuse in Washington D.C. An avalanche of essays, written by sycophantic stenographers of the Political Class, have denounced Omar in the most slanderous and vulgar of ways, and yet she has held onto her grace. And that grace under fire grows exponentially each day, as she doesn’t lose her cool, or buckle under pressure as the hatred pours in. “Anti-semite!” is all that’s spat at her, the age-old race card, the last refuge of a coward, and proof positive that Omar’s critics have no response to her legitimate criticism of Israel’s stranglehold on American politics. Everyone is afraid to criticize Israel, and what they fear is that what is happening to Omar would happen to them. Legitimate fear among the D.C. invertebrates that decide the fate of our nation. So, is what Omar said anti-Semitic in any way? Look for yourself, with your own eyes, and answer yourself honestly:
Any of that untrue? That unblinded ‘Self’ in your head just answered you honestly, before the rationalizations and incepted indignation had time to defend. You know it’s true. Everyone knows it. That’s why the Political Class is so pissed off. And because she intransigently refuses to pledge allegiance to any country other than the one she was elected to serve, and plainly says so, she’s branded an anti-Semite by the people who have pledged their allegiance to a foreign power. And that legion of corrupt garbage is speaking in one voice, indignant that the scam is being exposed.
Ilhan Omar has so far only made one mistake: she apologized. That was the green light for the deluge of animosity. Let’s hope she doesn’t break.
And for what it’s worth, the current “Great Satan” of the Republican Party, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, has defended Omar from the very beginning of the controversy, unlike every other member of the Political Class, save for Rashida Tlaib. I have yet to hear AOC’s full views on endless war, but if she opposes it with even half the vehemence of Tulsi Gabbard, I will defend her. The Empire must end if the Republic is to be reborn. Raining death and delivering into the hands of chaos an endless string of countries cannot continue.
The hope for liberty doesn’t lie in those vacuous avatars of the Welfare/Warfare state with no soul left to sell, who wrap themselves in the flag, ornamented with the relics of a long-dead Republic, wearing its skin and pretending to be the very embodiment of the American Revolution rather than merely one of its many assassins. They sleep uneasily next to its grave, because they didn’t scatter the ashes. That Republic will return out of the embers they failed to extinguish, although in a form few of us will recognize. That may come in the form of a Somali- or Hawaiian-born, lion-hearted Congresswoman who questions our entangled alliances or regime change wars, questioning the very foundation of smoke upon which the entire Empire is swaying upon. The defenders of that empire, the Philistines, fat, ignorant, and half-dead off the purloined wealth of a captive congregation, long serving the greatest monster ever to drag its claws across the world, will disappear in the wind when their master dies and liberty returns.
Reason: The NSA has apparently stopped the domestic surveillance program that Snowden exposed
The Intercept: The House Democrat’s “rebuke” of Rep. Ilhan Omar is a fraud for many reasons, including its wild distortions of her comments
The American Conservative: How genetics companies hand over your DNA to the FBI
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In an age of rampant police and DA abuse, here is some priceless, and simple, advice from two lawyers:
As strange as it may sound, I like lawyers. They can be very empowering, and their very simple advice is basically what the above attorneys are giving: “Do not let yourself be intimidated into speaking to the cops, or anyone else, without my presence.” Lawyers on TV, when walking into an interrogation, immediately tell their client to stop talking. I’ve asked one of the most successful attorneys in Oklahoma if this really happens, and yes, it does. They want you to stop talking yourself into a cell. Many cops will act like your buddy while coaxing damning information out of you, the DA will try to intimidate you into settling out of court. Don’t! Crooked cops, crooked DAs, vengeful idiots who might be using the legal system to harass you, are afraid of court. The courtroom is a sobering environment, and if you’ve shut your trap all the way up until you get into court, you’ll be amazed at how quickly the other side falls to pieces. Cases that are forced to go to court get thrown out all the time. Unfortunately, many people, usually poor or uninformed people, take plea deals just to get the circus over with, but end up walking away with a criminal record. Take to heart the above advice, and when some agent of the State is pretending to be your buddy, shut the f— up!
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FAIR: Facebook wants you to know if you’re getting your news from the wrong government
TAC: Arlington should deny Amazon $51 million in HQ2 subsidies
The Intercept: Google employees uncover ongoing work on censored China search engine
Techdirt: The tyranny of copyright: How a once-humble legal issue has tormented a generation of speech
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PETER VAN BUREN: Michael Cohen’s flip was a flop
DON BOUDREAUX: The stupidest eight words that I’ve ever read
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JUSTIN RAIMONDO: Boycott Israel