This is an article I wrote up in the aftermath of the 2020 Presidential election. Voting in this country is very badly messed up, and it seems like the powers that be aren't really interested in doing anything about it, because the massive fraud that has been discovered primarily benefits them. Since I'm a nerd, this document mostly concerns methods to validate that ballots cast are properly documented, and counted. The idea is to make sure that we, as citizens can trust tallies made through elctronic counting devices. At the end there are some additional ideas that concern validation of the voters themselves.

The National Museum for African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), and institution that is a majority tax-funded has produced a poster that purports to represent "Aspects and assumptions of Whiteness and White culture in the United States. One can only assume, given the tone that the NMAAHC believes that all of the highlighted characteristics are somehow bad or otherwise undesired. Below is a copy of the graphic they produced using our tax dollars. Also below this, I've transcribed the entire thing into text to make it somewhat easier for folks to copy/paste and comment upon. One might also think about the fact that they think an 'emphasis on the scientific method' is a something to be condemned. We live in a bizarro world.

On Immigration Reform

This is a major policy address by Donald Trump on immigration made on 8/31/16

Winning the Global Competition

The Threat: Radical Islam And The Age Of Terror

The links to the left are two speeches recently given by Donald Trump. The first is a speech about his economic policy and philosophy. The second is a foreign policy speech focusing on Islamic Terrorism. Both are serious speeches loaded with footnotes for almost every assertion. Reasonable people may agree or disagree with him about the substance of his remarks, but the point of my posting them is to point out how horribly both speeches were covered by what we here in America should laughably call our "free press".

Rather than focus in any meaningful way on the substance of either of these two speeches, the press digs as hard as they can to find a single sentence or phrase which they can act shocked and bewildered by, so they can shout with rabid indignation about what a horrible fellow Donald Trump is. If it all weren't so deadly serious, it would be funny.

Pine64 Media Center

I built a media center for all of my music out of a Pine64 micro-computer. Details and pictures in the article

Beowulf

A rememberance.

Waco

This is some interesting stuff. I was looking through some old backups, and came across an archive I had of every single article published by the Dallas Morning News about Waco as the event was happening, from 3/6/93 through 10/11/93 The backup this came from was created in 1996, which goes to show that it pays to back up your files, because you may some day want something that was on your computer 19 years ago.

I cleaned up the HTML that the zip file contained and have reposted it as a study in propaganda and media manipulation. For example, I count the word "cult" being used 1241 in the 171 articles contained here. The logical and storyline issues by the feds is left to the reader to discern.

Delegated Powers

This is not what I'd normally post here as an 'article'. It's actually a copy of a concurring opinion written by Justice Thomas. The case it is concerning was "Department Of Transportation, et al., V. Association of American Railroads. Even though it is really a legal opinion, it is really an interesting read regarding how the supreme Court has made decisions regarding powers delegated by congress. It's worth reading, for the historical perspective if nothing else.

Just for completness' sake, I also have the Opinion of the Court and Alito's Concurring Opinion as well.

The Income Tax in 1913

This includes graphics of the income tax forms and rate table as published in 1913, with inflation-adjusted comparisons to today. This might depress you or piss you off.

The Demonic Squirrel

I'm not sure about the author, but this is the funniest thing I have ever read. Enjoy.

Patriotism by Robert Heinlein

A speech by Robert Heinlein delivered in 1973 to Midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy. As always, RAH is brilliant.

Philosophy by Ayn Rand

A speech delivered to the graduating class at West Point in 1974. This is a great read.

Immigration and Usurpation

This is a really interesting perspective on the current debate surrounding the latest illegal immigraion amnesty that the folks in DC are trying to foist upon us. Bottom line: Pols (of both parties) want a more malleable electorate.

Bob Barr on the Patriot Act

This is congressional testimony by former congressman Bob Barr concerning the danger to our liberty of the "PATRIOT"

Aliens Cause Global Warming
and
Environmentalism is a Religion
by Michael Chriton

Dispite its humorous title, Aliens is a serious discussion of the state of modern day science. Similarly, his speech on environmentalism is an excellent read on what is behind modern environmentalism.

This is a letter sent by a Peruvian legislator to Microsoft in response to a letter Microsoft had sent him attacking a law he'd proposed requiring that the Peruvian government only use Open Source software.

This letter is the best response I've ever seen of why governments should use open source rather than proprietary software. It is a bit on the longish side, but he really lays out the reasoning for it and does an excellent job of combatting Microsoft FUD on the issue. The proposed law in question only concerns software that governmental agencies should use, and does not impact or legislate on what private companies or individuals should use.

Father McAfee delivered this sermon at a memorial service Saturday for Barbara Olson, who was a passenger on United Flight 77 when hijackers flew it into the Pentagon on 9/11/2001.

This is the text of President Bush's Speech before a joint session of congress on 9/20/2001.

Check out this poem. I like it, and hope you do too.

In honor of Jim Bell's sentancing, (see http://cryptome.org/jdb-hit.htm for more information) I'm reposting his essay. It's an interesting thought experiment and is a useful guide showing how far your free speech rights will go before Fedgov will find a reason to lower the boom on you.

Do Not Mourn The Loss Of Freedom:
We Have the Government We Deserve
by Steve Silver

Sunday, Augugust 19, 2001

The title says it all.

A rather well-written article on the history of the Second Amendment.

This is an article that gives a pretty good explanation of how and why the income tax came about. I don't agree with all of the conclusions, but find some of the information here to be interesting nonetheless.

This is an article who's title is pretty appropriate. I think you will find it to be rather enlightening.

The article to the left is a great article written by an aspiring young journalist. It's a good read. Recommended.

I've been re-energized the past week or so from a political point of view. As long as I can maintain this level of energy and interest, you'll probably be seeing a lot more new stuff here for a while.I found a great bit of commentary on the Electoral College and figured I'd pass it along to read. Turn off the television and other distractions before reading this.

This is an article I found at FreeRepublic. It's a good read of alternatives to violence.

Tue Nov 14 2000

This was posted on FreeRepublic in response to a posting I made on the site of Nightmare With Angels. It gave me chills.

September 29, 2000

There has been quite a bit of talk in the media about the price of oil since the since Clinton decided to heed the Gore's election year ploy in releaseing oil from the national pertoleum reserve. I found this today and figured readers here might be interested in it. The numbers are from OPEC, but a cursory analysis of those given seems to square with reality. There are actually two articles here, the second is called from the first, and there are several links to graphics that will open up in a separate window as they are a bit large. Enjoy!

• OPEC Says: Why You Pay So Much For Gasoline
• Composite Oil Prices1995-99

We Deserve What We Get
by John R. (Bob) Locke

Areopagitica
by John Milton

Many thanks to Karen (you know who you are!) for pointing this work out. It is an excellent essay on censorship written by John Milton of Paradise Lost fame in 1644. I heartily recommend it to all who are concerned about moves in our present society to implement new forms of censorship. It is a good reference to the fact that there is nothing new under the sun.
This article was brazenly fromRenascence Editions.

Rant On The Media
by Anonymous

I recieved this as an email message from a friend. The origional source is anonymous at the moment, but that may change if the author desires to be known. It's a pretty good bit of commentary on the media in America and other things.

Politics In America
by Robert L. Kocher

Commentary on Same
by ME (zeugma)

A few days ago, I saw an article on Freerepublic titled "e;Politics In America: The Matrix that I thought was extremely interesting. It moved me to pen a bit of commentary that I include Here. If you have any comments on my comments, feel free to either drop me a line at zeugma@pobox.com, and I'll link them in to the link above either with or without attribution.

Nightmare With Angels
by Stephen Vincent Benet

I'm not entirely sure what Mr. Benet meant by this fine poem, but it appeals to me. It also has two of my more favourite lines in a poem. Can you spot them?

Hymn of Breaking Strain
by Rudyard Kipling

Dictatorship through Deception
by Michael Rivero

The last remaining Liberty Trees was felled this weekend as it had pretty much succumed to the ravages of age. Please read this article and reflect upon the metaphor that it raises.

This article is, without a doubt, the best article I've seen about Victim Disarmament (known in the media as "Gun Control") in a while. It lays out the motivations for this agenda with striking clarity and lucidity. It is highly recommended. It's kind of long though. You might want to print it out and read it at your leisure. An additional side benefit of reading it in this manner is that after you are done, you can hand it to someone not web-enabled and open their eyes.

This article was brazenly stolen from http://www.zolatimes.com. I encourage you to visit this fine site for other fine material.

Posted in honor of my ancestors who fought in the American Revolution. As a son of the American Revolution, I weep for the police state our nation has become. This article should be read aloud for best effect.

As a companion piece, I offer Litany For Dictatorships By Stephen Vincent Benet. It, too should be read aloud.

It was stolen (with permission) from The Libertarian Enterprise.

These Americans' absolute refusal to knuckle-under had been hardened by service in World War II. Having fought to free other countries from murderous regimes, they rejected vicious abuse by their county government.