"The Taliban did not need a victory. They merely needed to avoid a defeat.
They were the hopeless prizefighter matched against the great champion.
Their strategy was to waltz around the ring for all 12 scheduled rounds, to frustrate their pursuer... and tie him up in clinches when cornered.
That is, their central ambition was not to deliver a blow — but to avoid a blow.
They wagered the fellow would tire of the chase eventually… throw up the sponge… and climb out of the ring.
They wagered accurately. And they are presently collecting a fantastic purse.
The American reputation is absorbing a severe trouncing."
Brian Maher
"Will the third 'iconic' photo of helicopters airlifting people to safety occur not in some foreign capital, but inside of the US? The protest of January 6, which saw disgruntled members of the political right storm the Capitol building where the question of possible election fraud was scheduled to be heard, proves that this is no unfounded prospect.
Military aggression is coming full circle in the land of the free, and the only question that remains, it seems, is who will stay and who will go."
Robert Bridge
"Historically there has been a symbiotic correlation relationship between agent provocateur groups, infiltration by police informers, and the counter-terrorism forces of the deep state. The repressive security state has molded and used such witting (or unwitting) terrorist pawns or drones in covert activities to create a 'strategy of tension' to instill fear and consolidate repressive power and control which would enhance strident calls for more intense police repression and clandestine surveillance of its subject general population, particularly Trump supporters who will now be classified and targeted as seditious insurgents and domestic terrorists. With countless decades of real-world experience and clinical research, masters of psychological warfare and mind control, expert manipulators and programmers have worked to perfect this strategy."
Charles Burris
"What the futurists will never admit is that there are very few new ideas in the world, only old ideas rehashed and recycled and repainted to look different. In the grand scheme of history, freedom as an idea is very old, but it's social application on a grand scale is something entirely new. Centralization, whether by brute force, manipulation or technological entrapment, is hardly a revolutionary concept. It is the oldest of philosophies.
The trend today indicates a path to swift centralization, and according to the evidence this is not a natural progression but the consequence of a deliberate agenda by elitist groups that wish to remain in power. The advent of many technologies today is not necessarily the problem, it is how these technologies are being applied in our society that is infantilizing the masses."
Brandon Smith
"What sort of life do we think we are protecting? There is more to life than the avoidance of death. Life is a drink with friends. Life is a crowded football match or a live concert. Life is a family celebration with children and grandchildren. Life is companionship, an arm around one’s back, laughter or tears shared at less than two meters. These things are not just optional extras. They are life itself. They are fundamental to our humanity, to our existence as social beings. Of course death is permanent, whereas joy may be temporarily suspended. But the force of that point depends on how temporary it really is."
Lord Sumption
"While I tire of saying the same thing over and over again, and of the repetition, the only viable solution to our problems is unity in disobedience, and a refusal to accept any mandate issued by this criminal cartel called the state. This strategy can destroy the perpetrators of this fraud without ever firing a shot or resorting to extreme violence that can only lead to death, destruction and defeat. As simple as this sounds, it is the most powerful response possible, and requires only that one seek independence by taking personal responsibility for himself, his family, and his own freedom. In order to help others, in order to regain sanity, each of us must first help himself, and shun all efforts to seek the rule of others or participate in collective idiocy. Stand and face adversity as an individual or be swallowed up in a sea of mob ignorance and totalitarian madness."
Gary D. Barnett
"Nations that routinely lecture those they view as less free are now engaging in the same practices as those they have historically criticized. Despite the lack of evidence (if not the total uselessness) of their liberticidal measures on public health, they peddle proven lies to the public to sell their agenda. They use their servile mass media platforms to promote their agenda with limited pushback. They minimize, vilify, and distort the nature of growing protest movements that oppose their tactics and agenda."
Rachel Marsden
"In response to the perversion of our nation, many are reverting to self-preservation. The streets in our towns and cities are once again becoming feudal-like "gated communities" out of necessity, with steel bars in gates and windows everywhere.
Are we to be ashamed of our desire for self-preservation? Hardly. The trend toward self-preservation portends good. Perhaps in returning to homes and communities built for self-preservation, as in feudal times, Americans will also return to the higher principles of preserving faith and family. Perhaps then the larger nation can restore its borders — spiritually, morally and culturally — and thus restore its identity, purpose and civil society.
For now, true liberty exists only at home, and anything that comes against the home makes war on your family and your attempted self-preservation. Beware of those who would destroy the power you have as an individual, as a family, and on your own property – ostensibly in the name of creating a more civil society."
Bob Livingston
"The idea of secession has come and it offers a beautiful path forward, where ideological divisions are embraced and valued, rather than ignored, leading to a kind of forced unity under some silly notion of a federal (central) government. We must abandon the immoral idea behind unity by government force and toss it on the trash heap of other failed political ideas."
Brutus
"To recap at this point: the alleged "pandemic" was created by a test that produces false positives, thus greatly exaggerating the infection rate. The deaths were created by incorrect treatment, the absence of treatment, and by counting all deaths as Covid deaths.
The fear that was intentionally hyped was used to get gullible and fearful people to accept unapproved "vaccines" that are proving to be as dangerous or more so than the Covid virus.
The dire situation cannot be corrected, because Big Pharma and its associated health authorities, hired scientists, indoctrinated medical personnel, and presstitutes will not permit any questioning of the narrative."
Paul Craig Roberts
"We become slaves the moment we hand the keys to the definition of reality entirely over to someone else, whether it is a business, an economic theory, a political party, the White House, Newsworld or CNN."
B. W. Powe
"Our times are without precedent in the ways that the ruling class imagine they can use their powers. The lockdowns taught them about what was possible, and they were encouraged and implemented by people who targeted freedom itself as the problem. It wasn’t really about virus control. It was about the control of people and how they think.
It’s never been more difficult to be a dissident, but it’s also never been more rewarding. It’s a way of emancipation from the brutalism that has become the defining feature of public life today.
Finding spaces of beauty, solace, and freedom might be more challenging than ever before in our lives, but it has never been more important to do so. For every action, there is reaction and some new means of escape. The ghastly trends of today are slated to last for another few years at best; buckle up and get ready. At this point, the ruling class has given up all pretext of caring about the good of all."
Jeffrey Tucker
"Change is coming. You can be a part of it or run for the airports with your mask on and your vaccine QR code at the ready. Davos has tried to break our spirit by breaking our families and our tribes.
They have us fighting among ourselves while they try to run the table over the flu shot. We think ourselves superior to those Afghan goat-herders. But they still have their identities.
And now they have their country back.
I’ve herded goats, it’s a tough job. Far tougher than the work most Americans do today. So, stow the exceptionalism, back away from the shadows projected on the cave wall and reconnect with the light of reality.
Two weeks ago I implored law enforcement to see things as they were and remind themselves who it is they protect and serve.
Now is your opportunity to prove to us, in our time of need, that you are our friends and not the enemies of civil society. You have the opportunity to help restore real order. Don’t make the mistakes our soldiers and their families made, sacrificing your lives for people who despise you.
Wars of all forms are rackets.
Because the big reveal in Afghanistan is that what happened there can happen here, quickly. Those goat-herders just showed us how to defeat an Empire abroad. Now it’s time to defeat the empire within."
Tom Luongo
"The weirdest thing about the Biden administration tasking itself with the censorship of 'disinformation' on social media is that the United States is the hub of a globe-spanning empire that is built upon a foundation of disinformation, maintained by disinformation, and facilitated by disinformation.
If the propaganda engine of the US-centralized empire ceased actively deceiving the public about the world, it would collapse immediately. There would be mass unrest at home and abroad, status quo politics would be abandoned, alliances and coalitions would crumble, leaders official and unofficial would be ousted, and US unipolar hegemony would end."
Caitlin Johnstone
"American government has been dropping toward the level of Belize for decades. We had the Clintons selling favors to sordid foreign governments and Bill doing chunky interns in the Offal Office when he wasn’t with Hill in Epstein’s underage ginch island. We had Bush II, who was mostly just dim, a flickering bulb in no danger of kidnapping by Mensa. Trump, a crooked real-estate hustler with the elegance of a truss ad, now under criminal investigation. At the moment we are supernally blessed with Biden with a kid deep in furtive shenanigans involving influence peddling to Ukraine. The morals of the Sinaloa cartel, the intellect of Reader’s Digest, warbling in three-part harmony about transgender rights.
Kamala is not without qualifications but, if Joe made use of them, he would be in divorce court."
Fred Reed
