Category: Orwellian America

Further evidence that modern America increasingly resembles the Soviet Union

U.S. Homeland Security tried to hack into Georgia election computers

It is a recurring theme among government trusters that suspicions of election fraud are unfounded. Except that, out of the other side of their mouths, those pushing for expansive government assert that the States’ election computers are vulnerable to “hacking” by foreigners. Thus, Homeland Security should take over the States’ election programming. This year, after …

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Pro-government news sources decry the influence of “fake news”

Once again, there is a major push among government trusters to censor anti-government or alternative news. Pro-government forces who decry the election of Donald Trump two weeks ago are blaming the increasing influence of alternative news sources. They couldn’t force voters to view their tired, old, dying pro-government “news” sources. Now pro-government sources are launching …

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America’s cops kill thousands of harmless pets annually

Reason Magazine has published a story about the common practice by police of shooting and killing harmless dogs at police work areas. It is common for cops to arrive at a home to talk to occupants or serve a warrant and encounter barking (or exuberant, tail-wagging) dogs. The cops immediately shoot the dogs dead. You …

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Tiny Homes are banned in many U.S. cities

There is a recent trend toward ‘tiny homes,’ those with less than 500 square feet (about the size of a small motel room). Increasingly, people are wanting to “break free of mortgages, taxes, utility bills and the general trappings of ‘stuff.’” Tiny homes are “specially attractive to millennials and retirees, or those seeking to live …

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FBI operated a high percentage of all child porn sites

Astounding news from tech writer Cyrus Farivar. The FBI has admitted in court documents that it secretly managed and operated 23 Tor-hidden child porn sites, and even deployed malware from them. You know, to “catch criminals.” According to the ACLU, the FBI operated 23 separate child pornography sites and hosted the sites from a government …

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Free market writings increasingly censored as “hate speech” by internet filters

Increasingly businesses and libraries are contracting with companies that provide internet filters for internet users. The filters are sold with claims that they weed out porn and hate speech. Increasingly, it seems that such filters classify free market writings as ‘hate speech.’ See here: articles by Rothbard are being blocked by my work’s internet security …

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The 15-Year “National Emergency”

U.S. President Obama has officially extended the national emergency that was declared after 9/11/2001: “Because the terrorist threat continues, the national emergency declared on September 14, 2001, and the powers and authorities adopted to deal with that emergency must continue in effect beyond September 14, 2016.” Few Americans are aware of how many ongoing “national …

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Bozeman “daycare” reports parents to the police because a child’s birthmark resembled a bruise

Boycott “Roots Nature School.” Impeach and slash the budgets of Gallatin County Sheriff Brian Gootkin. The Bozeman-area daycare called government “Child Protective Services” (CPS) after finding a mark on a child’s chest. They claim they suspected the child’s parents of abusing the child. However, the mark on the child’s chest was a birthmark. The parents …

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Baltimore Police totally ignore 4th amendment restrictions

After months of urban rioting and complaints in Baltimore, the U.S. Justice Department commissioned a report into police practices there. The results show a tyrannical local government, drunk on power and gorged on money, openly defying constitutional limits regarding searches and seizures. The report found that in Baltimore, police routinely stop people on the street …

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Yale Law School Dean pronounces that climate skepticism is “fraud”

Former Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas once noted that authorities who violate freedom of speech and press always claim they are doing something else. “Protecting public order,” “preventing violence,” and “stopping terrorism or treason” are common excuses offered by tyrants who defy the First Amendment. Now, the DEAN of Yale Law School is openly …

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