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We saw this in Ireland in the 1840's.  We saw it in Russia - first the Kulaks then the Jews.  We saw it in Turkey - the Armenians.  We see it in China - with the Uighars.  The classic example, of course, is Hitler's Germany.  In America it was the shameful Tuskeegee experiments on black men.   Now we are seeing genocide in Canada.  Well, maybe we should not be so terribly surprised.  The Canadian government has never viewed the indigenous peoples as an asset, quite the opposite, despite a lot of rhetoric to the contrary - just look at their actions. through the centuries.  The government of Canada has now run amok, imposing a virtual dictatorship on the people of that miserable nation.  It is becoming Cuba only with a horrible climate. 

Canada has descended into a dark night of totalitarianism.  Christian pastors are being persecuted, businesses are being closed, people are suffering across the nation in the hideous blackness of a fascist society.  Now there is evidence not only of an effort to exterminate the indigenous population - always a problem for Canada's government - but of the fact that the "vaccines" are an instrument of extermination, two very important facts that the current actions of Trudeau's Canadian government illustrate in stark black and white.

Earlier this week, the House of Representatives approved a $480 billion raise to the nation’s debt ceiling. This resolution will allow the federal government to pay its debt until December. This move comes as Congress debates a large $3.5 trillion spending plan. How is America going to pay for this? In this article, economist Dr. Mark Hendrickson examines the spending plans and the proposed tax increases to pay for them. He writes, “It is plain that all the talk about making the rich pay their fair share is hollow rhetoric, cynically designed to win support from advocates of social justice while doing nothing to meaningfully reduce inequality.”

Even as the evidence becomes clear and irrefutable that the covid "vaccines" are ineffective and dangerous, our government - which is supposed to serve us at our will - is becoming a tyrannical power attempting - without authority to do so - to force people to take this dangerous and experimental injection!  What happened to America?  In the space of less than two years we have gone from the country that stood for freedom and human dignity to a hellhole that is threatening us and our children - threatening us with loss of our livelihoods, our professions - our homes and busineses.  We have been forced to behave like slaves for the past year-and-a-half while these power-mad dictators spend all their time concocting more schemes to subjugate us.  Instead of listening to them we should be listening to responsible people who actually know what they are talking about.  Is Jen Psaki an expert?  On anything?  Joe Biden?  And as for Anthony Fauci, his expertise is on monetizing a man-made virus to the max and that is just about all he cares about. 

Read on to find out what North Dakota's leaders are going to do about this.

Orwell’s “Animal Farm” delivers a chilling allegory while offering a fun read. Today it offers a metaphor for the authoritarianism exhibited by the surging American left enabled by academia, the legacy media, and big tech.

The moral of “Animal Farm”? Corruption defeats our highest aspirations. If you are down for the struggle, read “Animal Farm” to your kids and grandkids as an act of cultural resistance.

The U.S. Senate recently proposed legislation that would increase regulations for charitable giving through donor-advised funds. If it passes, what does this mean for donors? In this article, veteran fundraisers J.B. Horton and Jeffrey Trimbath examine the bill and argue that taking control away from donors would harm nonprofit organizations. They write that the new regulations will, “increase the cost and administrative burden on philanthropists and their advisors, ultimately reducing the total amount that goes to charity.”

As federal “change agents” seek public compliance using edicts and the White House exerts intimidation through executive actions, it isn’t working. The American people do not take kindly to being “ruled.” They didn’t in 1776, and they don’t in COVID times. Our observations confirm this.

The pandemic becomes useful to the government policy control freaks. As the saying goes, “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” With the Biden administration the pandemic now stands officially endless. In the minds of our high government “leaders,” only through more control will the COVID scourge end. Lock down, close down, vaccinate, masks. The administration implies that “Zero COVID” remains the goal! Dream on. Statistically that will never happen. In any case, the feds seek a firm reign over a docile population with the hope of gaining even greater control.

Getting through the pandemic would mean going back to normal which is something Democrats, Progressives, liberals, and the media only pretend to wish for. Most of the time they silently cheer on COVID. More COVID means more mandates and there’s nothing liberals love more than a sound government mandate. Mandatory vaccines, masks, restrictions, and clos

We are learning - bit by bit - that we have been lied to in material ways.  In substantial, life-altering ways.  We have made decisions based on government and media lies.  Is anyone angry yet?  Is anyone out there ready to finally say no to this tyranny?  What more can we lose before we take a stand?  It began gradually.  First it was masks ("two weeks to flatten the curve") but when we acquiesced to this it only emboldened usurpers to go further.  The more ground we give the more they will take and the more will be demanded.  It must be stopped now.

Maybe they want to see who’ll blink first. But I’ve heard of Twitter suspending people’s accounts (e.g., Nicki Minaj) and banning users (e.g., President Trump), along with the games they routinely play, such as shadow-banning tweets. I’ve never heard, however, of someone being in Twitter limbo for more than six months while the Twitter twits “review” his appeal.

But that’s me.

Are consumers being scammed by woke capitalism? In this article, Dr. Richard Kocur reviews a new book by a former biotech CEO who argues that consumers are being given “the illusion that by engaging in normal acts of consumption we’re fulfilling our social obligations.” The book uses examples from major corporations: Coca-Cola, Google, Facebook, and many more.

We can anticipate that the federal government will soon be using private sector businesses to be their unpaid agents in forcing the “vaccines” on our people.  Businesses will be coerced by the threat of back-breaking, business-breaking fines.   (Would you consider $700,000 to be a major financial setback in your own business?)  We need to let this rogue federal government know that it cannot subvert our Constitution in this way.  We need to defend the Constitution at home, in the states, in the businesses.  North Dakota needs to support its businesses in this.  The federal government has absolutely no right to impose these injections on the free people of America.  We outlawed slavery in America in 1865.  We cannot force anything to be injected into anyone against his will.  To do so is to call that person a slave without sovereignty over his own body. 

We will be told by the vaccine pushers that we need to get with the program or it will cost us money.  We all like money.  But for what price will you sell your health?  Your future?  Your children’s health and future?  What price?  For what price will you sell your freedom?  For what price will you sell your birthright? 

"A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious.   But it cannot survive treason from within.  An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly.  But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself."  --Cicero  

Among the brightest stars in the constellation of Western culture, Scottish poet Robert Burns, was never known to shrink from frank exposure of the hyporcisy and often the cruelty of "authority".  We might have said that he came from a "different era", a darker time when men generally trembled before kings and the local sheriff.  But perhaps not.  There is a reason why Burns is celebrated, generation after generation.  Some who salute him do it perfuctorily, as a social exercise.  Others, however, read him more deeply and find the basic, profound message he endeavored to convey.  Burns was disgusted by pretense, he mocked empty vessels in such works as "Holy Willie's Prayer" and many others.  When we read the words of Burns, plumb the depth of his observations of his fellow man, we are brought up short and taken aback by the fact that he died at the age of 37.  We liberally sprinkle our prose with his poetry without even being aware we are quoting him.  His thoughts expressed in "Man Was Made to Mourn" seem evergreen and particularly pertinent to the world of Covid - where our governments first permitted and even funded with our own money, the scourge of this virus, first made us sick with it, used it to force us into unemployment and want, caused us to become unwillingly dependent, wickedly withheld safe and proven and effective medications to relieve our suffering and prevent our death, viciously forced a poisonous injection upon us as a condition of our right to earn a living or continue our lives - even children's education - or exercise our right to enjoy community in studying a poet - and when they killed or maimed us with it told an execrable lie to cover their evil acts.   And the badge of humiliation and compliance with this program of evil is the face mask.   Perhaps this, from Burns, sums up the past two years quite succinctly:  "Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn."  

I could not say it better.

“The Black Book of Communism” was published in France in 1997 on the eve of the 80th anniversary of the Bolshevik revolution. Few scholarly books raise the ire and provoke controversy more than “The Black Book” did.

Why the controversy? Stephane Courtois, the book’s principal editor, asserts that, from a moral standpoint, Communism (kissing cousin of socialism), as a system of government, was no better than Nazism. Both were far better at killing people than they were at governing.

In addition to contributions by Editor Courtois, a scholar in his own right, five other French research scholars contributed to the volume. Significantly, all six scholars are former Communists. Each contributed to the chapters from their area of expertise covering every country having a significant Communist presence.

To miss this book is to miss one of the first and formidable attempts to document the criminal nature of Communism, the twentieth century’s most destructive ideology.

Terrorism works because it creates complications, frustrations, confusions, and dilemmas for the defender. Counter terrorism requires resources. By enhancing security, freedoms may be restricted or curtailed. This disrupts normal activities and free movement of the population. The public bears the inconvenience while the target government bears the blame.

Twentieth century experience points the way to successfully countering terrorism. Unfortunately, with the unexpected ditching of Afghanistan the lessons listed below were either forgotten or never learned. For this the US will pay dearly.

Last week, the nation honored and remembered the victims of 9/11. In this article that first appeared at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Dr. Paul Kengor recalls the grisly exchange between a failed terrorist and a U.S. attorney. Kengor highlights the contrast in how Islamist terrorists view human life versus how Americans view human life. He writes, “The contrast between how one side views human life versus the other could not have been clearer.”

“I had a heart attack….”

A bit more than a month ago I wrote about “My troubling COVID vaccine story experiences.” Aside from citing a friend who developed heart inflammation after taking a coronavirus genetic-therapy agent (GTA, a.k.a. a “vaccine”; more on this later), I mentioned that I’d had some unusual experiences: I encountered two men within a relatively short period of time, at the same recreational facility, who told me they’d had heart attacks — after taking SARS-CoV-2 GTAs.

Offers of vaccines are not working anymore.  Bribes of ice cream, lottery tickets, college tuition, weed and liquor aren't working anymore.  Threats and coercion are not working.  What's a bureaucrat bent on destroying your freedom to do??  The next step is apparently deception.  If people can't be persuaded or coerced, theymust simply be deceived.  So that seems to be the next tactic.  There is a frenzy to get everyone vaccinated.  It is not about the virus.  We know this because the vaccine admittedly does not have any effect on the spread of the virus, nor on one's susceptibility to become sick with it.  We also know it is creating sickness and death wherever it is administered.  As more of us are learning this, there is now the need to trick those who don't want it and don't intend to take it, into having it injected into us or fed to us.  Mental health seems to be at the center of the whole covid storm - unreasoning and blind fear of the virus, and a derangement among people in authority to force everyone to be vaccinated, whether they have natural immunity, whether they are unwilling to take the risks inherent in this injection or not.  If they can't force it one way they will attempt to find another.  We are at war.

Even as the evidence piles up about the huge risks to your health and the absolute absence of value in the so-called Covid "vaccines", the governments - federal, state, and in some areas, local, the military and very likely your employer, are all DEMANDING that you permit someone to inject a foreign substance into your bloodstream which is being seen to cause horrific "adverse events" and deaths.  It is now being pushed on children.  You have no obligation to forfeit your sovereignty over your body, allow someone else to make your heath decisions or in any way discriminate against you because you have chosen to guard yourself against what is arguably not only more dangerous than the virus, but more dangerous than all other vaccines combined, and more dangerous than many street drugs.  Just say a hard NO to this phony "vaccine" and the government robots who are attempting to take over on your life and dictate your future.

A forthcoming book by Bob Woodward has some politicians and journalists calling the actions of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley treason. In this article, Dr. Earl Tilford examines the situation and allegations. Tilford lays out a personal example of what happened the night President Richard Nixon resigned. He writes, “There were concerns that President Nixon, the only person authorized to launch a nuclear strike, might become “unhinged” due to his pending resignation. Unhinged enough to do the unthinkable.”

We are being threatened if we don't play a dangerous game.  Our health is at stake here and our very lives.  The dice are loaded.  You don't stand a chance if you decide to play.

For the record, I’ve not only opposed our Mideast military adventures but also, in 2007, wrote an article warning about the folly of “nation-building.” Yet I also know that if you are going to overthrow a tyrannical regime and remake the government, a prerequisite is winning the hearts and minds of the people. You must also note that you “never change things by fighting the existing reality,” as famed architect Buckminster Fuller observed. “To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”

Now, when the Nazis invaded the USSR during WWII, they initially encountered some people who hoped they’d free them from Stalin’s brutal rule. Adolf Hitler was very blunt about his disinterest in winning hearts and minds, however, reportedly saying that he came not as a liberator, but a conqueror.

It is difficult to imagine a more tumultuous period in our nation's history.  We have been dealing with censorship, an election which is credibly alleged to be stolen with the help of foreign entities/nations hostile to the United States.  We have been the victims of a mass hoax - a virus which was puffed up into a pandemic, which in turn was used as a tool to strip Americans of their historic and cheriished God-given rights, heretofore protected by our Constitution, we have seen a dangerous experimental drug poisonous to humans being forced upon us, beginning with 100% of our military.  Speaking our military, even as China has begun aggressively prowling about the South China Sea, as a senile president determined a deeply flawed course to withdraw from our 20-year occupation in Afghanistan, leaving behind valuable intelligence, valuable military equipment and also invaluable lives of our own citizens, our allies' citizens and our dogs, with a vicious, hostile, uncivilized gang - the Taliban, our chief military officer - General Mark Milley - announced the biggest challenge America faced was implementing critical race theory.  All the while, Milley was secretly colluding with our nation's enemies because he didn't like Trump - his superior.  Our military has always and must always be under the orders of a civilian government elected by the people.  Our military is there to serve our civilian, elected government, not the other way around.  The question is, if the reports are proven against Milley, did he indeed commit treason?  The answer has to be yes.  He did.  It doesn't matter whether there were a "declared war".  He announced (in secret) to the Chinese government that he would subvert our elected government and his president's possible orders that he would tip them off in advance of any military action.  He also enlisted his immediate council of officers in pledging to support him and ignore orders of the president.  He commited a military coup in this act.  

What should we do with Milley?  What do you think?

Hmmmm… The military is subordinate to civilian authority and will comply as directed. Biden’s Board of Visitors replacements have not yet been designated, but when they are they will reflect his values – of which critical race theory is one. The Woke mob will control military education.

Americans got what they voted for – assuming the vote was fair.

Elites have long seen conservative Christians as intolerant and obsessed with politics. It’s a simple view that few have been able successfully to complicate into a more realistic picture. George Yancey and Ashlee Quosigk may have done so in their new book One Faith No Longer: The Transformation of Christianity in Red and Blue America. From sociological research data, they argue that progressive and conservative Christians are headed for a permanent split.

They're coming for YOU now.  They might have already gotten everyone ahead of you, so it's now urgent.  We're not helpless - but we might as well be if we are not aware of our assets and strengths and act like victims instead.  Salty Cracker is trying to tell us that we have the power to stop this runaway train.   If we don't use our strengths and tools we might as well not have them, though, so it is absolutely essential that we use the power already in our hands.  We need to not wander into the alligator's path however.  That could be tricky.  There are traps being set which could really destroy our freedom but they really need our help to take away our freedom.    It's a time for assessing our "special set of skills" and our tools and weapons and how best to use them.  We are the majority, we have power.  We just need to act intelligently and courageously.  And we need to work a lot harder! 

Last night Biden crossed a line.  If we let him get away with it, the rest will be history . . . and OUR fault.  We must take action now to stop this daily destruction of our free republic.  We have seen this before - in the 1930s in Germany, for one example.  This man needs to be stopped.  It is time to serve him with impeachment, indictment and imprisonment.  If he is too addled to stand trial, we must store him away in an institution until he is.  His wife has no excuse.  She must be held accountable in his stead.

We just observed Labor Day, the last holiday of summer.  I was thinking back to Independence day over a month ago.  For once, my heart just wasn’t in it this year.  It felt like a sham.  I think the reason is that we are losing our country and our heritage of freedom.  We could blame “covid” but covid is just a tool.  We are vulnerable because we have lost the will to be free.  We must begin now to rekindle it or lose it forever.

Are you a domestic terrorist? Here are some plausible examples of how the “domestic terrorist” label might be applied by federal bureaucrats to anyone who objects to federal policies. a) Those that display the Gadsden Flag (“Don’t Tread On Me”). b) Those concerned about illegal immigration. c) Those who believe in the right to bear arms. d) Anti-abortion activists. e) Those opposed to critical race theory. Pick your own example and you just could become a target.

A friend of mine concludes his emails with a standard tagline. “I love my country. It’s the government I fear.” In today’s environment, that says it all.

Our government is evil.  We didn't grow up thinking that.  Most of us instinctively rush to defend our country.  I'm not talking about our country, though.  I am not talking about our people or our heritage.  I am talking about our government - a government that can no longer be said to be "by, of and for the people".  Our government is now in the business of lying to our people, of attempting (with considerable success) to manipulate them against their own best interests.  Truth is now an exotic concept - many of us have come to realize we must seek the truth in spite of government, not with its help.  Our interests as the American people no longer coincide or perhaps even intersect with that of the government.  And I am not just speaking of our federal government, but of our local and state "authorities" as well.  We find ourselves outside the gates in most of the decision process (especially since the 2020 election fraud) and people are finally becoming angry and speaking up at school board meetings and city councils.  High time.  The first step in taking back our country is to recognize the enemy - our own government - and to stop behaving as though they weren't.  We might be experiencing the anxiety before the storm.

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This administration has dishonored America.  Nixon and his man Kissinger, dishonored us in the manner in which we left Viet Nam and this "president" has taken betrayal of allies (as well as our own people) up yet another notch.  If this is okay with America we are truly lost and will never be a great country again.  It's more or less up to us - not Biden.  Will we tolerate this kind of performance?  Or will we mete out consequences to this administration?  The answer to that will determine our future and the consequences we must assume if we also fail to act honorably.