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The Spirit of the Establishment Will Thrive under a “Populist Opposition” Government

by Jeremy Powell / 19 October 2023 19 October 2023

One of the most eventful things to have happened recently was from an unexpected source. The State Department and the intelligence apparatus didn’t initiate any coups somewhere in the Third World, the Kremlin didn’t launch a blitzkrieg and capture Kiev, and a currency from the BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) hasn’t …

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Angelo Codevilla Nails the Entropy That Has Seeped Into the West

by Skip / 2 May 2023 2 May 2023

I grow more and more ashamed of my alma mater, Boston University, the more that the too-well-known airhead (otherwise known as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, AOC) lets loose with her Socialist mantras that bedevils her “degree” in economics and international relationship.

“It’s More a Ruling Class That Has Given Up on the Society It Rules.”

by Skip / 15 April 2023 14 April 2023

Traditionally, our “Ruling Class” understood that America came first before its ideological aims. They understood that this demanded a “Limited Government” that let the rest of us decide for ourselves what is best for us.

A Reminder: Our “Ruling Class” Will Continue To Ignore Us Until WE Decide They Can’t

by Skip / 4 April 2023 3 April 2023

But when will that Preference Cascade, that tipping point, happen? From Angelo Codvilla, a Professor from my alma mater (BU) that DID make me feel grand to have matriculated from there (twice). Emphasis mine As over-leveraged investment houses began to fail in September 2008, the leaders of the Republican and Democratic parties, of major corporations, …

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Neil Oliver: Governments Amount to Hundreds, We Amount to Millions – They Are Few and We Are Many

by Skip / 5 December 2021 5 December 2021

Neil Oliver hits the nail on the head again. I cannot recommend watching this monologue highly enough. Eventually, when all government pressures are exhausted, the demand for mandatory vaccination only ends one way, with brute force.

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Notable Quote: Trump is merely the Symptom – it is the Elites that are the Disease

by Skip / 9 November 2021 9 November 2021

Suddenly, to a lot of voters, those postwar institutional arrangements stopped looking so good. But, of course, the beneficiaries showed no sign of giving them up. This has led to a lot of political discord, and a lot of culture war, since in America class warfare is usually disguised as cultural warfare. But underneath the …

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Angelo Codevilla is Dead

by Steve MacDonald / 22 September 2021 22 September 2021

The inspiring mind of Angelo Codevvia has been ripped from us by a drunk driver. The 78-year old was walking when he was allegedly struck by a vehicle and later died to from the injuries.

The Perils of Revolution

by Steve MacDonald / 4 March 2021 4 March 2021

One of those bits of reading I suggest people revisit often is ‘America’s Ruling Class and the Perils of Revolution.’ Written in 2010 by Angelo Codevilla, it emerged at the height of the Tea Party response to a Democrat Majority Congress and Barack Obama’s Presidency.

Nikki Haley Has Decided She Never Wants to Be President of the United States

by Steve MacDonald / 14 February 2021 21 February 2021

The main curtain closed on impeachment theater yesterday (Act 2 Scene 2) but not before someone from the former Trump Administration “announced” they never want to be president. Never.

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DC Mask Mandate – Government Employees and Lawmakers are Exempt

by Steve MacDonald / 25 July 2020 25 July 2020

Here’s a quick little diddy about DC and the Ruling class. The mayor, a Democrat, has instituted a mask mandate across the District. Everyone three-years or older has to wear them, but government employees and lawmakers are exempt.