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Friday, October 23, 2020
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Alan Dershowitz: Are we ready for a wave of violence after the election?
Via Billy
We must prepare now for the possibility of violence following the election this fall. If it turns out to be a close or contested election, extremists from both sides may likely use it as an excuse to riot and attack. This will not be a repeat of the 2000 election, when the disputes were ultimately resolved by the Supreme Court in a controversial decision along partisan lines. The loser accepted it and told his followers to do the same.
But in this election, the candidates are not George Bush and Al Gore, and the country is not what it was 20 years ago. This is a very different and far more dangerous time. We are a much more divided nation. Violence is in the air in many of our cities and has received a degree of legitimacy from people on both sides who should know better. We are not prepared for a possibility of dangerous reactions to an election that may seem unfair to people on one side or the other based on the outcome.
More @ The Hill
Hank Williams Was Their Prophet and Tradition Was Their King
Whilst a good part of the South was succumbing to the ‘New South’ ideology, and Southern-born, self-made industrialists were counting dollars in Atlanta, folks in my neighborhood were still skidding logs with mules in remote locations. The mountains, which had oft proven to be a curse in many ways, were a blessing in stopping (or at least stemming, for awhile) the tide of the poison known to all of us as ‘progress.’
The story I’m about to tell is one of the many coming from the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas. Hardscrabble existence was a way of life with our pioneers, and it was no different in my own bloodline. The Holts, James Simpson, and sons settled on a land grant in Newton County, Arkansas in the 1850s. They were some of the earliest ones to settle the wild wilderness known now as Newton County, and their descendants would go on to perpetuate the ‘wild’ part for generations.
The stories are passed to me, faded, like the faint tunes of an old Hank Williams song, which rang from the clock-like radio of a 1956 Ford Fairlane. In the dim light of that radio, the heroes of my childhood came of age, fighting and drinking their way through their own lives. Much like that Hank Williams tune, the melody seemed to hang on the air, reverberating down into my childhood, with the same sad sound that touched my ancestors. Lost loves and lost people. Some would be found, some would not, but all had one thing they had in common that nobody could take: a home.
More @ The Abbeville Institute
Elizabeth Dole Foundation Anthem
Caregivers will now be included in Veterans' health care teams, VA Secretary Wilkie announced on October 19 as part of the Inclusive Care Program.
The
Elizabeth Dole Foundation also offers no-cost, short-term aid from
at-home care professionals to help with bathing, cooking, exercising,
transportation, and companionship, among other tasks. Caregivers in every state can now apply
for no-cost professional caregiver support made possible through the
cooperation and donations of CareLinx, Wounded Warrior Project, AARP,
and VA.
https://www.blogs.va.gov/
[Photos] From the National Geographic Archive, Slices of Life in 1952 Vietnam
Mostly taken by National Geographic photojournalist Joseph Baylor Roberts, these excellent shots are among the best images of 1952 Vietnam that one can encounter.
More @ Saigoneer
Iran and Russia Have Obtained Voter Info, Iran Has Tried to ‘Damage President Trump’
Via Billy
During a press conference on Wednesday, Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe stated that Iran and Russia have obtained voter registration information that can be used “to attempt to communicate false information to registered voters that they hope will cause confusion, sow chaos, and undermine your confidence in American democracy.” He also stated that Iran has sent “spoofed emails designed to intimidate voters, incite social unrest, and damage President Trump.” And has pushed content that makes untrue claims about people casting fraudulent ballots. Ratcliffe also said that while they have not seen the same actions being taken by Russia, they have obtained voter information like they did in 2016.
More @ Breitbart
Comment on Fourth Generation War Comes to a Theater Near You
Fourth Generation War Comes to a Theater Near You
Fourth Generation Warfare is essentially terroristic guerrilla warfare: a diffuse threat that has no nation or capital, which can strike at any place or time. Such a threat lays bare the weakness of a social order in which the defense of the nation from such things is left to the centralized powers of the State and its armed forces. Diffuse threats demand diffuse countermeasures: a public in arms. But were the ruling class to admit this, it would be tantamount to admitting that the State has arrogated responsibilities it cannot meet. At which point we ask, “Cui bono?” – which shines a spotlight on the real orientation of the State and the priorities of its masters.
Meet your (Chinese) Facebook censors
China is one of the most censorious societies on Earth. So what better place for Facebook to recruit social media censors?
There are at least half a dozen “Chinese nationals who are working on censorship,” a former Facebook insider told me last week. “So at some point, they [Facebook bosses] thought, ‘Hey, we’re going to get them H-1B visas so they can do this work.’ ”
More @ New York Post
"A yankee writing about seeing Confederate prisoners of war at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in 1863 "
Via Susan Lee
"Saw a squad of live secesh today at Camp Curtin. As a general thing they are healthy, strong, tough looking. Their physical appearance is excellent. They have a dogged and sullen look, and what is more they are determined men. Their torn and tattered garments are no disgrace to them. As I stood looking at them, noting their scowling eyes, and their utter indifference to the insults that I am sorry to say were cast upon them. I wished our Union Soldiers were as heroic as they are."
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