It would take just ONE Covid scandal being exposed for the whole house of cards to crumble.
So that’s why ONE Covid scandal (or any scandal) can’t be definitively exposed. Still, I keep pulling for the Big Story that will “make the world a better place.” Hope is the very best thing.
Thanks for this "quick word," SC .... I ended up writing a piece on Independence Day as well. What I've wanted to do for a while is compare and contrast the Boston Tea Party protest to the Canadian Trucker Protest. Why did one change the world and the other didn't? This is a big tell about today's "leaders" compared to history's leaders.
"In America, government is tasked with protecting all the rights of all the people, and to run the bureaucracy."
No, the people are tasked with protecting their rights, which they assert *against* the government. We should reflect on the Tenth Amendment: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." This, as laid out by James Madison, was the original ambit of the Federal Government: "The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the Federal Government, are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State Governments are numerous and indefinite. The former will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation, and foreign commerce; with which last the power of taxation will for the most part be connected. The powers reserved to the several States will extend to all the objects, which, in the ordinary course of affairs, concern the lives, liberties and properties of the people; and the internal order, improvement, and prosperity of the State." Federalist Papers 45 and 46.
So we need to remember these things - and this, from Federalist Paper 46: "Were it admitted, however, that the Federal government may feel an equal disposition with the State governments to extend its power beyond the due limits, the latter would still have the advantage in the means of defeating such encroachments. If an act of a particular State, though unfriendly to the national government, be generally popular in that State and should not too grossly violate the oaths of the State officers, it is executed immediately and, of course, by means on the spot and depending on the State alone. The opposition of the federal government, or the interposition of federal officers, would but inflame the zeal of all parties on the side of the State, and the evil could not be prevented or repaired, if at all, without the employment of means which must always be resorted to with reluctance and difficulty." Remember that next time you sing the Battle Hymn of the Republic... perhaps on the Fourth, perhaps after the Pledge in which case you assert that the Union is not federal, made up of a confederation of states, but is "one nation, indivisible".
In light of the words.plans, and hopes of the founders, if you think about it, considering what we have now, the whole thing falls to pieces, a glorious edifice which is little more than a crumbling stage set for a show which concluded its run some years back. But we know from where we started, and when and how we diverged from that path, and we can figure a path back, and we must. And that is what the Fourth of July should be for. And that means running the unconstitutional bureacracy *off*, not running it.
To the second paragraph I would only add that the entire purpose of the Constitution was to limit/corral the State (i.e. federal government), *not* *give* anything *to* the free People.
To the third paragraph, I would go back further and start with the advent of the progressive (term coined to confuse and obfuscate its true nature) movement, with its glorification of the *public* sector at the expense of the free private sector (from which comes *all* wealth creation and thus *true* progress), specifically the 1910s, with the creation of the Federal Reserve and the (decidedly *un*-Constitutional) income tax.
Fire works are legal in Virginia. We hear them almost every Friday night, but of course tonight will be the .... well, no, Christmas and Halloween get a healthy share of pyro, but of course also NYE
I have seen some pretty sketchy antics of some neighbors up the street (I do not know them haha) but one guy was shooting off fireworks that were landing on roofs of homes. That was a few years ago. I was grateful that I did not live close to them.
As an aside.
I NEED PRAYERS PLEASE.
My daddy died last month. I cared for mom and dad for 12 years. My siblings are going crazy.
We have a trust, and for some reason both of my siblings are hysterical. Of course, they were never interested in anything the past 12 years but now that we have this legal trust for the three of us to work through, they are apoplectic that since I live 4 miles from daddys apartment I should not touch anything.
I AM DISGUSTED BY THEIR ACCUSATIONS.
I NEED PRAYER. OH I ALREADY have the armor of God. Prayers please
Happy 4th of July and love to all of you dear friends.
So sorry you are going through this...my mom just passed in March and two of my siblings want to sell the house, etc. because all they want is $. I hope you were executor of the trust and you can make sound decisions- I would have left them completely OUT of it! (Like I told my sister to do who cared for mom/dad but she wouldn't hear of it- wants to keep the peace- which I can't understand because they never had anything to do with. my parents unless they were giving them something-preferably cash. Praying things work out for you... ! Hugs. P.S. We used to have a sketchy neighbor who shot bottle rockets off and they would land on our flat roof...city wouldn't do a thing about it. So we moved. Current neighborhood (HOA) does NOT allow fireworks at anytime. Makes me happy! Happy Fourth and let it be known there are many wonderful people "out there"- find them!
another thing that might have horrified them is that daddy adn I made a joint account for me to pay for all and any expenses, funeral home, perhaps a church service, outstanding bills, etc and etc. They just discovered this information and they are flaming mad. Daddy did not make any accounts with either of them.
Perhaps, just wondering, dad knew that both of them are bonkers.
yesterday, it was "ironic as hell" My brother was calling from his boat in New Hampshire demanding that my husband "cease and desist" "get out of my father's stuff" It was laughable.
My sister in Maryland is just vacant. Her head is empty. Anything you say to her she does not understand. She is absent of mind. My husband has helped her so so many times over the years with her cars, finances, taxes, etc ad nauseam. Now she is feeling "violated"
These two are just messed up. I just stand there an apologise to my daddy. I am so sorry dad.
Apparently , the game “CLUE” is enjoying a resurgence on Social Media.. “ Hunter, with drugs, in the Library”… his play token is white! 😂😂😂😂😂 personally, I’m howling over this….KJP will spin and say it was an obvious plant…..
Do you know, I've actually been "insulted" (that was the intent) as having "american views" way back when, when I hung about in the black-and-red crowd.
Just because I say everyone should be able to own a fire-arm, if they have no criminal (specific crimes obv.) convictions and are not insane.
Just because I think certain criminals should be executed, humanely as possible.
Just because I put my people and nation first.
Just because I don't see abortion as a right, but a sometimes tragically necessary medical procedure.
Cultural thing maybe, but in swedish, rebellion (uppror) and rebel (upprorsmakare) has positive connotations and associations, whereas revolutionary does not. The... feel of it is, rebellion and rebel have an altruistic cause where revolutionaries are after power.
What we really are, no matter the continent or personal history, is Classical Liberals, i.e. free-thinking (from first principles, chosen and re-visited on an individual-judgment basis, no "groupthink" allowed) individuals. The family, freely chosen circle of friends/aquaintances, and nation are important social constructs that need protecting, but what really binds us is the basic philosophy of putting the human individual above/ahead-of the group, especially that most dangerous group, Society, and it's terrible agent, the State.
Imo, *that* is what the U.S.A. stands for, and is what I celebrate on Independence Day: a world-wide celebration of Classical Liberalism. In this sense, *anyone* like-minded is an Amercan-by-default.
rebel/rebellion etymology: Middle-English, from Old French *rebelle*, from Latin *rebellis*, from *re-* + *bellum* war, from Old Latin *duellum* --more at "duel"
rebel (1) adjective 1.a: opposing or taking arms against a government or ruler b: of or relating to rebels {the *rebel* camp} 2: synonyms "disobedient" "rebellious"
rebel (2) noun : one who rebels or participates in a rebellion
rebel (3) verb intransitive (pronounced with accent on second syllable) 1.a: to oppose or disobey one in authority or control b: to renounce and resist by force the authority of one's government 2.a: to act in or show opposition or disobedience {*rebelled* against the conventions of polite society} b: to feel or exhibit anger or revulsion {*rebelled* at the injustice of life}
rebellion noun 1: opposition to one in authority or dominance 2.a: open, armed, and usually unsuccessful defiance ofor resistance to an established government b: an instance of such defiance or resistance
revolution/revolutionary etymology: Middle English *revolucioun*, from Middle French *revolution*, from Late Latin *revolution-*, *revolutio*, from Latin *revolutus*, past participle of *revolvere*
revolution noun 1 [many, but not applicable as they all have to do with the rotation and revolving of celestial bodies] 2.a: a sudden, radical, or complete change b: a fundamental change in political organization, especially the overthrow or renunciation of one government or ruler and a substitution of another by the governed c: activity or movement designed to effect fundamental changes in the socioeconomic situation (as of a racial or cultural segment of the population
Interesting note: the synonym for revolution says "see rebellion", and the synonyms for rebellion are: "revolution, uprising, revolt, insurrection, mutiny" with the "shared meaning element" being "an armed outbreak against a government or powers in authority".
A close read of these (from Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, 1981 edition) makes the Swedish cultural distinction you allude to as quite reasonable, imo.
That has always been my understanding of what "american" means, at least post-WW2 (or especially post-WW2 maybe?): not an ethnicity, a race, a religion et c but a shared understanding of a sort-of "live-and-let-live"-attitude, writ large.
Nothing wrong with it, when the nation-state is founded on such principles.
Where it breaks down is of course when that reason is exported as "the one true way", purportedly or implicitly superior to all others - which simply isn't true. Some nations grew organically, some didn't.
Here as in almost all european nations the concepts of people (or race if you prefer), nation, state, culture, ethnicity and by no means least language(s) and history are an intrinsical whole, unseparable. A person moving here from Krudistan does not become swedish, only a citizen.
Europeans (especially academics and politicians) and americans both need to keep the subtle but foundational difference in mind when analysing and trying to understand what policies works/-ed where and when. Simple example:
Here, what by american metrics would be called totalist corporativism worked splendidly for aprox. 70 years. No grift, no corruption, very little wasteful spending by the state (being wasteful was such a strong cultural taboo that I can't properly describe it).
Where pol-sci types and economists both (of all -isms1) went wrong was discounting race (rather: culture+ethnicity) as the most important factor for political/economic theory - probably because you really can't break it down to math, formulae and graphs.
Culminating of course in the End of History-hypothesis.
The root for "uppror" is Old German, and shares origin with "upprörd", meaning upset. So the underlying sense is that people are so upset they rebel, because they have or feel they have due cause and legal-moral grievances. I think the closest english version - feeling-wise - would be "uprising"?
An example is the Dacke-uprising in 1542-1543. In official history it was for the longest time (including my old schoolbooks) called "the Dacke feud", since feud (fejd) made it look like a) something purely personal, b) not justified due to the Crown's overreach, and c) small and petty.
In the peoples' oral history and tradition in the area where it took place, it was always called the Dacke-uprising.
Just goes to show that all this purportedly newfangled semantics-misinformation-psyops-stuff is neither new nor unique. Funnily enough, english Wikipedia page sits on the fence:
Also remember that when the US declared independence from England they stopped shipping convicts to the US and started shipping them to Australia. Thanks?
However, that video is horribly real. I spent one horrible homeless summer in the pool at a friend's house in a small town near Fresno, CA. The temps were scorching and everything was bone dry. July 4 rolled around and despite all ordinances there were always the people who tried to get away with it. That year a kid shooting off bottle rockets the next street over set the shake roof of the neighbor's house on fire. The house was a total loss Oopsie.
How do we all keep hope alive?
It would take just ONE Covid scandal being exposed for the whole house of cards to crumble.
So that’s why ONE Covid scandal (or any scandal) can’t be definitively exposed. Still, I keep pulling for the Big Story that will “make the world a better place.” Hope is the very best thing.
https://billricejr.substack.com/p/we-just-want-to-make-the-world-a
Great video!! Wish that would happen to our neighbor, who doesn't work, and sets them off all night for a week.
How does he afford to blow up so much cash?
His daddy, other neighbor, funds his life somehow. It's our own little Joe, Hunter scenario in rural America. Lol
Oy vey
Love Garfield ❤️🤍💙😻
Happy birthday, my country, the happiest place on Earth!
Consider, we are one of the very oldest continuously-Constituted (i.e. governed-by-same-agreement) nations, ever.
Thank you, M. Sim!
Thanks for this "quick word," SC .... I ended up writing a piece on Independence Day as well. What I've wanted to do for a while is compare and contrast the Boston Tea Party protest to the Canadian Trucker Protest. Why did one change the world and the other didn't? This is a big tell about today's "leaders" compared to history's leaders.
https://billricejr.substack.com/p/happy-insurrection-day?utm_source=profile&utm_medium=reader2
I needed a laugh today - think I’ll watch that video several more times, thank you. All the best to you and the non-sheeples in the room. LOL.
"In America, government is tasked with protecting all the rights of all the people, and to run the bureaucracy."
No, the people are tasked with protecting their rights, which they assert *against* the government. We should reflect on the Tenth Amendment: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." This, as laid out by James Madison, was the original ambit of the Federal Government: "The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the Federal Government, are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State Governments are numerous and indefinite. The former will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation, and foreign commerce; with which last the power of taxation will for the most part be connected. The powers reserved to the several States will extend to all the objects, which, in the ordinary course of affairs, concern the lives, liberties and properties of the people; and the internal order, improvement, and prosperity of the State." Federalist Papers 45 and 46.
In the last 100 years or so, especially since 1937, when under FDR we had a bloodless coup which created a parallel government - see https://mises.org/library/revolution-was, and 1947 when a further gross arrogation of powers took place with the passage of the McCarran National Security Act and added powers to it, many of them secret (see https://www.cato.org/commentary/national-security-state). The interests of the several states and their peoples - "The powers reserved to the several States will extend to all the objects, which, in the ordinary course of affairs, concern the lives, liberties and properties of the people; and the internal order, improvement, and prosperity of the State." were thus invaded and taken over by the parallel government and then the National Security State, neither of which had any Constitutional right to exist and were prohibited by the Tenth Amendment. And it continues on today, regardless of who is President: https://www.fff.org/explore-freedom/article/the-federal-coup-to-overthrow-the-states-and-nix-the-10th-amendment-is-underway/ and https://scholarship.law.bu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1941&context=faculty_scholarship
So we need to remember these things - and this, from Federalist Paper 46: "Were it admitted, however, that the Federal government may feel an equal disposition with the State governments to extend its power beyond the due limits, the latter would still have the advantage in the means of defeating such encroachments. If an act of a particular State, though unfriendly to the national government, be generally popular in that State and should not too grossly violate the oaths of the State officers, it is executed immediately and, of course, by means on the spot and depending on the State alone. The opposition of the federal government, or the interposition of federal officers, would but inflame the zeal of all parties on the side of the State, and the evil could not be prevented or repaired, if at all, without the employment of means which must always be resorted to with reluctance and difficulty." Remember that next time you sing the Battle Hymn of the Republic... perhaps on the Fourth, perhaps after the Pledge in which case you assert that the Union is not federal, made up of a confederation of states, but is "one nation, indivisible".
In light of the words.plans, and hopes of the founders, if you think about it, considering what we have now, the whole thing falls to pieces, a glorious edifice which is little more than a crumbling stage set for a show which concluded its run some years back. But we know from where we started, and when and how we diverged from that path, and we can figure a path back, and we must. And that is what the Fourth of July should be for. And that means running the unconstitutional bureacracy *off*, not running it.
Excellent distinctions.
To the second paragraph I would only add that the entire purpose of the Constitution was to limit/corral the State (i.e. federal government), *not* *give* anything *to* the free People.
To the third paragraph, I would go back further and start with the advent of the progressive (term coined to confuse and obfuscate its true nature) movement, with its glorification of the *public* sector at the expense of the free private sector (from which comes *all* wealth creation and thus *true* progress), specifically the 1910s, with the creation of the Federal Reserve and the (decidedly *un*-Constitutional) income tax.
Again, spot on and well said.
Beautiful
Thank you! Happy Fourth!
“...remember that America isn’t its government — it’s created by the people who live here. America was founded on freedom from bad government,”
Sasha Stone expressed a similar thought today.
"...it isn’t this country that has suddenly become so oppressive. It’s the power that controls this country. That’s a very different thing."
Yes. No matter what the United States is or does, we are still the Americans. Happy Independence Day.
well stated! Thank you for sharing those 'powerful' words
I love the fire works display from these idiots.
Fire works are legal in Virginia. We hear them almost every Friday night, but of course tonight will be the .... well, no, Christmas and Halloween get a healthy share of pyro, but of course also NYE
I have seen some pretty sketchy antics of some neighbors up the street (I do not know them haha) but one guy was shooting off fireworks that were landing on roofs of homes. That was a few years ago. I was grateful that I did not live close to them.
As an aside.
I NEED PRAYERS PLEASE.
My daddy died last month. I cared for mom and dad for 12 years. My siblings are going crazy.
We have a trust, and for some reason both of my siblings are hysterical. Of course, they were never interested in anything the past 12 years but now that we have this legal trust for the three of us to work through, they are apoplectic that since I live 4 miles from daddys apartment I should not touch anything.
I AM DISGUSTED BY THEIR ACCUSATIONS.
I NEED PRAYER. OH I ALREADY have the armor of God. Prayers please
Happy 4th of July and love to all of you dear friends.
Gangster looks wonnnnnnderful
I’m also sorry you have to deal with this. My condolences and breathe deep. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
So sorry you are going through this...my mom just passed in March and two of my siblings want to sell the house, etc. because all they want is $. I hope you were executor of the trust and you can make sound decisions- I would have left them completely OUT of it! (Like I told my sister to do who cared for mom/dad but she wouldn't hear of it- wants to keep the peace- which I can't understand because they never had anything to do with. my parents unless they were giving them something-preferably cash. Praying things work out for you... ! Hugs. P.S. We used to have a sketchy neighbor who shot bottle rockets off and they would land on our flat roof...city wouldn't do a thing about it. So we moved. Current neighborhood (HOA) does NOT allow fireworks at anytime. Makes me happy! Happy Fourth and let it be known there are many wonderful people "out there"- find them!
Rosemary,
I love the way you calmed yourself down there. ;-)
I lost my mom in April. Things were going bad with my siblings for awhile, but then they got better and everything has worked out.
I hope the same for you.
Your friend,
Tim
Sorry to hear about your family ordeal -- sounds terrible. Funny how they show up out of the woodwork when there's something to be gained......
oh and lastly, thank you for your empathy
another thing that might have horrified them is that daddy adn I made a joint account for me to pay for all and any expenses, funeral home, perhaps a church service, outstanding bills, etc and etc. They just discovered this information and they are flaming mad. Daddy did not make any accounts with either of them.
Perhaps, just wondering, dad knew that both of them are bonkers.
both of them are psychotic liberals.
They are selfish and stupid - kind of half half
Mine also...funny they came from our same family and had our same parents. WTH happened to them I wonder? Can't put my finger on it...
mine were sucked into the vortex of "I support the latest thing", many many many years ago, Some people just never grow up.
My sister was an alcoholic as a young adult, very reckless and unlawful/criminal.
My brother and his wife are "functioning" alcoholics at present. My brother has a horrible temper.
Again, I think my dad knew.
I love and cherish the years I had with my parents. It was a gift for myself and my husband. We loved them and respected them
And they knew it...and you knew what you had with them. Your siblings didn't...God bless you and thinking of you!
thank you Cheryl
It is pretty sad.
yesterday, it was "ironic as hell" My brother was calling from his boat in New Hampshire demanding that my husband "cease and desist" "get out of my father's stuff" It was laughable.
My sister in Maryland is just vacant. Her head is empty. Anything you say to her she does not understand. She is absent of mind. My husband has helped her so so many times over the years with her cars, finances, taxes, etc ad nauseam. Now she is feeling "violated"
These two are just messed up. I just stand there an apologise to my daddy. I am so sorry dad.
HAPPY 4th !! Looks like the White House Secret Service who didn’t accompany the Bidens to Camp David got left quite the celebratory package.... https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/secret-service-investigating-white-powdery-substance-found-west-wing-rcna92521 💥💥💥
It's a giant mystery what happened!
Apparently , the game “CLUE” is enjoying a resurgence on Social Media.. “ Hunter, with drugs, in the Library”… his play token is white! 😂😂😂😂😂 personally, I’m howling over this….KJP will spin and say it was an obvious plant…..
Clearly MAGA republicans sabotaging the administration!
Trump is actually a “ YUGE” coke guy.....
NPR will be reporting tomorrow that Trump's stash has finally been found in plain sight.
OMG!! Schiff was right!! How could we have missed it!!😂😂😂😂
I like his "cult" tbh
You guys are terrible!
The best coke, really.
You guys are terrible!
Happy Rebellion Day!
Yes!
Thank you, M. Rikard. You are an honorary American, imo. (idk you might be a real one already!)
Haha! Thank you right back.
Do you know, I've actually been "insulted" (that was the intent) as having "american views" way back when, when I hung about in the black-and-red crowd.
Just because I say everyone should be able to own a fire-arm, if they have no criminal (specific crimes obv.) convictions and are not insane.
Just because I think certain criminals should be executed, humanely as possible.
Just because I put my people and nation first.
Just because I don't see abortion as a right, but a sometimes tragically necessary medical procedure.
Cultural thing maybe, but in swedish, rebellion (uppror) and rebel (upprorsmakare) has positive connotations and associations, whereas revolutionary does not. The... feel of it is, rebellion and rebel have an altruistic cause where revolutionaries are after power.
What we really are, no matter the continent or personal history, is Classical Liberals, i.e. free-thinking (from first principles, chosen and re-visited on an individual-judgment basis, no "groupthink" allowed) individuals. The family, freely chosen circle of friends/aquaintances, and nation are important social constructs that need protecting, but what really binds us is the basic philosophy of putting the human individual above/ahead-of the group, especially that most dangerous group, Society, and it's terrible agent, the State.
Imo, *that* is what the U.S.A. stands for, and is what I celebrate on Independence Day: a world-wide celebration of Classical Liberalism. In this sense, *anyone* like-minded is an Amercan-by-default.
rebel/rebellion etymology: Middle-English, from Old French *rebelle*, from Latin *rebellis*, from *re-* + *bellum* war, from Old Latin *duellum* --more at "duel"
rebel (1) adjective 1.a: opposing or taking arms against a government or ruler b: of or relating to rebels {the *rebel* camp} 2: synonyms "disobedient" "rebellious"
rebel (2) noun : one who rebels or participates in a rebellion
rebel (3) verb intransitive (pronounced with accent on second syllable) 1.a: to oppose or disobey one in authority or control b: to renounce and resist by force the authority of one's government 2.a: to act in or show opposition or disobedience {*rebelled* against the conventions of polite society} b: to feel or exhibit anger or revulsion {*rebelled* at the injustice of life}
rebellion noun 1: opposition to one in authority or dominance 2.a: open, armed, and usually unsuccessful defiance ofor resistance to an established government b: an instance of such defiance or resistance
revolution/revolutionary etymology: Middle English *revolucioun*, from Middle French *revolution*, from Late Latin *revolution-*, *revolutio*, from Latin *revolutus*, past participle of *revolvere*
revolution noun 1 [many, but not applicable as they all have to do with the rotation and revolving of celestial bodies] 2.a: a sudden, radical, or complete change b: a fundamental change in political organization, especially the overthrow or renunciation of one government or ruler and a substitution of another by the governed c: activity or movement designed to effect fundamental changes in the socioeconomic situation (as of a racial or cultural segment of the population
Interesting note: the synonym for revolution says "see rebellion", and the synonyms for rebellion are: "revolution, uprising, revolt, insurrection, mutiny" with the "shared meaning element" being "an armed outbreak against a government or powers in authority".
A close read of these (from Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, 1981 edition) makes the Swedish cultural distinction you allude to as quite reasonable, imo.
That has always been my understanding of what "american" means, at least post-WW2 (or especially post-WW2 maybe?): not an ethnicity, a race, a religion et c but a shared understanding of a sort-of "live-and-let-live"-attitude, writ large.
Nothing wrong with it, when the nation-state is founded on such principles.
Where it breaks down is of course when that reason is exported as "the one true way", purportedly or implicitly superior to all others - which simply isn't true. Some nations grew organically, some didn't.
Here as in almost all european nations the concepts of people (or race if you prefer), nation, state, culture, ethnicity and by no means least language(s) and history are an intrinsical whole, unseparable. A person moving here from Krudistan does not become swedish, only a citizen.
Europeans (especially academics and politicians) and americans both need to keep the subtle but foundational difference in mind when analysing and trying to understand what policies works/-ed where and when. Simple example:
Here, what by american metrics would be called totalist corporativism worked splendidly for aprox. 70 years. No grift, no corruption, very little wasteful spending by the state (being wasteful was such a strong cultural taboo that I can't properly describe it).
Where pol-sci types and economists both (of all -isms1) went wrong was discounting race (rather: culture+ethnicity) as the most important factor for political/economic theory - probably because you really can't break it down to math, formulae and graphs.
Culminating of course in the End of History-hypothesis.
The root for "uppror" is Old German, and shares origin with "upprörd", meaning upset. So the underlying sense is that people are so upset they rebel, because they have or feel they have due cause and legal-moral grievances. I think the closest english version - feeling-wise - would be "uprising"?
An example is the Dacke-uprising in 1542-1543. In official history it was for the longest time (including my old schoolbooks) called "the Dacke feud", since feud (fejd) made it look like a) something purely personal, b) not justified due to the Crown's overreach, and c) small and petty.
In the peoples' oral history and tradition in the area where it took place, it was always called the Dacke-uprising.
Just goes to show that all this purportedly newfangled semantics-misinformation-psyops-stuff is neither new nor unique. Funnily enough, english Wikipedia page sits on the fence:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dacke_War
Also remember that when the US declared independence from England they stopped shipping convicts to the US and started shipping them to Australia. Thanks?
lol!
I share a running joke with a friend. Whenever we hear about an Australian, we look at each other and one of us says, "Wonder what *he* did?"
hahahaha
indeed
How'd that end up working out for you guys?
Better weather. Chains still heavy. I give it a 4/10.
but the stories now, those are lovely.
*memories
happy traitor day you traitors! :)
You love us. You can't fool *me*!
Lol Ray!
Enjoy your workday!
Good zinger
it would have been but i just been made redundant :p
Well, doesn't that make me that asshole!
No, you didn't know.
no more of a bonus hole!
its fine i was the one stiring shiz
Oh shit. I'm sorry Ray.
May the road rise to meet you
😇🙄😂
Will their insurance cover that?
Don't worry, Slo Joe doesn't know what he says or said to him.
Happy Independence day...or as the woke crowd says...happy dependence day.
Nice thrice!
I sure hope not.
Dat video. OMG!
However, that video is horribly real. I spent one horrible homeless summer in the pool at a friend's house in a small town near Fresno, CA. The temps were scorching and everything was bone dry. July 4 rolled around and despite all ordinances there were always the people who tried to get away with it. That year a kid shooting off bottle rockets the next street over set the shake roof of the neighbor's house on fire. The house was a total loss Oopsie.
Have a safe and thoughtful fourth!
We never left (or leave) the house unwatched in the Sierra Nevada foothills.
Oh my gosh
What a story. Yes, we have crazy neighbors too