Kafka, Orwell and the Patriot Act

Posted by Herb7734 7 years, 6 months ago to Culture
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When certain men and/or women wearing modestly priced suits and shiny shoes quote the Patriot Act to you and ask you questions you might be tempted to not answer. But take my advice, if you value your time, you'll answer, because as they will explain to you that under the Patriot Act most of your rights as a private citizen are diminished or no longer there.. Under such interrogation, what is happening to you may seem strangely familiar, because if you have read any Orwell or Kafka or Lee Child the proceedings come out of the nightmare that exists when rationality no longer is a part of interrogation but interpretation and you are subjected to what the authors only imagined and you are living through. And, you may well ask yourself, "Hold on, whatever happened to America? How could an American congress pass a law so anti- Constitutional and actually put it into practice?" Has fear caused us to give up our freedom? Are we no longer the home of the Brave, but the land of the Fraidy-Cats? So now, when I see up on the screen the portrayal of true American heroes, should I question their realyty, or should I espouse my credibility to comic book super heroes?. It ooks as if superheroes, those larger than life characters in spandex and capes are the delusional answers, hens Donald Trump the closest thing to a superhero is President sans the spandex.

Mamn, I love The Gulch. Anywhere else and I'd likely be laughed off onto Facebook. Just think, for about 50 of my 83 years I believed all the things I learned about the founders, and the history and I was with Reagan 100% and his shining city on the hill, but it's shut down by a bunch of "Patriots."


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  • Posted by 7 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    If you want to hear great witches sabbath music check out the 5th movement of Symphonie Fantastique by Berlioz. To fully understand it listen to 1st and or 2nd movements for the love theme, then hear what he does to it in the 5th movement . horrifyingly amazing.Another graphically music for Halloween is A Night On Bald Mountain by Moussorgsky.. Quite demonic. So much so that he forced himself to write a hymn at the finale so he wouldn't condemn himself to hell..
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  • Posted by 7 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I fear for the human race when a virile man at the height of his manhood is restrained from staring at an attractive female. I do it all the time but I'm no rapist.. Although I must confess that the way women dress today is like waving a red flag at a bull.A sexilly dressed woman is far sluttier than a naked one.I'm at an age where any accusation is harmless to me. What happens if you demote a private? He becomes a civilian. Win - win. .
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  • Posted by $ allosaur 7 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Not sure what they were up to besides a pathetic attempt to make money by looking cool to clueless young people.
    There could have been some satanists or at least some silly Wiccan witches behind the scenes.
    Only The Shadow knows any performing dark arts from artsy-fartsy for sure.
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  • Posted by Dobrien 7 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    It's not entertainment to me either.
    If a satanic ritual is performed for the entertainment industry that bastion of morality
    It can't be for the greater good can it.
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  • Posted by $ allosaur 7 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Me dino grew up loving horror movies and what I saw that stupid musical number did not impress me at all.
    Not liking the music, must confess I briefly skipped along through that until I hit a rapper. Well, that finished that.
    Rap always turning me dino off, me dino always turns off rap.
    In my previous post, I meant to write same-sex sheep, goats and other critters. My bad.
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  • Posted by Dobrien 7 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I think you do know .https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COFBy-OFlos This performance is a recreation of a witches sabbat.
    Witches' Sabbath is a meeting of those who practice witchcraft and other rites. Distinguishable features that are typically contained within a Witches' Sabbat are assembly by foot, beast, or flight, a banquet, dancing and cavorting, and sexual intercourse.[1][2]
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  • Posted by $ allosaur 7 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Me dino wonders for the first time ever if there is such a thing as bigamy among lesbian married couples.
    Second thought: Well, among any legally/illegally married same sex triples, quadruples, whatever.
    Third thought: I think mixing in sheep, goat, and any other critters may be a separate conversation.
    Well, maybe. What do I know?
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  • Posted by freedomforall 7 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    "some stupid thing I legitimately did that got repeated in a feedback loop in her mind"
    I can tell you for certain that can happen. When I was visiting some relatives, one of the daughters was about 8 and was constantly being a spoiled brat. I had enough, took her to her room, and yelled at her to lie down and shut up. Twenty years later she "remembered" it as a "sexual assault". At first I couldn't even recall the incident because it was so trivial, but eventually I did and reminded her parents of the exact situation and they agreed with my recollection completely. We live in an idiotic statist society where such a fraudulent story can ruin innocent people without any evidence whatsoever.
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  • Posted by CircuitGuy 7 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    "I wonder how many men would be convicted of sexual misconduct"
    If the man's not too famous, you can probably get away with saying you're "shocked and appalled" at such behavior, and then they won't look at you.

    I can't stand the notion of making someone feel uncomfortable or pushing someone around in anyway. I think people should avoid saying offensive things, and calling that basic decency "PC" is a lame strawman. But this sexual misconduct thing has a witch trial mentality.

    Frankly, it does not make me feel protective toward my daughter. If she grows up and has the opportunity of a lifetime but she has to put up with someone being a creep, the opportunity is not worth it. There is always another opportunity, even if it doesn't feel like it. That goes for sexual harassment and for mundane things like real estate deals. There's always another building, house, or whatever. I will tell both my kids if they ever start thinking "this is my only chance, OMG!!" to walk away and calm down. You will make bad decisions. Putting up with creepy behavior is just one possible bad decision among many. I really hope she wouldn't be like some of these women, sucking her thumb and rocking in terror at the creepiness and unfairness of it all.

    I feel weird saying this aloud. If I were famous, some ex-g/f would come out of the woodwork with some stupid thing I legitimately did that got repeated in a feedback loop in her mind for 20 years. If anyone tries to say that being a creep to job candidate wrong but not the worst crime, the lynch mob goes straight for the continuum fallacy and says that means you're okay with groping, raping and intentionally infecting people with HIV. https://www.galtsgulchonline.com/post...

    I think we've gone way overboard on sexual harassment.
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  • Posted by Dobrien 7 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    This in the last week is claimed to be sexual harassment.
    There's little dispute about whatMinn Rep. Cornish texted to minn rep maya Quade, who shared them with MPR News. The texts from Cornish read:

    • "I just got an anonymous text saying I got busted for staring at you on the house floor,,,.Haha"
    • "I told him it was your fault, of course. Look too damn good. Ha."
    • "I must be more gentlemanly when I run for Governor."

    Maye Quade responded, "You can always start now!"

    In response to questions Thursday about those texts, Cornish said he was surprised by Maye Quade's complaint.

    "Over the last year, I have maintained a friendly and professional relationship with Rep. Maye Quade," he said in a written statement. "As with many members, we have exchanged texts, emails and phone calls. It came to my attention today that I offended Rep. Maye Quade in one of the text messages. This was a poor attempt at humor with a colleague and I sincerely apologize."
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  • Posted by 7 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    You're not alone.
    I wonder how many men would be convicted of sexual misconduct based upon the way they acted in high school.most teen boys are walking erections at that age. That's why dad's are so protective of daughters, because they were once one of those boys.
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  • Posted by $ allosaur 7 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Last night channel surfing just before I cut the TV off, I happened to catch Mrs. Roy Moore speak up for her "swamped" with accusations husband, saying she had been married to him for 30-something years and that he was the most kind and gentle man she ever knew.
    My take was that this is one heck of a very strong woman.
    Heard Rush say that the RINO Establishmen intends to shoo-fly the judge even if he wins.
    Well, even if me dino breaks his leg an hour before going to the polls, I'll drag myself all the way to vote for Moore if I have to.
    Damn the RINO Establishment and all else that's corrupt as hell about this country!
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  • Posted by 7 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    That is a perfect illustration of why Rand says that a male hero requires a female hero for a mate.
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  • Posted by 7 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I once got the tar beat out of me over the spelling of Herbie versus Herby.I was the elitist "ie." I got in the 1st blow. I hit his fist with my face.
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  • Posted by 7 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Give something a cool name during a time of great stress, and you have a winner. Don't bother to read it. After all, it is a PATRIOT Act.
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  • Posted by 7 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I've been planting seeds for so long I should have a jungle by now, Oops, pardon me; A rain forest.
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  • Posted by amhunt 7 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Cynical yes -- but I think your observation is spot on! It astonishes how fast power corrupts people once they acquire it.
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  • Posted by $ allosaur 7 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Go into any swamp, nothing there gives a damn if you live or die or have you reputation ruined.
    Should a "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington" to big time fix things in that particular swamp this day and age, some (possibly paid by George Soros) skank may very well claim she was raped or molested.
    Then should Mr. Smith not go away, another skank shall appear. Then another and another and another and another into a freaking swamp swarm of horrific harpies.
    That worked on Herman Cain. Before his first harpy appeared, my impression of his wife was that she was sweet but seemed quite fragile for a potential first lady. My theory is that she had everything to do with Cain backing down as a perceived threat by Team Obamanation.
    Why am I'm thinking about what did not work to get rid of Trump? Oh, well . . .
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  • Posted by freedomforall 7 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    The PA never looks at those with the connections to make 911 a reality. The DHS looks at the innocent primarily and ignores the actions of the looters because they work on behalf of the looters. This will continue until there is nothing left to loot unless someone finds the courage to oppose them. The moral fiber to do so has not been encouraged; it has, in fact, been made politically incorrect by public education, by almost all higher education, and by corporate leaders interested in getting their piece of what they see as a shrinking pie. It's inconvenient to be ethical, to oppose evil, and to honestly compete.
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