[Breitbart] John Baker, professor emeritus of law at Louisiana State University Law School, warned that ideological, philosophical, and political minorities can seize control of countries without popular support if citizens are disengaged from politics.
“The Revolutionary War was won by less than a majority of people supporting independence, so minorities can actually take over countries,” Baker stated on Monday’s edition of SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily with host Alex Marlow.
A politically disconnected citizenry is vulnerable to a type of hostile takeover of government and other institutions of power, he added.
Baker continued, “It is absolutely critical that people understand where this is all going, and if they don’t wake up and do something about it, there will be the attempt to continue to concentrate power.”
Baker described the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as the implementation of a constitutional blockade against a federal government takeover of America’s electrical power system. He analogized the EPA’s attempt to categorize carbon dioxide emissions as “pollution” — ostensibly to combat what it describes as “climate change” driven by fossil fuel consumption — to the Obama administration’s moves to seize control of health care via the Affordable Care Act, also known as “Obamacare.”
“You have to think of this against the background of Obamacare,” Baker said in his analysis of West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency. “That was a big move to take over a very large part of the economy, which was health care, and now comes along the attempt to take over the electrical power system in the country. That’s what it’s all about.”
The EPA’s attempts to seize control of the country’s electricity production and distribution is part of a broader campaign waged by the “administrative state” towards further centralization of control in the hands of the federal bureaucracy, Baker observed.
He remarked, “You have to put this against the deeper background of the administrative state, and that’s what Justice Gorsuch was doing in his concurring opinion — and he and the dissent written by Justice Kagan went at it — and what it really came down to is Justice Kagan said was that the majority — but especially Justice Gorsuch — was going after the administrative state. That’s exactly right, because what’s happened is the Congress doesn’t do its job, and it turns it over to the administrative state.”
Baker said the Democrat Party and broader left are worried about future U.S. Supreme Court rulings enforcing constitutional restraints on federal government powers following the West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency decision.
He stated, “I don’t think [the decision] is a one-off, and more importantly, the left doesn’t think it’s a one-off. They worry that this whole thing is going to really go after the administrative state and pull it down.”
Baker considered how news media would react if right-wing people were intimidating or threatening left-wing justices.
“What’s really amazing is the unwillingness of those charged with law enforcement to protect the justices,” he determined. “I mean, if the shoe were on the other foot and the right was doing this — which it never does — there would be outrage. There would be the argument that we’re overthrowing democracy.”
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One of the biggest takeaways from the 29th Century
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Let's leave "bloc" behavior to the grievance groups. When I speak up on any issue of special treatment for anyone else, I should say "I'm stating my opposition to this as an individual. The moment you try to bring my race or sex (I don't play the "gender" game) into it, you are saying you are not to be taken seriously, and you should be ignored."
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Commentary by Russian military blogger Andrey Chervonets.
On July 14, a Caliber strike on the House of Officers destroyed in Vinnitsa the participants of the meeting of the Ukrainian Air Force command with representatives of foreign arms suppliers on the transfer of the next batch of aircraft to the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Now it is clear why there is so much noise around this case, the command of the Ukrainian Air Force and, in addition, Western sellers, were slammed.
Unfortunately, several civilians also died from shrapnel. Including the network circled the footage of the deceased young girl with Down syndrome. This is a very sad fact, there are collateral casualties among civilians in any military conflict, even the parties are trying to avoid them. NATO members call victims among civilians "accompanying" and lay a percentage on this. True, this does not prevent them from naturally erasing cities into dust.
Ukry held a meeting during the day, at a military facility in the city center, when people walk the streets without knowing anything about the military meeting. The Ukrainian network found a reason for indignation.
But I'll tell you: didn't the children of Donetsk worry you? Crying, mostly hypocritically, about a dead child in Vinnitsa, one cannot simultaneously rejoice at the numerous murders of children, as it was for 8 years and continues at the hands of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donbass. Or is it different? In this case, no one will believe such a false "sorrow."
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Evgeniy Tsots
[REGNUM] Russia, as in the Battle of the Neva in 1240, delivered a preemptive blow to the West.
The events taking place in the world say that the West is conducting a new attack on Russia. There were many of them in history, and one of the first among those recorded for posterity ended exactly 782 years ago with the Battle of the Neva. Russian troops, commanded by Prince Alexander Nevsky, defeated the Swedish invaders on July 15, 1240, inflicting a preemptive strike on them.
Over the past almost eight centuries, the West has changed its face more than once, turning into the Teutonic Order, Sweden, the Commonwealth, the Empire of Napoleon, the Third Reich or NATO, but each time it had a single goal - the weakening of Russia and its dismemberment. The reason is known and has been called openly more than once: our country has too much territory and too many resources for one country.
Eh? Who says that?
However, every time the population of Russia (Rus, the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union) rallied around the leader and rebuffed the enemy.
The current leader of the country, Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke about the heroism of our ancestors and their devotion to their Fatherland . One of the first in the list of defenders of the country, he called the Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky.
"We love our beloved Motherland just as Alexander Nevsky and Peter the Great loved it, defended by Generalissimo Alexander Suvorov and Admiral Fyodor Ushakov, commanders Kutuzov and Bagration, Red Army soldier Alexander Matrosov and Captain Nikolai Gastello, Major Roman Filippov and Senior Lieutenant Nurmagomed Gadzhimagomedov and many, many others," Putin said at the end of June at a meeting with graduates of military universities.
Is it possible to compare the distant times of the Neva battle with the present? There are parallels that point directly to this. Both then and now, the West sought to make the peoples living along its borders hostile to Russia. At the beginning of the 13th century, the Swedes and Germans seized the border territories to the Karelian, Finnish, Baltic and Slavic tribes and wanted to baptize the neighbors of the Novgorod Republic into the Catholic faith. Thus, the peoples fell into the sphere of influence of the West and were included in the confrontation with Russia.
The modern West has planted Russophobia in the countries surrounding Russia, and also expanded the NATO bloc to the east. The battering ram in his strategy was Ukraine, where Western ideologists and political technologists built “anti-Russia” based on old Polish and Austrian developments. The West pumped Kyiv with weapons from the warehouses of Eastern European countries, launched a network of biolaboratories and even planned Ukraine's refusal of a nuclear-free status.
Another circumstance is the obvious confrontation between the West and Russia. Shortly before the Battle of the Neva, Pope Gregory IX set the task of subjugating and catholizing the tribes on the border with Russia in order to further subjugate the Russian principalities and convert them to Catholicism. The West tried to use the historical moment - the weakening of Russia due to the attack of the Horde. An analogue of NATO in those years was the union of Sweden and the Livonian Order (part of the Teutonic Order).
Today, Russia is confronted by the North Atlantic Alliance, made up of the United States and its satellites. The bloc was originally created as anti-Soviet, and after the collapse of the USSR, contrary to agreements with the Soviet leadership, a number of states of the former socialist camp, including some republics of the Soviet Union, were included in its composition. The only goal of the bloc could be to advance to the borders of Russia. At the same time, long before the military operation in Ukraine, our country was openly indicated in NATO documents as the main threat.
The danger to the Fatherland both then and now is so great that the Russian people see only one possibility for their salvation - to rally around the national leader. In the Novgorod Republic, the prince did not have full power and was dependent on the nobility, (Boyars)
who could invite him or, conversely, drive him away. However, with the outbreak of hostilities, Alexander received the full support of both the boyars and ordinary residents. In addition to the princely squad, several detachments of the city nobility and the militia were gathered in Novgorod. The whole people united around the figure of Alexander Nevsky.
With the start of the Russian special operation in Ukraine, sociological polls show a high level of awareness of national interests and confidence in the course of President Putin. Moreover, in addition to the data of sociologists, deeds speak about this. For example, the activity of volunteers who joined the army and signed a contract, the activities of volunteer groups, as well as numerous events and statements in support of the RF Armed Forces.
Before the battle, Prince Alexander Nevsky gave the Russian army a parting word that has swept through the centuries and is relevant to this day: "God is not in power, but in truth."
Russian soldiers defended their home and therefore were ready to confront the numerically superior Swedish army. Nevsky's words were changed and folded into a principle by Danila Bagrov from the movie "Brother", who declared that "the power is in truth." Russia sincerely tried to build partnerships with the West, each time being deceived and robbed. Events have come to a point where the desire of imaginary partners to put our country under the knife became obvious. And under the onslaught of information pressure and foreign propaganda, Russian society withstands the blow, focusing on the truth.
Another sign of equality between the events of one millennium puts military skill, the skills of which warriors show on the battlefield. The Novgorod army of Nevsky was able to deliver a preemptive strike, since the prince had intelligence on the movement of the Swedish army. As a result, the losses of the Swedes many times exceeded the losses of the Russians.
In the course of a special operation, the Russian Armed Forces develop the offensive throughout all hostilities, using the tactics of "small boilers", cutting off the enemy's path to supplies and reserves. The nationalists are surrounded by the sheer superiority of Russian firepower and overwhelmed by the impossibility of a counteroffensive.
Russian lands for the West have always seemed a source of enrichment. In the Novgorod Republic, the main resource for the Pope, the Swedes and Germans were people who conducted economic activities and paid taxes. It was the taxes of newly converted Catholics that served as bait for the troops. Now the West's key interest lies in the natural resources that Russia is rich in.
Yes, but we’re lazy, and would rather pay Russia a reasonably fair price to sell it to us than exert ourselves to conquer and get it out ourselves. We didn’t even help ourselves to Iraq’s oil during the two decades we were over there.
A high level of consumption requires an economy based on the processing of large quantities of raw materials. However, their own sources ended several centuries ago, and since then the West has waged colonial wars around the world. From this point of view, Russia is the tastiest piece of the planet, almost undeveloped and not even explored. Politicians in the West regularly make claims that Russia has too many resources for one country.
And, finally, another circumstance that allows not only to draw parallels with the events of 1240, but also inspires optimism, was the fact of a preemptive strike. Intelligence of Alexander Nevsky collected enough information about the Swedes for a surprise attack. As a result, she predetermined the course of events and ensured the victory of the Russian army.
In Ukraine, NATO forces prepared a springboard for unleashing a war between the West and Russia. However, the start of a special military operation was the same preemptive strike that took the enemy by surprise. Most of the stocks of prepared weapons were destroyed in the first weeks of hostilities, the military infrastructure was damaged. As a result, the West has lost the initiative and can no longer count on a military victory.
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An article built on overworked Syllogisms on the order of: "Dogs have fleas. Dogs have eyes. Oysters have eyes therefore oysters have fleas, shed on the carpet and can go fetch your newspaper..."
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] According to the LNR army at 11 o'clock.
1. The enemy withdraws from Seversk in small groups as part of the execution of a combat order for a covert withdrawal of troops.
2. Our troops have already entrenched themselves on the eastern outskirts of Seversk and are sweeping deep into the city.
3. The enemy is still offering patchy resistance.
4. A number of heights near Seversk are still controlled by opponents.
5. The Seversk-Soledar road has not yet been cut.
In general, everything goes to the fact that in the coming days Seversk will come under the control of the RF Armed Forces and the LPR army. And of course, we will recall the statements of Ukrainian propaganda that "after the occupation of Lisichansk by the RF Armed Forces, not a single city will be able to occupy it."
[ZeroHedge] Thought provoking, though I wonder if it is still realistic to project China surpassing America by the end of the decade, given their current growing financial problems: bank runs, bankruptcies and domestic speculation balloons popping, Covid lockdowns disrupting production, and the world seeking to diversify after China as a supplier proved problematic over the past two years, even as their belt and road project is becoming less popular abroad as the exploitative aspects are discovered.
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It would be interesting to see a time based animated chart but the animation would probably give me vertigo. The tulip bubble would be sort of funny.
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China's high water mark was near 2018. COVID, people not trusting them, demographic issues (China is the fastest aging population in human history) and a energy supply chain that is the most exposed in the world does not make for optimistic forecasts for the nation.
By Mevlut Cavusoglu, the incumbent Turkish foreign minister
[Rudaw] On the evening of July 15, 2016, the "Fethullahist Terrorist Organization" (FETO) launched a bloody coup attempt against the people and the government of my country. Their aim was to establish a radical, fundamentalist regime, loyal only to their ringleader Fetullah Gulen.
As FETO affiliated army units left their barracks to occupy key locations, such as the Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul and fighter jets and attack helicopters bombed strategic targets including the Parliament, Presidential compound, army and police headquarters; thousands of civilians erupted into the streets to stop this unprecedented heinous coup attempt. The plotters killed 251 innocent civilians and left thousands injured. On that night the Ottoman Turkish people defended democracy with their lives. This heroic response was something the conspirators did not foresee.
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[Red State] There's more political trouble brewing in Georgia at an organization founded by sore-loser Stacey Abrams, who is again running as a Democrat to be the Peach State's governor. According to the state ethics commission, the New Georgia Project that Abrams founded failed to disclose some $7 million worth of spending — $3 million for electioneering expenses and $4 million in political contributions — between 2017 and 2019 while she was on the ballot for governor.
According to Axios' reporting on the latest potential scandal involving Abrams, the unreported expenditures is "one of the largest cases the commission has taken up."
The timing for the inquiry could prove rather unfavorable for Abrams who is again facing off against the Republican who beat her in 2018 this November, as Axios further explains:
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There is a lot of complexity to her corruption. It includes her sister. The only way she can make it through an investigation is if the investigator is also corrupt. She will get off scot free. Same rationale as to how Hillary made it through Huber oversight.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[Red State] There's more political trouble brewing in Georgia at an organization founded by sore-loser 
