My oped in yesterday’s Hill, “Yes, the FBI is America’s Secret Police,” spurred accolades including kook, lunatic, Russian agent, sick, delusional, shill, complete idiot, propagandist, and “lonely in his bunker” with his Unabomber beard. Even worse, I’m guilty of “normalizing authoritarianism.” Here’s some screenshots of comments from people who at least glanced at the article […]
The Hill, December 11, 2017 YES, THE FBI IS AMERICA’S SECRET POLICE by James Bovard Politifact delivered a “pants on fire” slam to Fox News on Friday because one of its commentators asserted that the Federal Bureau of Investigation “has become America’s secret police.” The FBI has legions of new champions nowadays among liberals and […]
The latest hubbub over whether slavery was the sole cause of the Civil War reminded me of this article on how modern governments have connived to seize unlimited power over citizens. The Declaration of Independence was clear that Americans rights pre-existed the creation of government. But today’s Statists see government as the fount of all rights. What […]
USA TODAY, October 27, 2017 Facebook censored me. Cross your country’s government and it might censor you too. by James Bovard Facebook said my post’s image of a violent FBI raid ‘incorrectly triggered our automation tools.’ But it wasn’t the first time an iconic image vanished. Responding to Russian-funded political advertisements, Facebook chairman Mark Zuckerberg declared last month that […]
Future of Freedom Foundation The FBI’s Forgotten Criminal Record by James Bovard October 19, 2017 President Trump’s firing of FBI chief James Comey on May 9 spurred much of the media and many Democrats to rally around America’s most powerful domestic federal agency. But the FBI has a long record of both deceit and incompetence. […]
Hugh Hefner, the founder of Playboy magazine, passed away yesterday at the age of 91. One of his best lines serves also as his epitaph: “Life is too short to be living somebody else’s dreams.” Hefner was one of the great hellraisers of modern America and had a huge impact for much of the second half of the 20th century. Playboy was a champion of freedom of speech and freedom of […]
Facebook is no longer blocking my post after I changed headline to "Janet Reno, American Saint" & added new photo https://t.co/uT0f7mPF9n — James Bovard (@JimBovard) September 13, 2017 ** This is the same article as the prior blog post – except for the headline & featured photo. Facebook blocked me from crossposting a full link […]
Ricardo2000
H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956):
“Nobody ever went
R R Schoettker
The utter impotent uselessness of the US congress
Texas Dan
If Waco didn't wake you up, nothing would/wil
R R Schoettker
The US congress ceased fulfilling its constitution
