By now, it is obvious to those who follow the news even in the smallest regard, that the Coronavirus Pandemic is a major international crisis. As of writing this, over 500,000 people have been infected worldwide, and there have been over 25,000 fatalities – with Italy suffering over 600 deaths a day. Those of us…
Month: March 2020
An Open Letter on Ham Radio
I wanted to write this after reading the info on ham radio in Exit Strategy, but after listening to the Myth crew’s recent emergency broadcast, I knew I had to. I shall begin with some technical explanation of ham radio’s benefits, and some evaluation of its potential pitfalls. I am only a technician, so I…
Looting + Friday Reads 3/27/20
One of the phenomenal crossover events of the last month was Andrew Yang showing up to the White House to meet with President Trump about cutting checks to the American people. This is not UBI as he proposed it, but could turn into something like it for the immediate crisis. This was a feel-good story….
The Grand Bargain
The corona crisis offers America a unique opportunity to reform, remold or destroy old ways. That is the pitch from optimistic observers. There is a debate of the American situation is which is closer: late Imperial Rome or late Republican Rome? As the elected officials use this opportunity as a means to more looting, funding…
The Second American Revolution
By Corey Wolf. Corey can be found on Twitter @DrCoreyWolf The year was 1900. A group of about 50 young African-American students are assembled outside the Whittier Primary School in Hampton, Virginia. One student stands in front of the group, at the military position of attention. Between his hands is a flag standard, three times…
Doublelift
A sliding mechanical door opens before me. The metal that constitutes the door would have me think it heavy, that its size and broadness would mean that it would yield slowly yet it was quick to snap open at my request. But I did not request it, I cannot recall it well enough exactly. Beyond…
A premature celebration?
I wonder if any readers of the Sun are familiar with FerFal? FerFal is the handle of an Argentinian blogger who recorded his experiences in Argentina following the 2001 economic crisis. His blogs covered a lot of the craziness that happens when the “Shit Hits The Fan” – they appeared on prepper sites all over…
Weeks + Decades and Friday Reads 3/20/20
“There are decades where nothing happens, and there are weeks where decades happen,” Lenin. This was a week where America found out that many of those rules of modern life are useless and fake. No more state restrictions on practicing medicine across state lines. No evictions for a couple months. Broadband is not being capped by AT&T. Yangbux can…
The Leviathan and the Ever-Increasing Spiritual Body Which Will Slay the Beast
Submitted by Jim Sinclair In this era, what marks two people as being different from one another does not have so much do to with the physical manifestation of what the person looks (ie. their culture and/or ethnicity). This difference between persons lies more in how that person conducts themselves on a day to day…
Political Control and the Dismantling of Assent
“People say to me, that it is but a dream to suppose that Christianity should regain the organic power in human society which once it possessed. I cannot help that; I never said it could. I am not a politician; I am proposing no measures, but exposing a fallacy, and resisting a pretence. Let…
The American Sun 