"The preservation of a free government requires, not
merely that the metes and bounds which separate
each department of power be invariably maintained, but
more especially that neither of them be suffered to
overleap the great barrier which defends the rights
of the people. The rulers who are guilty of such
encroachment exceed the commission from which they derive
their authority, and are TYRANTS. The people who
submit to it are governed by laws made neither by themselves
nor by an authority derived from them and are slaves….."
-James Madison
***
HEY, PEOPLE! Please don't just
read what I post here (or anywhere), and nod your head sagely or
approvingly and then move on to other things. I don't post in order
to affirm your sense of things. I post in order to equip you with
perspectives and arguments with which to
educate others, and in the
expectation that you will forward my posts to other people (or
direct them to those posts). PLEASE do those things.
We won't win by YOU knowing what I
present. We will win by LOTS OF OTHERS knowing what I present.
The Old Man In The
Chair Echoes Geert Vanden Bossche
...and me, on most points.
DR. VERNON COLEMAN has produced
a video in which he echoes pretty much
everything I say in
last Monday's commentary on Dr. Geert
Vanden Bossche's arguments about the serious
dangers-- and possible ill intent-- of the mRNA "vaccines" currently
being flogged by the usual suspects.
Find Coleman's video here. It's well
worth watching.
My only caveat is that, as I say
in my own commentary, I don't believe the
danger of runaway super variants is as great
as Vanden Bossche, and now Coleman,
suggest-- as long as those of us who have
avoided the "vaccines" immediately dump the
mask and "social distancing" insanity that
has been weakening everyone's immune system.
But that IS necessary, if you value your
life.
LET ME MAKE CLEAR that I am
very reluctant to speak with this kind of
urgency and alarm. How embarrassing if the
warnings prove to be wrong!
But how shameful to have stayed
silent due to prideful considerations,
should the warnings prove to be right! And
the record of events strongly compels deep
concern.
Even if you have done so
before, READ THE PAGE THROUGH AGAIN. Since
you last did the reading, much new
information will have come to you, by which
what I communicate in that collection will
now be more clear and comprehensible.
Indeed, just the brand new
contribution of Drs. Vanden Bossche and
Coleman by themselves will make a big
difference. Those of Dr. Genevieve Briand,
which were posted many months after I first
published
the collection (and to which a link has
been added to the collection text), will do
so, as well. But only if you read the
collection.
So far, I think very few have
ever done so, and that is a real tragedy.
You can't fight effectively if you don't
have a clear view of the enemy, and this is
the fight that matters most. Here, the
stakes are the survival of the American
experiment in individual sovereignty and
the real rule of law, and our lives.
***
BTW, I TRUST EVERYONE
UNDERSTANDS that when a government official
says, "Follow the science", what is REALLY
being said is, "Follow what we want you
to believe is said by the science..."
Or, differently put, "Follow the version
of "the science" that serves our agenda."
Government officials no more
have the moral stature to be taken at their
word for what is the correct and
objectively-sound science than they have the
intellectual stature to be properly imagined
to know the correct and objectively-sound
science from partial or complete nonsense
even if it both versions were wearing signs.
"All governments are run by
liars and nothing they say should be
believed."
-I. F. Stone
"Like a muddied stream or a
polluted fountain is the righteous man who
gives way before the wicked."
-Proverbs 25:26
"There is no safety for honest
men but by believing all possible evil of
evil men."
-Edmund Burke
"Those who can make you believe
absurdities can make you commit atrocities."
-Voltaire
***
P.S. THE LATEST ENTHUSIASM
OF THE STATIST COMMUNITY is denunciation and suppression of
"domestic terrorism". This is not a new
chew-toy.
I wrote about the precursor push
down this road to Hell
here back in 2009 (and predicted its
revival), and I recommend the article to
everyone.
P.P.S. AS MY CONTRIBUTION TO
the "new normal", these newsletters, which
have been a weekly affair for most of the
last 15 years or so, will now officially
become "occasional". It may well be that
editions continue to appear each week but,
for a variety of reasons, I'm no longer going
to commit to that schedule.
Let me remind everyone that
being assured of notification upon the
posting of each upcoming edition is easy.
Simply go to
this page and subscribe to the group--
leave all options in their default states.
Archived newsletters going back
the last several years can be found
here. Updates and additions to LHC pages
and posts will continue, on no particular
schedule, as usual. The LHC site map can be
found
here.
P.P.P.S. An idea for the
writers at Marvel Studios: The Avengers form
up to rip a wall off Belmarsh Prison in
London and free Julian Assange! I'd pay a
lot for a ticket to see that kind of serious
hero-work.
THIS VIDEO PROJECTS THE PROGRESS of a nuclear exchange between Russia and
the United States. It's frightening, as it should
be, as well as sobering and instructive. My only
criticisms are, first of all, that it fails to
account for the imbalance that will now be present
in any such exchange due to
the new Russian
hypersonic weapons.
Secondly, the video fails to account
for China's contribution to the exchange against the
US, which is a virtual certainty. China knows that
if Russia goes, and the US survives, it goes soon
after. So, that will not be allowed to happen.
CAN YOU EVEN IMAGINE how abysmally
stupid someone would have to be to continue to doubt
or deny that
CtC has revealed the actual, complete and insurmountable
truth about the income tax in light of the overwhelming
mountain of
historical,legal,
practical and
logical evidence to the contrary? (Not to mention
the
outright lies and even
ludicrous hoaxes the executive and some corrupt
members of the judiciary have been caught at in desperate
efforts to conceal the truth...)
Plainly any such denier must either be
abysmally stupid or be an abysmally corrupt government
official or other person who sees him or herself as
benefitting from the lies about the tax by which America
has suffered for 75 years now.
Isn't this true?
"A slave is one who waits
for someone to come and free him."
-Ezra Pound
*****
Did you know…
…The US may be
the only country in the world where people working
in the non-federal private sector must commit
perjury in order to owe and pay ‘God’s things
to Caesar’?
If you work in the
private sector, stop falsely swearing that your
private-sector earnings are federal “income”1.
Perjury is a crime. Exercise the law’s
provision for protecting your private-sector
earnings from the 154-year-old2 indirect
excise known as the federal income tax.
Rebut fraudulent allegations made by your payers
regarding the legal nature of your work and
the earnings derived therefrom, so that you
pay only your fair share. Join the hundreds
of thousands of honest, law-abiding Americans
who have been doing so for more than a decade.
Learn how for free at losthorizons.com.
1--“We must reject…
…the broad contention submitted in behalf of
the government that all receipts—everything
that comes in—are income…”.
United States Supreme
Court, So. Pacific v. Lowe, 247 U.S. 330, (1918)
2—The income tax in
the United States was first instituted into
law on July 1, 1862, during Lincoln’s presidency
under the excise laws of the United States.
The preamble to the 1939 Internal Revenue Code
traces its roots to this original income tax
law.
Important guest observations
and commentary with an important afterword
by Yours Truly
On The Psychology Of The Conspiracy Denier
A Closer
Look At The Class That Mocks
by Tim Foyle
Why is it that
otherwise perfectly intelligent, thoughtful
and rationally minded people baulk at the
suggestion that sociopaths are conspiring to
manipulate and deceive them? And why will
they defend this ill-founded position with
such vehemence?
History catalogues
the machinations of liars, thieves, bullies
and narcissists and their devastating
effects. In modern times too, evidence of
corruption and extraordinary deceptions
abound.
We know, without
question, that politicians lie and hide
their connections and that corporations
routinely display utter contempt for moral
norms – that corruption surrounds us.
We know that
revolving doors between the corporate and
political spheres, the lobbying system,
corrupt regulators, the media and judiciary
mean that wrongdoing is practically never
brought to any semblance of genuine justice.
We know that the
press makes noise about these matters
occasionally but never pursues them with
true vigour.
We know that in the
intelligence services and law enforcement
wrongdoing on a breathtaking scale is
commonplace and that, again, justice is
never forthcoming.
We know that
governments repeatedly ignore or trample on
the rights of the people, and actively abuse
and mistreat the people. None of this is
controversial.
So exactly what is
it that conspiracy deniers refuse to
acknowledge with such fervour, righteousness
and condescension? Why, against all the
evidence, do they sneeringly and
contemptuously defend the crumbling illusion
that ‘the great and good’ are up there
somewhere, have everything in hand, have
only our best interests at heart, and are
scrupulous, wise and sincere? That the press
serves the people and truth rather than the
crooks? That injustice after injustice
results from mistakes and oversights, and
never from that dread word: conspiracy?
What reasonable
person would continue to inhabit such a
fantasy world?
The point of
disagreement here is only on the matter of
scale. Someone who is genuinely curious
about the plans of powerful sociopaths won’t
limit the scope of their curiosity to, for
example, one corporation, or one nation. Why
would they? Such a person assumes that the
same patterns on display locally are likely
to be found all the way up the power food
chain. But the conspiracy denier insists
this is preposterous.
TIM FOYLE SHARES A VERY USEFUL INSIGHT
into the deep subconscious foundation of
state-worship and the cognitive dissonance it
encourages-- even requires-- of those in its grip.
Knowing how this pathology works helps guide us
toward solutions-- primarily the encouragement of
real educational attainment and mature pursuit of
philosophical and spiritual connections outside the
realm of mere and unreliable human agency.
At one time, the potential for
infantile resort to human "authorities" for
emotional security was pushed aside by a
much more robust tradition of religious
faith and by the strong and
culturally-supported institution of the
family. Not so much anymore...
I've little else to say in
light of the excellence Foyle's thoughtful
presentation...
Indeed, the only other thing I
will do here is direct attention to
this discussion of sociopathy in officialdom.
It's a bit more of a
practical-analysis-and-prescription piece
than Foyle's, but after all, thwarting
sociopaths is nearly as good as exorcising
infantile worship of its representatives,
and much easier to accomplish.
Take charge, people, or someone
else will take charge of you.
I HAVE DONE MY BEST to lead this country
to liberty from the mis-applied income tax. I have labored
hard. I've shed a lot of sweat, a fair bit of blood
and more than a few tears. But I seem to be pretty poor
at that kind of work.
When I have asked all of you for what I
firmly believe is a necessary resource to move the ball
downfield and give all of us the best chance at justice
and an end to the assault on the rule of law-- simple
testimonial videos requiring nothing from any of you
but the phone in your pocket and three minutes of speaking
from the heart-- I have had only a handful of people
answer my call.
I CAN'T KEEP GOING THIS WAY. I have to
be able to turn my attention away from writing new persuasive
or skepticism-addressing articles week after week, and
toward research, analysis and educational presentations
that will benefit everyone already in this community.
I need time to do some suing, and to bring together
the resources and talent toward that end.
As said, it is my firm belief that your
testimonial videos are the resource that I need to make
big things happen, and they are unquestionably the thing
I need to allow me to turn my attention away from trying
to get horses to drink at the waterhole to which I have
led them. Your words, in your great numbers and all
in your own different ways, will do that better than
anything I write possibly could.
And yet, you are not providing them. This,
despite my having been asking you for them for many
years now.
Therefore, with enormous reluctance, I
am making portions of this website restricted access
only. People have been urging me to do this for years
now, telling me I should impose a charge to access my
work-product, so as to enable me to keep producing.
I have never been inclined to charge fees
for access. I ask for donations, and will continue to
do that, and if they do not come, then I will conclude
that my work is of no value to anyone, and I will close
shop.
But I now WILL charge a special
something for access to some key portions of that
work.
Opening selected pages on
LHC comprising higher level legal
resources now requires the submission of qualifying testimonial
videos, as discussed, described and demonstrated
here.
The videos must be accompanied by scans of a recent
educated filing along with responsive documents from
the IRS, whether in the form of a check, a notice
identifying and reflecting the filed return, or
"return" and "account" transcripts for the year for
which the return was filed. Names must be shown in
full.
Similarly, if
an email comes my way asking for guidance or assistance,
I had better already have your video posted.
I HATE TO PLAY IT THIS WAY. But I want
to win.
I'll tell you a story from when I was coaching
my kids in soccer. Both of my kids at a certain age
in their careers had run into a wall common to all but
the very exceptional. They had gotten to be pretty good,
and they wanted to enjoy the benefits of their hard
work. But the arrival of this interest coincided with
a new self-consciousness which made them reluctant to
risk failing and looking foolish. So, they were hanging
back from seizing the main chance when it appeared,
and driving for the goal.
My solution was to post on the wall of
our dining room a couple of simple points about self-discipline,
the chief of which is this: You can't score a goal if
you don't take a shot.
That's how it is here, too. If you don't
stand up, you are laying down, and you'll never score
that goal.
Here is what my kids live by now, in their
own version of that lesson. I hear it from them all
the time as they excel (accompanied by the sound of
a father's breast swelling with pride): Go hard,
or go home.
You, too. Go hard, or go home.
Send those videos.
Do I ask for a lot? I want your victories
to post, your financial support, your efforts at spreading
the word, and your beautiful faces and inspiring words,
too. It IS a lot.
But it's not too much. I'll let Thomas Paine explain:
"Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered;
yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder
the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we
obtain too cheaply, we esteem too lightly. Heaven knows
how to put a proper price on its goods; and it would
be strange indeed, if so celestial an article as freedom
should not be highly rated.”
We each have our reasons, and our story.
It's time, and it's needed, for you to share yours with
the world.
P.S. READ EVERYTHING THAT
FOLLOWS, CAREFULLY AND THOROUGHLY!!
"The day we see truth and do not speak
is the day we begin to die."
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
What does it for you?
Is it simply because no moral and upstanding
person has any choice when it comes to telling the truth
over his or her signature, whether on tax forms or anywhere
else?
Is it recognition of the critical importance
of the rule of law, and the knowledge that if everybody
leaves its caretaking to someone else, it will soon
be lost to us completely?
Is it the money?
Maybe it's just simple respect for your
own rights as a human being, who is not and cannot be
not involuntarily subordinated to others?
Maybe it's just simple respect for your
general civic responsibility to be the grown-up and
enforce frugality and restraint on a big, powerful creature
of our own devising which otherwise is like a badly-raised
teenage boy given whiskey and car keys and let loose
on the road to wreak havoc?
Or is it, perhaps, a more acute anxiety
that if our bonfire of a state isn't damped, and quickly,
it'll soon burn down the house around us all?
What IS it that firms up your jaw and stiffens
your resolve?
It's time to take off the bushel and
share your light!
I would like you to think about what it
is that motivates you for a few moments (or all day,
if you like), and then send me your thoughts. I want
to put YOUR reasons to work inspiring folks who don't
yet understand what this is all about.
In this day and age, the most effective
way for you to share your thinking for the benefit of
others is to video-record yourself talking about how
you feel, and explaining what inspires and motivates
YOU.
All you need is a webcam or cell-phone
equipped with a camera. If you don't have, or know how
to use, one of these, have a friend help. (And if
you use a cell-phone, please have the orientation
horizontal, not vertical-- that is, so that the
screen of the phone on which you are watching
yourself while taping looks like a TV or movie
screen.)
If needed, write a little script for yourself.
Better, though, to just speak extemporaneously, after
spending a little time sorting out your thoughts and
getting down into your heart. Perhaps make it a video
of someone in your family, or a close friend, interviewing
you.
Dress "business casual". Be well-groomed.
Keep yourself to no more than 2 or 3 minutes,
and keep in mind that the purpose is
not to educate,
but to INSPIRE, ENCOURAGE and ENERGIZE. Your video will
be one of many to be shared. If you need to go
longer to really say your piece, go for it (but long
or short I may edit if something strikes me as
wandering or off-key or unacceptable).
You needn't feel any obligation to be profound,
and you shouldn't try to explain anything about the
law, other than to say that you have read it and you
know it's on your side. You just need to be sincere,
and uplifting. Your object is to make your audience
want to have what you have, and to be where you are
in your heart.
Don't talk to ME, or to others in the
CtC-educated community. Make remarks that are suited
to the NON-CtC-educated community, and at the same
time, be mindful that you're speaking to an
audience that doesn't yet know ANYTHING about the subject,
and whose first reaction is, "This must be illegal;
this must be dangerous; this is too good to be true."
You want to pull that audience right past such things,
and straight to a focus on truth, morality, and our
American heritage of liberty and the rule of law.
Remember: INSPIRE, ENCOURAGE, ENERGIZE.
Speak about rights. Speak about morality,
and the obligation of a grown-up and responsible person
to speak the truth and to enforce the Constitution.
Speak about everyone's duty
to give to God what is God's, always, and to Caesar
only what is really Caesar's. Speak of your obligation
to respect yourself, and to look out for the current
and future well-being of your children and your fellow
citizens. Speak of
CtC, and what its information has done for your
understanding and resolve. Show the book.
If you have had victories, describe them.
Better still, show them, if possible.
Be clear about just what you accomplished:
EVERYTHING back-- Social Security, Medicare and all;
a "notice of deficiency" closing notice; an on-paper
agreement or acknowledgment that your earnings weren't
subject to the tax and everything withheld or paid-in
was an "overpayment"; a transcript showing all $0s;
or whatever happened.
When you speak of state victories, name
the state. If you had to overcome balkiness from a tax
agency before winning any victory, describe that, too!
If you're in a battle now, speak of your
resolve to uphold the law, come what may--
why you're not discouraged, and why you are not
standing down, not slinking back into the barn, and
not choosing to endorse the lies. Don't get
into details-- your audience is going to have no
idea what a "LTR3176" is, and you will NOT be
capable of explaining it adequately. This is an
subject area concerning which you should speak from
the heart, not the head.
If you haven't
yet begun to act, share the reasons for your decision to do so, and
your plans.
Remember, your purpose is to INSPIRE, ENCOURAGE
and ENERGIZE.
Watch your own video after you
record it and ask yourself: Putting yourself
in the place of someone completely immersed
in "the matrix"-- oblivious to any notions
that you might have been a victim of an
"ignorance tax", and comfortable with the
status quo-- would the video you just made
encourage you to push aside your comforting
illusions and learn the liberating truth? If
not, try again.
Identify yourself. Anonymity is for criminals and self-doubters, not
CtC
warriors. Naming yourself is a requirement, and your
name will appear as a subtitle on the video when I
prepare it for posting, in any event.
Mention what you do for a living, whether
you're a doctor, homemaker, lawyer, trucker, IT guy
or gal, retiree or student. Help people understand
that the company of grown-up activist Americans they
are being invited to join cuts across all demographics
and all interests-- with the common denominator being
respect for the law and love of the principles on which
this great country was founded.
This is your chance to get a LOT accomplished.
We've all had frustrating occasions of
trying to explain all this to a friend, neighbor, family
member or co-worker, only to pile up against the wall
of a mind not yet ready to listen and learn. Here is
your chance to address a self-selected audience of folks
who have themselves decided that it's time for them
to begin paying attention, and have clicked on your
testimonial for exactly that reason.
Further, think about this: You want judges,
bureaucrats, CPAs, lawyers, the HR people where you
work, your pastors, your neighbors and everyone else
to acknowledge the truth about the tax openly and straightforwardly.
How and why would these folks do this if YOU won't?
You want these folks to learn the truth.
Why would they even recognize that there is a truth
to be learned if you won't attest to having learned
it yourself? You've got to stand up, face forward and
chin up and tell these folks that you have studied and
checked and verified and seen the evidence and seen
the government evasions and you know that the tax is
not the capitation that the beneficiary government wants
everyone to think it is but a benign, strictly limited
thing, and that they need to study and learn that, too.
Again, if you have victories to show, that's
nice, and powerful, too. But you don't have to have
victories to display in order to declare your knowledge
of what the law says. I've never flown around the world,
but I've seen the evidence and considered the arguments,
and I'm not hesitant to declare it a sphere...
Even those of you who haven't yet studied
CtC have surely read
this short document, and have verified everything
in it for yourself. You should therefore be declaring
its veracity and its message, loud and proud. Again,
if you won't say it, how can you hope that others will
ever even bother to look at the facts?
Be the change you want to see in the world,
or there won't be any change.
So, please make and send those videos
right away! You can share them with me via a cloud-based
drive space like DropBox, OneDrive.Live.com or GoogleDrive
(if you do GoogleDrive you MUST give access permission to stategroups@losthorizons.com), or
mail DVDs to me at 232 Oriole St., Commerce Twp., Michigan
48382, or even email to me if each file is no more than
20 megs (and you can break a video up if need be-- I
can reassemble them). Render as .mpg or mp4, if possible;
if not, send them how you have them and I'll make them
work.
BTW: An encouraging and inspiring
video will earn you access to the restricted pages
on losthorizons.com and membership in the National
Forum if you have also sent me a recent educated
federal filing and IRS response (or relevant
"return" or "account" transcript). I will be the
judge of whether your submissions qualify
for access, but if you do your best you should do
fine.
Remember, the restoration of institutional
respect for individual rights and the rule of law depends
on enough individuals insisting upon it. Do your part
to let those starting to rub the sleep from their eyes
know that there is a community already waiting for their
fellowship with open arms and open hearts and shining
spirits.
See how some of your fellow warriors for
the truth have done their parts in videos sent over
the years, many of which are posted
here.
"It does not take a majority to prevail...
but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting
brushfires of freedom in the minds of men."
Getting Free Of The "Income" Tax Scheme Is As Easy As
Falling Off A Bike
To get an idea of how today's "income" tax scheme works,
try this little exercise:
Think of the federal government as a guy named Bob,
who lives down the street from you in a town that is
really big on bicycles. Bikes get used for commuting,
deliveries, shopping, etc.. In fact, other than walking,
bicycles are the exclusive form of transportation in
your town.
Your neighbor Bob has a by-the-mile bicycle-renting
business-- "Bob's Bicycles". Bob's Bicycles is far and
away the biggest business in town.
Part of Bob’s success is because he does a lot of contract
business. However, Bob doesn't just get paid by riders
who have signed an agreement with him, or even just
those using Bob's bikes. Bob gets something every time
anybody in town does any riding at all, through an odd
combination of circumstances that took many years to
come together.
Here's how it happened...
Bob's Bicycles was launched long ago by the great grandfather
of the present Bob (Bob IV). Great Grandpa Bob started
out not only with a main location for his contract business--
he also had the bright idea of setting up spots around
town where he parked some of his bikes for use by the
more occasional rider, on an "honor system". Anyone
could take and use one of these bikes, but they were
expected to keep track of their mileage, and send Bob
a "1040 Mileage Ridden/Rent Due Form" (and the appropriate
rent), periodically. The initial design of the form
was like this:
I, ______________,
rode a Bob's Bicycle a total of _____ miles
this year.
At Bob's rental
rate of $.15 per mile, I owe Bob $______
I said that Great Grandpa Bob planned to deal with these
occasional riders on the "honor system", and that's
true. But he liked his money, too, and didn't want to
miss anything that was due him. So, after setting up
the "self-serve" locations, Great Grandpa Bob went around
handing out "W-2, 1099 or K-1 Rider Reporting Forms"
to every other business in town. The forms-- accompanied
by notices that if Bob didn't get his rent from someone
riding a bicycle in connection with any business, he
would sue the company involved-- said:
You Can’t Fight Well When You Don’t Know
What You’re Fighting About
If you are having an argument
with the IRS or any other tax agency,
You are NOT being presumed to have made “corporate
profit”.
You are NOT being alleged to have received “foreign
income”.
You are NOT entangled in an invisible “adhesion
contract”.
You are NOT being obligated by a law whose subject
is never identified.
You are being targeted because REAL EVIDENCE exists
that YOU PERSONALLY HAD “INCOME” to which the revenue laws apply--
even though that evidence is almost certainly incorrect,
and CAN be corrected.
*****
Do You Know What Happens When
YOU Decide To "Let Someone Else Do It"?
NOTHING.
"I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can
do something. What I can do, I should do and, with the help of God,
I will do."
-Everett
Hale
(...and
every other person who ever really deserved liberty)
"God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always
ready to guard and defend it."
-Daniel
Webster
"A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves."
-Edward
R. Murrow
*****
Doing A Little High-Payoff Math
IF EACH PERSON receiving this newsletter each week distributed as
few as 100 of any of
the great outreach tools featured here to co-workers, friends,
neighbors and family members (or just strangers on the street, in
the mall, etc...), we could have SEVERAL MILLION new Americans
suddenly introduced to the liberating truth about the tax!
Just like that! In one week!
C'mon, people, let's roll on this!
“Most of the important things in the
world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when
there seemed to be no hope at all.”
When directed to a page by topic or link, read everything.
I know that this can mean the investment of a lot of time, attention
and effort, but although some may imagine otherwise, I don't write
as much as I do because I can't think of any other way to spend
my time...
Furthermore, when you encounter a hyperlink within, or associated
with, the text you are reading, follow it!
It is pretty common these days for web-based material to be littered
with hyperlinks. Sometimes the purpose is to provide definitions
or examples, in order to ensure that folks reading the original
material aren't presented with a word or reference which they don't
understand. Sometimes the links lead to illustrations pertinent
to the original text.
It is common-- and perfectly understandable-- for folks who are
confident that they are familiar with language or references within
the main text they are reading to get in the habit of skipping over
included links. I do it all the time, myself!
However, I very rarely include links for definitional or explanatory
purposes; and when I DO make a link out of text in one page it is
generally to another self-contained page, rather than merely illustrative
material. These other pages contain material the clear understanding
of which I deem highly important for the proper and complete understanding
of the original page. (Links to
CtC, the
Victories pages,
CtC Warriors and so on are obvious exceptions to this general
rule. On the other hand, a link to the victory
Highlights or 'Every
Which Way But Loose' pages, which might seem like such exceptions,
are not. The special selection of victories on those pages, and
the filed docs and tax-agency correspondences included therewith,
themselves constitute highly instructive material which merits careful
attention. Thus care needs to be taken in all cases.)
Please make a habit of clicking on all provided links and at least
looking briefly to ensure that the linked page is one with which
you are completely familiar from another study session.
Finally, please keep in mind that, annoying though it may seem at
first blush (but not, I trust, upon reflection), I constantly tweak
material already posted. Obviously this doesn't mean that every
page is in flux at all times, but it does mean that if you are directed
to a page that IS familiar, it's worthwhile to read it through again
if it's been a while since your last having done so.
March 22- In 1765, the British Parliament passes the "Stamp
Act" imposing a tax on all legal papers in the American Colonies. In 1871,
William Woods Holden, the Republican governor of North Carolina, is impeached
and removed from office by the Democratic legislature for his vigorous efforts
to suppress the activities of the Ku Klux Klan. In 1946, Jordan gains its
independence from Britain. In 1954, the first "shopping mall" opens in
Southfield, Michigan. In 1960, the first patent for a laser is issued. In
1981, U.S. first-class postage rises from 15 cents to 18 cents per ounce.
Anniversaries of interest for
each day of this week will be found throughout the newsletter mid-edition update
below.
Btw, a copy of
CtC from anywhere except the link above
may not be a current edition. CHECK. It
matters. Also, there ARE no e-book, Kindle
or .pdf versions of
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sell you-- or even give you for free-- any
such thing.
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*****
Illuminating anniversaries of this week:
March 23- In 1775, Patrick Henry says, "Give me
liberty, or give me death!" In 1806, Lewis and Clark turn their backs
on the Pacific and head home. In 1857, Elisha Otis's first elevator is
installed in New York City. In 1919, Benito Mussolini founds the
Fascist movement in Italy. In 1933, the German Reichstag passes the
'Enabling Act', giving Adolph Hitler dictatorial powers. In 1956,
Pakistan becomes the world's first Islamic republic. In 2006, the
Federal Reserve stops publishing 'M-3'-- the complete report of money
supply-- thus acting to conceal key policy indices. This information is
still reported by private sources-- see the 'Regarding Money' feature of
this newsletter for access. In 2020, Boris Johnson imposes "lockdown"
on the UK.
*****
A Wise Warrior With An
Uplifting Message
DON LA VIGNE, a long-time warrior
and real American grown-up, shares a nice and inspiring
testimonial on what
CtC has done for him for over nine years now:
"Like a muddied stream or a polluted fountain
is the righteous man who gives way before the wicked."
-Proverbs 25:26
"A nation of sheep begets a government
of wolves."
-Edward R. Murrow
*****
Illuminating anniversaries of this week:
March 24- In 1765, Britain passes the
"Quartering Act", requiring the American colonists to house British troops. In
1882, the tuberculosis bacterium is discovered. In 1900, New York City breaks
ground on its first subway project. In 1972, Britain imposes direct rule over
Northern Ireland. In 1989, the 'Exxon Valdez' spills 240,000 barrels of oil
after running aground in Prince William Sound, Alaska. In 1999, NATO attacks
Yugoslavia. In 2015, Germanwings Flight 9525 is driven at full speed into the
French Alps by an apparently suicidal pilot. This being a real airplane crash,
the debris field is extensive and
obvious.
An old joke, but in regard to this deceiver,
not a laughing matter at all.
*****
Illuminating anniversaries of this week:
March 25- In 1584, Sir Walter Raleigh
is granted a royal patent over Virginia. In 1634, the first colonists arrive in
Maryland. In 1655, Christopher Huygens discovers Titan, Saturn's largest moon.
In 1807, the "Slave Trade Act" abolishes slave-trading within the British Empire
(but the forms of slavery known as "conscription" and "impressment" are
unaffected by the act...). In 1957, the European Economic Community is
established in an effort to equip European states with the economic benefits of
free trade among members such as have been enjoyed by the American states since
they agreed to abolish trade restrictions amongst themselves under the revised
Articles of Confederation (the United States Constitution). In 1996, a
stand-off begins between members of the "Montana Freemen" and U.S. marshals.
*****
“When principles that run against your
deepest convictions begin to win the day, then battle
is your calling, and peace has become sin; you must,
at the price of dearest peace, lay your convictions
bare before friend and enemy, with all the fire of your
faith."
"Power concedes nothing without a demand.
It never did and it never will. Find out just what any
people will quietly submit to and you have the exact
measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed
on them, and these will continue till they have been
resisted with either words or blows, or with both. The
limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of
those whom they suppress."
March 26- In 1830, the Book of Mormon
is published. In 1953, Jonas Salk announces his polio vaccine. In 1970, the
United States sets off its 500th nuclear explosion since 1945. In 1975, the
Who's "Tommy" premiers in London. In 1991, CtC Warrior Kathryn Elizabeth
Hendrickson is born. In 1999, Dr. Jack Kevorkian is found guilt of
second-degree murder for assisting with the suicide of a terminally ill
customer.
March 27- In 1836, shortly after the
successful siege of the Alamo, Mexico's General Santa Anna orders the massacre
of about 400 Texan POWs captured during other clashes between the Republic of
Texas revolutionaries and the Mexican Army assembled at Goliad. In 1881,
rioting over the promotion of temperance by the Salvation Army grew so severe in
Basingstoke, England, that troops has to be called out in an effort to restore
peace. In 1941, a coup by officers of the Air Force topples the pro-Axis
government of Yugoslavia. In 1964, an earthquake registering at 9.2 on the
Richter scale struck Alaska-- the most powerful ever recorded in North America
before or since. Much of Anchorage was destroyed. However, being left
unhindered by FEMA, the city is quickly rebuilt.
CtC WARRIOR SanDiegoScott has put together
a great little 20-question quiz to test your knowledge of the law
regarding the United States "income" tax. Test yourself, test your
friends and family! Test your accountant and tax attorney, and help
them learn the liberating truth!!
"Never must thou take up a false cry, or join hands
with the guilty by giving false witness in their favor. Never must
thou follow with the crowd in doing wrong, or be swayed by many
voices so as to give false judgment; even pity for the poor must
not sway thee when judgment is to be given."
-Ex-Exodus 23:1-3
*****
Illuminating anniversaries of this week:
March 28- In 193, Roman Emperor Publius
Helvius Pertinax is assassinated by his Praetorian Guards, who then auction the
throne to the highest bidder (Senator Didius Julianus). In 1834, the United
States Senate censures President Andrew Jackson for de-funding the Second Bank
of the United States (a central bank equipped to emit notes and extend credit,
somewhat anticipating the current Federal Reserve, and responsible, during its
20-year existence, for a massive real-estate price bubble and collapse). After
the demise of the bank, the United States experienced virtually zero inflation
until the Fed was instituted (with the exception of the period during the War
Between The States, when the Lincoln administration issued its fiat
"greenbacks"). In 1939, fascist Francisco Franco takes Madrid in the Spanish
Civil War. In 1979, the worst nuclear power plant accident in American history
occurs at the Three Mile Island reactor in Pennsylvania. No one is hurt and no
damage occurs.
*****
"Those who will not reason, are bigots; those who cannot,
are fools; and those who dare not, are slaves."
