ELECTION DAY: Humboldt County, california voters in the cities of Eureka and Arcata approve measures F and J, prohibiting United states Armed Forces recruiters (private mercenaries) from initiating contact with minors.

       [added 7/24/2021] Thanks to Freedom’s Phoenix for this entry.

       The 5,000,000,000 “dollar” election: While the United states Armed Forces (private mercenaries) are stationed at 737 bases, in 130 nations around the world, defending “all freedom-loving people everywhere in the world,” over ninety-nine percent of the nation’s voters reaffirm the control of the presidency, senate and the house of representatives by of the two status quo (Democratic and Republican) parties, which have controlled all three political institutions for over a century.  Alternative candidates Charles Baldwin, of the dominionist Constitution Party; Alan Keyes, former United Nations Ambassador, of the dominionist American Independent Party; Charles Jay, of the libertarian Boston Tea Party; independent Libertarian George Phyllis; Thomas R. Stevens, of the libertarian Objectivist Party; and the movement to draft Republican-libertarian Representative Ron Paul, of the republic of texas; received a combined total of less than three-tenths of one percent of the vote.

       NOTE: The real winners in the “five billion dollar election” were not on the secret (Australian) ballot.  Some of them were:

• The (commercial) Bank of America, which donated 24,500 “dollars” to incumbent members of CONgress.  In return BfA received 45,000,000,000 “dollars” in Federal bailout money —  a 184,000,000% return on its investment.
• Citigroup (commercial bank), which donated 29,620 “dollars” to incumbent members of CONgress.  In return Citigroup received 45,000,000,000 “dollars” in Federal bailout money —  a 150,000,000% return on its investment.
• UBS, commercial bank, of Zurich, Switzerland, which donated 10,000 “dollars” to Republican (fascist/socialist) CONgressman Eric Cantor, of the commonwealth of virginia.  In return UBS received 5,000,000,000″dollars” in Federal bailout money —  a 50,000,000% return on its investment.

       Question: If 99% of the voters re-affirm the status quo every two years, what incentive will the status quo parties ever have to change things?

       [added 7/24/2021] Thanks to Freedom’s Phoenix for this entry.

       I consider it completely unimportant who in the party will vote, or how; but what is extraordinarily important is this —- who will count the votes, and how.

—- Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin

       ELECTION DAY: Karen Osborne, Director of Elections for Maricopa County, (Federal enclave of) Arizona refuses access to delegates from the Libertarian (constitutionalist) Party for the state mandated hand count for government approved paper secret (Australian) ballots.  Also, the state of wyoming had 244,818 registered voters.  Of that number, 257,331 secret (Australian) ballots were cast — a 105% turnout.  The rest of the nation averaged a 66% turnout.

       Question: Was this voter fraud committed by state residents, or electoral fraud committed by municipal employees (French for “government workers”)?

       [added 7/24/2021] Thanks to Freedom’s Phoenix for this entry.

       ELECTION DAY: While the United States Armed Forces (private mercenaries) are stationed at 737 bases, in 130 nations around the world, defending “all freedom-loving people everywhere in the world,” Election Systems & Software touch-screen voting machines, in Hamilton Township, (Federal enclave of) Ohio switch the vote totals between the only two candidates, Bill Robinson and Allan Blankenship.

       [added 7/26/2024] Thanks to G. Edward Griffin for this entry.

       Nathan Freier, a visiting professor at the U.s. Army War College, publishes “Known Unknowns: Unconventional ‘Strategic Shocks’ in Defense Strategy Development”:

       As a community, the defense establishment swears to protect and defend the constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic.  DOD [Department of Defense (foreign military aggression)]’s role in combating “domestic enemies” has never been thoughtfully examined.  Thus, there is perhaps no greater source of strategic shock for Dodd than operationalizing [sic]that component of the oath of service in a widespread domestic emergency that entails rapid dissolution of public order in all or significant parts of the United States.

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       To the extent events like this involve organized violence against local, state, and national authorities and exceed the capacity of the former two to restore public order and protect vulnerable populations, Dodd would be required to fill the gap. This is largely uncharted strategic territory.

       Widespread civil violence inside the United states would force the defense establishment to reorient priorities in extremis to defend basic domestic order and human security. … [U]nforeseen economic collapse, loss of functioning political and legal order, purposeful domestic resistance or insurgency, pervasive public health emergencies, and catastrophic natural and human disasters are all paths to disruptive domestic shock.

       [added 7/24/2021] Thanks to Freedom’s Phoenix and Jim Lorenz for this entry.

       The properly named War Department has no business in keeping internal order; that’s the proper function of the State’s Militias and the States’ and Counties’ civil police.  Sounds like the War Department is getting ready to defend its paymaster by playing turncoat Redcoats against the Patriots. —- JL