What I saw in my career as a journalist is that my house was falling apart around me. I didnโt do the upkeep I should have while I was writing.
One day I noticed water dripping onto my desk from the ceiling in the billiard room - which I used as my study.
The roof leaked. I kept telling myself I'd fix it someday - but that day never seemed to come.
I donโt know why I chose the billiard room. The house had 24 others. It was a Gothic Victorian Western Homestead with cathedral ceilings. It was my idea, or at least I had asked for them. They seemed to be a good thing at the time.
In retrospect, that was a lot of slate sitting over my head. It must have also been raining in some of the other rooms. But, I never had the time to revisit them and check.
They were mostly for guests, servants, and other things like kitchens and bathrooms. I figured their occupants would take care of it, and tell me if something was going wrong.
All the fireplaces also kept catching fire. Not just the hearth - the whole damn thing, chimney and all. I suppose I shouldโve had the sweeps clean out the suet now and then.
I was always fascinated by new fangled gizmos. Weโd hauled in all the modern conveniences of the time. We had the first flush toilets, hot water radiators, and even gas lighting fixtures in every room, with a lot of buried pipes in the walls.
The place was built like a fortress, with wood siding on the outside to give it some western hospitality and make it look like a ranch. I know, I know - with cathedral ceilings. What was I thinking?
The pipes were embedded between two layers of pressure bricks, covered by slats and plaster. When we had plumbing problems, we couldnโt get at anything to fix it. So, we left it alone.
Iโm surprised the whole house didnโt blow up while we were still living in it.
Thatโs erosion for you - it creeps up when you least expect it. I didnโt have the money to maintain the place, even if Iโd tried. The mortgage had already reached the moon. So, we had to sell it - and move out.
Empires have a way of quietly collapsing in the same steps.
It starts with picking on those who no one will defend. The homeless, the destitute, the disabled, and the aged - all who are estranged or abandoned. It happens to all of us as we get older. We get locked inside what's left of our minds.
Nobody cares if we cease to exist. We become a problem to others, and the easiest targets for a regime, because there's no resistance when it comes to our welfare.
Then the regime moves on to those who are different and unwanted. The gays, the know-it-alls, the people of color, and other minorities.
Itโs not done because of anything about them. These groups can offer some opposition, especially with outside support. Itโs done to acclimate the rest of us - to make it seem normal for the government to do this, and teach us not to get involved.
Finally, the regime goes after all of us. Itโs the women, the dissenters, the contrarians, the reporters, the teachers, and the truthers.
Then come the doers. The librarians, the inventors, the technicians, the explorers, the builders, the healers, and the people who ask questions.
They donโt stop there. They come for the children, the progressives, the rebellious, the experts - and anyone else who might one day get in the way.
Itโs anyone who doesnโt offer VALUE to the few still clinging to power. And those who remain, party like itโs the roaring twenties - while everything else is falling apart around them.
By then, itโs too late. Thereโs nobody left to be ruled. A once-great nation is gone. Trust me, you donโt get it back. I wish Iโd taken better care of my own house when I had it.
Tomorrow is No Kings Day. Let the crowns fail, and not the country fall.
I am a passionate anti-Fascist. I just attended a march 45 miles from my house. I paid all of my expenses and joined thousands of American patriots to send a message to the convicted criminal, Donald Trump, (and his criminal Sycophants), that we will not permit him to overthrow our Constitutional Republic to establish a Fascist, White-Supremacist, Christian-Nationalist Kleptocracy to be ruled by the Trump Family Crime Syndicate. I am on my way to join a march 10 miles from my house to send a second message. We will never allow Trump to rule the USA as a dictator. NO KINGS! EVER!
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๐ธ๐ซ No Kings 2.0๐ธOCTOBER 18๐ธ๐๐ธ๐๐ธ
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This Saturday - TOMORROW!
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No crown survives the lie. No lie outshines the moon.
https://www.nokings.org/
โ๏ธ Elbows UP! ๐ข๐ฆ๐๏ธ๐ง
What I saw in my career as a journalist is that my house was falling apart around me. I didnโt do the upkeep I should have while I was writing.
One day I noticed water dripping onto my desk from the ceiling in the billiard room - which I used as my study.
The roof leaked. I kept telling myself I'd fix it someday - but that day never seemed to come.
I donโt know why I chose the billiard room. The house had 24 others. It was a Gothic Victorian Western Homestead with cathedral ceilings. It was my idea, or at least I had asked for them. They seemed to be a good thing at the time.
In retrospect, that was a lot of slate sitting over my head. It must have also been raining in some of the other rooms. But, I never had the time to revisit them and check.
They were mostly for guests, servants, and other things like kitchens and bathrooms. I figured their occupants would take care of it, and tell me if something was going wrong.
All the fireplaces also kept catching fire. Not just the hearth - the whole damn thing, chimney and all. I suppose I shouldโve had the sweeps clean out the suet now and then.
I was always fascinated by new fangled gizmos. Weโd hauled in all the modern conveniences of the time. We had the first flush toilets, hot water radiators, and even gas lighting fixtures in every room, with a lot of buried pipes in the walls.
The place was built like a fortress, with wood siding on the outside to give it some western hospitality and make it look like a ranch. I know, I know - with cathedral ceilings. What was I thinking?
The pipes were embedded between two layers of pressure bricks, covered by slats and plaster. When we had plumbing problems, we couldnโt get at anything to fix it. So, we left it alone.
Iโm surprised the whole house didnโt blow up while we were still living in it.
Thatโs erosion for you - it creeps up when you least expect it. I didnโt have the money to maintain the place, even if Iโd tried. The mortgage had already reached the moon. So, we had to sell it - and move out.
Empires have a way of quietly collapsing in the same steps.
It starts with picking on those who no one will defend. The homeless, the destitute, the disabled, and the aged - all who are estranged or abandoned. It happens to all of us as we get older. We get locked inside what's left of our minds.
Nobody cares if we cease to exist. We become a problem to others, and the easiest targets for a regime, because there's no resistance when it comes to our welfare.
Then the regime moves on to those who are different and unwanted. The gays, the know-it-alls, the people of color, and other minorities.
Itโs not done because of anything about them. These groups can offer some opposition, especially with outside support. Itโs done to acclimate the rest of us - to make it seem normal for the government to do this, and teach us not to get involved.
Finally, the regime goes after all of us. Itโs the women, the dissenters, the contrarians, the reporters, the teachers, and the truthers.
Then come the doers. The librarians, the inventors, the technicians, the explorers, the builders, the healers, and the people who ask questions.
They donโt stop there. They come for the children, the progressives, the rebellious, the experts - and anyone else who might one day get in the way.
Itโs anyone who doesnโt offer VALUE to the few still clinging to power. And those who remain, party like itโs the roaring twenties - while everything else is falling apart around them.
By then, itโs too late. Thereโs nobody left to be ruled. A once-great nation is gone. Trust me, you donโt get it back. I wish Iโd taken better care of my own house when I had it.
Tomorrow is No Kings Day. Let the crowns fail, and not the country fall.
Yours truly,
Mark Twain
JOIN THE DEMOCRACY TRAIN.
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AHI - Human Kind (Official Music Video)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2qLAvaT59es
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Keep protests peaceful.
Don't kill anyone.
They DO make a difference.
Here are some resistance related guides from around the world:
๐บ๐ธ Fundamentals of physical surveillance: a guide for uniformed and plainclothes personnel
https://archive.org/details/fundamentalsofph0000silj
The RCMP has its own publications including:
๐จ๐ฆ GCPSG-022ย (2025) - Threat and Risk Assessment Guide
GCPSG-010ย (2022) - Operational Physical Security Guide
๐จ๐ฆ GCPSG-019ย (2023) - Protection, Detection, Response, and Recovery Guide
https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/physec-secmat/pubs/index-eng.htm
The non-profit Electronic Frontier Foundation also has excellent guides on:
๐บ๐ธ Street Level Surveillance
https://sls.eff.org
๐บ๐ธ Surveillance Self-Defense
https://ssd.eff.org/
๐ช๐บ ๐ธ๐ชโ ๏ธ Resistance Operating Concept
https://jsou.edu/Press/PublicationDashboard/25
๐บ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฒ Radio Free Ukraine Resistance Manual
https://radiofreeukraine.com/3d-flip-book/resistance-manual/
โ ๏ธ Assessing Revolutionary And Insurgent Strategies (ARIS) Studies (now at archive.org)
https://web.archive.org/web/20250310000340/https://www.soc.mil/ARIS/books/arisbooks.html
โ ๏ธ Civilian-Based Defense: A Post-Military Weapons System
https://www.nonviolent-conflict.org/resource/civilian-based-defense-a-post-military-weapons-system/
๐ Simple Sabotage Field Manual by United States Office of Strategic Services
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26184?ref=404media.co
โ ๏ธ Library of Congress
Revelations from the Russian archives: documents in English translation
https://www.loc.gov/item/96024752
๐ Robert Reich/Resistance School
Communicating Across Difference
https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaT8gjnOmQl3dguy0_E0vVCL5ZYEyCTzu
๐ Bernie Sanders:
https://m.youtube.com/@BernieSanders
๐ CPJ Committee to Protect Journalists:
Safety Kit
https://cpj.org/safety-kit/
๐ Activist Handbook:
https://activisthandbook.org/introduction
(โ ๏ธ These are USA sponsored websites. Some publications may have been removed by the Trump regime)
I am a passionate anti-Fascist. I just attended a march 45 miles from my house. I paid all of my expenses and joined thousands of American patriots to send a message to the convicted criminal, Donald Trump, (and his criminal Sycophants), that we will not permit him to overthrow our Constitutional Republic to establish a Fascist, White-Supremacist, Christian-Nationalist Kleptocracy to be ruled by the Trump Family Crime Syndicate. I am on my way to join a march 10 miles from my house to send a second message. We will never allow Trump to rule the USA as a dictator. NO KINGS! EVER!