Tag: Machiavelli
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Hogg is a Four-Letter Word
by Thomas Reiner, Quartz Mountain Commentary, ©2025 (Apr. 28, 2025) — Say hello to the modern Democratic Party which has devolved into separate, tiny, warring fiefdoms, each clutching to its own list of grievances. This division has been slowly growing since the assassination of President Kennedy but has gained Category Five destructiveness with the Dynamic…
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Ambiguous Twins?
10 March 2025 Dear Editor, Both Trump and Zelensky are easy to simultaneously love and hate. Make no mistake: they are both prolific double-dealers… Zelensky with Biden, and recently with the Democrats, against Trump; and now Trump, dealing directly with Hamas (not to mention Iran), against Israel! Zelensky should have learned from both Napoleon’s and…
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The Chutkan Ethical Lapse
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Aug. 29, 2023) — Several weeks ago, your humble servant made this offering. It was posited in support of the fact that U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan – appointed by the Second Usurper in Chief (the “SUC”), Barack Hussein Obama, Jr. – was hopelessly, not to mention indisputably, compromised and conflicted…
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Pharaoh’s Son Wasn’t Above the Law (RR)
“LIES HAVE BEEN AROUND FOREVER” by OPOVV, ©2017 (Mar. 20, 2017) — “Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the show. The other day we had a BBQ at the church (down on Hawthorn Street) where the good reverend invited us to attend today’s sermon. Hello, I’m your Roving Reporter, who serves as the…
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The More Things Change…
“MACHIAVELLI RULES” by Joseph DeMaio, ©2016 (Jan. 2, 2016) — Introduction As the new year begins, one is tempted to observe (with a tip of the cap to Alphonse Karr) that “the more things change, the more they stay the same.” The continually-metastasizing cascade of misinformation and defalcations from the regime headquartered at 1600…
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Of Toothaches and Impeachment
“THE EFFORT MUST BE MADE” by Joseph DeMaio, ©2015 (Sep. 27, 2015) — Last week, the intrepid P&E Editor penned a piece captioned “The Face of Evil.” The solitary deficit in the post is that it somewhat understated the “toothache problem” which has now infected the nation. More explanation of the toothache analogy later. We are…
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The Latest Italian Job
ITALIAN FARMERS, FACING INSECT INFESTATION, PAY DEARLY FOR EUROPE’S ANTI-GM STANCE. SO DO CONSUMERS. by Mischa Popoff, ©2013 (Sep. 27, 2013) — “Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel.” John Quinton, UK George Cross recipient Nowhere is the art of bureaucratic precaution…
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The ABC’s of the Obama Regime
FROM “APPARATCHIKS” TO “ZERO” by Joseph DeMaio, ©2012 (Jul. 15, 2012) — There recently appeared at Townhall.com a post by one Derek Hunter captioned “Our Disgraceful President.” The only problem with the post is that it understates the lawless, corrupt and venal nature of the current resident at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. That post thus prompts the…
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The Power to Destroy
JOHN ROBERTS’ MASQUERADE by Joseph DeMaio, ©2012 (Jun. 30, 2012) — “The power to tax involves the power to destroy.” — M’Culloch v. State of Maryland, 17 U.S. 316, 431 (1819) (Chief Justice John Marshall). There are a couple of ways to view and analyze what happened on June 28, 2012, when a badly fractured Supreme Court…