Know Your Flags

Nothing says scam like the ol’ switcheroo. And nothing screams switcheroo like the way we’ve been programmed to pretend that the current flag of the United States of America is essentially, if not literally, the same flag that inspired Francis Scott Key to write The Star Spangled Banner back in 1814. The two flags are […]

Catalans Vote For Independence; Federal Government Responds By Shooting And Beating Them

What do self-described “indivisible” governments do when pesky things like democracy get in the way of their claim to indivisibility? Put another way, what happens when a federal government pretending to be all about “the will of the people” is confronted with a majority opinion that says the federal government in question should no longer […]