Bayou Renaissance Man

The idle musings of a former military man, former computer geek, medically retired pastor and now full-time writer. Contents guaranteed to offend the politically correct and anal-retentive from time to time. My approach to life is that it should be taken with a large helping of laughter, and sufficient firepower to keep it tamed!

Saturday, January 23, 2021

Saturday Snippet: Policing the Community

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  Last weekend I put up an excerpt from Adam Plantinga's excellent book " 400 Things Cops Know: Street-Smart Lessons from a Vetera...
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Friday, January 22, 2021

Heh

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  It's always surprised me how "grammar Nazis" or "spelling Nazis" complain bitterly about the smallest mistake in a...
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"In order to maximize compliance in a population, maximize their dependence"

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  That's the core sentence in an article by Jeff Thomas, who looks at the long history of oligarchy in the USA, and how it's now gr...
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A new shooter's toy - and sticker shock

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  As I get older, my hands and wrists aren't what they used to be.  Loading lots of rounds into multiple magazines gets old quickly, eve...
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Thursday, January 21, 2021

Remembering Bob

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  A valued friend died a few days ago.  Miss D. and I are still absorbing his loss, remembering his warmth and laughter and fellowship, sadd...
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The "War on Terror" chickens come home to roost

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  We've become so accustomed to the language of the so-called "War on Terror" that we no longer pay attention to it.  Thus, wh...
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Big Brother - espionage edition

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  It seems that the innumerable attempts to hack into US government computers - even seemingly innocuous systems - have had far-reaching con...
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Wednesday, January 20, 2021

America has become an oligarchy - at least for now

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  Prof. Angelo Codevilla , whose concise and erudite insights have for decades helped to clarify what's going on "under the skin...
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A day of mourning for our constitutional Republic

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  On November 19th, 1863, approximately 158 years ago, President Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address .  It was short and very powerful....
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Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Things to keep in mind before tomorrow's Presidential inauguration

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  As we prepare to inaugurate a President who was not freely and fairly elected, but has come to his office through electoral fraud, let...
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The threat to our freedom posed by new security legislation

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  Caitlin Johnstone raises some cogent issues about where our "security state" is heading. Biden has often boasted of being the o...
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Blue states vs red states - the economic difference is striking

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  Brandon Smith, whom we've met in these pages several times, points out the real impact of politics on the people in an economic compa...
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That's telling 'em!

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  I had to laugh at one response to a British man's tweet about firearms.  Paul Samuel asked on January 16th: Many of the responses wer...
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Monday, January 18, 2021

Political activity in a surveillance society

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  Progressive extremists have made clear their intention to silence any and all dissent, up to and including physical violence against those...
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