2026-08-22T09:29:46Z https://nostr.now Efilroft Sul https://nostr.now/npub13a3e4znlud4exku23ekkrce922s6h7kywzk7qt2yefud93y48a6sw5qfta https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/112/667/368/700/201/008/original/00c4923ac570c306.jpg https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/112/667/368/700/201/008/original/00c4923ac570c306.jpg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxqy7yslh8uyzfnnwf338q2vmdny5sfqna4lj6fmq4enz3p6f78yszyz8k8x520l3khy6m328x6c0ry4f2r2l6c3c2mcpdgn9835kyj5lh2kr2rn0 <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/908/938/815/294/136/original/2069d75dbdaea69a.jpg"> <br/> 2026-07-12T20:41:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvhn9k0qqvc8v7nne7nc8mpjj8t5yrrklkqqfftqjxculyx79d23szyz8k8x520l3khy6m328x6c0ry4f2r2l6c3c2mcpdgn9835kyj5lh2k6dt0j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswxyvf4t4ms0dac7hvzls5x878qqc0sax92yrjv4rwqn7vdpnxguqjey957'>nevent1q…y957</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Honestly, I have not traveled out of the country in 23 years. All of my travel for fun and business has been stateside. But I will tell you this: In 2004, after America invaded Iraq because of a lie, I was pulled aside by the TSA in San Francisco and made to strip down to my underwear. Such were the adventures of a known dissenter against the Iraq War. I did dare ask the government workers if they saw anything they liked. I guess they didn&#39;t, because they made me get dressed! 2025-10-22T19:42:22Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrgk0kmyj43yt3fc052dm0472jrg7dzdennx04ne06fhwac3p5cgszyz8k8x520l3khy6m328x6c0ry4f2r2l6c3c2mcpdgn9835kyj5lh2d6nyez In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8j0s363sxauplg3hpuflxra8pf7t304dvcr8e8efhnpw6dq7439clzzk3l'>nevent1q…zk3l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What comes next after Trump, MAGA, and Putin (because he&#39;s very much part of the equation) should keep your arguments in mind regarding the rights of individuals. I am glad you shared your thoughts here, and I hope others reading this thread value them as much as I do. 2025-10-22T19:16:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0jr08st4d8p7tswcpkpv0j5hjtuuzuh5kvw5rw5tpapfm0m6degszyz8k8x520l3khy6m328x6c0ry4f2r2l6c3c2mcpdgn9835kyj5lh2yv5kre In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf2rdytw0w5xn75n9h74jpun7lmma46mmvpmj572h7uvhmsychxeckhwvnp'>nevent1q…wvnp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Hey, and thanks for your thoughtful reply!<br/><br/>If I&#39;m reading you correctly, especially about your second post here, it&#39;s that you&#39;re not saying the system is broken, but rather it&#39;s *fixed*. 2025-10-22T18:30:28Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsteheqfa63mq0hk3tfdnjvxlaj5gvjx72qqh8vc7nw0026u8sf50szyz8k8x520l3khy6m328x6c0ry4f2r2l6c3c2mcpdgn9835kyj5lh2p5d3cl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsttzhv4apq72v3689s48zyr63u0h8zrgpqq2rwtzza94jrkszjntqd0w846'>nevent1q…w846</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Continuing that line of thought, someone with tremendous wealth inevitably rises to power by manipulating and subverting the existing social contract, and avoiding any accountability whatsoever because of system exploits. Thus, what we have in Trump is Spoonerism in apotheosis: The individual proclaiming himself to be above all others, and trampling on the lives and rights of those he deems his social inferiors. 5/5 2025-10-22T17:45:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsttzhv4apq72v3689s48zyr63u0h8zrgpqq2rwtzza94jrkszjntqzyz8k8x520l3khy6m328x6c0ry4f2r2l6c3c2mcpdgn9835kyj5lh29sqe98 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgfd23at3ddnm2fkyrneutj707gut6fns6py8gljc0weqkryctk2sqft8fz'>nevent1q…t8fz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The problem with society going the full Spooner is that individuals arise from both ends of the spectrum who are known for dabbling in harmful and selfish other-regarding acts. They believe themselves to be not only outside the law, but above it — all the while accumulating or spending the currency of the nation they claim to not be sovereign to. 4/5 2025-10-22T17:44:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgfd23at3ddnm2fkyrneutj707gut6fns6py8gljc0weqkryctk2szyz8k8x520l3khy6m328x6c0ry4f2r2l6c3c2mcpdgn9835kyj5lh2r8rrlk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8am9k2f2dd0agypq743u7tm7jnfanukeu49v4qv00myuk8nuy9sgtc47jw'>nevent1q…47jw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Spooner’s an interesting political philosopher. One could argue that his thoughts heavily influence both the left (unions, various other types of communes) and the right (the libertarians too cool for school and its rules). 3/5 2025-10-22T17:44:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8am9k2f2dd0agypq743u7tm7jnfanukeu49v4qv00myuk8nuy9sgzyz8k8x520l3khy6m328x6c0ry4f2r2l6c3c2mcpdgn9835kyj5lh2lq3ukm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp08nh4033u2vw0ur6azuwtasjve8uus53v6lc6n6m3f6e3jqjssce0ts9z'>nevent1q…ts9z</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If the time ever comes to draw up and ratify a new Constitution, it would be helpful for us all to have people such as yourself to argue on behalf of individual rights, since the existing Constitution had an exceptional initial lack of substance in that regard, and rights that have been addressed in the amendments are being shredded by the current regime. 2/5 2025-10-22T17:44:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp08nh4033u2vw0ur6azuwtasjve8uus53v6lc6n6m3f6e3jqjssczyz8k8x520l3khy6m328x6c0ry4f2r2l6c3c2mcpdgn9835kyj5lh28t5ad6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst89xc0kgshxqet4899q78w0k797d2y02cu9ap5n8tvyfh2d5hy5cqvh6fw'>nevent1q…h6fw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Nobody, thank you for the reply and link. I will say that it is about the contents of the Constitution, especially since Spooner took the time to write a 70 some-page treatise about the validity of the document and the justifications of the North to fight the Civil War. 1/5 2025-10-22T17:43:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvz657hsktr3f4z7cu7hkk87nl2993r4m3gl6ag2usq75jplw6v6szyz8k8x520l3khy6m328x6c0ry4f2r2l6c3c2mcpdgn9835kyj5lh2h59yrv We need a new Constitution.<br/><br/>I&#39;ve been saying this for a while, but the one the United States has been operating on since 1787 has been rendered ineffective by built-in system exploits. And when this regime is driven from power — because it will be, and not without violence — the next one of its ilk to come along will use those same exploits. 1/5 2025-10-22T15:47:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqmnl8yg3kcrhgxk5hrsqnv258cv3ydvym5ke4lfpljqmn3q28fgqzyz8k8x520l3khy6m328x6c0ry4f2r2l6c3c2mcpdgn9835kyj5lh203p99m In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxmxqchqxawjuggdg7k9ffefq4xa0utkshe39p09jtm83ghwfet8qq86vuu'>nevent1q…6vuu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Alison, hey, thanks for the information! 2025-10-13T19:16:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqrr8fkn4u6y4r9z5e5l528vcxkz4vg2ucqk4pgz76rwxqlwencjszyz8k8x520l3khy6m328x6c0ry4f2r2l6c3c2mcpdgn9835kyj5lh2cgt29l In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0zatqaq78k0s46ddr3h84alhaylwtd9z54yzd4gqfz6ncmtrndfqqx39l8'>nevent1q…39l8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If this isn&#39;t the word of the year, nothing else deserves to be. 2025-10-13T16:28:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszkam3cun0s3l7fkw6q76gnsu2cc3akl3l7c3xus0hal70aepvpgszyz8k8x520l3khy6m328x6c0ry4f2r2l6c3c2mcpdgn9835kyj5lh2td7kq7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvqh632ejpxsjeresdg8rzr96zt22uneh7gncu60zqr6umft2m0tsk0m5ua'>nevent1q…m5ua</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I know a fellow who is exactly this person. And what really burns me, as a Gen X guy, is that so many of my former friends who hero-worshipped Luke Skywalker and the Rebels as kids in the 1970s are now 100% behind the Emperor. 2025-06-11T13:17:42Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg2hmmxhqnxxkqyzqhd28agcypnrz8nj5vcrdjz9qyysn95vxqa2czyz8k8x520l3khy6m328x6c0ry4f2r2l6c3c2mcpdgn9835kyj5lh2f3wjc8 Random question: If one of these unidentifiable ICE goons not wearing a standard-issue uniform had his melon popped, would ICE release the victim&#39;s name, or would it withhold that information because ICE is doing what many of us suspect, which is recruiting white supremacist, pro-MAGA militia members? 2025-06-07T23:17:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsytvafsr2g6fpcusz94s63hjepfm6k77canxkdq5y68v7zw4q2ywszyz8k8x520l3khy6m328x6c0ry4f2r2l6c3c2mcpdgn9835kyj5lh2y2dtn3 It&#39;s always worse than you think, How America Works Now edition.<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/580/572/883/434/915/original/330226d7152a9c35.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-05-27T15:48:41Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsra78z5zt7txejqx7krs8t7e9d72z8ktqjvvtfm3au72un7y6mdvszyz8k8x520l3khy6m328x6c0ry4f2r2l6c3c2mcpdgn9835kyj5lh2h56su2 This article hits me as the most disturbing of all recent &#34;disappearance&#34; stories. A leading cybersecurity expert and his wife have gone incommunicado and their house was raided by the Ka$hBI.<br/><br/><a href="https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/03/computer-scientist-goes-silent-after-fbi-raid-and-purging-from-university-website/">https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/03/computer-scientist-goes-silent-after-fbi-raid-and-purging-from-university-website/</a> 2025-03-30T22:36:57Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrgvyg0u8tq56k9mv2y3qpr29n6lwvw7nafefsgx8392t83emwm8szyz8k8x520l3khy6m328x6c0ry4f2r2l6c3c2mcpdgn9835kyj5lh2sf4lzt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdgl7c40kypzslqeejcn5mgl2h6jah04h5kvtceedmsxqgnjjswqg0wt0d7'>nevent1q…t0d7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>NATO critics need to understand that NATO didn&#39;t &#34;move east&#34;; rather, former Warsaw Pact countries moved west because they had real-life experience of living under the Russian boot and don&#39;t wish to live under it again. 2024-12-05T17:39:46Z