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Tag Archives: Communism
CZECHOSLOVAKIA’S DIRTY, SOCIALIST PAST
The Czech Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes now has a link to the Secret Services Archives from the Communist (1945-1990) era. Good place to go for any interested persons to discover the dirt… …if you’re strong enough, that … Continue reading
Posted in crushing dissent, Czechoslovakia, dictatorship, socialism
Tagged Communism, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Security Services, STB
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SOME REFLECTIONS ON THE 1948-1989 ERA IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Whenever I find myself at a loss, I start poring through the writings of my friend and mentor Tommy Mandl, of blessed memory. In his opus, I always find wisdom, and experience inner peace, as if he were still with … Continue reading
Posted in Czechoslovakia, democracy, dictatorship, socialism
Tagged Communism, Czechoslovakia, freedom
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RIP, PRESIDENT HAVEL
Bad news for the world. The first post-Communist President of Czechoslovakia is no longer with us. He passed away today at the age of 75 in the company of his wife Dagmar and a nurse. This modest playwright, outspoken opponent … Continue reading
Posted in Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, democracy
Tagged Communism, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, democracy, freedom, Havel, political prisoner, Prague, Thomas G Masaryk, Velvet Revolution
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LENIN AS HITLER’S PROFESSOR
The essential identity of Soviet and Nazi ideologies and methods still seems poorly understood. Part of the reason, I suspect, is the meaningless distinction between totalitarian “right” and “left,” initially invented by the Moscow-ruled Comintern in the 1920s. Totalitarians of … Continue reading
Posted in communism, democracy, dictatorship, false messiah, KGB, loss of freedom, megalomania, misuse of language, National Socialism, silencing opposition, socialism, socialism, Soviet crimes, unelected bureaucrats, USSR
Tagged Adolf Hitler, Communism, Gestapo, KGB, Lenin, Mussolini, Nazism, NSDAP, socialism, Soviet Union, totalitarianism, USSR
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EMINENT DOMAIN
Eminent domain (dominium eminens, or “supreme lordship” in Latin), a doctrine that allows a ruling entity/state to seize private property without consent, has always existed in organized human society. Different societies, in different times, have exercised this right in different … Continue reading
Posted in communism, loss of freedom, socialism, U S Constitution, unelected bureaucrats, unrestrained greed, USA
Tagged Communism, Eminent domain, Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Government, Law, PRC, Private property, Property, rule of law, socialism, Supreme court, United States
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HOOSIER HELL
Smash of a gavel, and another piece of your freedom is gone. Hot Air reports a decision by the Indiana Supreme Court that you have no right to defend your home against any police entry, under any circumstances, ever. The … Continue reading
SOVIET-STYLE TP IS HERE!
Bought a few boxes of the new Marcal small steps tissues. Having tried them upon my poor body, I must report that they feel exactly like the stuff that communist Czechoslovakia used to import from the USSR for use as … Continue reading
Posted in enviro-fascism
Tagged Communism, Czechoslovakia, environmentalism, Marcal, Soviet Union, toilet paper, United States, USSR
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