“A company of believers is like a prison full of criminals; their intimacy and solidarity is based on what they can least justify about themselves.”
― John Updike, In the Beauty of the Lilies

See Also: (Lionel) – Thankful for POTUS Trump, Alternative and Citizen Journalism, Truth Warriors and Liberty Sentries

“People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.”
― Søren Kierkegaard

Also: (Lionel) – Kooks Abound in the Brave Battle for Truth

“I would not kill my enemies, but I will make them get down on their knees. I will, I can, I must.” — Maria Callas

Also: (Lionel) – Ocasio-Cortez Is the Occasional Cortex of a Braindead Party

“If we work our butts off to make sure that we take back all three chambers of Congress — Uh, rather, all three chambers of government: the presidency, the Senate, and the House.” — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Also: (Lionel) – 55 Years Ago JFK’s Assassination and Palace Coup #Woke a Nation and Shattered Its Innocence Forever

“The very word “secrecy” is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and to secret proceedings. We decided long ago that the dangers of excessive and unwarranted concealment of pertinent facts far outweighed the dangers which are cited to justify it. Even today, there is little value in opposing the threat of a closed society by imitating its arbitrary restrictions. Even today, there is little value in insuring the survival of our nation if our traditions do not survive with it. And there is very grave danger that an announced need for increased security will be seized upon by those anxious to expand its meaning to the very limits of official censorship and concealment. That I do not intend to permit to the extent that it is in my control. And no official of my Administration, whether his rank is high or low, civilian or military, should interpret my words here tonight as an excuse to censor the news, to stifle dissent, to cover up our mistakes or to withhold from the press and the public the facts they deserve to know.” — JFK, THE PRESIDENT AND THE PRESS: ADDRESS BEFORE THE AMERICAN NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION, APRIL 27, 1961

Also: (Lionel) – The Postprandial Thanksgiving Review and Summary

“A friend in need is a pest.” — Bobby Heenan

Also: (Lionel) – Thought Police Target AI, Sex Robots, Creepy Ideas, Human Imagination and That Which Makes You Human

Last June the U.S. House approved a ban on the importation and trafficking of anatomically correct child sex dolls and robots that “normalize sex between adults and minors.” The proposal was approved in the House by a voice vote and now moves to the Senate.
See https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/poli…

“These dolls can be programmed to simulate rape. The very thought makes me nauseous,” said House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, a Virginia Republican. Child sex dolls are one troubling niche of a nascent robotic and AI sex industry that has generated debate about the ethics of the use of lifelike machines for sexual activity. It is a subject that turns from squeamish to outright revulsion for many when it touches on child sex dolls and robots.

This Act was cited as the “Curbing Realistic Exploitative Electronic Pedophilic Robots Act of 2017” or as the “CREEPER Act of 2017.” See also the Child Pornography Prevention Act of 1996, à la Ashcroft, that was discussed herein. https://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/17/us…

Welcome to the thought police.

Also: (Lionel) – D5, December 5 and the Tumult Ensues

“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.”
― John F. Kennedy Jr.

Also: (Lionel) – The Border Denouement Is Fast Approaching | Hang On!

“I keep attacking the villains, the know-nothings, the people who want to take our freedoms away.” — Al Goldstein

Also: (Lionel) – What If Everything You Believed In Was False?

“I think God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.”
― Oscar Wilde

Also: (Lionel) – Paris Is An Indicium of Deep State Abuse and Treachery

“No nation has friends only interests.”
― Charles de Gaulle