Dmitry Chernikov’s Blog

The main job of politicians and government officials of all kinds is to deceive the public. Therefore, do not bother listening to what they are saying. What they are saying is almost always a lie. Instead, watch what they do: what legislation they introduce, how they vote, whom they imprison and kill, whom they rip [...]

Isn’t it odd that Israel is pretty much the only nation in the world, whose neighbors deny it the right to exist?! I mean, rocks and trees have a “right to exist,” so why not Jews? Could it be because Jews think of themselves as special and privileged, and other people find that annoying? Look, [...]

This time, my own. Now normally I’d hold fast to the principle “If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.” But supposing I have been made dictator of the US, what would I do? Four things, in my estimation; in the following sequence:
1) Monetize gold and silver;
2) Default on all government [...]

My great aunt, when she talks about politics, makes the following odd argument. The Israeli Jews, she says, have built a thriving civilization in a desert. The Arabs, incapable because of their dull and violent nature of a similar achievement, envy them and, since envy is the main source of hatred, as St. Thomas understood [...]

Have the Federal Reserve buy up the entire country, that is, the assets of every public and private firm, quiet like. It’s really a piece of cake.

And sympathize with the victims.
According to the front page news article in today’s New York Times, “AZIZABAD, Afghanistan — To the villagers here, there is no doubt what happened in an American airstrike on Aug. 22: more than 90 civilians, the majority of them women and children, were killed. … For two weeks, the United [...]

On April 3rd, NATO member states agreed that Georgia could one day join the alliance. Was it not predictable that Russia would get pissed? But how to prevent the expansion of NATO into countries bordering Russia? Well, Russia would need to provoke Georgia into attacking, in order to appear to have a just casus belli. [...]

According to Time, “You have millions of Americans who are yearning to be more involved in the world and in their communities.” No, no, no. They must mean, “You have millions of Americans who are yearning to be forced to be more involved in the world and in their communities.” This could never get off [...]

Such a demand is clearly a form of blackmail, because it is never really addressed to those who do not love Ruritania and will evil to it but merely to those who disagree with the demander on how best to promote Ruritania’s welfare; i.e., it is not about different ends but about different means to [...]

On the 4th of July Americans commemorate the events that occurred between 1775 and 1783, known together as the Revolutionary War. Yet what is being celebrated? Not, obviously, the resistance to Great Britain’s dominion, for all that is ancient history. For most people, I think it’s clear, it is the glory of the “Republic.” America! [...]

Happy independence/secession day to you and yours. Please comment “aye” if you would like the state you live in to secede from the United States.

“Well, let’s just hope we’re lucky.”
But it’s interesting that Friedman writes that “One of the first things I realized when visiting Iraq after the U.S. invasion was that the very fact that Iraqis did not liberate themselves, but had to be liberated by Americans, was a source of humiliation to them.” Ah, indeed. The difference [...]

William Kristol objects to the now famous MoveOn.org ad featuring a mother and her 1-year old son:

Now he argues that “Unless we enter a world without enemies and without war, we will need young men and women willing to risk their lives for our nation. And we’re not entering any such world.” Thanks to him [...]

Sandefur writes: “The child has a right not to be, so to speak, falsely imprisoned in a mental asylum due to the parents’ superstitions — and the state has the legitimate authority to defend that right, again, within certain (often vague) boundaries set by a parent’s right to direct the upbringing of a child.” That [...]

And it is: “Get lost!” You know, I think this member of the “Jew Right” wants to get into a shouting match. This can be arranged: How’s this for a tu quoque, Jew boy: Fuck… off! Poor Jews. They or we, if you like, have to endure this asshole as their spokesman. Goldfarb must not [...]

Why it won’t work, proves Rothbard:

Another alternative right-wing strategy is that commonly pursued by many libertarian or conservative think tanks: that of quiet persuasion, not in the groves of academe, but in Washington, D.C., in the corridors of power. This has been called the “Fabian” strategy, with think tanks issuing reports calling for a two [...]

“Our foreign enemies,” terrorists, etc. are those to whom it is less profitable to sell arms at the moment, and “our friends” are those to whom it is more profitable to sell arms, Jeff apparently argues.

The Catholic (and Christian in general) Church will endure long after the United States and its numerous governments have crumbled into dust.

“[T]he true origin and purpose of public education is not so much education as we think of it, but indoctrination in the civic religion. This explains why the civic elite is so suspicious of homeschooling and private schooling: it’s not fear of low test scores that is driving this, but the worry that these kids [...]

The question of what should and should not be taught in schools is best settled by fully and immediately privatizing every school in the US and (why stop there?) the world. But suppose that people are nuts, and government schools are here to stay. We may admit that Christian dogma ought not to be taught [...]