Here is a fascinating science that may reveal who the real enemy is. NUMISMATICS is the study or collection of currency, including coins, tokens, paper money, and related objects.
I have dabbled in it a long time ago, but ultimately became discouraged because it lends itself quite easily to LOTS of Conspiracy Theories. For example, there are folks out there who claim that the symbols on the Dollar Bill proves that the USA! is a Christian nation …. while others provide ample proof the Dollar proves the USA! has its origin in Satanism. Nevertheless, if one can sift through the bullshit, the science itself is quite fascinating. Let’s take a look at one example …. a dime.
First, a definition of “fasces”. Fasces, from the Latin word fascis, is a bound bundle of wooden rods, sometimes including an axe with its blade emerging. The fasces had its origin in the Etruscan civilization, and was passed on to ancient Rome.
Here is what the symbols mean. The rods suggest strength through unity; a single rod is easily broken, while the bundle is very difficult to break. The axe represented the power over life or death through the death penalty, a sign that the leader, elected or not, always held ultimate power. Pretty much all of the reference material I’ve found regarding the ultimate meaning of a fasces is that of a “dictator”.
Now, with that information, where is the fasces found in America?
— In the Oval Office, above the door leading to the exterior walkway,
— The official seal of the United States Senate has a pair of crossed fasces.
— Fasces ring the base of the Statue of Freedom atop the United States Capitol building.
— the United States Supreme Court building depicts the figure of a Roman centurion holding a fasces, to represent “order”
— and on the Mercury Dime
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Yes, that thin dime in your pocket all along proved that Amurika is a fascist country. Fascinating, imho.
Stucky
August 14, 2014 11:09 am
“Libertarian blogger Radley Balko has posted a story at the Washington Post that perfectly illustrates the thug mentality of the American police state. In a short video that should scare the living hell out of residents of Doraville, Georgia, death metal music along with ominous military symbols bookend a SWAT team mini-tank zooming around while on a drill. With the ongoing plague of outbreaks of police state violence – in particular the ongoing events in Ferguson, Missouri it is important to understand that the police are completely out of control in this country.
The Doraville SWAT team video is indicative of a dark and menacing psyche that flows as an undercurrent through militarized police in the post 9/11 Homeland. The thing is so over the top that it would seem to be a hoax were the evidence not mounting daily that we indeed live in a fully weaponized, fascist police state. One where citizens are increasingly viewed as hostile forces and which grows more emboldened by the day as each subsequent incident does not bring about a state of national outrage.
I can’t imagine the honchos over at Doraville City keeping the video up for long given the outrageously fascist nature and publicity it is getting but here is the link to it on You Tube. It is notable that Doraville, lying northeast of Atlanta is just a few counties away from where overzealous cops threw a military flash grenade into a toddler’s crib in May during a no-knock raid. The majority of Americans just don’t get it though and likely won’t until it is their door being kicked in by a jackbooted, heavily armed government police goon squad.”
a fifty cal bullet will punch right thru one of those and rattle around on the inside if hit between the road wheels. seen it during desert storm.
ragman
August 14, 2014 12:39 pm
It was originally fasces but now feces is more appropriate when dealing with our govt.
TE
August 14, 2014 1:09 pm
Stuck, the symbols thing is enlightening, my how I love learning in the morning (or early afternoon, late afternoon, evening, late night). Thank you. I’m going to hop over and view my state flag/seal for these.
And, a dime again. Ever since I got my little gift from my grandma, I’ve been finding dimes all over. In stores, in parking lots, in my house, in my laundry. On the driver’s seat of my car, just all the hell over.
I take it one of my relatives is giving me a hint/push, either buy silver (likely), make some silver (overdue), or play the number 10 on the lottery – which also happens to be my birthdate.
I know many of you advanced and knowledgeable don’t believe other planes of existance can exist, or speak to us, as for me, I already bought the lottery ticket and my day tomorrow starts at the junk silver store, well, right after I fire up my machine and make me a new batch of silver.
And, yes, I figured out “I” was the enemy, long, long, ago. It was back in the 80s when I found out that no judge, warrant, or common sense was needed for the cops to demand access to your home. The only thing they need is “suspicion.”
Long story but the short of it is that the fuzz busted a teen “party” where we had scrounged together enough money to buy some MD 20/20 and some 7Up, and we were sitting around bemoaning the fact it was August and there was no marijuana available (dries up every year, well known thing to those potheads that are aware, admittedly, very few), and watching some Laser Disc B movie on the past-due laser disk player rental.
About 8/9 p.m., there was a HUGE banging on the door, and in it flies with 3 cops following it. They held us at gunpoint, threatened to shoot the family’s german shepherd, then searched the house and pulled a nice, big, juicy, overflowing, bag of pot out of a beer stein that was kept on a buffet in the dining room.
Every single one of us (about a dozen, all under the age of 20), jumped up screaming about the cop planting it. We all knew, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that there was NO pot in that house. None, not even a bag of seeds left to sort through (we smoked that the previous weekend).
Cops arrested the oldest one there, scared the living hell out of the rest of us, told us to get home/be gone, then left.
One by one, all that were in the house, were called into the copshop to “give evidence” against the guy they arrested. One by one we all SCREAMED about it being a set up and a plant.
Next up, they had the big bad county prosecutor call us to get our testimony and the same thing happened.
Magically, thanks to the fact there were 11 people willing to go to court to testify to what happened, the charges were dropped and the bag disappeared.
Yep, I just got in a semi-argument with my good little statist spouse. He says that there is NO “militarization” of the police, that it has been happening for decades, and that without this the streets would run blood with crime and miscreants.
Then he tells me to double his 401(k) paycheck investments.
That man is going to be A-OK in this new world that isn’t new. I’m the crazy one, he tells me, his brothers tell him that it is true.
What the fuck evah. One more time I ask him why he isn’t divorcing me? Why? Just do it for fuck’s sake!
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Here is a fascinating science that may reveal who the real enemy is. NUMISMATICS is the study or collection of currency, including coins, tokens, paper money, and related objects.
I have dabbled in it a long time ago, but ultimately became discouraged because it lends itself quite easily to LOTS of Conspiracy Theories. For example, there are folks out there who claim that the symbols on the Dollar Bill proves that the USA! is a Christian nation …. while others provide ample proof the Dollar proves the USA! has its origin in Satanism. Nevertheless, if one can sift through the bullshit, the science itself is quite fascinating. Let’s take a look at one example …. a dime.
First, a definition of “fasces”. Fasces, from the Latin word fascis, is a bound bundle of wooden rods, sometimes including an axe with its blade emerging. The fasces had its origin in the Etruscan civilization, and was passed on to ancient Rome.
Here is what the symbols mean. The rods suggest strength through unity; a single rod is easily broken, while the bundle is very difficult to break. The axe represented the power over life or death through the death penalty, a sign that the leader, elected or not, always held ultimate power. Pretty much all of the reference material I’ve found regarding the ultimate meaning of a fasces is that of a “dictator”.
Now, with that information, where is the fasces found in America?
— In the Oval Office, above the door leading to the exterior walkway,
— The official seal of the United States Senate has a pair of crossed fasces.
— Fasces ring the base of the Statue of Freedom atop the United States Capitol building.
— the United States Supreme Court building depicts the figure of a Roman centurion holding a fasces, to represent “order”
— and on the Mercury Dime
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Yes, that thin dime in your pocket all along proved that Amurika is a fascist country. Fascinating, imho.
“Libertarian blogger Radley Balko has posted a story at the Washington Post that perfectly illustrates the thug mentality of the American police state. In a short video that should scare the living hell out of residents of Doraville, Georgia, death metal music along with ominous military symbols bookend a SWAT team mini-tank zooming around while on a drill. With the ongoing plague of outbreaks of police state violence – in particular the ongoing events in Ferguson, Missouri it is important to understand that the police are completely out of control in this country.
The Doraville SWAT team video is indicative of a dark and menacing psyche that flows as an undercurrent through militarized police in the post 9/11 Homeland. The thing is so over the top that it would seem to be a hoax were the evidence not mounting daily that we indeed live in a fully weaponized, fascist police state. One where citizens are increasingly viewed as hostile forces and which grows more emboldened by the day as each subsequent incident does not bring about a state of national outrage.
I can’t imagine the honchos over at Doraville City keeping the video up for long given the outrageously fascist nature and publicity it is getting but here is the link to it on You Tube. It is notable that Doraville, lying northeast of Atlanta is just a few counties away from where overzealous cops threw a military flash grenade into a toddler’s crib in May during a no-knock raid. The majority of Americans just don’t get it though and likely won’t until it is their door being kicked in by a jackbooted, heavily armed government police goon squad.”
http://carryingaflag.blogspot.com/
a fifty cal bullet will punch right thru one of those and rattle around on the inside if hit between the road wheels. seen it during desert storm.
It was originally fasces but now feces is more appropriate when dealing with our govt.
Stuck, the symbols thing is enlightening, my how I love learning in the morning (or early afternoon, late afternoon, evening, late night). Thank you. I’m going to hop over and view my state flag/seal for these.
And, a dime again. Ever since I got my little gift from my grandma, I’ve been finding dimes all over. In stores, in parking lots, in my house, in my laundry. On the driver’s seat of my car, just all the hell over.
I take it one of my relatives is giving me a hint/push, either buy silver (likely), make some silver (overdue), or play the number 10 on the lottery – which also happens to be my birthdate.
I know many of you advanced and knowledgeable don’t believe other planes of existance can exist, or speak to us, as for me, I already bought the lottery ticket and my day tomorrow starts at the junk silver store, well, right after I fire up my machine and make me a new batch of silver.
And, yes, I figured out “I” was the enemy, long, long, ago. It was back in the 80s when I found out that no judge, warrant, or common sense was needed for the cops to demand access to your home. The only thing they need is “suspicion.”
Long story but the short of it is that the fuzz busted a teen “party” where we had scrounged together enough money to buy some MD 20/20 and some 7Up, and we were sitting around bemoaning the fact it was August and there was no marijuana available (dries up every year, well known thing to those potheads that are aware, admittedly, very few), and watching some Laser Disc B movie on the past-due laser disk player rental.
About 8/9 p.m., there was a HUGE banging on the door, and in it flies with 3 cops following it. They held us at gunpoint, threatened to shoot the family’s german shepherd, then searched the house and pulled a nice, big, juicy, overflowing, bag of pot out of a beer stein that was kept on a buffet in the dining room.
Every single one of us (about a dozen, all under the age of 20), jumped up screaming about the cop planting it. We all knew, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that there was NO pot in that house. None, not even a bag of seeds left to sort through (we smoked that the previous weekend).
Cops arrested the oldest one there, scared the living hell out of the rest of us, told us to get home/be gone, then left.
One by one, all that were in the house, were called into the copshop to “give evidence” against the guy they arrested. One by one we all SCREAMED about it being a set up and a plant.
Next up, they had the big bad county prosecutor call us to get our testimony and the same thing happened.
Magically, thanks to the fact there were 11 people willing to go to court to testify to what happened, the charges were dropped and the bag disappeared.
Yep, I just got in a semi-argument with my good little statist spouse. He says that there is NO “militarization” of the police, that it has been happening for decades, and that without this the streets would run blood with crime and miscreants.
Then he tells me to double his 401(k) paycheck investments.
That man is going to be A-OK in this new world that isn’t new. I’m the crazy one, he tells me, his brothers tell him that it is true.
What the fuck evah. One more time I ask him why he isn’t divorcing me? Why? Just do it for fuck’s sake!
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