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11/25/2025

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11/25/2025

at Semper Veritas, because the we submit this post to you.

The tecahing and telling of US HISTORY continues to be a bone of contention for political viewpoints, as expressed in the Left/Right divide in our culture. Project 1619 Inc. and the are prime examples.

Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt’s PBS production of The American Revolution wastes no time offering up a controversial claim (among scholars and historians) as-if you’re too stupid or unwiling to question its veracity. insults the intelligence and knowlegge of countless members or its own audience,in so doing, by asserting that…

“Long before 13 British colonies made themselves into The United States the 6-nation Iroquois Confederacy(…) had created a union of their own that they called the Haudenosaunee, a democracy that had flourished for centuries.”

Set aside the necessary coincidental nature of any claimed relationship between any form of government on the North American continent in 1400AD> with the Athenian democracy of Greece a full 1,000 years prior.

Even a dean of Iroquoian Studies objects to this vewpiont by pointing out that this was closer to a veto-based oligarchy or “liberty of the nobles” than it was to modern democratic rule. Yet PBS offers no opposing viewpoint and simply runs with it in a self-evidentiary manner similar to which you might use in asserting that water is wet.

I don’t recommend people boycott such accounts. They have value. On the contrary, I do highly recommend that you watch it, in particular, with the desire to question such claims and share what corrections you find with others. If you don’t plan to help correct errors, then I would suggest you refrain from watching it.

Ken Burns has made public remarks lately, in defense of your tax dollars continuing to support PBS. The irony of that position is that we find NO SUCH equivalent example of Seneca or other nations, taking any equivalent tax from its individual tribal members and subsidizing the activities of the MOhaawk, or even within its ow tribe.

So, to Ken Burns, nice try, but You struck out early in the inning, and it’s a shame, becuase the production is high quality. It should not have been wasted attempting to tell an ideological narative you favor over just telling the truth.

Why notTrust your audience for a change? They can acttually apply and come to the conclusions they find reasonable. They don’t need you to do it for them.

11/24/2025

As a member of Congress, openly suggesting the defiance of orders is SEDITIOUS. It is a vile attempt at dviiding the nation in a violent manner, much like what happened at For Sumter, SC. about164 years ago. That these elected representatives couched their suggestion in the same manner in which military personnel are already made-aware of (You have a right to disobey unlawful or illegal orders) does not help their case.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) is still subject to military law, “and he knows that.”

11/24/2025

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11/22/2025

The United States seems to have two diverging trends in state politics regarding taxes and their costs of living.

1: A race to the bottom in terms of costs which, paradoxically, is a race to the top in terms of economic prosperity

States like , , , , and are on the list of states that have been reducsing their tax liabilities on residents, and experience an overall lower cost-of-living.
Note:A key feature on the tax-side of the equation is the absence of a major tax mechanism (income tax, corporate,sales tax, etc.)

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1: A race to the top in terms of costs which, paradoxically, is a race to the bottom in terms of economic prosperity.

States like , , , , and are on the list of states that have been increasing their tax liabilities on residents, and experience an overrall higher cost-of-living for a variety of reasons usually directly or indirectly caused by state government policies.

The current state of these states isn’t the real ‘tell’ we want to emphasize here at Semper Veritas. But instead we want to highlight the near-term direction these states are heading in now, in terms of tax-policies that direclty impact their states’ economies, individual and family-affordability.

With budget shortfalls in both California and Washington states, both states are seeking new methods of taxing the private sector to support the spending of their state governments, as well as increasing existing rates. California has at least 6 examples of new/increasing taxes coming in 2026, and Washington’s includes an attempt that seems to defy its own state-Constitution in in the form of a selective (non-uniform) 9.9% tax on incomes over $1M.

Looking at a red state like Idaho offers an example of a budget shortfall of

11/22/2025

Just another night and another Christmas Tree Lighting event in Chicago. No need for the Natioanl Guard there. 😉 As Governor jD Pritzger says, [we’re all good] at Semper Veritas

One person is dead and at least eight others are injured after two separate shootings in the Loop overnight.

11/22/2025

Listened to Marjorie Taylor, Greene‘s resignation speech as she makes her time in congress sound like a Greek tragedy. She sounded pretty convincing, and I was beginning to believe she’s a victim Until I looked up what her net worth did while she has been in office.

11/21/2025

Wthout private property rights we have no rights at all . See Madison’s Essay on Property

Hesaid that w have a right to our
property and that we hto have an equal poperty in our rights.

11/21/2025

Wha happened to all of Mamandani’s tough talk? turn up the volume Zoran! 🤣d

11/21/2025

Men under 45: Convert your fear of breing replaced by AI witth learning a skillled trade. 🪚🔨

11/21/2025

Over half of California’s crude oil supplies are imported. The top 3 import sources of the setate’s crude oil comes from Ecuador.,Saudi Arabia and Iraq (214M barrells of oil per year)via tousands of miles over th Pacific Ocean.

Tanker deliveries of crude oil represent the highest risk to the environment. Drilling and pipleline delivery is one of tht lowest risks to the ennvironment. In the past 50 years Tankers spilled 4–6 times more than overland pipelines globally.

California’s total crude oil reserves, including onshore and offshore, add up to 30 billion barrels. That’s 30B barells of oil right under the feet of Californians, that their in-state refinereies can’t accesss using the lowest-risk (to the enrnironment)method available (pipeline).

Yet CAlifornia has sone of the highest prices for gasoline, 2nd only to Hawaii, in the U.S.

Two major refineries are closing down in the state in the next 6 months, representing about 1/5th of their state’s capacity to produce refined gasoline, jet fuel and diesel to fuel automobiles, aircraft, and ships for the entire nation’s econocmy.

Alone, The Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach together handle ~31–40% of total U.S. containerized trade. Semper Veritas Gavin Newsom California Air Resources Board California Globe Reform California