Coastie Suit
MAFL Update 12/20: Motion for Hearing
Following up on the last couple of virtual meetings we've had, I promised to post some documents...
A Christmas Message for We Few… We Happy Few, We Band of Brothers and Sisters
I know many of you are looking for answers, especially from your lawyer, in the wake of the...
Coast Guard/MAFL 7-25-2022 Update: Helping the Helpers
Photo by Levi Meir Clancy on Unsplash Welp. There were some fits and starts, but the lawsuit on...
Coronavirus
The “Essential” Way to Destroy Rights
Coronavirus Lockdown, Day 13.We are the hollow menWe are the stuffed menLeaning togetherHeadpiece...
MAFL Update 12/20: Motion for Hearing
Following up on the last couple of virtual meetings we've had, I promised to post some documents...
MAFL Lawsuit Update 5-23-2022
It's filed. Case No. 4:22-cv-00438 in E.D. TX. ECF Filed Complt 5-23-22 Yeah, I know. Believe me,...
Crossfit
In Defense of Greg Glassman
CrossFit CEO and CrossFit community rift is reflective of larger split in these United States It...
Culture
Culture in America – Where It all Begins… and Ends. Part 2/2
The liberties of our Country, the freedom of our civil constitution are worth defending at all...
Culture in America: Where It All Begins… and Ends. Part 1 – a primer
Culture as Water I have had the good fortune to have traveled extensively my whole life. I’ve...
DoD AVIP
A Christmas Message for We Few… We Happy Few, We Band of Brothers and Sisters
I know many of you are looking for answers, especially from your lawyer, in the wake of the...
Chapter 22: Why, Indeed
If both individual and organizational greed largely describe the “Why” of Chapter 20, the final...
Chapter 21: Back to Okinawa
I was stoic on the ride to the airport. It had nothing to do with emotional control; it was...
DoD Vaccine Mandate
MAFL Update 12/20: Motion for Hearing
Following up on the last couple of virtual meetings we've had, I promised to post some documents...
A Christmas Message for We Few… We Happy Few, We Band of Brothers and Sisters
I know many of you are looking for answers, especially from your lawyer, in the wake of the...
Oct. 17 MAFL Update – Of PayPal, Dark Horse, and What’s Next
Greetings, MAFL Members and Friends, As usual, a lot to update in only a short passage of time,...
Education
Culture in America – Where It all Begins… and Ends. Part 2/2
The liberties of our Country, the freedom of our civil constitution are worth defending at all...
Culture in America: Where It All Begins… and Ends. Part 1 – a primer
Culture as Water I have had the good fortune to have traveled extensively my whole life. I’ve...
Statism in America: A Two-Branch Tree of Woe
I intentionally used the word “Statism” in place of “Socialism” in the title to this piece because...
Ethics
Covid-19 and Milgram’s Legacy – That Could Never Happen Here(!)
I'm not the Nazi; YOU'RE the Nazi! In July of 1961, Yale Univeristy psychologist Stanley Milgram...
Culture in America – Where It all Begins… and Ends. Part 2/2
The liberties of our Country, the freedom of our civil constitution are worth defending at all...
Chapter 9: The History of the Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed (AVA)
The first use of a human anthrax vaccine took place in 1954.[i] The primary purpose, like all...
Family
Le roi est mort; vive le roi
It was warm for November, at least by the standards of most of the men who had just arrived at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, for the pending Trans-Atlantic voyage.
History
Culture in America – Where It all Begins… and Ends. Part 2/2
The liberties of our Country, the freedom of our civil constitution are worth defending at all...
Statism in America: A Two-Branch Tree of Woe
I intentionally used the word “Statism” in place of “Socialism” in the title to this piece because...
Law
The “Essential” Way to Destroy Rights
Coronavirus Lockdown, Day 13.We are the hollow menWe are the stuffed menLeaning togetherHeadpiece...
A Christmas Message for We Few… We Happy Few, We Band of Brothers and Sisters
I know many of you are looking for answers, especially from your lawyer, in the wake of the...
Updates on Updates: Oct 3, 2022, Bazzrea, Wilson, and Bumper Stickers
Photo by Corentin Marzin on Unsplash Greetings, Friends. I'm long overdue for a communiqué to you...
Liberty
The “Essential” Way to Destroy Rights
Coronavirus Lockdown, Day 13.We are the hollow menWe are the stuffed menLeaning togetherHeadpiece...
MAFL Lawsuit Update 5-23-2022
It's filed. Case No. 4:22-cv-00438 in E.D. TX. ECF Filed Complt 5-23-22 Yeah, I know. Believe me,...
Culture in America – Where It all Begins… and Ends. Part 2/2
The liberties of our Country, the freedom of our civil constitution are worth defending at all...
MAFL Suit
MAFL Update 12/20: Motion for Hearing
Following up on the last couple of virtual meetings we've had, I promised to post some documents...
A Christmas Message for We Few… We Happy Few, We Band of Brothers and Sisters
I know many of you are looking for answers, especially from your lawyer, in the wake of the...
Oct. 17 MAFL Update – Of PayPal, Dark Horse, and What’s Next
Greetings, MAFL Members and Friends, As usual, a lot to update in only a short passage of time,...
Marines
Chapter 22: Why, Indeed
If both individual and organizational greed largely describe the “Why” of Chapter 20, the final...
Chapter 20: Why?
As a mandatory, force-wide countermeasure to the real threat of weaponized anthrax on the...
Chapter 19: Fighting Behind the Scenes
Executive Order 13139, which implements 10 U.S.C. § 1107, clearly states that the requirements it...
Motivation
Covid-19 and Milgram’s Legacy – That Could Never Happen Here(!)
I'm not the Nazi; YOU'RE the Nazi! In July of 1961, Yale Univeristy psychologist Stanley Milgram...
Parenting
Episode 4 – The Case Against Public Education
Preach, my dear Sir, a crusade against ignorance; establish and improve the law for educating the common people. Let our countrymen know that the people alone can protect us against these evils, and that the tax which will be paid for this purpose is not more than the thousandth part of what will be paid to kings, priests and nobles who will rise up among us if we leave the people in ignorance.
Philosophy
The “Essential” Way to Destroy Rights
Coronavirus Lockdown, Day 13.We are the hollow menWe are the stuffed menLeaning togetherHeadpiece...
A Christmas Message for We Few… We Happy Few, We Band of Brothers and Sisters
I know many of you are looking for answers, especially from your lawyer, in the wake of the...
Covid-19 and Milgram’s Legacy – That Could Never Happen Here(!)
I'm not the Nazi; YOU'RE the Nazi! In July of 1961, Yale Univeristy psychologist Stanley Milgram...
Podcast
Episode 3: What Happened To Modern Science? aka How and When we got to Post-Modern Science
“The crucial event was that one which for almost two hundred years had been felt to be impossible, but which nevertheless took place near the start of this century: the fall of the Newtonian empire in physics. This catastrophe, and the period of extreme turbulence in physics which it inaugurated, changed the entire history of the philosophy of science. Almost all philosophers of the 18th and 19th centuries, it was now clear, had enormously exaggerated the certainty and extent of scientific knowledge.” ~David Stove, “Popper and After”
On What It Means to Be a Marine on our 244th Birthday
I slammed on the brakes, sending Scott forward. He didn’t curse. He was reaching for his M4 as he looked up.
“Oh, fuck-”
I just nodded my head. Thirty yards in front of us, we could see the little flags in the ground, red and white, in neat rows, some rows completed, some not. Some entirely white, others a combination of red and white. It was part of the extensive United Nations mine-clearing effort in Afghanistan; I had driven us into an old Russian minefield and we were fully in it.
Politics
The “Essential” Way to Destroy Rights
Coronavirus Lockdown, Day 13.We are the hollow menWe are the stuffed menLeaning togetherHeadpiece...
A Christmas Message for We Few… We Happy Few, We Band of Brothers and Sisters
I know many of you are looking for answers, especially from your lawyer, in the wake of the...
Culture in America – Where It all Begins… and Ends. Part 2/2
The liberties of our Country, the freedom of our civil constitution are worth defending at all...
Populism
Statism in America: A Two-Branch Tree of Woe
I intentionally used the word “Statism” in place of “Socialism” in the title to this piece because...
The Essential Way to Destroy People’s Rights
Coronavirus Lockdown, Day 13. We are the hollow men We are the stuffed men Leaning together...
Psychology
The Essential Way to Destroy People’s Rights
Coronavirus Lockdown, Day 13. We are the hollow men We are the stuffed men Leaning together...
Public Education
Culture in America – Where It all Begins… and Ends. Part 2/2
The liberties of our Country, the freedom of our civil constitution are worth defending at all...
Episode 4 – The Case Against Public Education
Preach, my dear Sir, a crusade against ignorance; establish and improve the law for educating the common people. Let our countrymen know that the people alone can protect us against these evils, and that the tax which will be paid for this purpose is not more than the thousandth part of what will be paid to kings, priests and nobles who will rise up among us if we leave the people in ignorance.
Religion
A Christmas Message for We Few… We Happy Few, We Band of Brothers and Sisters
I know many of you are looking for answers, especially from your lawyer, in the wake of the...
Rhetoric
Statism in America: A Two-Branch Tree of Woe
I intentionally used the word “Statism” in place of “Socialism” in the title to this piece because...
Science
The “Essential” Way to Destroy Rights
Coronavirus Lockdown, Day 13.We are the hollow menWe are the stuffed menLeaning togetherHeadpiece...
The Essential Way to Destroy People’s Rights
Coronavirus Lockdown, Day 13. We are the hollow men We are the stuffed men Leaning together...
Chapter 10: The Anthrax Vaccine Fails
The manufacturing process for Anthrax Vaccine is not validated.[i] The anthrax vaccine’s...
Sports
The “Essential” Way to Destroy Rights
Coronavirus Lockdown, Day 13.We are the hollow menWe are the stuffed menLeaning togetherHeadpiece...
MAFL Update 12/20: Motion for Hearing
Following up on the last couple of virtual meetings we've had, I promised to post some documents...
A Christmas Message for We Few… We Happy Few, We Band of Brothers and Sisters
I know many of you are looking for answers, especially from your lawyer, in the wake of the...
Tort Law
Chapter 22: Why, Indeed
If both individual and organizational greed largely describe the “Why” of Chapter 20, the final...
Chapter 7: Congress Acts – 10 U.S.C. §1107
More can and must be done, however, to rebuild trust, to avoid repeating past mistakes, and to...
Torture
A Christmas Message for We Few… We Happy Few, We Band of Brothers and Sisters
I know many of you are looking for answers, especially from your lawyer, in the wake of the...
Tradedy
A Christmas Message for We Few… We Happy Few, We Band of Brothers and Sisters
I know many of you are looking for answers, especially from your lawyer, in the wake of the...
Trail Law
MAFL Update 12/20: Motion for Hearing
Following up on the last couple of virtual meetings we've had, I promised to post some documents...
A Christmas Message for We Few… We Happy Few, We Band of Brothers and Sisters
I know many of you are looking for answers, especially from your lawyer, in the wake of the...
MAFL Lawsuit Update 5-23-2022
It's filed. Case No. 4:22-cv-00438 in E.D. TX. ECF Filed Complt 5-23-22 Yeah, I know. Believe me,...
Veteran
A Christmas Message for We Few… We Happy Few, We Band of Brothers and Sisters
I know many of you are looking for answers, especially from your lawyer, in the wake of the...
Updates on Updates: Oct 3, 2022, Bazzrea, Wilson, and Bumper Stickers
Photo by Corentin Marzin on Unsplash Greetings, Friends. I'm long overdue for a communiqué to you...
MAFL Lawsuit Update 5-23-2022
It's filed. Case No. 4:22-cv-00438 in E.D. TX. ECF Filed Complt 5-23-22 Yeah, I know. Believe me,...
The Abject Lesson’s Newsletter
Ethics, Philosophy, Law, and Spirituality from an attorney, author, and father.
Recent Posts
The “Essential” Way to Destroy Rights
Coronavirus Lockdown, Day 13.We are the hollow menWe are the stuffed menLeaning togetherHeadpiece filled with straw. Alas!Our dried voices, whenWe whisper togetherAre quiet and meaninglessAs wind in dry grassOr rats’ feet over broken glassIn our dry cellarIt’s...
MAFL Update 12/20: Motion for Hearing
Following up on the last couple of virtual meetings we've had, I promised to post some documents for members of both Wilson v. Austin and Bazzrea v. Mayorkas. I really wanted to highlight this for folks who have an interest in some of the legal stratagems we've...
A Christmas Message for We Few… We Happy Few, We Band of Brothers and Sisters
I know many of you are looking for answers, especially from your lawyer, in the wake of the passage of the NDAA and the (alleged) repeal of The Mandate. What does it mean, D? I could give you a Pharisee's answer, filled with jot and tittle of "the law," but I thought...
Oct. 17 MAFL Update – Of PayPal, Dark Horse, and What’s Next
Greetings, MAFL Members and Friends, As usual, a lot to update in only a short passage of time, but this is fairly typical in federal court litigation like this. Without further ado, them updates! "You Were Right; And I Was... Less Right." - Megamind (2010) Early on,...
Updates on Updates: Oct 3, 2022, Bazzrea, Wilson, and Bumper Stickers
Photo by Corentin Marzin on Unsplash Greetings, Friends. I'm long overdue for a communiqué to you all, but sometimes working for the Resistance means prioritizing mission over message. As I noted in an earlier update, we're well into the "writing intensive" portion of...
Podcasts
Episode 3: What Happened To Modern Science? aka How and When we got to Post-Modern Science
“The crucial event was that one which for almost two hundred years had been felt to be impossible, but which nevertheless took place near the start of this century: the fall of the Newtonian empire in physics. This catastrophe, and the period of extreme turbulence in physics which it inaugurated, changed the entire history of the philosophy of science. Almost all philosophers of the 18th and 19th centuries, it was now clear, had enormously exaggerated the certainty and extent of scientific knowledge.” ~David Stove, “Popper and After”
On What It Means to Be a Marine on our 244th Birthday
I slammed on the brakes, sending Scott forward. He didn’t curse. He was reaching for his M4 as he looked up.
“Oh, fuck-”
I just nodded my head. Thirty yards in front of us, we could see the little flags in the ground, red and white, in neat rows, some rows completed, some not. Some entirely white, others a combination of red and white. It was part of the extensive United Nations mine-clearing effort in Afghanistan; I had driven us into an old Russian minefield and we were fully in it.
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