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# The Abject Lesson

"Truth is One, the sages speak of it by many names." ~RigVeda

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- [A Christmas Message for We Few... We Happy Few, We Band of Brothers and Sisters](https://www.theabjectlesson.com/2022/12/17/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 for a moment
- [Chapter 15: Stay](https://www.theabjectlesson.com/2020/03/16/chapter-15-stay/) - “Well, if they’re going to issue the stay at all, now would be a good time! I mean, if no stay today, by tomorrow night my guy is eating with the big metal spoon, if you know what I mean.” I’m on the phone to appellate defense in Washington, D.C. I look at my watch.
- [The Essential Way to Destroy People's Rights](https://www.theabjectlesson.com/2020/03/30/the-essential-way-to-destroy-peoples-rights/) - Coronavirus Lockdown, Day 13. We are the hollow men We are the stuffed men Leaning together Headpiece filled with straw. Alas! Our dried voices, when We whisper together Are quiet and meaningless As wind in dry grass Or rats' feet over broken glass In our dry cellar It's business as usual for me and mine.
- [Chapter 14: SecDef Cohen's Four Points](https://www.theabjectlesson.com/2020/03/02/secdef-cohens-four-points/) - In December of 1997, the anthrax vaccine manufacturer was shut down and could not manufacture anything related to the AVA. Notwithstanding that hurdle, Secretary of Defense William Cohen announced that before the mandatory program would begin, it would have to meet four prerequisites: Supplemental testing, consistent with Food and Drug Administration standards, to assure sterility,
- [Chapter 13: Defense Delay](https://www.theabjectlesson.com/2020/02/24/chapter-13-defense-delay/) - I sent out the judge’s ruling in Corporal Stonewall’s case to a list of people the same night the judge issued it. I was in despair. Now what would I do? Major Tom “Buzz” Rempfer, USAFR, was an Air Force Academy graduate, former F-16 pilot, then A-10 pilot, and flew for one of the major
- [Chapter 16: Guard Pilots Quit](https://www.theabjectlesson.com/2020/04/06/chapter-16-guard-pilots-quit/) - While many factors can influence an individual’s decision to leave the military, surveyed Guard and Reserve pilots and aircrew members cited the anthrax immunization as a key reason for leaving or otherwise changing their military status. Since September 1998, an estimated 25 percent of the pilots and aircrew members of the Guard and Reserve in
- [Chapter 17: Studying Veterans and Project Badger](https://www.theabjectlesson.com/2020/04/13/chapter-17-studying-veterans-and-project-badger/) - In 1999, a study was published in The Lancet regarding 8,195 British Gulf War-era veterans. The British soldiers, who served alongside American forces, were also given untested vaccines as prophylaxis against possible chem-bio weapons. There were two important findings from the study: The Gulf War cohort reported symptoms and disorders significantly more frequently than those
- [Chapter 12: The DoD 'Evolves' on the AVA](https://www.theabjectlesson.com/2020/02/17/chapter-12-the-dod-evolves-on-the-ava/) - Mary PENDERGAST (FDA): As I indicated to you, it was not the type or quantity of information we would have hoped for. SHAYS (R-CT): That's an understatement. PENDERGAST: It – it was. We don't disagree with you. This was war. This was the first time, and it didn't work particularly well. We are in full
- [Chapter 11: United States versus Stonewall](https://www.theabjectlesson.com/2020/02/10/chapter-11-united-states-versus-stonewall/) - “Are you ready?’ Justin and I collected our paperwork. I had defended Marines and sailors facing a lot more time or charged with much more serious crimes, yet I was more nervous than I had ever been before walking into court. “Hope so.” I muttered. I did not have my usual confidence. It wasn’t because
- [Chapter 19: Fighting Behind the Scenes](https://www.theabjectlesson.com/2020/04/27/chapter-19-fighting-behind-the-scenes/) - Executive Order 13139, which implements 10 U.S.C. § 1107, clearly states that the requirements it incorporated from the statute are for internal management only and confer no right enforceable by any party against the United States. E.O. 13139, §6(b). Additionally, Secretary of the Navy Instruction 6230.4 of 29 April 1998, which implements the Department’s anthrax
- [Chapter 20: Why?](https://www.theabjectlesson.com/2020/05/04/chapter-20-why/) - As a mandatory, force-wide countermeasure to the real threat of weaponized anthrax on the battlefield, the vaccine effort is unrealistic. It expands and distorts the use of invasive, dated medical technology to address perceived weaknesses in detection technology and external physical protection against biological attack. Born of a post-Gulf war panic over apparent weaknesses in
- [Chapter 21: Back to Okinawa](https://www.theabjectlesson.com/2020/05/11/chapter-21-back-to-okinawa/) - I was stoic on the ride to the airport. It had nothing to do with emotional control; it was strictly a survival mechanism. While it had taken me some nine years to learn it, keeping my mouth shut was the smartest thing I learned to do when my wife and I fought. We never parted
- [Chapter 10: The Anthrax Vaccine Fails](https://www.theabjectlesson.com/2020/02/04/chapter-10-the-anthrax-vaccine-fails/) - The manufacturing process for Anthrax Vaccine is not validated.[i] The anthrax vaccine’s manufacturer has had an interesting ownership history, beginning in 1968 as the Michigan Department of Public Health (MDPH), a public entity that manufactured the earliest vaccine through 1997, when it spun off its ‘biologics’ division into a for-profit entity, the Michigan Biologic Products
- [Chapter 18: The Walking Wounded](https://www.theabjectlesson.com/2020/04/20/chapter-18-the-walking-wounded/) - One year ago today, I was stationed in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. I received my fourth anthrax vaccine. That’s when my problems began. Until that point, I weighed 175 pounds, 5'9", excellent physical condition. That night, I had a raging fever and my physical condition continued to deteriorate over the next couple of weeks. During that
- [Chapter 22: Why, Indeed](https://www.theabjectlesson.com/2020/05/18/chapter-22-why-indeed/) - If both individual and organizational greed largely describe the “Why” of Chapter 20, the final reason for the refusal to concede the low ground of the AVIP also falls under the broad category of “money,” but in the negative sense, rather than the positive one. In other words, saving money also plays a big factor
- ["Systemic Racism" - A Play in Four Parts](https://www.theabjectlesson.com/2020/06/11/systemic-racism-a-play-in-four-parts/) - I. An Apology... Sort of In light of my recent notoriety over my defense of my friend, Greg Glassman, I have received (mostly) supportive feedback, some mild disagreement, a correction, and several pieces of semi-literate, gibbering nonsense...Of course, it is to the semi-literate, gibbering nonsense to which I feel compelled to address myself. I think
- [In Defense of Greg Glassman](https://www.theabjectlesson.com/2020/06/09/in-defense-of-greg-glassman/) - CrossFit CEO and CrossFit community rift is reflective of larger split in these United States It starts with a tweet... Oy. Of course it does. I was Greg Glassman's lawyer for 8+ years at CrossFit; I was his first General Counsel and an early CrossFit Affiliate before that. I met Greg when I showed up
- [Chapter 9: The History of the Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed (AVA)](https://www.theabjectlesson.com/2020/01/28/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 vaccines, was to provide some prophylaxis for human beings from contracting the anthrax bacteria, which is typically found in cattle. Those most likely to come into contact with the anthrax spores were livestock handlers and people who might
- [Statism in America: A Two-Branch Tree of Woe](https://www.theabjectlesson.com/2020/12/31/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 no matter what anybody ever says “socialism” is, it isn’t that; that being whichever most-recently-failed flavor of Marxism has descended into an authoritarian dystopia in which the “workers of the world” are getting it good and hard, promises
- [Chapter 8: It's Illegal!](https://www.theabjectlesson.com/2020/01/20/chapter-8-its-illegal/) - I didn’t even knock on Justin’s door, I busted in like Kreamer on a Seinfeld episode. Justin had a client sitting in front of his desk. “Sir–” Justin began as a young lance corporal turned around to see who had just come in. “Oh, shit. Sorry. When you’re done, could you come by my office?”
- [Chapter 1: History, or  "I'm from the government... and I'm here to experiment on you!"](https://www.theabjectlesson.com/2019/12/02/chapter-1-history-or-im-from-the-government-and-im-here-to-experiment-on-you/) - “I think it speaks to the undercurrent of distrust of the government and the military,” said Lt. Gen. Ronald R. Blanck, the Surgeon General of the Army, the service that oversees the [anthrax] vaccination program. “Agent Orange. Nuclear tests in the '50s. People say, ‘How can you say this is safe?’ Clearly, we have a
- [Chapter 2: The Nuremberg Code](https://www.theabjectlesson.com/2019/12/09/chapter-2-the-nuremberg-code/) - Members of the military are not shorn of their constitutional rights while they remain in the military service. Blackstone said: ‘. . . he puts not off the citizen when he enters the camp; but it is because he is a citizen, and would wish to continue so, that he makes himself for a while
- [Chapter 3: The General Did What!?](https://www.theabjectlesson.com/2019/12/16/chapter-3-the-general-did-what/) - “Hey D, you got a minute?” I looked up from behind my computer. I must have betrayed a look of impatience, because Justin looked back at me and said “What?” “I’m sorry, man. Sure, what’s on your mind?” I pushed back from my desk and he leaned against the wall, all six-foot, two-hundred five pounds
- [Chapter 4: Judicial Remedies?](https://www.theabjectlesson.com/2019/12/24/chapter-4-judicial-remedies/) - The bar created by Chappell – a judicial exception to an implied remedy for the violation of constitutional rights – surely cannot insulate defendants from liability for deliberate and calculated exposure of otherwise healthy military personnel to medical experimentation without their consent, outside of any combat, combat training, or military exigency, and for no other
- [Chapter 5 – The FDA, DHHS, & Vaccines: Anthrax Slides By](https://www.theabjectlesson.com/2019/12/30/chapter-5-the-fda-dhhs-vaccines-anthrax-slides-by/) - The quality of a vaccine is closely linked to its manufacturing process, which must be rigorously controlled to ensure that batches of vaccines produced on different occasions are of reproducible and consistent quality. In general, quality is achieved by applying the current good manufacturing practice [cGMP] . . . Such principles also apply to the
- [Chapter 6: The Gulf War Drugs](https://www.theabjectlesson.com/2020/01/06/chapter-6-the-gulf-war-drugs/) - The current regulations do not permit a determination that obtaining informed consent is otherwise not feasible or is contrary to the best interest of the subject . . . II. DOD's Request . . .FDA assistance is also needed on the issue of informed consent. Under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, the general
- [Chapter 7: Congress Acts - 10 U.S.C. §1107](https://www.theabjectlesson.com/2020/01/13/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 prevent future health consequences similar to those experienced during and after the Gulf War. Our troops must be assured that when we send them into battle, they will be protected by the best military technology, the best leaders,
- [Prologue: A Serialized Account of the DoD's Anthrax Vaccine Program](https://www.theabjectlesson.com/2019/11/25/prologue-a-serialized-account-of-the-dods-anthrax-vaccine-program/) - “This court will come to order in the case of United States versus Petty Officer David M. Ponder, United States Navy, at Marine Corps Base Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan.” I’m a little nervous, like I am at the beginning of every trial, but I don’t show it. It’s just an arraignment anyway. We’re mostly here
- [Episode 4 - The Case Against Public Education](https://www.theabjectlesson.com/2019/11/18/a-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.
- [Episode 3: What Happened To Modern Science? aka How and When we got to Post-Modern Science](https://www.theabjectlesson.com/2019/11/04/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"
- [Episode 2: What is Science? And What Isn't Science?](https://www.theabjectlesson.com/2019/10/28/episode-2-what-is-science-and-what-isnt-science/) - A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it. Max Planck I’m going to begin with two claims about the state of #science in the United States. I use the hashtag
- [Le roi est mort; vive le roi](https://www.theabjectlesson.com/2018/08/01/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.
- [Episode 1- Introduction to the House; What is Truth?](https://www.theabjectlesson.com/2019/09/05/episode-1-introduction-to-the-house-what-is-truth/) - An intro to the podcast and a discussion of Truth: What is true? How can you know? What are some of the "truth-seeking human endeavors" that aid us in that search?
- [Saving the Republic - Term Limits III](https://www.theabjectlesson.com/2017/06/13/term-limits-iii/) - Reduce the Market Itself Donald Trump campaigned explicitly on term limits. His proposal was that Senators serve only two terms (for a total of 12 years) and that Congressmen and Congresswomen serve only 3 terms (a total of 6 years, for those of you who slept during civics class). This might be the smartest idea that
- [Saving the Republic - Term Limits II](https://www.theabjectlesson.com/2017/06/08/term-limits-ii/) - How to Justify Legislation Every problem, no matter how small or inconsequential, can never fail to be magnified, exaggerated, or - with a suitably agenda-driven Media - simply concocted out of whole cloth by partisan hacks and flacks, and then subsequently painted as requiring government intervention of one kind or another. This typically take the
- [Saving the Republic - Term Limits (pt. 1)](https://www.theabjectlesson.com/2017/06/06/the-most-important-of-trumps-forgotten-campaign-promises-term-limits-i/) - Campaign Finance Reform - A Primer All attempts at Campaign Finance Reform in these United States have failed. ALL. Every single one of them. If that sounds like exaggeration, just consider that attempts to limit the influence of money in politics is typically taught in history or civics classes as beginning (in earnest) shortly after
- [On What It Means to Be a Marine on our 244th Birthday](https://www.theabjectlesson.com/2016/11/11/on-what-it-means-to-be-a-marine-on-our-241st-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.
- [The Loss of American Social Power - Homelessness](https://www.theabjectlesson.com/2016/10/19/and-even-in-an-election-season-politicians-arent-what-matter/) - I have to confess to being interested in politics, perhaps unhealthily so. I wasn't always. It wasn't like I had some childhood fascination with my local senator. In truth, I think I've only ever voted in one Presidential election. (I may have voted for Perot, but I can't honestly say for sure). Which is a
- [Culture in America: Where It All Begins… and Ends. Part 1 - a primer](https://www.theabjectlesson.com/2021/01/04/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 driven through all but one of these united States (South Dakota), and a career in the military allowed me to see a good chunk of Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia, and beyond. A job working for an
- [Culture in America – Where It all Begins… and Ends. Part 2/2](https://www.theabjectlesson.com/2021/01/05/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 hazards: And it is our duty to defend them against all attacks. We have receiv’d them as a fair Inheritance from our worthy Ancestors: They purchas’d them for us with toil and danger and expence of treasure and blood;
- [DoD COVID Vax Mandate Info - Part 1 - 21 Aug 2021](https://www.theabjectlesson.com/2021/08/21/dod-covid-vax-mandate-info-part-1-21-aug-2021/) - If you're an active duty, active Reserve, Title 32 servicemember (part of the Total Force) subject to the upcoming DoD Mandatory Covid Vaccine Shitshow, and you've found your way here looking for information about it - Welcome! You're in the right place. Grab your favorite drink, put your feet up, and get your thinking cap
- [The Medical Autocracy is Here - DoD Vax Mandate, Pt. 2](https://www.theabjectlesson.com/2021/09/08/the-medical-autocracy-is-here-dod-vax-mandate-pt-2/) - I have a story to share; I don't know if it matters or not. Twenty-two years ago I was an active duty Marine Corps Captain, (Mk. 1, Mod0, Type A, 1 ea.) I was in the middle of the 10-week Naval Justice School Course for new judge advocates-to-be. It was one of the bigger classes,
- [DoD Vax Mandate 3 - "Calling All Heroes: It's time to get in the Boat!"](https://www.theabjectlesson.com/2021/09/10/dod-vax-mandate-3-calling-all-heroes-its-time-to-get-in-the-boat/) - Last night, President Dementia announced that all federal workers have to get a corona vaccine. So, let me begin this post by getting something off of my chest... My last post was a bit more "black pill" and less pragmatic advice than I intended, so I'm going to try to remedy that this time. So,
- [DoD Vax Mandate 4 - FDA Nonsense and Why It Doesn't Matter](https://www.theabjectlesson.com/2021/09/17/dod-vax-mandate-4-fda-nonsense-and-why-it-doesnt-matter/) - If you're a service member, or family member of one, who hasn't taken the mandatory vaccine, I know: your anxiety meter is pegged. Mine, too. Take a deep breath. There is some good news out there. An Army message - the relevant page of which is posted here - at least acknowledges that there are
- [The Last People Who Can Refuse the Vaccines: A Lesson in Orwell and Newspeak](https://www.theabjectlesson.com/2021/11/12/the-last-people-who-can-refuse-the-vaccines-a-lesson-in-orwell-and-newspeak/) - "How can it be possible that at the same time that the Phase 3 clinical trial is still ongoing - and under Institutional Review Board (IRB) procedures requiring informed consent - that the same exact drug for the same exact indication, can be mandated for 100 million Americans?? Upon pain of losing your job? Of being given a court-martial and throw in jail? Of being deprived of all of your rights? Because you won't give your consent to take that same exact (STILL) EXPERIMENTAL drug??"
- [Covid-19 and Milgram's Legacy - That Could Never Happen Here(!)](https://www.theabjectlesson.com/2021/11/19/covid-19-and-milgrams-legacy/) - I'm not the Nazi; YOU'RE the Nazi! In July of 1961, Yale Univeristy psychologist Stanley Milgram began a fascinating experiment to see if ordinary Americans could be induced to torture their fellow citizens...which sounds a bit twisted; context - as always - is important. Just a few months earlier, on April 11, 1961, humanity's eyes
- [MAFL Lawsuit Update 5-23-2022](https://www.theabjectlesson.com/2022/05/23/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, I can feel the weight of your needs and expectations. I had it ready on Wednesday, May 11, for the record, but my local Texas counsel was in training until the end of that week. (May 14). I
- [MAFL Lawsuit Update 6-7-2022](https://www.theabjectlesson.com/2022/06/07/mafl-lawsuit-update-6-7-2022/) - Several interesting developments in our case and in some surrounding cases that I thought worth sharing with you all. Many of the original 50 or so folks that started on this journey may remember me mentioning my partnership with Defending the Republic's (DTR) Brandon Johnson, who is leading the charge in Coker v. Austin in
- [MAFL Lawsuit Update 6-16-2022](https://www.theabjectlesson.com/2022/06/16/mafl-lawsuit-update-6-16-2022/) - Greetings and Felicitations, O Good Members of MAFL! I've got some info to pass, so I won't waste electrons. IMPORTANT. Your affidavits uploaded to Knack need to be in PDF format with an updated date and signature. If you need the link to the Knack site, please reach out to rachelsaranjohnson@gmail.com I am told by
- [MAFL Lawsuit Update - Independence Day Edition](https://www.theabjectlesson.com/2022/07/03/mafl-lawsuit-update-independence-day-edition/) - "For those [who] fight for it, Freedom has a flavor the protected never know." LCpl Edwin "Tim" Craft, USMC, on a C-Ration carton during the Siege of Khe Sanh, Vietnam c. 1967-68 I hope all of you reading this are enjoying your loved ones on this Independence Day, 2022. It's a strange time to be
- [MAFL & Coastie Lawsuit/Legal Updates - Good News TRO Edition (7-15-2022)](https://www.theabjectlesson.com/2022/07/15/mafl-coastie-lawsuit-legal-updates-good-news-tro-edition-7-15-2022/) - By now I should hope that most of the curious have received my paralegal's email explaining yesterday's decision in the Doster v. Kendall case (out of Ohio), but I'll cover it here briefly for those who might have missed it. Judge Matthew MacFarland, a federal district court judge for the Southern District of Ohio, ruled
- [Coast Guard/MAFL 7-25-2022 Update: Helping the Helpers](https://www.theabjectlesson.com/2022/07/26/coast-guard-mafl-7-25-2022-update-helping-the-helpers/) - Welp. There were some fits and starts, but the lawsuit on behalf of Coast Guard service members has been filed in federal court, the S.D. Texas (Galveston Division). The case number is 3:22-cv-00265. Here is a copy of the complaint if you would like to download it for your very own. I recommend if you're
- [MAFL Update 7-27-2022: Doster v. Kendall Injunction for ALL USAF Members](https://www.theabjectlesson.com/2022/07/28/mafl-update-7-27-2022-doster-v-kendall-injunction-for-all-usaf-members/) - Didn't expect to add another update so soon, but I felt I had to post this because we have so many Air Force members. Judge Matthew MacFarland's Order in Doster v. Kendall came out today and it is absolute music for USAF members of every kind, including even Reservists who were being dropped to "no
- [Wilson v. Austin (MAFL) Update, 8-6-2022 - Of Doster and Barracks Lawyers](https://www.theabjectlesson.com/2022/08/06/wilson-v-austin-mafl-update-8-6-2022-of-doster-and-barracks-lawyers/) - A lot has been happening in the aftermath of the Judge MacFarland's order granting the Air Force plaintiffs both an injunction and a class certification in Doster v. Kendall. Particularly interesting has been the government's attempts to get USAF personnel to "opt out" of the Doster injunction. I have heard several different variations on this
- [Updates on Updates: Oct 3, 2022, Bazzrea, Wilson, and Bumper Stickers](https://www.theabjectlesson.com/2022/10/04/updates-on-updates-oct-3-2022-bazzrea-wilson-and-bumper-stickers/) - 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 the litigation. For whatever it may be worth, I compose dozens of "messages" for you all in my
- [MAFL Update 12/20: Motion for Hearing](https://www.theabjectlesson.com/2022/12/20/mafl-update-12-20-no-not-the-template-yet/) - 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 employed as a result of the evidence we've
- [The "Essential" Way to Destroy Rights](https://www.theabjectlesson.com/2024/02/22/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 business as usual for me and mine. My wife and I both work from home, so I have
- [Oct. 17 MAFL Update - Of PayPal, Dark Horse, and What's Next](https://www.theabjectlesson.com/2022/10/18/oct-17-mafl-update-of-paypal-dark-horse-and-whats-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, many of you in these lawsuits pointed out

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