"We’ve Had the Reichstag Fire – What’s Next?"; Plus Another Brief Item

By An Old Friend

Wed, Feb 10, 2021 10:47 p.m.

"We've Had the Reichstag Fire – What's Next?" [brief]; Plus Another Brief Item

I've recently discovered a blogger who uses the pseudonym "Neo."  Her writing is powerful.  Before checking out the brief piece pasted below, you might be interested in her bio:

Previously a lifelong Democrat, born in New York and living in New England, surrounded by liberals on all sides, I found myself slowly but surely leaving the fold and becoming that dread thing: conservative. My friends and family didn't want to hear about my inexplicable conversion, so I started this blog to tell the tale of my political change and provide a forum for others. I have a Master's degree in Marriage and Family Therapy (not practicing), but my politics make me a pariah there, too. Little did I know that I moved in such politically homogeneous circles.

https://www.thenewneo.com/2021/02/10/weve-had-the-reichstag-fire-whats-next/

We've had the Reichstag fire – what's next?

Posted on February 10, 2021

Now that Washington DC is an armed camp after the January 6 Reichstag fire, and the Senate is busy trying the previous president and pretending they have the authority to do so, what's next?

Let's see. Let's not forget that we currently also have the purge of the armed forces to root out those defined as extremists on the right. It's not the same as a personal loyalty oath to the leader that was required of the German military under Hitler, but it's a way to make sure our military is composed of people unlikely to turn on the left no matter what.

The Enabling Act was the method by which the Reischstag effectively dissolved itself and placed all power in the executive. Even though by then the Nazis pretty much controlled the legislative body and the various other parties that still remained, the Reichstag's mere existence was apparently felt to be enough of a threat and/or impediment to speedy efficiency that it was better to be rid of it except for ceremonial purposes.

But in the US there's no need to go that far. Instead we have the mechanism of the executive order, which Biden (or whoever is in charge in his administration) can employ to expedite the implementation of orders that once would have been effected only through legislation. But since our Congress is presently so evenly split that unless nearly all the Democrats hang firm and also eliminate the filibuster (which might happen), very little far-left legislation will be passed and the EO is the way to go instead.

Which brings us to the last hope of stopping this – the judiciary. It's a faint hope to be sure, but it seems to be the only mechanism by which at least some of the EOs could be invalidated (except, I suppose, by state-by-state defiance). Of course, that's where court-packing comes in, but that also requires the end of the filibuster.

Are these comparisons hyperbole on my part? Perhaps; perhaps not. The left in this country are not Nazis, although they'd have people think that people on the right are exactly that. But the left in this country are totalitarians and/or totalitarian wannabees.

These developments are just another reminder that, brilliant as the Constitution is and brilliant as the men who devised it were, a constitution cannot rein in a people who have lost their virtue and who support a party that believes the ends justify the means. And the Founders knew that they could not protect us indefinitely from that.

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https://vdare.com/posts/for-daring-to-win-his-7th-super-bowl-during-black-history-month-tom-brady-deemed-racist

For Daring to Win His 7th Super Bowl During Black History Month, Tom Brady Deemed "Racist"

Paul Kersey

02/10/2021

In the Current Year, a white guy doing anything positive is automatically deemed "racist" by those in control of the narrative. No matter how trivial the act, a white individual excelling is axiomatically a negative, a harbinger of overt racism in the eyes of our ruling elite.

Tom Brady Called "Racist" For Winning Super Bowl During Black History Month, Summit News, February 8, 2021

Innumerable people took to social media to complain that NFL star Tom Brady winning the Super Bowl during Black History Month was "racist."

No, this is not the Onion.

Brady led the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to victory over the Kansas City Chiefs to claim a personal 7th Super Bowl win, prompting outrage due to the perception that Brady once supported President Trump and the Chiefs' quarter-back being black.

Many Black Lives Matter supporters scolded Brady for having the temerity to win, suggesting he was "racist" for doing so.

The horror, the horror.

White man bad must be the constant refrain 24/7/365. And yet despite the NFL pushing to coronate black quarterbacks as the next big thing, Tom Brady into his mid-40s continues to dominate the 70 percent black league.