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January 5, 2026

The American Revolution and today: Might does not make right.

This year we celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and the American Revolution. This week we see the U.S. invasion of Venezuela, a sovereign nation, to capture that nation’s leader—however malevolent he may be—contrary to principles of international and American justice.

The only principle of that invasion and capture: Might makes right.

A primary principle of the American Revolution and of the next 250 years of America: Might does not make right.

As much talk as we hear and action we witness, including extending similar invasions to other nations, keep this motto in mind: Might does not make right.

The flag above, designed in 1775 by Christopher Gadsden, a delegate to the Continental Congress, is a symbol of that principle. The Gadsden flag was an inspiration then and remains essential. To put it in contemporary terms: No Kings.

Might does not make right.

January 3, 2026

Team America: World Police

America! Fuck yeah!

I am ashamed to learn that I have never posted about the movie Team America: World Police (2004), from Trey Parker and Matt Stone, creators of South Park. I apologize.

If you like or love South Park, if you don’t like or love South Park, if you never see an episode or another episode of South Park, find this movie and watch it. Timely in 2004 and at many moments since, it is even more timely today.

Absurdly funny, indiscriminately cruel, and mercilessly true. Nothing is to everyone’s tastes. But if you see reviews or comments questioning the qualities of this movie, ignore them until you’ve seen it for yourself. Because under the current circumstances, or under the circumstances of 2004, or before that or after now, this is the ultimate puppet analysis of modern American geopolitics.

Once you see it, you’ll never forget it. As we occupy Venezuela, or Iran, or…Greenland?

It is not currently streaming for free. Pay for it if you have to. Meanwhile, following are a trailer and some clips to entertain and inform you.

America! Fuck yeah!

December 3, 2025

Learning about our friend and neighbor Venezuela (1943)

In 1943, America was at war with Nazi Germany to save the free world.

This issue of True Comics from December 1943 (“TRUTH is stranger and a thousand time more thrilling than FICTION”) features a six-page story about our friend and neighbor Venezuela (see below).

The same issue also features “The Story of Scapegoats in History: They Got the Blame”.

“The scapegoat trick is as old as history itself. The Nazis used it to seize power in Germany. To weaken from within their enemies in Europe, they tried to divide and conquer the United States! To know the trick is to be on guard against it. That is the purpose of this story—to expose the scapegoat trick and how it works.”

The U.S. appears to be intent on toppling the government of Venezuela, possibly committing war crimes in an illegal war. The pretext is a war on drugs. Whether or not there is an actual invasion on the ground—a real possibility—the point seems to be control of Venezuela’s substantial oil reserves.

In case you don’t know much about Venezuela, and aren’t moved to do the research, six pages of a comic book is a pretty painless way of learning about our neighbor. Truth is stranger and more thrilling than government fiction.