News to Know: Federal court in favor of kidnapping citizens

Story here: Federal court rules in favor of indefinite detention of US citizens.

I'd play taps for the 4th and 6th amendments, but I don't own a bugle.

News to Know: Paramilitary Raids on US Citizens on the Increase

One of many such stories: SWAT team leaves 12 year old burned & innocent family terrorized in raid

Here's a map produced by the Cato Institute, cataloging similar gross displays of police power: Botched Paramilitary Police Raids

Dictum Diei: Where you have envy

[W]here you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.
–James 3:16

This is as true at the corner market as it is at the Capital. And you and I are as vulnerable to these vices as are the best of men.

I know nothing about Ian Francis, but I find his paintings stunning.

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Ian Francis

Dictum Diei: When the World does not Like You

"When the world does not like you it takes its revenge on you; if it happens to like you, it takes its revenge still by corrupting you."
––A. G. Sertillanges

Dictum Diei: Pride is the Enemy of Truth

Pride is the enemy of truth.

Therefore, suspect the judgements of the arrogant.
But do not wholly dismiss them in case they speak truth despite themselves.

Test everything; hold fast to that which is good. (1 Thes 5:21)

Beautiful off-the-grid 12x12 house

As a closet fan of the rapidly expanding tiny house movement, I'm always watching videos on small houses or tweaking my own designs for a tiny library house (any house I live in will have to be a furnished library). But this video comes to mind more than any of the others I've seen. It is, perhaps, the least practical (especially for folks who need electricity), but certainly one of the most beautiful houses I've seen.