Civil War 2.0 Weather Report: Standing At The Brink

“Treat the cause, not the symptom!” – The Rocky Horror Picture Show

No change this month.  We’ll see what January brings . . .

  1. Common violence. Organized violence is occurring monthly.
  2. Opposing sides develop governing/war structures. Just in case.
  3. Common violence that is generally deemed by governmental authorities as justified based on ideology.
  4. Open War.

We remain in the gray zone between step 9. and step 10.  I will maintain the clock at 2 minutes to midnight.  Last month I indicated that there was a chance to move the clock back if authorities took Leftist violence seriously.

Looks like I was too optimistic.

Previously, I stated that the only thing keeping the clock from ticking to full midnight is the number of deaths.  I put the total at (this is my best approximation, since no one tracks the death toll from rebellion-related violence) 600 out of the 1,000 required for the international civil war definition.

But as close as we are to the precipice of war, be careful.  Things could change at any minute.

In this issue:  Front Matter – Symptom, Not The Cause – Violence And Censorship Update – Updated Civil War 2.0 Index – Harper’s Ferry 2.0 – Links

Front Matter

Welcome to the latest issue of the Civil War II Weather Report.  These posts are different than the other posts at Wilder Wealthy and Wise and consist of smaller segments covering multiple topics around the single focus of Civil War 2.0, on the first or second Monday of every month.  I’ve created a page (LINK) for links to all of the past issues.  Also, feel free to subscribe and you’ll get every post delivered to your inbox, M-W-F at 7:30 Eastern, free of charge.

Symptom, Not The Cause

The Left has many errors in perception.  Many of these errors are ‘own goals’ – the Left doesn’t know what the Right is thinking because they’ve managed to short-circuit the feedback mechanisms created by the Founding Fathers.  As Sarah Hoyt puts it so eloquently (LINK):

For years I’ve told the left that when they used fraud to win, they’d broken the feedback mechanism.  It didn’t mean their ideas were winning, that people agreed with them, or that they were safe. It was the equivalent of breaking the fire alarm and thinking they were safe from fires.

This is similar to my commentary in this post (Four Boxes: Soap, Jury, Ballot, and Ammo).

If you asked the average Leftist, I think most of them would say that Trump was the cause of the situation that we as a nation find ourselves in.  Nothing could be further from the truth.

Trump is a symptom.  Trump is, in many ways, a skilled communicator.  He uses media to bypass gatekeepers and those that would interpret him to speak directly to the people.  Could he have had tens of thousands of people chanting “Build The Wall” or “Lock Her Up” if those people didn’t believe that in the first place?

Of course not.

Trump found the messages that resonated with a very large group of Americans that had been bypassed by both the media and the political process for decades and gave them a voice.  Does he believe in those messages?

I have no idea.  I am not a mind reader.  But Trump became a mirror of a large group of voters to show them that, yes, he heard them.  And, yes, he’d fight for them.  The degree that he actually followed through is debatable.

But back to the voice of the voters:  People wanted to “Build The Wall” not because they hated the people coming across the border, but because borders matter.  If everyone from Japan (for instance) moved to California, you wouldn’t have Californians:  you’d just have more Japan.  Americans, rightly, want to live in America.  They’re not afraid of change, they just want the inevitable changes to be American, and not Japanese (for example).

“Lock Her Up” wasn’t just about Hillary – it was about the groups of politicians that served themselves and the state instead of voters.  Why are the Clintons swimming in hundreds of millions in cash when they came into office as thousandaires?  Why are the Obama family wondering which mansion to stay in each week rather than budgeting for a once a year family vacation?

Corruption.  It wasn’t just Hillary, it was (and is) virtually every politician in Washington.

That’s what Leftists don’t understand – the movement Trump gave a voice to won’t go away regardless of what happens to Trump.  The underlying causes aren’t getting better, they’re festering because the feedback mechanism is broken.

Violence And Censorship Update

The Capitol was stormed, but you know the details on that one.  December had numerous violent protests by the Left, but only the Capitol having unscheduled visitors received major press coverage.  Rationale?

Censorship.

This month has been, by far, the biggest outpouring of censorship of any month of my lifetime.  The sitting President of the United States has been banned from essentially every online social media outlet.  Even the store that sells merchandise related to Trump, Shopify©, has banned him.  I’m certain that stopping the sale of red MAGA hats will solve all of the world’s problems.

Twitter® was, by far, the biggest way that Trump evaded the mainstream media lock on news selection and interpretation.  Trump could speak directly to the American people without being a newscaster using the words “unfounded” every other word.  He had sent 57,000 Tweets™ since he was on the service.

Not only was Trump censored, but I heard that the top 35% of his supporters were also censored.  Journalist John Robb put it very well:

Bottom line:  expect more, much more, censorship in the coming year.

Updated Civil War II Index

The Civil War II graphs are an attempt to measure four factors that might make Civil War II more likely, in real-time.  They are broken up into Violence, Political Instability, Economic Outlook, and Illegal Alien Crossings.  As each of these is difficult to measure, I’ve created for three of the four metrics some leading indicators that lead to the index.  On illegal aliens, I’m just using government figures.

Violence:

Up is more violent.  The public perception of violence dropped drastically during November, and dropped again in December.  January?  Too soon to tell.

Political Instability:

Up is more unstable.  Instability dropped significantly in December.  January – will it bring conclusion, or more tension?

Economic:

The economic measures took a small setback this month.  I’d expect January to show a minor uptick.

Illegal Aliens:

Down is good, in theory.  This is a statistic showing border apprehensions by the Border Patrol.  Numbers of illegals being caught is rising again from a record November to a record December – the floodgates are opening.

Harper’s Ferry 2.0

In October of 1859, ever photogenic John Brown and 22 of his best friends decided that the time was right to trigger a slave uprising in the South.  Their idea was to capture the Harper’s Ferry Arsenal and then –  well, the “and then” part wasn’t exactly clear to anyone but Brown.  His plan was that he would kidnap slaves locally, and then give them guns as part of a great army.

The slaves he kidnapped ran away from Brown, having no desire to take part in his plan.  In the end, most of John Brown’s men were either shot by the United States Marines that retook the Harper’s Ferry Arsenal or were executed after a trial.  Ironically, it was the actions of Robert E. Lee that stopped the locals from hanging Brown on the spot and allowing him to be taken for a trial.

This was the last major incident that happened before Civil War 1.0, and greatly divided the country:  half saw John Brown as a (sort of insane) leader that was working for good even though people died in the raid.  The other half saw him as a treasonous criminal and a threat to their way of life.

I think that the way that people think of the storming of the Capitol last week has exactly the same polarity.  They went to go protest at the Capitol, found that they could (more or less) waltz in and claim the place.  Having done so, they were like a terrier that caught a Ford F-150® pickup.  “What the heck do I do now?”

Some see it as a (sort of silly) show to our government that the government exists at our pleasure, and that even the walls of the Congress, located in one of the most Leftist strongholds in the nation, is not safe.  They see a group of people protesting an election that they feel was decided by fraud.  They feel this way honestly and sincerely.

Others see it as treason against the nation and actions to prevent a president from being confirmed.  They feel that their cause is just, since, even though there might have been irregularities in voting (50% of Biden voters think the election was stolen) that it’s okay.  They think:  “Trump will be gone, and the Electoral College is silly, since popular votes are what democracies do, anyway.”

Regardless, this is an action that won’t be repeated.  The State is scared that it was tested and found to be so vulnerable.  They won’t make this mistake again – even now thousands of troops are pouring into Washington D.C.

LINKS

As usual, links this month are courtesy of Ricky.  Thanks so much!!

From Ricky:  “My self-imposed cut off for this batch of links is the GA Senate Race and the Congressional acceptance of the Electoral votes.  Who the hell knows what is about to happen next.”

ON THE EVE OF DECIDING CONTROL FOR THE SENATE AND PRESIDENCY:

QUESTIONS:

https://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/blog/do-black-lives-matter-in-the-white-elite-s-civil-war-/

https://www.creators.com/read/pat-buchanan/12/20/is-our-second-civil-war-also-a-forever-war

http://www.sfltimes.com/opinion/is-there-a-civil-war-in-america

https://www.independent.com/2020/06/14/an-american-civil-war/

 

ASSERTIONS:

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/12/the_new_phony_war.html

https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-trumps-final-days-lines-are-drawn-for-a-republican-civil-war-11609772298

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/a-new-civil-war-its-here-the-rights-grievance-politics-is-killing-thousands-every-day/ar-BB1bOXoE

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-gop-elections-mcconnell/

https://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/letters/letter-country-close-to-civil-war/article_e99472ac-6b83-5509-aa93-3f03f2c92382.html

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/12/democrats-civil-war-cease-fire-georgia-senate-runoffs-election-444633

https://www.salon.com/2020/12/12/psycho-secession-texas-lost-cause-lawsuit-was-the-first-shot-in-a-new-civil-war/

 

CALLS TO ARMS:

AZ: https://www.mediaite.com/politics/arizona-republican-party-now-calling-on-voters-to-die-for-trumps-election-fight/

MI: https://www.icbps.org/make-them-pay-michigan-lawmaker-calls-on-leftist-soldiers-to-attack-trumpers/

GA: https://www.mediaite.com/tv/trump-supporters-refuse-to-accept-biden-presidency-in-gobsmacking-cnn-report-could-be-a-civil-war-you-never-know/

TX: https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2021/01/watch-texas-gop-congressman-threatens-civil-war-if-democrats-win-georgia-runoff-elections/

TX : https://www.foxnews.com/politics/georgia-runoffs-senate-chip-roy-congress

 

CALLS FOR CALM:

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/louie-gohmerts-talk-of-violence-and-civil-war-is-despicable

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/civil-war-united-states-unlikely-violence/2020/10/29/3a143936-0f0f-11eb-8074-0e943a91bf08_story.html

https://www.indianagazette.com/opinion/the-civil-war-that-fizzled-out/article_4ad57e5a-3968-11eb-9be6-9ff5ee8e14a2.html

https://news.yahoo.com/constitution-answer-seditious-members-congress-113001597.html

https://news.yahoo.com/civil-war-212148092.html

 

CALLS TO SPLIT:

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/529609-rush-limbaugh-says-us-trending-toward-seccession

https://americanmind.org/features/a-house-dividing/a-common-sense-solution/

https://mises.org/wire/red-and-blue-states-its-time-multistate-solution

 

A WAKE-UP CALL:

https://strongnation.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/1243/2e0396bc-8bc1-40f6-ba07-9b94a079b7d5.pdf?1608225594&inline;%20filename=%22Letter%20to%20Acting%20Secretary%20Defense%20Christopher%20Miller.pdf%22

https://www.strongnation.org/articles/737-unhealthy-and-unprepared

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31 thoughts on “Civil War 2.0 Weather Report: Standing At The Brink”

  1. And so we descend into whataboutism and yet another split narrative…

    https://api-assets.infowars.com/2021/01/BLMcapitol249824876-932×1024.jpg

    …and turn our attention away from the true issues….

    Mueller spent two years, $32 million dollars and had a staff of 19 lawyers and 40 FBI agents following claims that Russia interfered with the election, ultimately proving nothing.

    https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/02/robert-muellers-russia-probe-cost-nearly-32-million-in-total-doj.html

    Yet zero effort for the probable cause in this:

    https://www.hereistheevidence.com

    As was sagely pointed out to me in last week’s comments, it’s not hypocrisy if you aren’t betraying your own values. So now we all abandon the high road and head down to a pig wallow filled with more nitrorglycerin than mud. Get ready for Big Tech to deploy a Social Credit Score in America that will put China’s to shame.

    This “attack” on the Capitol with no goal and no plan to achieve it is barely one step above a bunch of teens “borrowing” a pretty car and going for a joyride – which for me isn’t to say the trespassers shouldn’t be prosecuted…as mere trespassers. Who may yet all wind up in Gitmo.
    But this MSM spin of “insurrection – sedition – first breech since 1812” shows yet again a total ignorance of history – or maybe a desire not to promulgate it:

    https://www.c-span.org/video/?317988-2/1954-shooting-congress

    Dark times ahead.

    1. “Get ready for Big Tech to deploy a Social Credit Score in America that will put China’s to shame.”
      They unperson us, we unperson them. Possibly be different means.

      1. Big tech has giant server farms…. Big 4 acre concrete buildings in little nothing towns like Quincy and Boardman in Eastern Washington and Eastern Oregon. they resemble an aircraft carrier in the desert.. Even the masters of the Universe needs a place to hang their costume.. They like to pretend it’s all very hush-hush and super secret, But thats down right laughable, seeing how they hire locally to build these monstrosities, everybody within 100 miles knows about them. It wouldnt surprise me one bit if at some point people got fed up and pulled the plug on their little plan to rule the world.

  2. We are already in the political wilderness and technically Trump is still President. In a few weeks, all hell will break loose. I have been saying you need to stock up on guns, ammo and mags but your window is slamming shut and a lot of my distributors are pretty thin on magazines already, much less guns and ammo.

      1. Friends/family and other trusted folk… preferably folk you knew for decades.

      1. Here’s your very own copy of the Parler video metadata file, all 200MB of it. It contains metadata for over 1 million videos shared on Parler, the 68K map shared above is apparently just for Capitol Joyride Day.

        https://easyupload.io/rwqawz?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=5302651fc4068ec0ec91e2ab9c4502925965efd3-1610460191-0-AcI06mT1A_0wAIxl6KfKjvYsV9XQt7QAl7Fy3szfwSTqMpUfeXPUWukbo7NYdEhQV9MUrr6XTCtKCYU49t3CgX9ERvzlgekCDPbEmwz6li3iJvAhk3An8Nfuy-SSTpptgpDJ-5jJxhQjMDvtgldVYYyJOdvpKBc6OmDXhT1ouFI6n5ZiOgfzSFq1hoQX__aueC9FJvxjeAQZG0U_a5VEf-3BMvKU75JP1aD03ohpGCI4871jyKPKjRrK9hHPkbE5P0ox6Eg-kf-VkCxXX-2fyYHY4y0QWeYoA8WYJtzNl9cUHafotf-lMJv-Yzn_BQ5Sc9kybPhnGk_2R2ol-Ygxhc1gCV7ec6bQJ2fWB_Upgl8ZpU0xn8cIkzrzapVIQIO5rA

        Authenticity hash is 66809d9ae0a5a6577a3c80bb623562274ceccd96b35519f15f568d09cefc56f8

  5. The enemedia is apoplectic with “the attack on the capitol” pearl clutching.
    CPUSA kommissarina Bowser Gauleiter of the district of cesspool says she is scared, why it hasn’t been this bad since the British burned the place down in 1814 as part of the War of 1812.
    Horny Viking man (Derp State Productions) and the elite twist tie units would spank the Red Coats in a NYC minute.
    These clueless participation cloud cuckoo land dwelling feckless clowns will get us all done in as faith in the dollar goes bye bye this year after $4-5 trillion in debt since the Plandemic and printing press czar Yellen will continue with the burn it all down by any means necessary plan of the CPUSA.
    They have no plan for after the build it back better fundamental transformation other than a hybrid historic hellish Zimbabwe/Venezuela/Cuba workers paradise.

  6. MagPul Mags are everywhere here, also thru Reno Nv last week, walls at Cabelas Sheels, full of mags, in standard calibers. . Just made a purchases, of thirty in diff calibers. Keeping em fed is an issue. Well for some.

    I screwed up. Thought I found 17hmr, grabbed a 1000, got home opened up and their something called 17 ” Mach 2’s.”. .22 cases a bit bigger then a .22″Hornet, rim fire.

    Was initiall disappointed, after thinking it thru, reading capabilities. I’m seriously considering rebarreling a .22 semi pistol these may just be a special needs kinda round. Will come down to the rounds ability to load into the mags I have on hand.

    Spent thousands this month already. Mostly AK build Jigs, and HK build jigs. Feel the need to upgrade my gunsmithing tools for that rainy day. AK and FN flats are easily available. I bought the flat benders as well.

    If your buying 80% lowers, from 80% lowers, their jigs don’t work on 80% percent ers from at least 5-D tactical, the 5-D lowers are much thicker in the mag well area. Was in a hurry wanted instant solutions,,since I was snapping up build tools for other platforms, I just snapped up another Jig, from 5-D tactical. Not cheap at 400.00 ish with bits router bits and plates.

    Think a work around would be longer jig pins on the 80% lower jig set up. Was in a hurry, I want everything in my chubby lil hands before the 20th.

    DW

  7. Even radio getting in on the act:
    https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Talk-radio-owner-orders-conservative-hosts-to-15860720.php

    “…”We need to help induce national calm NOW,” Brian Philips, executive vice president of content for Cumulus, wrote in an internal memo, which was first reported by Inside Music Media. Cumulus and its program syndication arm, Westwood One, “will not tolerate any suggestion that the election has not ended. The election has been resolved and there are no alternate acceptable ‘paths.’ ”

    The memo adds: “If you transgress this policy, you can expect to separate from the company immediately…”

  8. Seems each time there is a global conflict – its armageddon, people freeze up waiting for the Lord to come save them. Yes things are beyond strange but we must continue living fruitful lives. We men need to step up, the militia have done little thus far. The only time positive visible action was taken – the Bundys were taking on the fed’s, They had organized militia – good guys. We’ve needed militia numerous times since that day but if you scan the news articles it’s us – small business owners, single mom’s, hungry families. We are the ones standing up, We are the ones taking action in the streets, taking heat in the courts, paying heavy fines and penalties. Muzzled, isolated waiting to be vaxxed – sterilized or euthanized. Trump put out a call – come to dc, big things happening. So the people put the last of the money into a journey to the capitol, with hope of T-man imparting wisdom leadership and direction, a way out of this nightmare.

    He was suppose to have had a plan, instead it was empty,..a farce. After spending the last of the discretionary money and traveling for days sleeping in the truck, the multitude were told “go home now”?!? Thousands of families were used to stage a false overrun of the capitol. americans died there. What is everyone suppose to do now? Be happy with 600.00?! Go home, wait for dotgov to determine who is “essential”, who is allowed to feed their family, to keep their home or business. Where are the militia?! What does it take to get you on the field. You bad boys can critique and criticize us all day but at least WE are doing something. You don’t like what we are doing? Step up and give some leadership, organization. There is an army of starving, unemployed misfits waiting to be cobbled together. GA 5:1 for my Brothers. American families need help today. Today – Today – Today

  9. Here’s the 9 gigabytes of who-said-what text data from Parler ever since it was first set up…

    http://parlertrick.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/data_no_video.tar.gz

    …and how to mine it….

    This Parler data breach is the CW2 equivalent of the Left having the keys to the Purple and Enigma codes during WW2.

    https://io9.gizmodo.com/how-the-u-s-cracked-japans-purple-encryption-machine-458385664

    https://io9.gizmodo.com/did-polish-cryptographers-crack-the-nazi-enigma-code-be-5950138

    With all due respect, at times like this there is a word for those whose primary concern is having enough ammo. That word is “outflanked”.

  10. The Left owns soft power. We of the Right own hard power.
    It’s just about time to go with our strengths.

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