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cf. European colonization
of the Americas,
Founding of America,
Confederate States of America,
Government,
US Federal Govt,
Strauss–Howe
generational theory

Colonial History

King Philip's War
(1675-76)

1689 Boston Revolt

cf. John Locke

Revolutionary War
(1775-1783)

Battles of Lexington, Concord, Parker's Revenge, and the Siege of Boston
(19 April 1775)

cf. Declaration of Independence
(4 July 1776)

Staten Island Peace Conference
(09 November 1776)

George Washington

General Nathaniel Greene

Battle Of Kings Mountain
(7 October 1780)

cf. Liberty Mountain

Francis Marion

Siege of Yorktown and surrender of Cornwallis
(28 Sept. to 19 Oct. 1781)

Siege of Fort Henry (1782)

South Carolina's
essential role to victory

Early Government

First Continental Congress (1774)

Second Continental Congress (1775-1781)

Articles of Confederation (1781)

Constitutional Convention (1787)

cf. U.S. Constitution

Northwest Indian War
(1785-1795)

1800s, 1900s Pre-WWI

Joel Roberts Poinsett
(1779-1851)

Origination clause

Nullification Crisis
(1832-1833)

Missouri's 1838 Mormon Extermination Order

U.S. Exploring Expedition
(1838-1842)

Mexican–American War
(1846-1848)

Robert Smalls
Sailing to Freedom

Fourteenth Amendment
(equal protection)

cf. Zimmerman telegram

cf. World War I

Between WWI, WWII

Depression of 1920-21

Roaring Twenties

President Coolidge
(2024-2028)

President Hoover
(1929-1932)

Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act (1930)

Great Depression
(1929-1939)

cf. World War II

Since WWII

1960 Presidential Electoral votes and popular vote

Putin echoes Trump’s claim that conflict in Ukraine could have been avoided had he been in office

The historic importance of Greenland for US national security as debate over island's future roars on

The Presidential Transition 2025

cf. Trump imposes his vision on America in departure from first-term stumbles

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British Legal History

Monarchs
English Scottish British

Magna Carta (1215)

American colonies 1607-1700

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Charles I execution (1649)
"pronounced sentence not only against one tyrant but against tyranny itself"

Commonwealth of England (1649-1660)

Stuart Restoration (1660)

Charles II (1660-1685)

Habeas Corpus Act (1679)

cf. Habeas Corpus

James II (1685-1688)

Invitation to William (1688)

Glorious Revolution (1688)
Sovereignty derived from Parliament, not birth.

William III of Orange (1689-1702)

Locke's Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina 1669

Locke's Letter Concerning Toleration 1689

Locke's Two Treatises of Government 1689

Petition of Right (1689)

Bill of Rights (1689)

Britain 1754 to 1783

British taxation of
the American colonies

Boston massacre (1770)

Boston Tea Party (1773)

cf. America'a Revolutionary War (1775-1783)

Reform Acts (1832, 1867, 1884, 1918, 1928, 1969)

Parliament Acts
of 1911 and 1949
supremacy of the
House of Commons

cf. Tyranny of the majority, Oligarchy

Top Page British Legal History

Freedom and Oppression
Worth Mentioning

Alliance Defending Freedom

What Are ESG Policies,
and
Why Are They Harmful?

Why ADF Is Cheering DEI’s Demise

cf. American Library Association (censorship)

* America's

Revolutionary Mind

Thompson

Mel Brooks: ‘Blazing Saddles’ Would Never Be Made in Today’s ‘Stupidly Politically Correct’ Culture

Cato Institute

* 2023 Freedom Index

Censorship by
the Catholic Church
and European governments
Index Librorum Prohibitorum

cf. China's Mao Tse Tung was always a totalitarian

cf. Citizen's Guide to South Carolina's Freedom of Information Act

Citizen's Handbook TOC

Civil Liberties

Clairemont Institute

* Founding of America

cf. Commerce

Communism

Dear Democrats
by Dr. Hurd

cf. Dr. Hurd

Democrat Party

Carville admits Trump’s fast pace is leaving Democrats reeling: ‘We are overwhelmed.’ 'Things that we thought that would kill a political career... this guy keeps chugging along,' Carville lamented.

Independent voters show significant disapproval of Democratic antics against President Trump

Dems are 'getting destroyed' as data show
Gen Z 'most conservative' generation in decades

Dem senator says party brand is ‘really problematic’
and led to the loss of trust of working-class voters
"The Democratic party has lost touch with working people," the senator said.

cf. Economics,
Education

Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-based Opportunity

cf. EU Is Turning to Totalitarianism

Fascism

cf. Open letter to
Clemson students

Free Trade is part of Personal Freedom!

cf. Govt vs. Free Trade

Freedom Index by Country

cf. Govt. Issues and Theory

Great quotes describing
the American spirit!

cf. Home ownership
by country

cf. Human rights in Muslim-majority countries

Hunt for Liberty

Indigenous And Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989

Individual Rights – Definition and Examples

International Liberty

Higher Tax Rates Don’t Necessarily Mean Higher Tax Revenue

cf. Legal Issues & Support

"Let's Go Brandon"

cf. John Locke

cf. Marxist Sources

Anna Muzychuk
Chess Grand Master
vs. Saudi Arabia

National Coalition Against Censorship

New Civil Liberties Alliance

cf. NRA-ILA Legal & Legislative News

cf. Philosophy, Politics

cf. Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

Press Freedom
Around the World

cf. Visual Capitalist

Republicans vs. Democrats

"I was shocked to learn that, for the most part, Republicans cared more deeply about their constituents, while Democrats, in my experience, cared more about government power and control."

Rules for Radicals
by Saul Alinsky

Summary and discussion

cf. SCOTUS warns
lower courts

cf. Slavery – Now

Statism

cf. Terrorist Organizations

Think You Like Socialism?
Better Think Again

cf. The Von Mises Institute

*

Tracinski

Walmart shareholders send letter of support for reining in DEI policies after Dem AG backlash

DEI requires
not treating people equally.

Diversity = discrimination
Equity = exclusion
Inclusion = inequity

Walter E. Williams

"Western World"

cf. What's Wrong with
the EU

Top Page Freedom & Oppression

Government
Worth Mentioning

cf. US Federal Govt

Governmental
Issues and Theory

Aristocracy

Bill of Rights

Bureaucracy

Capitalism

Centralization of Power

Civil Liberties

Confederation

Constitutionalism

Constitutional Republic

Democracy
Tyranny of the Majority

Federal Government

Fusion of Powers

cf. Marxism

Monarchy

Parliamentary system

States' Rights

cf. Swiss federal government

Habeas Corpus

Oligarchy
(e.g., Russian oligarchs)

Socialism
(incl. national socialism = nazism, fascism & world socialism = communism)

Tyranny

Unitary Government

Civil Law

Common Law

Judicial Review

Separation of Powers

Legislative

Executive

Judicial

cf. Politics in Philosophy,
Freedom and Oppression,
Citizen's Guide to South Carolina's Freedom of Information Act,
Home ownership by country,
Think You Like Socialism? Better Think Again

Appalachian Council of Governments (ACOG)

Commonwealth of Nations

Council of Europe

(Wikipedia)

Russia in the Council of Europe

Acquis Communautaire

EU moves towards common defense

Government overstepping its bounds:

The destruction of returned and unsold textiles in Europe’s circular economy

Greenville County, SC

Greenville County Council

meets 1st & 3rd Tuesdays

District maps

Members

Weekly Calendar

City of Greenville, SC

website map

City Clerk

Boards and Commissions

Greenville County Legislative Delegation

Greenville County
School Board

cf. Greenville Municipal Airport

Greenville-Pickens Area Transportation Study (GPATS)

Greenville Water System

Agendas and Minutes

Budgets and Finance

Brush and Leaves Pickup Schedules

Calendar

North Atlantic
Treaty Organization

NATO

Types of Elections

Police Officers Association of Michigan

Ranked Choice Voting

in South Carolina

South Carolina

Constitution

Code of Laws

Section 23-31 Firearms

Law for No Concealed Weapons signs

Section 23-31-235 Sign Requirements

Section 23-31-510. Regulation of ownership, transfer, or possession of firearm or ammunition

cf. S.C. A.G. Opinion regarding signs placed at all Charleston County parks prohibiting the carrying of concealable weapons.

Code of Regulations

Residential Electrical Code

General Assembly

Find your legislators

map of State Senate Districts

Senate legislation

map of State House Districts

State House Redistricting 2021

House legislation

Attorney General's Office

Opinions

JUL 22, 2022 Opinion regarding signs placed at all Charleston County parks prohibiting the carrying of concealable weapons.

SEP 30, 2014 Regarding whether the City of Traveler's Rest possesses the authority to enact an ordinance restricting concealed weapons from all or any part of Trailblazer Park, a city-owned, multi-use facility regularly hosting special events.

DEC 07, 2010 Reviewing prior opinion dated March 5, 2009 dealing with the regulation of concealed weapons in a county park.

State Law Enforcement Division (SLED)

South Carolina
Public Notices

cf. Greenville County Legislative Delegation

Switzerland

federal government

cf. federal government
(definition)

United Kingdom

"Constitution"

Parliamentary Sovereignty

College of Arms

cf. British Legal History

United Nations

United Nations System

Universal Declaration of Human Rights
(Wikipedia)

cf. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

World Trade Organization (WTO)

Top Page Goverment

Legal Issues & Support
Worth Mentioning

Disparate Impact Thinking

cf. Freedom and Oppression

cf. Fungibility

Institute for Justice

Judicial Watch

FBI Records Indicate Fauci Agency Funded Gain-of-Function Wuhan Lab Research ‘Would leave no signatures of purposeful human manipulation’

Trump wins the lawfare war

National Coalition Against Censorship

cf. NRA-ILA Legal & Legislative News

Rogue Prosecutors
and the Rise of Crime

South Carolina Carry

Was a Paving Contractor Really to Blame for a Deadly Crash?

Top Page LegalTop Issues & Support

Marxist Sources
To Be Aware Of

analysis: Karl Marx'
Labor Theory of Value

Crimes against humanity under communist regimes

Critical Race Theory history

Democratic Socialists
of America

cf. Freedom and Oppression

Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights

Marxism's insidious
master strategem

Marxism–Leninism

Marxists Internet Archive

Patrisse Cullors: BLM co-founders ‘trained Marxists’

People's Forum

Rashad Turner speaks out against BLM falsehoods

Socialism
(incl. national socialism = nazism, fascism & world socialism = communism)

Useful idiot(s)

Victims of
Communism
Memorial
Foundation

cf. What Are ESG Policies, and
Why Are They Harmful?

Top Page Marxism

Political Cartoons, Satire
Worth Mentioning

PoliticalCartoons.com

Al Goodwyn Cartoons

The American Thinker

Ben Garrison Cartoons

Bob Gorrell Cartoons
and here

Chip Bok Cartoons

Comically Incorrect

Daily Torch

Also here.

Legal Insurrection

Marshall Ramsey

more Marshall Ramsey

Michael Ramirez

Mike Lester Cartoons

Pat Cross Cartoons

Patriot Post Cartoons

The Political Cartoon Gallery

Townhall
Political Cartoons

Top Page Political Cartoons

Political Organizations
Worth Mentioning

cf. Alliance Defending Freedom

Americans for Public Trust

1792 Exchange

Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

Greenville Tea Party

Municipal Association of South Carolina

Oregon Tea Party

Republican Governors Association

Senate Conservative Fund

South Carolina Republican Party

State Freedom Caucus Network

Trump 47
2024 Presidential campaign

Turning Point USA

Top Page Political Organizations

Slavery – History
Worth Mentioning

cf. Serfdom,
Droit du Seigneur

African slave routes
past and present

Emanicpation Proclamation
(U.S. – 1 January 1863)

History of Slavery

New York Slave Revolt
of 1712

cf. Sailing to Freedom

Slavery by Religion

Christianity

Romanus Pontifex

* Islam

17,000,000 slaves
from 650 to 1905

Crimean–Nogai slave raids 1,000,000 1474-1769
from Eastern Europe

graphic not found

graphic not found

When Europeans Were Enslaved by Moslems

Slavery among
American Indians

* Slavery in China

Human trafficking in China

Timeline of abolition of slavery and serfdom
"Although slavery of non-prisoners is technically illegal in all countries today, the practice continues in many locations around the world, primarily in Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe, often with government support."

Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

* Estimates

What they didn’t teach you about slavery and racism in school

Top Page Slavery ‑ History

Slavery – Now
Worth Mentioning

cf. Flights to Freedom

Slavery levels by country

30 million in slavery now

Slavery in the 21st century

Slavery in Mauritania

10-20% enslaved in Mauritania

Slaves for sale now!
$400 each in Libya

Video Of Migrants Sold In Slave Auction In Libya

African slave routes
past and present

Slavery in Africa

Modern-day Islamic Slavery

cf. Modern-day Slavery in China

* Trafficking in Persons

Report

Walk Free Foundation

The Global Slavery Index

Global Slavery Index

Thomson Reuters Foundation
slavery webpage

Top Page Slavery ‑ Now

Terrorist Organizations
To Be Aware Of

Antifa

cf. Freedom and Oppression

Hamas

Hezbollah

Muslim Brotherhood

Top Page Terrorists

US Federal Government
Worth Mentioning

cf. Government,
American History

The Charters of Freedom

The Declaration of Independence

U.S. Constitution

cf. American History
Federal Government
(definition)
States' Rights

USA.gov

Government Information

Federal Register
The Daily Journal of the United States Government

Congress

Legislative

House Continuing Resolutions

Appropriations bill

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

U.S. Budget

Budget and Economic Outlook

FY 2022 budget (PDF)

The Supreme Court

Judiciary

Supreme Court decisions by Chief Justice, Year

Primer on the
Major Questions Doctrine

Major Questions Doctrine

Marbury v. Madison (1803)

* Supreme Court guts

agency power in seismic Chevron ruling

Supreme Court strikes serious blow against the administrative state

'Big blow to big government': Major SCOTUS decision strips power of 'faceless leviathan' of federal agencies

Federal court upends decades of environmental regulations

Administrative Procedure Act of 1946 (APA)

Administrative Law Judge role explained

Grand juries role
in American legal system

The Legal Process
(lexicon)

The Presidency

Administration

Executive Orders

Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)

DOGE Wiki

* Elon Musk goes behind-the-scenes at DOGE, unveils biggest source of fraud

State Department

Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP) and here

Travel Advisories

Disarming Disinformation

Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (Wikipedia)

cf. Trafficking in Persons Report

Treasury Department

U.S. Deficit by Year

National Debt Tracker

Interest Expense on the Debt Outstanding

Getting rid of the penny introduces a new problem: cost of nickels

3.7¢ / Penny, 13.8¢ / Nickel

Federal Bureau
of Investigation

FBI Internet
Scams and Safety

Ruby Ridge
(Aug. 1992)

Waco siege
(Feb.-Apr. 1993)

cf. Judicial Watch: FBI Records Indicate Fauci Agency Funded Gain-of-Function Wuhan Lab Research ‘Would leave no signatures of purposeful human manipulation’

Justice Department

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

Information Library

Federal Trade Commission

Reporting Fraud

National Do Not Call Registry

Report Unwanted Calls

Internal Revenue Service

Greenville, SC location:
440 Roper Mountain Rd

Retirement Plans

Site Index – Information for Retirement Plans

Types of Retirement Plans

IRAs

Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs)

Retirement plan and IRA Required Minimum Distributions FAQs

Federal Reserve

(Wikipedia)

Board of Governors

Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC)

Press Releases

cf. Federal Reserve
Consumer Price Index,
St. Louis Fed
Economic Analysis

Commerce Department

Bureau of Economic Analysis

Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index
(The Federal Reserve's
preferred inflation gauge)

Patent and Trademark Office

Patent US5113493A
by Scott Crosby

Social Security Administration

* Consumer Price Index (CPI)
(basis for COLA)

Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA)

Review Your Statement

Life expectancy
based on current age

How Much Money Has Congress Taken From Social Security?

Bureau of Labor Statistics

The Economics Daily (TED)
(CPI by quarter, year)

Department of Transportation

cf. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

cf. Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)

cf. General Aviation Accident Dashboard

Travel Security Administration

Contents of carry-on
and checked luggage

cf. carry-on luggage sizes by airline

Department of Defense

Military Ranks

U.S. Air Force

cf. Counter-Drone

cf. National Museum of
the U.S. Air Force

U.S. Army

U.S. Army Corp of Engineers - locations

U.S. Navy

Naval Ranks

Naval Research Laboratory (NRL)

cf. NRL Marine Meteorology

Latest Ukraine Updates

Russia’s "Filtration" and Forced Relocations

Holding Russia
and Belarus Accountable

Elsewhere on this page

cf. Center for Disease Control, CIA World Factbook, Copyright, Department of Energy, Geological Survey (USGS), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Weather Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Securities Exchange Commission

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