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Mencken’s Forgotten Wisdom on War
by Jim Bovard | Jun 25, 2025
As a stampede of weasels just sought to con America into supporting another Mideast war, it is time remember America’s most underrated critic of bellicose folly. H.L. Mencken is famous for his smackdowns of politicians and ridicule of government and of much of American culture. But he also offered sage advice for citizens judging officialdom itching for carnage.
On May 9, 1939, The Baltimore Sun published Mencken’s essay on “The Art of Selling War.” This piece, included in the Second Mencken Chrestomathy published in 1995, deserves a far higher position in the Mencken and antiwar pantheon.
In words that are painfully relevant for today’s news, Mencken warned, “The fact that all the polls run heavily against American participation in the threatening European war is not to be taken seriously.” Mencken continued:
“Wars are not made by common folks, scratching for livings in the heat of the day, they are made by demagogues infesting palaces…The very unpopularity of war makes people ready to believe, when they suddenly confront it, that it has been thrust upon them…because their own demagogues have been pretending, all the while, to be trying to prevent it.”
https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/menckens-forgotten-wisdom-on-war/
by Jim Bovard | Jun 25, 2025
As a stampede of weasels just sought to con America into supporting another Mideast war, it is time remember America’s most underrated critic of bellicose folly. H.L. Mencken is famous for his smackdowns of politicians and ridicule of government and of much of American culture. But he also offered sage advice for citizens judging officialdom itching for carnage.
On May 9, 1939, The Baltimore Sun published Mencken’s essay on “The Art of Selling War.” This piece, included in the Second Mencken Chrestomathy published in 1995, deserves a far higher position in the Mencken and antiwar pantheon.
In words that are painfully relevant for today’s news, Mencken warned, “The fact that all the polls run heavily against American participation in the threatening European war is not to be taken seriously.” Mencken continued:
“Wars are not made by common folks, scratching for livings in the heat of the day, they are made by demagogues infesting palaces…The very unpopularity of war makes people ready to believe, when they suddenly confront it, that it has been thrust upon them…because their own demagogues have been pretending, all the while, to be trying to prevent it.”
https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/menckens-forgotten-wisdom-on-war/
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Mencken's Forgotten Wisdom on War | The Libertarian Institute
As a stampede of weasels just sought to con America into supporting another Mideast war, it is time remember America’s most underrated critic of bellicose folly. H.L. Mencken is famous for his smackdowns of politicians and ridicule of government and of much…
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🧼 Trump DOJ & FBI: Epstein had NO client list. NOTHING to see here!
According to a new memo obtained by Axios, the Trump administration's Department of Justice and FBI have officially concluded that:
✅ Jeffrey Epstein wasn’t murdered
✅ He didn’t blackmail anyone
✅ He kept no “client list”
✅ And there’s zero evidence to charge anyone else
That’s right — the man who trafficked minors for years to unnamed VIPs somehow had NO clients, NO accomplices, and NO secrets worth investigating. Just poof — a solo act.
The cherry on top? Trump-appointed MAGA icons Kash Patel and Dan Bongino — who used to scream “Epstein didn’t kill himself” online — are now in charge of the FBI and quietly toeing the new party line:
📌 The memo also says all future disclosures are OFF THE TABLE. Nothing more to share. Don’t ask again.❌
🧃Bonus: Elon Musk recently accused Trump of being in the Epstein files… before quickly deleting the post. Maybe he “went too far” — or maybe he just got the memo too.
👉 According to the DOJ, Epstein had no list. But hey — trust the guys who appointed themselves to investigate their own boss. What could go wrong?
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According to a new memo obtained by Axios, the Trump administration's Department of Justice and FBI have officially concluded that:
✅ Jeffrey Epstein wasn’t murdered
✅ He didn’t blackmail anyone
✅ He kept no “client list”
✅ And there’s zero evidence to charge anyone else
That’s right — the man who trafficked minors for years to unnamed VIPs somehow had NO clients, NO accomplices, and NO secrets worth investigating. Just poof — a solo act.
The cherry on top? Trump-appointed MAGA icons Kash Patel and Dan Bongino — who used to scream “Epstein didn’t kill himself” online — are now in charge of the FBI and quietly toeing the new party line:
💬 “He killed himself,” Bongino calmly told Fox News. “I’ve seen the whole file.”
📌 The memo also says all future disclosures are OFF THE TABLE. Nothing more to share. Don’t ask again.
🧃Bonus: Elon Musk recently accused Trump of being in the Epstein files… before quickly deleting the post. Maybe he “went too far” — or maybe he just got the memo too.
👉 According to the DOJ, Epstein had no list. But hey — trust the guys who appointed themselves to investigate their own boss. What could go wrong?
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Ex-Mossad agent Ari Ben-Menashe stated Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell worked for the government of Israel to blackmail American politicians with recorded child abuse.
He also disclosed Jeffrey Epstein’s verified relationship with the former Israel PM Ehud Barak’s relations”
🔗SOURCE ➡️ TheMcgwire / RT
Related: 1/3/24 — The Human Trafficking Circus in The Room, Epstein Is Just the Elephant - Pizzagate Needs to be Revisited [X]
10/3/23 — Zelensky Requests Marina Abramovic To be Ambassador for Rebuilding Ukraine's Schools - What Did He Mean By This
12/6 - RFK Jr: "Yes, I was on Jeffrey Epstein’s plane twice, in the early 90s. Each time with my wife and kids."
8/18 — Henry Kissinger, Mentor of Klaus Schwab, the Protégée, The WEF, and Globalism
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He also disclosed Jeffrey Epstein’s verified relationship with the former Israel PM Ehud Barak’s relations”
🔗SOURCE ➡️ TheMcgwire / RT
Related: 1/3/24 — The Human Trafficking Circus in The Room, Epstein Is Just the Elephant - Pizzagate Needs to be Revisited [X]
10/3/23 — Zelensky Requests Marina Abramovic To be Ambassador for Rebuilding Ukraine's Schools - What Did He Mean By This
12/6 - RFK Jr: "Yes, I was on Jeffrey Epstein’s plane twice, in the early 90s. Each time with my wife and kids."
8/18 — Henry Kissinger, Mentor of Klaus Schwab, the Protégée, The WEF, and Globalism
"... A good time to acknowledge that Kissinger was in Jeffery Epstein’s Blackbook.
You can read @whitney_webb's work on this, including her articles cited in this piece to learn more"
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