It is a time of fear in the face of freedom, a time for the widening of previous roads and the opening of new paths, a time of an emptying country and swelling cities, yet a time when these paths are mined by knowing algorithms of the all-seeing eye. It is the time of the warrior's peace and the miser's charity, when the planting of a seed is an act of conscientious objection.
 | 24 Days Left Before Major Terrorist Attack Claim is Proven False |
On July 30 of this year, the Homeland Security hype artist Juval Aviv made the right-wing media rounds talking about “chatter” on “terrorist networks” — really, postings on websites — that led him to predict a major terrorist attack in America against “six, seven or eight cities simultaneously” within “ninety days at the most.” The right-wing websites ate it up, declaring a need for even more stringent erosions of American liberty to combat this supposed imminent attack
If a major terrorist attack against “six, seven or eight cities simultaneously” doesn’t occur in the United States within the next 24 days, we’ll know that Juval Aviv’s fearmongering was a fraud. The smart thing would be to stop treating hypemasters like Juval Aviv as if their Chicken Little acts were trustworthy. But I don’t think we’ll do the smart thing. I think the right-wing TV shows and websites and newsletter writers will forget they ever gave Juval Aviv a stage to make scary handwaving, will neglect to report that Aviv’s deadline passed without incident, and will find some other useful schmuck to keep everybody freaking out and voting their fears.
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