Article contentThere are many strange, and not a few disturbing, things transpiring in the world today. First, I remain fascinated by the CHAZistan phenomenon, the process by which six blocks of central Seattle were taken over and occupied by protesters. Try refreshing your browser, or Rex Murphy: These are strange and disturbing times Back to videoI’d like to note that CHAZistan is a very unstable republic, for in a matter of days, this infant mobocracy has even changed its name. Its sonic harmony with the word “jazz” was a happy one, suggestive of the improvisational, free-flowing nature of emergence. A group of people, some under the banners of Black Lives Matter and Antifa, wandered into the heart of a modern city and simply proclaimed that it was theirs.

Source: National Post June 27, 2020 09:56 UTC