JANUARY 16, 2025
A Brief Newsletter Update
It has been a stressful period of time these past two+ months. During the past few weeks since the beginning of the year I have devoted the majority of my time to reading and thinking, as opposed to panic or gloom & doom writing.
For myself I need to see what is about to happen with this unprecedented transition of the management of the Federal Government, as things start to take shape during the next 100 days I will be developing a pathway through this immediate period of time with regards to finding what I suspect will prove to be critical knowledge points that help everyone understand how to deal with the criminals openly operating in the public sector.
I have in fact actually managed to overwhelm myself with lines of thought and accumulating sources for use in my studies and writings, hence one small part of why I have refrained from writing anything since the first of the year.
Below is a note that I found interesting and replied to as can be seen further below; what follows these two comments is a little something I worked up using ChatGPT to give my readers something interesting to read as it relates to this moment in time; and it is useful (I think) for helping us to remember that whatever may take place in the next two years, genuinely large-scale changes are not likely to be taking place, due in large-part to much of the built-in resistance and resilience of the by and largely apolitical federal workforce as a last line of defense of the Republic and its federation, as has been so eloquently observed by Spencer Chretien Associate Director at The Heritage Foundation:
For decades, as the left has continued its march through America’s institutions, conservatives have been outgunned and outmatched when it comes to the art of government.1
and in the same essay he further affirms that—
When conservatives do finally make it into an administration, they often don’t know what to do or how to seize the gears of power effectively. Through their action, inaction, and their encyclopedic knowledge of volumes of technicalities about the federal workforce, certain career federal employees are masterful in tripping us up.2
So with those thoughts in mind try not to become too deeply worried about any overnight changes actually taking place. Now is the time to organize, network, & resist.
I queried ChatGPT about whether the following word "Insurrectionalization" is a construct that makes use of syntactical/etymological spelling rules?
The answer was as follows:
The word "Insurrectionalization" does follow general syntactical and etymological spelling rules in English. Here's a breakdown:
1. Base Word: "Insurrection"
Originates from the Latin root insurrectio, meaning "an uprising" or "a rebellion."
Commonly used in English to refer to an act of organized rebellion or resistance.
2. Suffix: "-al"
Adding -al transforms "insurrection" into an adjective ("insurrectional"), meaning "relating to or characteristic of an insurrection."
3. Suffix: "-ization"
The suffix -ization (from Greek -izein and Latin -izare) is used to form nouns indicating the process or result of an action. It essentially turns a concept into an abstract noun referring to the act or process of making or becoming.
When appended to "insurrectional," it creates "Insurrectionalization", which would imply:
The process of making something insurrectional.
The transformation of something into a state or condition of being characterized by insurrection.
Linguistic Validity
Syntactically: The word fits into the framework of English morphology. It uses standard affixation rules (base word → adjectival suffix → nominalizing suffix).
Etymologically: The Latin-derived root (insurrectio) and the Greek/Latin-derived suffixes (-al, -ization) are compatible and commonly combined in English.
Context and Usage
While it is linguistically valid, "Insurrectionalization" is a rare construct and would be used in very specific contexts, such as academic or theoretical discussions about political science, sociology, or rebellion. The word might appear cumbersome in casual usage, and simpler alternatives (e.g., "making insurrectional" or "insurrectional tendencies") may be preferred.
“Over the past few decades, companies have been renegotiating the psychological contract—the why of work—with their employees, influenced by new generations, labor trends, and the pandemic. Now companies must renegotiate the ‘operational contract’—the how of work—with their employees as AI puts more power into the hands of workers in terms of the way the job gets done.” [emphasis added, rjrei]
Thank you everyone for your patience in awaiting the publication of my current crop of essays in progress. In the meantime, please be sure to look in on my newsletter’s main page and check on my “Notes” section, as I do try to produce comments, observations, and restacks of significant items as often as possible during the day as time allows; and of course dive into the archive and read one of my older works to learn something new or to gain a new perspective.
Robert J. Rei, January, 16, 2025
Project 2025, Spencer Chretien, January 21, 2023, the Heritage Foundation, https://www.heritage.org/conservatism/commentary/project-2025
Ibidem
Thank you!💙
Insurrectionalist state is where our nation will be after Jan 20, unless investigators have a "surprise " for Trump.