Dr. Donald J Netolitzky, PhD, LLM, KC (retired)
@dnetolitzky.bsky.social
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An Arcanaloth masquerading as a Microbiologist masquerading as a Lawyer. For now.
Uhm... wut? Apparently I'm now in the top 20,000 SSRN authors. Of over 2.7 million. In the top 0.743%. Didn't see that coming though I had noticed that pseudolaw is an increasingly hot topic, with new publications appearing all the time. Neat. Not bad for a hobbyist retiree.
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My response to the anonymous peer review process is schizoid. I just returned a revised draft where the peer reviewers asked for exactly what the article needed. Excellent - almost a collaborative process. But I've decided to abandon making submissions to a hitherto old reliable favourite journal.
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Academic piece by Amy Cohen and Ilana Gershon that in part discusses parallels between President Donald Trump's approach to agreements and contracts, and pseudolaw contract theory:
lawreview.uchicago.edu/sites/defaul...
It's neat. Worth a look.
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https://lawreview.uchicago.edu/sites/default/files/2026-03/02_CohenGershon_SYMP_FINAL.pdf
about 2 months ago
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2024 French law enforcement briefing on "Sovereign Citizens". Concludes: The threat posed by "sovereign citizens" in France remains minor compared to that of the jihadist movement, which remains the most significant terrorist risk on national soil. Full document:
hal.science/hal-05491714...
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https://hal.science/hal-05491714/document
about 2 months ago
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The CBC has released a six-part 3.5 hour podcast series on HRM Didulo's activities in Richmound, Saskatchewan.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Frankly, I didn't find much useful. If you're familiar with HRM Didulo's sage you will largely encounter a tail of village politics.
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The Cult Queen of Canada | Full Podcast - YouTube
In the rural prairie town of Richmound, Saskatchewan (population 120), an abandoned school becomes the unlikely stage for a 21st-century crisis. When Romana ...
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuMdLmjdG8ddP-uCa51Hyav7TDuiVIH0t
about 2 months ago
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Front-line court staff and other government officials have useful observations on managing pseudolaw types. David Heilpern, a now former Magistrate, explains how pseudolaw users create delay and disruption for court processes, even as they always fail:
theconversation.com/how-should-a...
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How should Australia handle âsovereign citizensâ clogging the courts? A former magistrate explains
So-called âsovereign citizensâ are using nonsense legal arguments to tie up court systems. Here are some ideas about how to deal with it.
http://theconversation.com/how-should-australia-handle-sovereign-citizens-clogging-the-courts-a-former-magistrate-explains-276044
about 2 months ago
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The New Zealand Police have published (proactively) their standard instructions for managing and responding to "Sovereign Citizens".
www.police.govt.nz/sites/defaul...
The information response instructions at pages 15-21 are very interesting, and I'd say nicely composed and explained.
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https://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/publications/sovereign-citizens-redacted-240226.pdf
about 2 months ago
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Dan Neidle's Tax Policy Group has published an excellent review of "Empower the People", a UK-based tax fraud scheme that uses US 1099-OID forms to (sometimes) trigger fraudulent Internal Revenue Service refunds. Highest recommendation. A must read.
taxpolicy.org.uk/2026/02/25/s...
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Simon Goldberg and Empower the People: selling US tax fraud
Simon Goldberg and Empower the People sell a â1099-OIDâ scheme where hundreds of Britons file fabricated US tax refund claims. Read the investigation.
https://taxpolicy.org.uk/2026/02/25/simon-goldberg-empower-the-people-tax-fraud/
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For me writing and music are linked. Inextricably. I've spent decades drafting and editing enveloped in pounding, aggressive, enraged, hopeless music. Music to accompany a joyous artillery barrage. That might leak through into what I write. Maybe. And I miss dancing until my feet bleed.
about 2 months ago
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The Lowy Institute
@lowyinstitute.bsky.social
(a thinktank) has released a âpolicy briefâ âThe global sovereign citizen movementâ. Unfortunately the product isnât sitting particularly well with me. I've posted an extended commentary on Reddit:
www.reddit.com/r/amibeingde...
If you're interested.
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From the amibeingdetained community on Reddit: Commentary and criticism of policy brief by the Australian Lowy Institute - "The Global Sovereign Citizen Movement"
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about 2 months ago
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How do you in a judgment say "dude said really nasty stuff" without quoting it? "I note that I have cited the least offensive of the statements and threats made by [litigant] in those emails." Very slick solution. Tip of the hat to Justice Little! Judgment here:
canlii.ca/t/kj3hv
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2 months ago
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I have an odd obsession. When a talking head appears on TV in their home office, I scrutinize the wall of books that is usually behind them. Call me judgmental, but I can't really take an "expert" seriously when I find their library organization is by book colour. Or size.
2 months ago
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Alert! Fellow malevolent entities and Reptilians! (Since I self-identify as a yugoloth, I'm confident I qualify as the former.) HRM Didulo has ordered our extermination! I've been keeping an eye out for orbital bombardment laser strikes - nothing so far. Watch The Skies!
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Sovereign Citizen "Judge" Anna Von Reitz's residence sold at public auction by judicial order after Anna doesn't pay her income tax.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us..
. Ooppsieee...
3 months ago
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Been playing with LLMs testing their ability to detect & respond to pseudolaw concepts. Gemini pointed to this US government resource for a rebuttal to Strawman Theory secret bank accounts. Nice, concise, accurate. Good stuff. Maybe we are making progress?
www.treasurydirect.gov/laws-and-reg...
3 months ago
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A tasty pseudolaw academic publication from Poland that focuses on pseudolaw itself. The results are a bit unremarkable. Prof. Pastuszko identifies usual core pseudolaw concepts: governments are corporations, the duel of laws, and - of course - Strawman Theory.
journals.umcs.pl/sil/article/...
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New academic publication on ideology of Australian âSovereign Citizensâ. Labels the phenomenon as (government) Illegitimacy, Individualism, and Immunity. Iâm not going to make a detailed analysis. Thereâs âlocal expertsâ who are better positioned on Australia.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
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Pseudolaw scholarship is expanding at an amazing pace. Here is the first article (that I know of) documenting the Polish variations. Patryk KrĂłl uses parallels in language, concepts & objectives to identify Polish pseudolaw groups. That's the Strawman.
www.abw.gov.pl/ftp/foto/Wyd...
Recommended!
3 months ago
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Not often that a Canadian judge gets "de-gowned". The Ontario Judicial Counsel has concluded (balance of probabilities) that Ontario Justice Paul Currie committed sexual and physical assault, and inflicted bodily injury. The summary of decision is here:
www.ontariocourts.ca/ocj/conduct/...
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I have a legitimate basis to cite the Hanna Barbera Scooby Doo cartoon in a legal academic publication. I'm not kidding. At all. This means either my research has careened way off course, or I am following the one true Golden Path. *fiendish giggling*
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Was mentioned in Tim Cestnick's Globe and Mail tax advice column as documenting very bad ideas for tax evasion (
www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/pe...
) The article he cited is "Organized Pseudolegal Commercial Arguments ["OPCA"] as Magic and Ceremony". I conclude some pseudolaw is irrational. Duh.
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Disguising and dodging: The two most misunderstood tax strategies
These dubious-sounding but above-board strategies can minimize or sometimes eliminate taxes
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/personal-finance/taxes/article-disguising-and-dodging-the-two-most-misunderstood-tax-strategies/
3 months ago
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Honestly, I enjoy when judges move into cold clinical rage mode. Judge Stephanie Wanke of the Alberta Court of King's Bench issued a short piece sharply criticizing a failure to follow basic service rules in a foreclosure. I've attached the whole thing. It's worth reading.
3 months ago
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Hey, is your faith in the ultimate goodness of humanity in need of a kick in the crotch? Check out this lovely decision:
canlii.ca/t/khc20
In short, parents buy home for son. Son refuses to pay anything and destroys home. Son gets evicted. Son and spouse sue for $792,355.11. Nice!
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3 months ago
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Interesting but sad report on the killing of a 22-year-old mother of two by a 70-year-old self-identified Freeman-on-the-Land. Pseudolaw was not an element in the manslaughter proceeding. The killer Losch was represented by a lawyer. Detailed discussion here:
www.reddit.com/r/amibeingde...
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3 months ago
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CanLII tracks monthly the most accessed court judgments. For December that is: a lawyer using ChatGPT a separating couple disputing custody of 4 cats a man who appeared in court with a python, his service animal Enjoy.
www.slaw.ca/2026/01/07/wednesday-whats-hot-on-canlii-december-2025/
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Wednesday: Whatâs Hot on CanLII? â December 2025 - Slaw
Each month, we tell you which three English-language cases and French-language cases have been the most viewed* on CanLII in the previous month and we give you a small sense of what the cases are abou...
https://www.slaw.ca/2026/01/07/wednesday-whats-hot-on-canlii-december-2025/
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Investigation and analysis of pseudolaw is truly an expanding field. Now an academic in Hungary - NĂłra Falyuna - is looking at the subject!
folyoirat.ludovika.hu/index.php/filologia/article/view/8132
inmediasresfolyoirat.hu/imr/article/view/294/567
4 months ago
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Been contemplating how to use large language model "AIs" to further pseudolaw and other abusive litigation schemes:
www.reddit.com/r/amibeingde...
Gee I hope there are easier solutions for this kind of manipulation and misdirection. Probably not, though.
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4 months ago
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Hey! You underemployed bums! Getcher ass to Australia and join the Common Law Sheriffs! You'll get a cool purple shirt!
commonlawsheriffs.au/become-a-com..
. Policy Enforcement Officers are NOT welcome!
4 months ago
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The Australian Law Journal in September published an issue entirely focused on pseudolaw. There's good stuff here - but warning, everything is paywalled at the moment. If you have academic/professional access, I recommend taking a look. Here's a link:
search.informit.org/toc/auslawjo...
4 months ago
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Sigh. I am attempting to work up another research project. And I want to properly explain why an Ontario lawyer cited the "Eye of Isis Treaty" as a binding Canadian legal authority. Attached is the most coherent description I've located for the document. F'ing Enki. (Not judicial review, tho!)
4 months ago
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Toronto homeowner attempts to get a free house via pseudolaw goofery. Loses, of course, but the Manulife Bank exhibits the True Christmas Spirit! Writeup here:
www.reddit.com/r/amibeingde...
(Content Warning - Christmas spirit for a bank isn't that spiritish-ey.)
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4 months ago
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Wonderfully strange cargo cult/Ponzi scheme from the depths of Bougainville, ensnaring Sovereigns and other weirdos worldwide.
www.occrp.org/en/feature/m...
Once again, the temptation for Lawful Money (not that filthy fiat currency) tempts the faithful! Need to find a way to cite this...
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Meet the South Pacific Ponzi King With a Bogus Bank â and a Global Fan Club
Fugitive Ponzi schemer Noah Musingku reigns over an armed âcargo cultâ deep in the interior of one of the worldâs most isolated islands. OCCRP went to investigate how he had attracted an international...
https://www.occrp.org/en/feature/meet-the-south-pacific-ponzi-king-with-a-bogus-bank-and-a-global-fan-club
4 months ago
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I know, I know. I shouldn't react this way. But when I heard the suspects in the California New Years Eve bomb plot are "The Turtle Island Liberation Front", I just couldn't stop my fiendish cackling. Wonder if they'll deploy pseudolaw.
4 months ago
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In a "Mr. Big" investigation police go undercover and pretend to operate a criminal organization to elicit confessions from a suspect. These are always colourful, but I've never seen one where the suspect was a Moorish Law adherent. Whattya do as a cop? Play along! R v Brown -
canlii.ca/t/j494p
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So somebody thought it would be a great idea to celebrate the Supreme Court of Canada with an Unreal Engine 3D mopping "adventure" set in the Supreme Court of Canada building. No. I'm not joking. My response? Dual wield needlers, Lets F'ing GO!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eD1...
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Supreme Court Experience
YouTube video by Jurivision
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eD11rzgtFY
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This one made me laugh out loud. Appeal to the SCC rejected. Appeal grounds appear to be that that the ABCA judge was biased because of favouritism to the ABKB judge. Judges are buds to judges. So no appellant can ever get a fair hearing due to judicial bias. SCC: Nope. (Surprised?)
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Brief piece by Prof. Joe McIntyre on the growing impact of pseudolaw on courts & staff & how pseudolaw represents a shift in social participation in Australian courts:
bulletin.lawsocietysa.asn.au/Bulletin/Bul...
Maybe he's optimistic on his last hopeful observations? Personally, I avoid courts.
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Pseudolaw as a Gateway Drug: Violence, Intimidation and Access to Justice
Dr Joe McIntyre takes a deep dive into the murky world of pseudolaw. While pseudolawâs increased popularity is deeply concerning, it also invites us to reflect on the relationship between the legal sy...
https://bulletin.lawsocietysa.asn.au/Bulletin/Bulletin/Content/Articles/2025/December/Pseudolaw_as_a_Gateway_Drug.aspx
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Here's an interesting judgment. Combines COVID period antics, the dismal consequences of those, lawyer screwups, and stern judicial warnings, all round: Royal Bank of Canada v Skelly, 2025 ONSC 6622. Detailed commentary here:
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5 months ago
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Full judgment is here: Community Trust Company v Peart-Williams, 2025 ONSC 6753 (
canlii.ca/t/kgt7c
) I'm not going to attempt to digest this. Just enjoy all the chewy, bloody goodness. Kudos to Justice Dennison for a clinical, merciless, methodical dissection.
5 months ago
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Did a CanLII search for "law of ma'at" and got ten hits. And only one is me. We live in profoundly stupid times.
5 months ago
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Abusive liens are a notorious form of "paper terrorism", especially in the US. This author has done a nice job surveying the issue and legislative responses:
mckinneylaw.iu.edu/practice/law...
Worth a read if you're interested in how pseudolaw types hotwire processes to their advantage.
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https://mckinneylaw.iu.edu/practice/law-reviews/ilr/pdf/vol59p281.pdf
5 months ago
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Sometimes I mourn the passing of technologies. One example is the great dirigibles of the early 20th century. I crave being suddenly cast in shadow. A wall of silver flows above and over me. Deep sound washes and strokes like a heavy surf.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5QT...
I need to submerge.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5QTI43AgfE
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I've discovered a very weird pseudolaw case where the pseudolaw adherent refused to take $20,000 left to him in a will. Then he sues the executors of the estate three times, running up over $25K in expenses, and getting declared a vexatious litigant. Details here:
www.reddit.com/r/amibeingde...
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Woman disputes operation of father's will. In wrong jurisdiction, after will already probated. Father's will uses name in all capital letters. Woman invokes Strawman duality. Gets declared vexatious litigant. Rusler Estate (Re), 2025 BCSC 2269:
canlii.ca/t/kgjbl
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Criminal proceedings vs woman entering Canada, ignoring COVID-19 quarantine processes. She says she doesn't have to comply with any instructions of a mere corporation. Doesn't work. Directeur des poursuites criminelles et pénales c Bastien, 2025 QCCQ 5392 -
canlii.ca/t/kfwxx
Original in French.
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Tidy decision by the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario that rejects claims that Moorish American ID and identification are a basis for discrimination. Like... Duhh... Associate Chief Justice Rooke (retired) gets cited a lot. Bey v York (Police Service Board), 2025 HRTO 2751
canlii.ca/t/kgd61
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HRM Didulo was back in Court and reportedly argued: "... she had evidence and affidavits on a USB drive to prove the failure to comply charge was actually a case of mistaken identity." Oh. But ... who was mistaken for? Say it all together - "STRAWMAN!"
www.swiftcurrentonline.com/articles/rom...
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Romana Didulo applies to remove release conditions
A fruitless appearance in Swift Current Provincial Court for the self-proclaimed Queen of Canada. Romana Didulo, 51, appeared on Wednesday afternoon in Swift Current to request the removal of her rel...
https://www.swiftcurrentonline.com/articles/romana-didulo-applies-to-remove-release-conditions
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The Canadian Federal Court of Appeal confirmed a Detax guru has to pay tax on the money he made running a pseudolaw scam. I write about that in detail here:
www.reddit.com/r/amibeingde...
Call it the "DetaxerdÀmmerung".
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From the amibeingdetained community on Reddit: Prominant Canadian Detaxer guru Russ Porisky argues he didn't make any profit because he didn't mean to make any profit. He just thought it. The Canadian...
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For those who are following the criminal proceedings against HRM Romana Didulo, Queen of Canada, I have conducted an analysis of recent media reports:
www.reddit.com/r/amibeingde...
In brief, looks like Romana is taking an aggressive approach to her litigation. Pseudolaw is very likely in play.
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Reported Scottish pseudolaw cases aren't terribly common, making this of interest: Together Commercial Finance Ltd v Smith, [2025] SAC (Civ) 22:
www.scotcourts.gov.uk/media/hzyppz...
It's a foreclosure appeal. Turns out declaring you're a "living man" doesn't miracle away court proceedings.
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