February 22, 2022
fromReason: More and more, governments serve the people much like Colonel Sanders serves chicken.
fromNYPost: “His life still has the power to inspire anyone who studies it.” We owe George a lot.
fromCaitlinJohnstone/Substack: After weeks of uncritically passing along completely unevidenced claims about an endlessly imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine, the mass media have suddenly remembered basic journalistic ethics when reporting on claims that Ukraine is plotting an attack on Russia-backed separatists.
fromSpiked: The Daily Record claimed a ‘Scot flashed her penis and used sex toy in public leaving onlookers shocked’. The pronoun ‘her’ was eventually removed from the headline, after much justified ridicule on social media.
fromTheBlaze: Bad law ditched for the wrong reason. Helmets only protect the user. If folks are owned by the state, then helmet laws make sense. They protect state property. But, if we own ourselves, we should make the decision.