March 19, 2020
Panic will end but tyranny will not
fromDailyMail: We saw it with 9/11 and we’re seeing it the covid-19: people will give up their freedom and accept expanding government power when they’re afraid.
Joe Biden’s plan to shut down the firearms industry
fromNationalReview: His political attacks on the industry are why we have a law barring attempts to hold arms manufacturers legally responsible for shootings.
To track virus, governments weigh surveillance tools that push privacy limits
fromWallStreetJournal: Geolocation and facial-recognition systems can locate vectors of infections, but they also gather highly personal data.
Civil asset forfeiture should be eliminated entirely
fromStarTribune: Police and prosecutors should be bound by criminal law, a system where citizens—and their stuff—are innocent until proven guilty.
Orange County threatens to jail people who walk outside with others not in household
fromDailyMail: Covid-19 has given authoritarians carte-blanche to run roughshod over the rights of citizens
The plastic bag ban backfires
fromWallStreetJournal: While California's governor is quick to close bars under the pretense of stopping the spread of the virus, they promote reusable bags that are notoriously dirty transmitters.
March 17, 2020
How Italy's socialized medicine deals with overload: Let the old folks die
fromDailyMail: A crisis management unit in Turin suggested that victims will be denied access to intensive care if they are aged over 80 or in poor health.
End the FISA
fromTownhall: An unconstitutional mess that weakens national security and threatens civil liberties.
How national security surveillance nabs more than spies
fromAPNews: Broad searches for foreign intelligence information flips the Fourth Amendment on its head when the government repurposes those searches for domestic criminal prosecutions
This crackdown on a jury nullification activist violates the First Amendment
fromReason: What’s at stake in Michigan v. Wood
VIDEO: Ayn Rand - Those Evil Robber Barons
fromLibertyPen/YouTube: A crisis management unit in Turin suggested that victims will be denied access to intensive care if they are aged over 80 or in poor health.
Things have changed..."at least in wartime, the bars stay open"
fromZeroHedge: "Even those of us who signed up for this trip - that is, who expected a long emergency - may be a little bit in cosmic awe at just how much shit is flying into the ol’ fan."
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