May 1, 2020

The first time they sent me to the gas chamber

fromTheDailyBell: "But many of the ‘leaders’ we have today aren’t willing to make those gut-wrenching decisions. They’re far more concerned about electability, political legacy, TV ratings, and poll numbers."
Politics and Other Official Acts of Corruption

Will it take food shortages to end support for the shutdown?

fromLewRockwell: Americans are uniquely privileged, to the point of simply imagining they can stay home for months and months without suffering severe economic hardship as a result.
The Government is Not Us         Economic Policy: Statism Versus The Free Market

VIDEO: The Plot Against Michael Flynn: An FBI Presentation

fromLibertyPen/YouTube: After holding up aid to small business owners before rushing to bail out horribly managed blue states, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is now pushing a guaranteed minimum income.
Politics and Other Official Acts of Corruption

Surprise discovery in Flynn case: former lawyers find evidence they failed to produce

fromJustTheNews: Law firm claims inaccurate searches led to oversight of 6,800 documents in legal battle to overturn former Trump national security adviser's conviction.
Politics and Other Official Acts of Corruption

Pelosi pitches universal basic income to cope with pandemic

fromZeroHedge: After holding up aid to small business owners before rushing to bail out horribly managed blue states, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is now pushing a guaranteed minimum income.
Economic Policy: Statism Versus The Free Market

Oh dear, Kentucky Representative Thomas Massie touches the third rail – reveals DC’s biggest secret…

fromTheConservativeTreehouse: Congress doesn’t actually write legislation.  The last item of legislation written by congress was sometime around the mid 1990’s. Lobbyists write the laws. Cronyism rules the day.
Politics and Other Official Acts of Corruption

April 29, 2020

Court strikes down California's ammunition background check requirement

fromReason: The state has already appealed the decision to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
2nd Amendment Assaults

The $2 trillion relief package makes unemployment pay more than work

fromTheHill: Economics is all about incentives. To keep the country prosperous, our public policies should reward productive behavior rather than punish it. But it is too bad the $2 trillion “stimulus bill” does just the opposite.
Economic Policy: Statism Versus The Free Market

The paranoid style in COVID-19 America

fromSpectator: Slowly, the actual COVID-19 situation is clarifying: The public health establishment is desperate to maintain hysteria in the populace.
The Government is Not Us

Walter E Williams: Today's Americans and yesteryear's Americans

fromCreators: Will America emerge from this crisis "a roaring giant or a crying baby."
The Pursuit of Happiness

YouTube censors viral video of California doctors criticizing "stay-at-home" order

fromZeroHedge: The video, which had racked up over 5 million views, asserts there is only a “0.03 chance of dying from COVID in the state of California,” prompting the question: “Does that necessitate sheltering in place?
Indoctrination and Censorship

Coronavirus means the era of big government is…back

fromWallStreetJournal: History shows that national shocks—the Depression, World War II, the financial crisis—have a way of expanding the role of government in lasting ways. This one is looking like no exception.
Individual Liberty: America's First Principle             The Government is Not Us

April 27, 2020

VIDEO: Stay-At-Home Orders: By What Authority?

fromLibertyPen/YouTube: By what authority can government overrule the Bill of Rights?
Police State America

Let’s legalize prostitution

fromTheDailyBell: Remember, we are discussing an entirely voluntary interaction between consenting adults; underage prostitution constitutes child abuse, a crime in all civilized societies.
The War on Unapproved Voluntary Exchange

Why are the mainstream media ignoring Tara Reade's sexual assault accusation against Joe Biden?

fromReason: So far, it's been silence from The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, and others.
Media Bias on Parade

The Fed has gone nuts. And It can get worse

fromMises: The common thread of all these proposals is to triple down on the money printing and gamble covering of 2008—spreading unlimited dollars to, especially, big business and governments.
Economic Policy: Statism Versus The Free Market

Miami has recorded no homicides in 6 weeks despite deliberate decline in police enforcement

fromReason: Miami’s police chief orders officers to reduce ticketing and public interactions. Mayhem doesn’t ensue.
Police State America

Trump Asks Why American taxpayers should bail out "poorly run, Democrat" states

fromZeroHedge: Trump: "Why should the people and taxpayers of America be bailing out poorly run states and cities, in all cases Democrat run and managed, when most of the other states are not looking for bailout help?"
Economic Policy: Statism Versus The Free Market