January 4, 2022                                             

fromFoxNews:  Incoming NYC mayor says he will keep de Blasio's vaccine mandates in place.
Politics and Other Official Acts of Corruption

fromGlennGreenwald/Substack:  The rationale for prioritizing some races over others for access to COVID medications crumbles upon close examination.
The Government is Not Us                                                            Political Correctness and Other Nitwittery

fromInternationalBusinessTimes:  WaPo reported governors in Arkansas, Florida, Iowa, Kansas and Tennessee have extended unemployment benefits to those who lost their job for noncompliance with a COVID mandate.  Individual Liberty: America's First Principle

fromReason:  What does it mean to grow up under constant parental surveillance?  Political Correctness and Other Nitwittery

fromOICanadian:  Julian Assange is buried by the English “Justice” in a maximum security prison. The buried thing is not a tricky appeal to a word that shakes us but a sober description of the cell in which – little by little, hour after hour – the founder of WikiLeaks is serving the death sentence that they have reserved.

fromQuillette: An article proving that men and women are biologically different is in itself a sign of our times.

January 3, 2022                                             

fromAlt-Market:  If the past year has confirmed anything it is that the mainstream media is thoroughly dishonest.

fromRutherfordInstitute:  “Tyranny does not flourish because perpetuators are helpless and ignorant of their actions. It flourishes because they actively identify with those who promote vicious acts as virtuous.”

fromLibertyPen/Rumble:  The extradition and prosecution of Julian Assange is about nothing more than the Deep State’s desire to chill investigative journalism in order to shroud misdeeds, miscalculations and corruption from public view. If they succeed in setting this precedent, press freedom will be doomed and only government-approved propaganda will be allowed to the people.

fromSovereignMan:  For the end of 2021, we collected the best—or worst— stories that we wrote about this year. Enjoy… perhaps with the alcohol of your choice to ease the pain.

fromTheFederalist:  Obviously, they are more worried about protecting criminals than victims. 

fromAP:  Minimum wage increases, animal protections, police accountability, cutting and increasing taxes are all part of a series of new laws taking effect across the country on Saturday, the first day of 2022.

January 2, 2022                                             

fromLibertyPen/Rumble:  The desire to extradite and prosecute Julian Assange is about nothing more than to chill investigative journalism on actual government activity in order to shroud it from public view. If their attempt is successful, it will set a precedent that will spell the end of press freedom.

fromFreeThoughtProject:  The Guardian was one of WikiLeaks’s partner organizations, being fed bombshell after bombshell, revelations that helped build its brand and its audience. Yet, far from standing up for free speech and an open society, it was in the lead in attacking WikiLeaks and its founder. 
Indoctrination and Censorship

fromZeroHedge:  "Marines are allowed to apply for a religious exemption, but so far not a single application regarding the COVID-19 vaccine, or any vaccine for that matter, has been approved."
Political Correctness and Other Nitwittery                                                                The Government is Not Us

fromFoxNews:  While medical professionals have acknowledged social influences on health, critics of new equity plans argue that they go too far in directing doctors to act as political activists.

fromJudgeNap:  The deep state consists of those parts of the government that do not change in response to elections and are not transparent or answerable to voters.

fromLibertarianInstitute:  "What science cannot ever determine, precisely because it is not a hard-science question, is that vaccination should be compulsory. This is a normative question about human dignity and bodily autonomy, an inherently philosophical one that bottoms out in our values."