March 11, 2022                                             

fromRutherfordInstitute: “Never has our future been more unpredictable, never have we depended so much on political forces that cannot be trusted to follow the rules of common sense and self-interest—forces that look like sheer insanity, if judged by the standards of other centuries.”— Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism

fromCity-Journal: Part of the answer may be that some politicians have staked so much of their political identity on the green agenda that to backtrack now would be to admit that they’ve been dangerously naïve.

fromFreeBeacon: A bill circulating through Congress would stop the Biden administration from stockpiling records on American gun owners by altering federal law to allow firearm dealers to destroy sales records.If it passes, expect the government to simply ignore it.

fromReason: Lawmakers packed $8 billion of pork into the omnibus bill that passed Congress last night.

fromAlexBerenson/Substack: More drug war deaths. Poison-laced drugs from the black market could be eliminated by the free market.

fromCNet: Mail service is slower now than in the 1970s. Congress' $107 billion bailout probably won't change that.

March 9, 2022                                             

fromPJMedia: If MasterCard and Visa offer their services only to those with acceptable political opinions, it isn’t just Russia that will ultimately be affected.

fromIssues&Insights: That gasoline prices are becoming unaffordable to many Americans is becoming old news. What got us here, though, is a story unheard by much of the public. It starts and ends with green politics.    Political Correctness and Other Nitwittery

fromAmericanSpectator: Our government says no to increasing domestic oil production but yes to importing oil from authoritarian regimes.    Political Correctness and Other Nitwittery

fromPostMillennial: The cost of regular gas in the US is $4.17, according to AAA. The cost last week was $3.60, according to AAA.

fromHotAir: Respondents who followed the Russia-Ukraine situation were also asked to what extent they agreed or disagreed with the following statement: “The disorderly withdrawal of the U.S. troops from Afghanistan emboldened Russia to invade Ukraine."

fromDennisPrager/Creators: In the Green religion, oil production is a sin.

March 8, 2022                                             

fromRutherfordInstitute: “Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. War is the parent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes… known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few.… No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.” — James Madison

fromSuperMacro/Substack: If you think truckers are mad now, just wait. Rising transportation costs will increase the price of everything from food to housing. Already-rampant inflation will be out of control.

fromWashingtonExaminer: The Willow oil project in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve would deliver 160,000 barrels of oil per day to U.S. consumers for the next 30 years if completed. Will Biden further empower Putin and the autocrats of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries by killing the Willow project as well?

fromReason: There are technical and logistical hurdles, but satellite internet could one day offer an uncensored alternative for people living in war zones and authoritarian countries around the world.


fromLibertyNation: Progressives have called on Big Tech to censor the former president’s social media app. When unable to rebut, one must censor.

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