Rutgers University recently allowed a speaker on campus who disagreed with a handful of the big-government principles trumpeted by America’s government colleges. Immediately, afterward, students were so traumatized that they openly cried and attended a group therapy session. Students described “feeling scared, hurt, and discriminated against.” One student reported that he felt “scared to walk …
February 2016 archive
Feb 14
Dodd-Frank Act has led to fewer banks offering free checking
Gail Marksjarvis of the Chicago Tribune reports that only 46 percent of banks are still offering free checking accounts to customers. “That’s a major change from 2009, when more than 78 percent of banks offered the freebie.” The reason: banks are facing higher costs due to the Dodd-Frank Act, passed in 2009. (Ironically, the Act …
Feb 13
Arctic ice pack at a 10-year high with another month of winter to go
Sea ice in the southern hemisphere is at THE HIGHEST LEVEL EVER MEASURED. In the Northern Hemisphere, sea ice is currently at a 10-year high. According to Danish measurements, the Arctic sea ice pack has been increasing for five years and is now greater than it has been since 2005. See here.
Feb 13
Venezuelan socialism = rationing of electricity
Socialism is a curse that should be wished only on one’s worst enemies. Any society that embraces it will eventually become sick and weak. Venezuela was developing and prospering rapidly during the 1980s and ’90s. Then the country went hard-line socialist. Venezuelans are accustomed to severe shortages of cooking oil, diapers and other staple products. …
Feb 12
NASA’s budget increasingly reflects obsession with global warming
Libertarians have long identified NASA as among the most unnecessary of federal government programs and agencies. It is axiomatic that the private sector could achieve NASA’s space-exploration goals far more cheaply and effectively than the agency does. Now, NASA is wasting increasing segments of its budget on proving the government’s manmade-global-warming-by-CO2 theory. See here for …
Feb 12
If you save anything today, you are an utter fool
Governments everywhere benefit from central (government) banking. Central banking allows governments to extend their alleged “benefits” without directly and immediately taxing their oppressed subjects. Essentially, governments are able to game a society’s cost/benefit analysis and appear more attractive. But it is all a lie. Government deficit spending means that government currencies are constantly being debased. …
Feb 11
Felony charges for bartenders who sold Wisconsin beer in Minnesota
A pair of hapless bartenders are being criminally prosecuted for felonies. Their alleged crime? Transporting some Wisconsin craft beer into nearby Minnesota and offering it for sale at a Minnesota bar. See here!
Feb 11
Carbon Dioxide Levels Projected to Increase Significantly
Scientists for BP (formerly British Petroleum) carefully analyzed carbon dioxide demands, needs, and outputs in the developing world. See above. (The red line indicates the CO2 level desired by the dreamers at the 2015 Paris Climate conference; the designation OECD stands for “Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development,” or the industrialized, mostly-western countries. “Non-OECD” countries …
Feb 09
Record number of Americans retiring abroad
At least 375,000 retired Americans are now receiving their Social Security checks overseas. See here. Many countries are now freer than the U.S., and their costs of living are much lower. While U.S. programs such as Medicare, Medicaid and Obamacare have driven health care prices higher and higher, medical treatments of the highest quality can …
Feb 09
Everything you need to know about “National Security”: The officials at the top are always the greatest threats to it
In 1998 some government documents were declassified which showed that the government was plotting mass murders of the American people in 1961. The 1961 plan, known as “Operation Northwoods,” was designed to get the American people to support a war against Cuba. The highest generals and admirals in the U.S. military were planning to crash …
