Jul 05
Fascinating battle of claims regarding Greenland’s ice pack. Most elite, government-supporting institutions are heavily promoting claims that 2016 is vastly hotter than any other year in history. Some critics suspect that supporters of the government’s manmade-global-warming theories are escalating their hysterics this year for political reasons. In any case, Yale University’s “Environment 360” center is …
Jul 04
Journalism which supports the state is probably the world’s safest profession. Journalism which attacks, critically investigates, or undermines the state has always been one of the world’s most dangerous professions. Now a reporter in Georgia, along with his attorney, have been arrested and charged with FELONIES for filing public records requests regarding a powerful local …
Jul 04
Britons have been highly criticized for their decision last week to leave the European Union. But the EU, like all centralizing bureaucracies, churns out stupid, expensive, life-choking regulations on a weekly basis. For example, EU officials recently banned bottled water firms from claiming that drinking water can prevent dehydration! See here.
Jul 04
According to a new time-series study by economists John Dawson of Appalachian State University and John Seater of North Carolina State, U.S. regulations have prevented the American economy from being productive and inventive. Because of this, U.S. GDP is just $16 trillion instead of $54 trillion. Ronald Bailey writes that “the growth of federal regulations …
Jul 03
Federal workers are practically gods walking among us. They are so overpaid and overrewarded with benefits that they represent modern feudal overlords overseeing peasants. A new study by the GAO has found that it is not unheard of for federal employees in the Department of Homeland Security to take entire months off of work–and in …
Jul 02
“Secret government documents leaked to The Intercept by a whistleblower show that, according to official figures, 90 percent of people killed in U.S. drone strikes in a five-month period in provinces on Afghanistan’s eastern border with Pakistan were not the intended targets.” See here (Salon). And here (The Intercept).
Jun 26
Former Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas once noted that authorities who violate freedom of speech and press always claim they are doing something else. “Protecting public order,” “preventing violence,” and “stopping terrorism or treason” are common excuses offered by tyrants who defy the First Amendment. Now, the DEAN of Yale Law School is openly …
Jun 26
Hundreds of newspaper articles and posts on “mainstream” (meaning government-supporting and supported) websites have proclaimed a recent “acceleration” in melting of ice in Greenland. In fact, satellite footage and data show that the ice pack in Greenland (as mid-summer approaches) is actually above normal. “Greenland’s surface has gained 530 billion tons of ice since last …
Jun 24
It finally happened. The legislature and governor of a state (Hawaii) have approved a gun registry for all residents who possess firearms. Hawaii signed a bill Thursday to become the first state to enter gun owners into an FBI database that will automatically notify police if an island resident is arrested anywhere else in the …
Jun 23
Lift a glass for self determination! It appears the courageous Brits have chosen to exit the European Union. There is hope!
