Reason Magazine has published a story about the common practice by police of shooting and killing harmless dogs at police work areas. It is common for cops to arrive at a home to talk to occupants or serve a warrant and encounter barking (or exuberant, tail-wagging) dogs. The cops immediately shoot the dogs dead. You …
2016 archive
Nov 13
Tiny Homes are banned in many U.S. cities
There is a recent trend toward ‘tiny homes,’ those with less than 500 square feet (about the size of a small motel room). Increasingly, people are wanting to “break free of mortgages, taxes, utility bills and the general trappings of ‘stuff.’” Tiny homes are “specially attractive to millennials and retirees, or those seeking to live …
Nov 13
Is it “game over” for the world’s climate?
The recent election of skeptical Donald Trump to the U.S. presidency heralds a growing understanding that the hysterical claims of government-trusting socialists regarding the theory of manmade global warming are untrue. A vast majority of U.S. voters view the apocalyptic-global-warming claims as an elaborate big-government scam. Now the most hysterical among hysterics are panicking even …
Nov 13
FBI operated a high percentage of all child porn sites
Astounding news from tech writer Cyrus Farivar. The FBI has admitted in court documents that it secretly managed and operated 23 Tor-hidden child porn sites, and even deployed malware from them. You know, to “catch criminals.” According to the ACLU, the FBI operated 23 separate child pornography sites and hosted the sites from a government …
Nov 12
LYSANDER SPOONER UNIVERSITY GLACIER CHASING 2016
Summer 2016 has come and gone in the Rocky Mountains, and the glaciers are still here. (We have heard no news that any long-existing glacier melted away this year despite repeated governmental pronouncements that Summer 2016 was the ‘hottest ever.’) Here are some shots of Lysander Spooner University glacier chasing expeditions in 2016. Join us …
Nov 11
U.S. drone kills 10 more innocent allies; Pentagon tried to cover up
Once again, U.S. military officials have been caught lying about their murders. See here. “An American drone strike thought to have struck Islamist militants in Somalia actually killed 10 members of a regional force allied with the United States, according to results of a Pentagon investigation that have not yet been made public.” Statistically, the …
Nov 09
In politics, it is the 4th straight election in which the side with more money lost
Last night, Trump and the Republicans defeated Democrats who were more heavily funded. In January 2010, the Supreme Court decided Citizens United v. FEC, which government trusters described as heralding an era of “unlimited” control of American politics by campaign donors. There have been powerful movements to overturn the decision by repealing parts of the …
Nov 08
Woman faces prison time for selling Mexican food without government permit
An unemployed Stockton, California woman mentioned on her Facebook page that she would sell a sample of her homemade ceviche (a South American dish of marinated raw fish) for $12. An overpaid, underworked, undercover government investigator responded to the Facebook ad, purchased his meal and left. Now the woman faces prison time for selling food …
Nov 07
Brave Climate Press Conference in Australia
Canadian climatologist Tim Ball and America’s premier temp data analyst Tony Heller are assisting Australian Senator Roberts with an address at Parliament regarding the manipulation by governments of world climate science. According to Professor Ball, the present global push for the manmade-global-warming-by-carbon-dioxide theory represents the greatest hoax in all of the history of science. Professor …
Nov 07
Criminal Justice in Burma: detention without charges, torture, secret trials
From David Wallechinsky’s Tyrants: The World’s 20 Worst Living Dictators: Prisoners in Burma can be held without trial for 3 years. Torture is the state’s most common resource for evidence gathering. Political activists are beaten and tortured as soon as they arrive in jail. “Most political trials take place behind closed doors and the defendants …
