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Apr 20
University of Delaware tells students they must regulate speech at a free speech table
American colleges have become bastions for pro-government totalitarian ideology and discrimination. Many campuses impose speech codes. The University of Delaware is a government-owned university subject to the Bill of Rights. Yet students who staffed a YAL (Young Americans for Liberty) table were told they couldn’t allow free speech on a ‘free speech ball.’ The students …
Apr 18
UC Berkeley Forced to Cut 500 Jobs After $15 Minimum Wage Hike
More than 100 peer-reviewed studies have found that increasing (or establishing) a minimum wage law causes higher unemployment. Unemployment, in turn, is correlated with a number of measures of social ills, including increased suicide rates, rates of first admission to mental health facilities and rates of alcoholism. Now, just weeks after the State of California …
Apr 18
We will be at the World Premier of “Climate Hustle” in Bozeman, Montana on May 2
On Monday, May 2, 2016, Marc Marono’s exciting new documentary, “Climate Hustle,” will be shown in Bozeman, Montana at the Regal Gallatin Valley Cinemas. The address is Regal Gallatin Valley Cinemas 11, 2825 W. Main Street, Bozeman, MT 59718, (406) 586-7469 A contingent from Lysander Spooner University will be there. Read up on the film …
Apr 18
More sad news from Venezuela: Dirty air, dirty water, malnutrition, sickness
Witness modern Venezuela. A generation ago, Venezuelan voters cheered when socialist Hugo Chavez was elected president. Chavez’s socialist government took over the mining, industrial, energy, and shipping industries. Chavez imposed censorship on the media, jailing critics. Wealthy households were raided and had their belongings taken by the state. Companies were banned or fled. Chavez provided …
Apr 17
New York Times Prints Blatant Untruths about Forest Fire Increases
The New York Times just ran a story on April 12 claiming that climate change has caused record-setting numbers of forest fires and of acreages burned. See here. The story, headlined “Wildfires, Once Confined to a Season, Burn Earlier and Longer,” proclaimed that “The 10.1 million acres that burned in the United States last year …
Apr 17
Vast Majority Distrust News Media
“Just 6 percent of people say they have a lot of confidence in the media, putting the news industry about equal to Congress and well below the public’s view of other institutions.” See here. For years, ‘mainstream’ news has parroted the positions of government. In fact, government agencies have been repeatedly caught secretly paying journalists …
Apr 16
Bill Nye the Science Guy says he is O.K. with imprisonment of climate skeptics
One of the most prominent “science” voices in America–“Bill Nye the Science Guy”–has recently said he has no problem with the jailing and imprisonment of climate-change skeptics. Nye also said he supports the chilling effect that governmental investigations and persecutions have on doubters of government-approved science. See here. Nye said: As a taxpayer and voter, …
Apr 16
Venezuelans now don’t have toilet paper, cable TV or cell phone service
Socialism is something that should only be wished on one’s enemies. For years, Venezuelans have voted for overt socialists. It all seemed great at first. “Free” health care, education, food, shelter, clothing, etc. The government ‘paid’ for everything with abundant oil. But now oil prices have hit rock bottom and the Venezuelan government owes its …
Apr 15
California’s 1 percent pay 45 percent of all State income taxes
For decades, the legislature of California has pushed the envelope toward socialism, high taxes and overregulation. Now the Sacramento Bee has conducted a study of the State’s tax burden. The newspaper found that forty-five percent of the state’s income tax money comes from the top 1 percent of filers – those with adjusted gross income …
Apr 14
Minnesota cities claim to be able to search rental apartments without warrant to ensure good housekeeping
Astounding story from the Institute for Justice. Government control freaks in Golden Valley, Minnesota claim they have the right to search any rental apartment in order to ensure the apartment is clean and tidy. Golden Valley and other Minnesota towns seek evidence-free “administrative” warrants to search rental homes. The Institute for Justice is challenging the …
