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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 …
Feb 08
Two Lost Decades for the banking industry
Almost all business regulation harms the poor and small businesses and helps the biggest industry leaders. And in the big picture, even the good ol’ boys are harmed. Look at the above graph (courtesy of CNBC, see here). It shows that the overall value of the banking industry is about the same as it was …
Feb 08
The 37-page Glass-Steagall Act was replaced with a thousand pages of banking laws. This is “deregulation” in the world of Bernie Sanders.
“Deregulation” is one of the great phantoms of our time. Pro-government pundits and presidential candidates like Bernie Sanders repeatedly claim that private-sector influence in political elections has produced “deregulation” in American industries. Yet regulation is easy to measure. One can count pages, paragraphs, sections, enforcement budgets or actions, etc. There has been no deregulation anywhere, …
Feb 07
Florida judge sentences 22-year-old man to 60 years in prison for mere possession of ammunition
It is an open secret that judges tend to punish defendants who defend themselves. You’re supposed to plead guilty and take the prosecutor’s plea offer. Daily Kos, a government-loving website generally, has reported on the case of a Florida man on probation who was sentenced to SIXTY YEARS in state prison for merely possessing a …
Feb 06
Record number of Americans renounce U.S. Citizenship
America was the freest society on earth for generations; perhaps more than a century. People from throughout the world fled tyranny for American shores. During the past couple generations, however, the U.S. government has steadily increased controls, regulations and taxes. For the past 3 years, record numbers of American citizens have left or have renounced …
Feb 02
U.S. National Debt Hits $19 Trillion
U.S. debt has hit $19 trillion. This is greater than the total annual output of the country, which is estimated to be around $16 trillion. This outrageous debt has been built even as “limited government” “conservative” Republicans maintain majorities in both chambers of the U.S. Congress. See here. These “conservative” majorities were gained from millions …
Feb 01
Montana Government’s Political Witch Hunts are now Attracting National Attention.
Every claim of “campaign finance reformers” is false. Every single claim. For-profit corporations actually contribute almost nothing to political campaigns. Common law rules of corporate governance (i.e., the rule that corporations must seek profits as their primary interest) prohibit for-profit corporations from wasting money on politics. (And shareholders could sue them if they did waste …
