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Jan 03
It Appears that China may be Kidnapping or Killing Hong Kong Booksellers
Shocking story from Hong Kong, one of the freest countries on earth. For a century, Hong Kong was a British colony. It has a British style court system (complete with jury trials), protections for property rights, and relatively free markets. Hong Kong attracted millions of ethnic Chinese who fled the mainland. Over time, the average …
Jan 01
Federal Trade Commission Issues Guidelines Purporting to Regulate Ads that Appear too much like News
Every government ultimately comes for all freedom, all property, all money, and to kill all who resist. The Federal Trade Commission, whose jurisdiction is supposedly limited to . . . well, ‘trade,’ has just published new “native advertising” guidelines for print and digital publishers. See here. The guidelines purport to try to regulate the publication …
Jan 01
Puerto Rico’s Economic Collapse Followed its Tax Hikes on Corporations
The U.S. has the world’s highest corporate tax rates, driving many corporations overseas and preventing others from ever starting. Yet “progressive” politicians continue to demand that corporations be taxed even higher. Puerto Rico’s economy provides a vivid illustration of what happens when a government hikes corporate tax rates. Puerto Rico is in default on its …
Dec 31
False Flag “Attacks” Are as Common as Dirt
Looking back through the pages of history, one must admit that false flag attacks are as common as dirt. Here is a partial list of false flag attacks that have been ADMITTED. Many more, of course, are openly known but not admitted by government officials who staged and benefitted from them.
Dec 30
Post-recession banking regulations have made things worse
It is a myth that “deregulation” caused the housing bubble (and later, the crash) of 2008. And a bigger myth that post-recession laws have improved banking. As John C. Goodman writes, almost everything said by government and pro-government economists about the 2008 recession is a myth. See here. And the “cure” hatched by Congress in …
Dec 30
State of Oregon Seizes Bank Account of Cake Decorators Who Refused to Bake Lesbian Wedding Cake
Ever wonder what it was like to be a Jew in Nazi Germany? Melissa and Aaron Klein–described as “devout evangelical Christians who own a mom-and-pop bakery”–are beginning to find out; in Oregon! In July, they were ordered to pay more than $135,000 in damages to a lesbian couple after they refused to bake their wedding …
Dec 29
Peer-Reviewed, Comprehensive Study of Worldwide Glacial Melt Cannot Detect Influence of Carbon Dioxide
Glaciers have been melting steadily for centuries. This peer-reviewed study–perhaps the most comprehensive study of global glacial melting patterns ever published–concludes that the world’s glaciers GENERALLY MELTED at the same rate in THE FIRST HALF OF the 20th Century as in the SECOND HALF of the 20th Century. What of the influence of carbon dioxide? …
Dec 29
The Police Bubble is Bursting in D.C.: Bloated Pay and Benefits Lead to Decreases in Force; “Conservatives” Continue with “War on Policing” Narrative
The policing industry is a bubble that is about to burst. Police officers nationwide are grossly overpaid and lavished with luxurious benefits. Many cities cannot keep up with police pension obligations and are being forced to make cuts. Washington, D.C.’s police force has been compelled to shed aging officers. And “conservative” columnist Matt Vespa complains …
Dec 28
Bozeman Daily Chronicle prints article praising DUI snitching
The Bozeman Daily Chronicle is, arguably, Montana’s most pro-government extremist newspaper. And that is saying something. For years, the BDC has unleashed a relentless stream of pro-government editorials and news stories. Perhaps never has the newspaper published a lead editorial calling for less government in any dimension. Now the BDC is blatantly praising citizens who …
Dec 27
Now Governments Claim their Surveillance Powers are to Stop “Bullying”
The greatest bully in the world is, of course, the state. Yet states are now justifying vast surveillance powers upon their subjects by claiming such total surveillance helps fight “bullying.” (Government claims of protecting subjects from “terrorism” might be losing their credibility.) See here.
