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Mar 27
Roots, Lamb, and others to speak at Upcoming Lysander Spooner Symposium
The West Las Vegas Public Library will be the setting for an educational symposium on April 15, 2017. The forum has the working title, “Government versus Freedom: Scholars Confront Tyranny.” Dr. Roger Roots, J.D., Ph.D. will speak on “The Evils of Social Security.” LSU Professor of Journalism John Lamb will address the crowd with another …
Mar 27
FDA requires that all restaurant menus include calorie information, and then defines “menu” to include everything from coupons to sales ads
The diabolical reach of the federal government knows almost no bounds. Recently, the Food and Drug Administration imposed a rule that all restaurant “menus” must include calorie data regarding every product. That rule alone imposed millions of dollars of unnecessary costs on the restaurant industry. (Many restaurants and food chains–such as McDonalds–have long been volunteering …
Mar 27
Government causes poverty: Massive welfare spending in San Antonio makes people less educated, more desperate
For the past 5 years, the federal government has poured $54 million in government aid into an impoverished neighborhood in San Antonio, Texas. The welfare program has apparently may have set the tiny, 3.5 square mile neighborhood back. The San Antonio Express reports more high school graduates (79.4%) require remedial courses to enter college today …
Mar 25
Obamacare stands! Republicans again betray the American people
For years, the American people have been voting for Republican politicians upon promises that those politicians would start cutting government. When Republicans occupy one chamber of Congress, they justify their failure to cut government on grounds that Democrats control the OTHER branch. When Republicans control both the House and the Senate, Republicans say they can’t …
Mar 20
Obamacare has driven up insurance deductibles and cost millions of jobs
Americans have voted overwhelmingly against government over the past several elections. They elected Republicans in droves during the 2010, 2014 and 2016 election cycles upon promises made by such Republicans that they would repeal Obamacare. Studies show that around half of all working Americans are made to pay higher deductibles for medical insurance. Obamacare has …
Mar 18
As much as half of all published “science” is untrue
The prestigious British medical journal Lancet is out with a statement indicating that as much as half of all published “science” is untrue. See here. Reasons vary. But most of the blame falls on the role of government, and the religion of government supremacy, which dominates universities worldwide.
Mar 18
GOVERNMENT UNIVERSITIES NOW THREATEN TO PUNISH FACULTY WHO TELL STUDENTS TO CONSIDER ALTERNATIVE VIEWPOINTS
There is no valid reason for taxpayers to own universities. Every argument that is commonly given for government colleges is provably false. Modern government universities (1) are less free than their surrounding environments, (2) are more expensive than most alternatives, and (3) promote a steady one-sided stream of elitism, central planning, and government control over …
Mar 16
Venezuelan government “bans” bread lines and arrests bakers in response to bread lines
Socialism is a curse that should be wished only on an enemy. Just 20 years ago, Venezuelans were the wealthiest people in Latin America. Then they voted for socialism. Today, Venezuelans starve in the streets, eat out of dumpsters and die in knife fights in the streets while fighting over dollar bills. Now, facing a …
Mar 13
The majority of government-funded scientific research cannot be replicated
In May of 2016, a survey by Nature revealed that over two thirds of researchers surveyed had tried and failed to reproduce the results of another scientist’s study. In the field of cancer biology, merely 10% of results from published literature were found to be reproducible. Government funding of university “science” produces published “studies” which …
Mar 12
CIA now employs at least 5,000 hackers to troll and disrupt the internet
One revelation from Wikileaks’ release of CIA emails is the fact that the CIA now employs at least 5,000 hackers who spend their workdays spreading malware, viruses and other other bad code through the internet. See here. It appears the CIA is seeking to copy and replicate the “fingerprints” of other, perhaps foreign, hackers. It …
