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Jun 03
Update: California legislature is tabling ‘climate skeptic criminalization’ bill
Breaking! Yesterday it made national news that a California legislator had introduced a bill to criminalize climate skepticism as an ‘unfair trade practice.’ Californians were to obey the State and utter agreement with the State’s apocalyptic global warming theory. Today there are more details. It turns out the bill actually made its way out of …
Jun 02
Nevada judge orders defense attorney handcuffed for arguing too zealously
The American criminal courts have collapsed as venues for fairly evaluating criminal claims. Today’s criminal courts overwhelmingly support and favor the prosecution bar and disregard the rights of defendants. Many judges are practically co-counsel with local district attorneys. Here is a story about a Nevada judge who grew tired of hearing a defense lawyer argue …
Jun 02
California Legislator Introduces Bill to Ban Climate Skepticism
Totalitarians are cheering as a California legislator has introduced the “California Climate Science Truth and Accountability Act of 2016,” aimed at allowing prosecutors to pursue skeptics under the state’s Unfair Competition Law. See here.
Jun 01
American death rates rise for the first time in a decade
Free, capitalist societies invariably produce populations who live longer, healthier lives. Wherever markets have become freer, life expectancies have grown, and death rates have gradually decreased. For years, the only country on earth where life expectancy has declined was North Korea. Now the New York Times is reporting that the U.S. is experiencing a rise …
Jun 01
4th Circuit Court of Appeals: Government May Track Americans by Cell Phones without Warrant
Astounding blow to privacy from the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia. See here. For years the government has been arguing that any information you give up to a “3rd party” is not “private.” Thus, the government may intercept it without so much as a warrant. Although warrants are necessary for government …
May 31
Did Al-Qaeda Ever Exist?
Writer Arjun Walia is out with a brilliant new essay (see here). Walia cites recent revelations by the highest-level CIA agent in charge of the Osama Bin Laden unit. The agent has now admitted that “Al-Qaeda” (which means “the base” in English) never existed! It was a CIA operation the entire time. A number of …
May 22
Government claims Arctic is Melting Months Prematurely; Satellite Data Show Otherwise
Here is today’s Huffington Post headline: “Spring Has Sprung In The Arctic … But It’s Way Too Early For It: NOAA just reported the earliest snowmelt in 78 years of recorded history.” But intrepid data analyst Tony Heller examined the Danish satellite imagery of Arctic ice. “Temperatures are forecast to remain below freezing over the …
May 22
Portland, Oregon Public Schools Ban all Global-Warming Skepticism Materials
Not since the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial has a government school board imposed such a ludicrous rule on school curricula. Last week, the government school board of Portland, Oregon UNANYMOUSLY VOTED TO BAN all schoolbooks or other materials which question or doubt the government’s theory of apocalyptic manmade global warming. See here. This astounding act …
May 22
Added Course: “Government’s War on the Poor: the Lesson of Lysander Spooner’s American Mail Company”
Government masquerades as a protector and defender of the poor. Nothing could be further from the truth. Government’s worldwide are the greatest promoter of impoverishment, starvation and suffering for the world’s poorest. Mostly governments keep people poor by imposing legal barriers and licensing schemes upon poor people–which prevent poor people from launching rewarding careers. During …
May 22
Seminar next week in Orlando, Florida: “Fully Informed Juries”
LSU President Roger Roots will be a featured speaker at the upcoming Libertarian Party National Convention in Orlando, Florida. Roots will be lecturing on the topic of jury nullification. The Libertarian Party National Convention will be held from Friday, May 27, through Monday, May 30, 2016 (Memorial Day), with special committee meetings, candidate and activist …
