Aug 19

In Boston, every Uber customer must contribute a nickel to sustain dying government-monopoly taxi industry

The taxicab industry has been so overregulated for so long that it cannot survive any exposure to real-world, market forces.

Many states grant monopoly jurisdictions to cab companies and control prices, fares, numbers of drivers, and numbers of cabs. Poor people who want to start a cab company are simply not allowed.

In fact, many states require new cab companies to prove to a government “taxi board” or “public service commission” that there is a need for their services.

Then came along Uber, Lyft and other App-generated services, by which a passenger can simply log onto an app and see if someone wants to share a ride with a passenger. The notion has caught fire and now threatens the viability of the dinosaur cab industry.

Cab companies are outraged, claiming falsely that Uber and Lyft are unsafe and dangerous.

In fact an average Uber driver drives a newer, cleaner, safer car than an average taxi cab.

In Massachusetts, the legislature has responded by making rideshare passengers contribute a nickel per ride to prop up the aging, obsolete, dying, government-controlled taxi industry. See here. images0P4M0FZ6

Aug 18

After carbon taxes kick in, hundreds of thousands of Canadians are late on utility payments

Governments worldwide are waging a war on their subjects, seeking to enslave them in a world of dependency without energy self determination.

Using the ruse of manmade-CO2-caused-global-warming, the Canadian government enacted carbon taxes and has been seeking to shut down fossil fuel power plants.

Now, hundreds of thousands of Ontarians can no longer afford to pay their energy bills. Undoubtedly, many will die.

See here.
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Aug 18

U.S. Forest Fires Down 50 % in 10 Years; Down 80% in 80 years

Forget what you’ve heard in the government-supporting press. Forest fires and forest fire damage is way down from previous decades. See here.

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Aug 18

Chicago Police Report Recommends Firing 7 Lying Officers

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According to the Washington Post:

“”Chicago police officials have recommended firing seven officers for lying about the shooting death of Laquan McDonald, a black teenager whose 2014 killing helped spark intense protests and a federal investigation of the department.”

Cops shot McDonald in the back from more than 40 feet away as McDonald walked away from them holding a knife. The cops lied and said McDonald was close to them and lunged at them with a knife.

See here.

Aug 16

Iowa man ARRESTED for displaying flag upside-down

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An upside-down flag is an internationally known symbol of distress, siege or protest.

An Iowa man displayed the U.S. flag upside down to protest a pipeline issue near his property.

Local authorities ARRESTED the man for “desecration” of the flag.

See here.

Aug 15

Oregon State, U-Mass, Amherst, require students to take pro-government “social justice” classes

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America’s government supported colleges and universities promote an endless stream of pro-government extremist content.

This semester, students at Oregon State University will be required to take a course on “social justice.” Other government colleges such as the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, already require students to pass such courses.

“Social Justice” is code for a pro-government orientation that emphasizes government-controlled redistribution and collective, government-approved activity over individualism.

Under the “social justice” agenda, there is a right and a wrong position on such topics as welfare, health care, public lands, race relations, language and the climate. Speech, expression and dress are monitored closely for signs of disagreement or dissent.

See here.

Aug 14

U.S. Olympians robbed in Brazil by thieves posing as cops

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The blind trust that many people have in government and policing is an achilles heel for them.

Many serial killers have masqueraded as police officers, finding that people will tend to blindly follow and trust a man wearing a shiny badge and a government-style costume. Many serial rapists also use the same trick, finding that women will pull over their vehicles whenever someone flashes a siren.

At the Olympics in Brazil, U.S. Gold Medal-winning swimmer Ryan Lochte and other Olympians in a taxi were pulled over by gun-wielding people who flashed badges and guns and robbed them. See here.

Aug 14

Dr. Roger Roots to speak on campaign finance law in Kalispell, Montana on Sept. 11

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Dr. Roger Roots will lecture on campaign finance law in Kalispell, Montana on Sunday night, September 11, 2016.

The lecture will take place at 7:30 PM at PERKINS DINER (EVERGREEN) in Kalispell.

Aug 14

Baltimore Police totally ignore 4th amendment restrictions

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After months of urban rioting and complaints in Baltimore, the U.S. Justice Department commissioned a report into police practices there.

The results show a tyrannical local government, drunk on power and gorged on money, openly defying constitutional limits regarding searches and seizures.

The report found that in Baltimore, police routinely stop people on the street without reasonable suspicion.

Of the more than 300,000 pedestrian stops that occurred over a 5 1/2-year span, only 3.7 percent led to an arrest or citation — and many of those were later dropped.

One middle-aged African-American man was stopped 30 times and never charged.

After one adolescent filed a complaint alleging that a cop pulled down his pants on the street, he told investigators, the same cop later “pushed the teenager against a wall, pulled down his pants and grabbed his genitals.”

One woman was stripped naked on the street while police probed her “anal cavity.” She was not charged.

Aug 13

“Ship of Fools 2” becomes worldwide laughing stock as climate skeptics monitor its course

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Months ago a group of true believers in apocalyptic man-made global warming loudly announced a sailing expedition by which they planned to sail around the Arctic Circle.

“We are sailing around the Arctic, around the North Pole,” says the group’s website, “to demonstrate that due to progressive sea ice recession due to Arctic climate change, this is now possible during one season. We hope that the ‘success’ of this expedition will draw attention to the issues surrounding the changing Arctic landscape . . .”

Now the group has become a worldwide joke. Climate skeptics are having days of fun charting the hapless “adventurers” as they fail to get through the feet-thick ice covering the region. See here.