Jun 03

Update: California legislature is tabling ‘climate skeptic criminalization’ bill

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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 committee and was on its way to the floor for a final vote!

And the bill was written so as to have a lengthy retroactive statute of limitations. (California law has a general statute of limitations of 4 years; only severe crimes such as rape and murder may be brought up more than 4 years after their alleged commission.)

It seems that the totalitarians who drafted the climate skeptic criminalization bill intended it to rope in fossil-fuel companies that allegedly promoted skepticism more than a decade ago!

(This shows the shallowness and weakness of the government’s conspiracy theory that skepticism of the government’s theory is underwritten by the coal and oil industries: the theory rests on 1 line in 1 memo decades ago.)

UPDATE: The Democrats in the California legislature–sensing political winds are against them–have announced they are tabling the climate-skepticism criminalization bill. See here.

Jun 02

Nevada judge orders defense attorney handcuffed for arguing too zealously

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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 for her clients. The judge ordered the defense lawyer handcuffed in open court.

Jun 02

California Legislator Introduces Bill to Ban Climate Skepticism

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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 in death rates after a decade of increasing taxes, regulation, government control and socialism. See here. mo7

Suicides, medication overdoses and complications from mental illnesses have all contributed to the rising death rates.

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 to tap one’s land-line phone, the government argued that cell phone transmissions are essentially like radio broadcasts. And the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals has now agreed with the government!

The implications of this decision are far-reaching. If no one has any expectation of privacy in cell phone calls, the government may freely track almost everyone’s movements without warrant.

And land lines are increasingly obsolete. Virtually everyone uses cell phones for most of their telecommunications today.

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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 intelligence analysts have suggested that “Al Queda” began as a CIA data base of known anti-Soviet muslim rebels in Afghanistan which were known operatives of western intelligence (‘the base’).

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May 22

Government claims Arctic is Melting Months Prematurely; Satellite Data Show Otherwise

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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 Arctic Basin for the next two weeks, well into the normal melt season.” Heller added that there is almost no melting going on yet in the Arctic. See here.

May 22

Portland, Oregon Public Schools Ban all Global-Warming Skepticism Materials

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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 of tyranny and censorship rivals the actions of pro-creationist authorities who prosecuted John Scopes for teaching his students about the theory of evolution in 1925.

Will Portland’s public schools now begin firing teachers who inform students about scientific skepticism of global warming, as Dayton, Tennessee fired Scopes? Will teachers be removed for sneaking global-warming skeptic materials into their classrooms?

May 22

Added Course: “Government’s War on the Poor: the Lesson of Lysander Spooner’s American Mail Company”

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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 next week’s Libertarian National Convention in Orlando, Florida, Dr. Roger Roots will be lecturing on the topic of “Government’s War on the Poor: the Lesson of Lysander Spooner’s American Mail Company.”

The specific times and locations of the lecture are to be announced. Look for Dr. Roots at the Montana LP Delegation table. (Roots tends to be an active and serious LP delegate, and will be participating in Party business throughout the weekend.)

May 22

Seminar next week in Orlando, Florida: “Fully Informed Juries”

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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 training seminars, and a Welcome Reception on Thursday, May 26. Visit LP.org and its ‘Action’ tab for details.

The convention will be held at the Rosen Centre Hotel & Resort in Orlando, Florida.