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Must Reads For The Week 9/17/16

September 17, 2016

Clinton And Trump (Clump?) vs. Tax Payers And Free Enterprise, by Dan Mitchell, at freedomandprosperity.org. Big Government wins no matter who wins the election. Your choice is between Bud and Bud Lite.

Racial Issues, by Thomas Sowell, at jewishworldreview.com. Thomas Sowell asks, do black lives matter when it comes to education.

State Dept. Gave Millions To Foundation Led By John Kerry’s Daughter, Bre Payton, thefederalist.com. This is another example of the politically connected getting access to tax payers money laundered through the government. Didn’t John Kerry park his Yacht in Rhode Island so he didn’t have to pay Massachusetts taxes?

Markets In Everything: Exotic Car Registration In Montana, by Mark J. Perry, at carpediemblog. I love it when people figure out ways to get around the edicts of Government.

Colorado’s Anti-Fracking Crack-Up, at michellemalkin.com. Two anti-fracking initiatives don’t get enough signatures to get on the ballot in  Colorado. People are starting to understand that fracking is good.

Americas’ Trust In  Mass Media Plunges To Record Low, at zerohedge.com. Is anyone shocked by this? The number will plunge more as they continue to drive the getaway car for Hillary.

The Heroic Central Banker Who Has Rejected Keynesianism, at economicpolicyjournal.com. If you have to have a central bank, Russia’s Central Banker Elvira Nabiullina is who you want to be in charge. Excerpt from the article: “Nabiullina told a banking conference in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi today. Keeping real interest rates stable in positive territory is an “important condition for healthy economic growth,” she said. The main drivers of growth should be “fixed investment, structural changes in the economy and efficiency increases,” Mabiullina said. “It’s necessary to safeguard household deposits against inflationary depreciation to support a high level of savings and to create the conditions to transform them into investment.”  There is no central banker in the world who talks like this. Why can’t we trade Janet Yellen for Elvira?

Prices controls Work No Better In America Than In Venezuela, by Andrew Quinlan, at freedonandprosperity.org. Price controls don’t work. Anyone who lived through Nixon’s price controls understands this.

Harvard Crushes The “Obama Recovery” Farce With Nine Simple Charts, zerohedge.com. Even Harvard knows the Obama recovery is a media creation that has no basis in reality.

Where’s The Demand? Oil Prices Drop Again, by Ryan McMaken, at mises.org. As the price of oil drops you would think that the demand would increase at the lower price. But that is not the case. Does this show how weak our economy actually is? I try to answer this question in this article titled, Gasoline Consumption Is Down, Why?

The Fed Plans For The Next Crisis, by Ron Paul, at mises.org. The Fed is on a quixotic adventure that they can’t win.

 

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Must Reads For The Week 9/10/16

September 9, 2016

Gun Control Lessons For Morons, by Daniel Mitchell, at freedomandprosperity.org. Concealed-carry permit holders are a more law-abiding demographic group than police officers.

Booby Bra Is A Great Option For Packing Heat On A Run, By Krystle Shoonveld, at thefederalist.org. Women were getting attacked while they were out jogging, so an enterprising lady came up with a bra that can not only hold a weapon securely, it can also hold in place what it is supposed to hold in place with no spillage. What a great country.

Pope Says Global Warming Is A ‘Sin Against Creation‘, at dailycaller.com. The Pope should stick to his ministry, which is mercy and reconciliation. If he is truly worried about CO2 emissions, he should stop exhaling.

Obama Delivers On Vow To Bankrupt Coal Industry, at zerohedge.com. There has been a 42% decline in coal mining employees since 2012. Mission accomplished. For the record, some coal-burning power plants in the US have changed over to natural gas because fracking has made natural gas a more economical way to produce electricity.

Hillary Is Either A Liar Or She Is Grossly Incompetent, at zerohedge.com. The more information that comes out about her Email server, the more trouble Hillary has keeping straight her previous attempts at obfuscation (lying). Her problem is she looks like a young child trying to lie when caught doing something they weren’t supposed to do. Everyone can see this because at one time we were all kids who at one time tried to lie our way out of getting in trouble.

Clinton Foundation Is Charity Fraud Of Epic Proportions, at zerohedge.com. Excerpt from the article: “…the Clinton family’s mega-charity took in more than $140 million in grants and pledges in 2013 but spent just $9 million on direct aid. That’s because the organization spent the vast bulk of its windfall on “administration, travel, salaries and bonuses”, with the fattest payouts going to family friends.”

Australia’s Solution To California’s Water Woes: Markets, at independent.org. Edicts form politicians and Government bureaucrats don’t provide solutions. Government edicts just get in the way of the trade offs made in the market.

Female Student Admits To Incredible Lie That Got Auburn Football Player Kicked Off Team, by Robby Soave, at reason.com. This was a legal matter that should have been turned over to police. College officials are not qualified to do investigative police work. Oh by the way. Auburn’s title IX coordinator, Kelly Taylor, wanted to proceed even after the student told her she lied about the incident. Don’t let the facts get in the way of an agenda!

The One Trillion Dollar Consumer Loan Auto Bubble Is About To Burst, at zerohedge.com. Loaning money to people to buy cars who can’t afford the loan leads to disaster. Remember the sub-prime housing loan bubble?

Man Allows Himself To Get Caught Robbing Bank So He Can Get Away From His Wife, by Ashley May, at usatoday.com. When I first heard this story, I thought they were talking about Bill Clinton.

How To Pick The Fastest Line At The Supermarket, by Chris Mele, at economicpolicyjournal.com. This is the most important article, at least for me. I pick the wrong line everywhere I go. Two weeks ago I was in line at the drive through window at a burger joint. The car in front of me stalled and the driver couldn’t get it started. I helped push the car out of the way while the drivers wife walked through the drive in window. That is typical of my luck. There are some good suggestions in this article.

 

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Must Reads For The Week 9/3/16

September 3, 2016

ECONOMICS

Hurricane: Florida AG To Prosecute “Price Gougers”, by Tho Bishop, at mises.org. Increased demand for scarce resources means prices will go up. Higher prices tell consumers to demand less, and producers to supply more. Scarce resources will be sent to Florida where they are needed the most because of the high prices. And people in Florida will only purchase what they need of these scarce resources at these higher prices. Prices ration scarce resources.

DC’s Minimum Wage Hike Results In 1400 Restaurant Jobs Lost In 1st 6 Months of 2016 – Biggest Drop In 15 Years, at ecocnomicpolicyjournal.com. How many times does the disastrous  results of increasing the minimum wage have to be seen before people and politicians understand that wages are set by supply and demand? Paying labor more than what it produces means that labor will eventually be priced out of the market.

Free Trade Wins: The TTIP Is In Trouble, by Mark Thornton, at mises.org. Hillary and Trump don’t understand that trade deals made by politicians only benefit crony corporations at the expense of consumers. Here is a great trade deal: Individuals in our country can trade with individuals in other countries without interference from Government rules and regulations.

The Right Lessons From Obamacare’s Meltdown, by Ron Paul, at mises.org. Don’t blame the free market for the results of Government intervention.

As Predicted, Obamacare Is Absolutely Killing The Middle Class, at zerohedge.com. We were promised that health insurance payments would decrease, but they have exploded. These higher premiums hurt the middle class the most. Wealthy people can afford the increase, and poor people will get taken care of with our tax dollars.

Venezuela’s Latest Response To Food Shortages: Ban Lines Outside Bakeries, at zerohedge.com. The old saying in the former Soviet Union was, “If you see a line starting to form, get in it!” Lines are a way to ration scarce resources in socialist economies. In Venezuela The National Superintendency of Fair Prices (that sounds like wonderful agency) is going to fine bakeries that let lines stretch out their front doors. They say the lines are forming because their political opposition is trying to win the propaganda war. Propaganda doesn’t keep food off of store shelves or stock the shelves with food. Individuals cooperating in free markets bring food to store shelves.

The Happy Reality That Sports Stars Get Paid More Than School Teachers, at economicpolicyjournal.com. You pay a higher price for scarce talent. Excerpt from the article: “So let me ask: would you prefer to live in a world in which the number of people who can skillfully fight fires and teach children is large but the number of people who can skillfully play sports and act is very tiny, or in a world in which the number of people who can skillfully fight fires and teach children is very tiny but the number of people who can skillfully play sports and act is large?”

Demographic HomeMageddon Underway….Will Last Until 2035, at zerohedge.com. Free markets will deal with the demographic shift in the population of the US. Government intervention into the economic realities created by demographics, will turn these realities into real problems.

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The Dog Ate My Homework Excuse.

Hillary Told FBI She Thought Classified “C” Markings Were Just “Alphabetical Paragraph” Markings, at targetliberty.com. This from the smartest women in the world? This is a whopper of a lie.

FBI Reveals Hillary Could Not Recall Briefings Due To Concussion,Clot, at zerohedge.com. I’ve learned from the Clintons to never say ‘you can’t remember’. Always say ‘you can’t recall’. I guess saying ‘you can’t recall’ is a way to legally get around perjury?

Yeah That’s Really Funny.

Mark Toner, deputy spokesman for the State Department, as well as the reporters at the press conference show who they really are in this exchange. Someone should have called them out on this. You didn’t get away with this s#!+ where I grew up.

 

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Must Reads For The Week 8/27/16

August 26, 2016

Louisiana, Private Disaster Relief Outperforms Government, at valuewalk.com. People with privately owned boats calling themselves the Cajun Navy rescued people from the recent flooding in Baton Rouge. They used phone apps and Facebook to find people needing help. What was Louisiana’s State government response? Louisiana Lawmaker Wants To Subject The Cajun Navy To Government Red Tape, Regulations, And Fees, at carpediemblog. Does this surprise anyone? Although the State Senator clarified his original statement, we all know that government intervention starts with good intentions and ends up with bad consequences. How did the Federal Government respond to the crisis? The Obama Administration Gives Louisiana Flood Victims An Anti-Discrimination Lecture, at thehayride.com. The Justice Departments guidance “highlights the importance of complying with nondiscrimination requirements of civil rights statutes, addressing the needs of the whole community, and ensuring equal opportunity to access recovery efforts..” This kind of nonsense is more important to bureaucrats than actually doing the hard work of helping with the recovery. Hey! Here’s the best policy for Government. Get out-of-the-way. Quit making it harder for the people who are actually getting something done.

Massachusetts To Tax Ride-Sharing Apps, Give The Money To Taxis, at reuters.com. This is an example of government officials trying to overturn the decisions made freely by millions of consumers in the market. Bureaucrats only like free market results when these results agree with what the bureaucrats think the results should be. Massachusetts is going to levy a 20 cents tax on each ride given by Uber Lyft and other ride-sharing apps. 5 cents will go to the taxi industry as a subsidy. Excerpt from the article: “The law says the money will help taxi businesses to adopt “New technologies and advanced service, safety and operational capabilities” and to support workforce development.” In order to compete with the new ride-sharing technology, wouldn’t you think the taxi industry should have been doing this already? Is the taxi cartel like the post office? With Uber and Lyft playing the role of FedEx and UPS. If they can’t compete without taxpayer-funded subsidies, either get better or go out of business. To all the young people who think socialism is a great idea. What do you think of this socialist central planning scheme?

Clinton Foundation To Restrict Foreign Donations If Hillary Gets Elected, at washingtonpost.com. Why would it be bad to accept foreign money if you’re the President, but fine to accept it when you’re the Secretary of State? This is like closing the barn door after the horse has gotten out. Since the Clinton Foundation is a money laundering operation, don’t you think the foundation will find ways to launder this foreign money even if Hillary wins?

I Thought Charities Were Supposed To Give, at theburningplatform.com. The Clinton Foundation takes in $177 million of which $135 million is cash contributions. They give out a little over $5 million in grants, assistance, and gifts. That’s 2.9% of what they take in. Look at all the other expenses. Whose pockets are getting lined with the rest of the money?

FBI Admits Clinton Used Software Designed To Prevent Recovery And Hide Traces Of Deleted EMails, at zerohedge.com. FBI says Clinton used BleachBit to erase the emails on her private server. From the article: “BleachBit (click here) is software designed to help the user delete files in a way to ‘prevent recovery’ and ‘hide traces of files deleted’.” Remember, she just wanted to get rid of yoga classes and wedding plans.

Rigged: Virginia Governor And Clinton Crony Terry McAuliffe, Restores Voting Rights To 13,000 Felons, at tammybruce.com. McAuliffe originally tried to restore voting rights to over 200,000 felons. This attempt was shot down last month by the state supreme court. But like the Terminator he is back. Do you think that McAuliffe would be this persistent in his efforts to “right a perceived wrong” if this bloc of voters voted for Republicans?

Top 25 Corporate Pension Plans Alone Are Underfunded By Over $225 Billion, at zerohedge.com. Add this to the insolvency of social security and you tell me; who is going to pay for the over consumption of the last 15 years that was caused by money printing? That’s right the people who produced real value during that time period.

State University Now Offers ‘Stop White People’ Training, at zerohedge.com. Excerpt from the article: “They state their purpose is to “help others take the next step in understanding diversity, privilege, and the society we function within,” Presumably the “white” society they plan to “stop” at the event.” No comment necessary!

Heroic University Of Chicago To Incoming Students: We Do Not Support Safe Spaces And Trigger Warnings, at targetliberty.com. Excerpt from the article: “Our commitment to academic freedom means that we do not support so-called ‘trigger warnings,’ we do not cancel invited speakers because their topics might prove controversial, and we do not condone the creation  of intellectual ‘safe spaces’ where individuals can retreat from ideas and perspectives at odds with their own.” At last some sanity in this world! Do you think the University found courage because alumni said they would not donate anymore if the university went down the trigger warning road? I’m just asking. I don’t know.

Obama Energy Secretary: Fracking Is Good For The Environment, by Bre Payton, at thefederalist.com. The crazy environmentalists have to be going out of their minds over this. Natural gas from fracking is replacing coal in the production of electricity. ‘Greenhouse gas emissions’ have been reduced by 20%. Environmentalists should be thrilled. The free market is reducing CO2 levels. Here is their conundrum.  They hate fossil fuels and free markets but they love lower CO2 levels. If their green energy policies can’t get credit for the drop in CO2 emission, they would prefer not talking about the emissions dropping at all.

As Predicted Obamacare Is Killing The Middle Class, at zerohedge.com. Remember what we said last week. Obamacare is working exactly as planned. It was supposed to fail. It was intended to be the next step toward a government run single payer healthcare system.

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Must Reads For The Week 8/20/16

August 20, 2016

Old Lies, by Thomas Sowell, at jewishworldreview.com. Excerpt from the article: “Too many people in the media and in academia abandon their roles as conduits for facts and take on the role of filterers of facts to promote social and political agendas.”

Is Free Trade Causing Job Loss?, by Walter E. Williams, at jewishworldreview.com. Excerpt from the article: “While job loss can be traumatic for the individual who loses his jib, for the nation job loss often indicates economic progress. In 1790, farmers were 90 percent of the U.S. labor force. By 1900, about 41 percent of our labor force was employed in agriculture. Today, less than 3 percent of Americans are employed in agriculture. What would Trump or Hillary have done in the face of this precipitous loss of agricultural jobs? They might have outlawed all of the technological advances in science and machinery that have made our farmers the world’s most productive and capable of producing the world’s cheapest food.”

Aetna Joins Other Major Insurers In Pulling Back From Obamacare, by Alison Kodjak, at npr.org. Obamacare is working exactly as it was planned. It was supposed to be the next step toward a Government single payer system. This is where it is headed.

A Primer On Seattle’s New First Come First Served Renters Laws, at seattletimes.com. My friend has many rental houses. I told him about this law in Seattle. He said he never rents to the first people who apply. They are usually  jumping from rental house to rental house because they are bad tenants. This law is a violation of an individual’s property rights. Remember the baker who wouldn’t make a wedding cake for a gay wedding. He was forced to either sell his property (the wedding cake) or get fined. He lost his business. Oh I forgot, that can’t happen in Amerika!

Thank God Nobody Died From This Texas Women’s Illegal Tamales, by Scott Shackford, at reason.com. Once again our public servants have to get involved in voluntary exchanges. If this lady produces food that people don’t want, or if someone gets sick from her food, she will go out of business. It’s that simple.

Shoplifting Runs Rampant In California After Rule Change, at zerohedge.com. Unintended consequences can be predicted if some basic economic principles are understood. When the costs of getting caught stealing are lowered, more stealing will take place.

Six Weeks Later, L.A. Sheriff’s Department Admits They Killed An Innocent Man In A SWAT Raid, by Eric Gohem, at reason.com. I think this kind of policing is out of control. An armored vehicle, and flash bang grenades are a bit much. If you add the fact that they didn’t admit they where wrong for six weeks. Well. These kinds of stories are why people don’t trust police. If both sides continue to escalate, this won’t end well.

“Homesick” Clock Boy Family Returns To U.S. Promptly Files $10m Federal Lawsuit, at tammybruce.com. Does the family of the boy who was suspended from school for biting his pop tart in a way that made it look like a gun have cause to sue? Only if he is a member of one of the lefts protected groups.

Feds Holding Summits For Lesbian Farmers, by Elizabeth Harrington, at freebeacon.com. Excerpt from the article: “The agency says it wants to change the perception of what it means to be a farmer in America away from white rich male.” I know a lot of farmers. They are not “rich”! Farming is a way of life. For some reason I don’t think lesbians will be falling over each other to become farmers. If individual lesbians decide to become farmers, great, have at it. If your good, you will make it on what you produce and no other reason, which is as it should be. Why is this the government’s business in the first place? Because Government has to expand it’s influence into everything.

Here is the Department of Agriculture’s Document (click here) on this subject. Please look at this document. Where do you get people who make up sh!t like this. Think of all the bureaucrats, in all the government agencies, who use their time to produce rules like this. It is mind boggling.

Hillary Clinton’s On Sexual Assault Issues, Crusader or Hypocrite, at targetliberty.com. The Factual Feminist.

Hillary Scrubs Sexual Assault Pledge After Allegations Against Bill Resurface, at targetliberty.com. Hillary has painted herself into a lot of corners over her career. Unfortunately the mainstream media always lets her out of these corners.

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Must Reads For The Week 8/13/16

August 13, 2016

HILLARY + TRUMP = ECONOMIC IGNORANCE

Donald Trump Turns To Herbert Hoover Economics, at economicpolicyjournal.com. Mr. Trump wants to “prime the pump with more spending and debt.” Spending financed by debt, both public and private, is what got us here in the first place. In the last 10 years the Fed printed over $4 trillion, and the Government took on $10 trillion in new debt. That’s enough pump priming don’t you think? The Keynsian Economic well has dry up. The simple answer is to allow free markets to work unencumbered by Government spending and Fed monetary expansion. Unfortunately nothing is simple when politicians and bureaucrats are involved in the decision making.

Hillary Clinton’s 5 Ideas To Fix The US Economy, at money.cnn.com. How does this sound. 1) Government spending on infrastructure, 2) debt free college, 3) “encourage” (force) companies to share profits with employees, 4) make the rich pay more in taxes, 5) raise the minimum wage. This is simply more spending and debt wrapped up in Christmas paper with a bow on top.

ECONOMIC REALITY

Bankster Flips Out: Says Japan’s Government Isn’t Doing Enough Keynsian Spending, at economicpolicyjournal.com. Decades of Keynsian stimulus by the Japanese Government isn’t enough? It is always the same answer to every economic problem more spending.

What Should The US Do If Other Countries Use Tariffs And Use Other Methods To Distort Trade, at economicpolicyjournal.com. Government intervention with free trade through tariffs, subsidies, and regulations harms the economy of the country that implements these policies. If other countries want to harm their economies with these policies; Why would we respond to such stupidity by implementing the same policies?

The Minimum Wage: Taking Away The Right To Work, by Roy Cordato, at mises.org. How many times does it have to be said: when a wage is set above what a particular job produces, that job will go away. Why do you think the number of private sector union workers has declined from 35% of the private sector work force, to just over 6% of the private sector work force since the 50’s. Unions priced themselves out of the market and the jobs went away. When it comes to raising the minimum wage, it is our benevolent politicians who are pricing low skill workers out of the work place. Political rhetoric is seen, workers losing their jobs are unseen.

Latest Jobs Data: The Worst expansion In 30 Years Continues, by Ryan McMaken, at mises.org.  All the stimulus spending by government and the money printing by the Fed hasn’t worked as the planners planned. Until these two activities are stopped. This is the new normal.

Will The Bubble Pop Even If The Fed Never Raises Interest Rates, by Brendan Brown, at mises.org. We are in new territory. Does anyone know how this will end? No. But it will end with a lot of pain. All we know is, at some point the activities brought about by low interest rates and printed money will have to be liquidated.

Consumer Optimism Is Not The Key To Economic Growth, by Frank Shostak, at mises.org. As we have asked before; What Comes First, Production or Consumption? You can’t consume what isn’t produced. Stimulating spending puts the cart before the horse. As Mr. Schostak says, “Demand is limited by prior production. To put it differently, his demand if fully covered (i.e., funded by the bread that he has produced). demand therefore, cannot stand by itself and be independent: it is limited by prior production….”. Interest rates coordinate production across time. Interest rates set artificially by government send false information through process of production. As a result production and consumption are mismatched. This is where we are after a decade of the Fed’s monetary manipulation.

Venezuela Has But One Choice: Capitalism or Chaos, by Carmen Elena Dorobat, at mises.org. Here is a quote by Ludwig von Mises which sums up what every article in this post: “THE ISSUE IS ALWAYS THE SAME: THE GOVERNMENT OR THE MARKET. THERE IS NO THIRD SOLUTION.”

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Must Reads For The Week 8/5/16

August 5, 2016

Obama: Why We Paid Iran $400 Million In Cash, at economicpolicyjournal.com. Why am I letting this bother me? This is standard operating procedure for all administrations in general, and this administration in particular. First; was this a ransom for the hostages? Let’s answer a question with a question. Would Iran give back hostages unless they received something in return? The administration gave 5 Gitmo prisoners for Bergdahl. Was this exchange a ransom for a hostage?

This fudging of the truth (aka lie) isn’t what set me off. It’s this comment from his press conference. (Click on above article to watch what the President said, if you want to.) Besides telling everyone, “These aren’t the droids you’re looking for“, here is what he said. “…the US government paid Iran in cash because the government has been so strict with sanctions they did not have a banking relationship with Iran, that we couldn’t send them a check. And we could not wire them the money…. It is not clear to me why cash as opposed to a check or a wire transfer has made this into a news story.”

Let’s throw the BS flag, go to the replay official, and look at it. 1) I thought the Iranian deal made sanctions null and void. 2) You or I could probably set up a bank account right now using our smart phones. 3) Mr. President have you ever used an executive order to circumvent the law? 4) You or I couldn’t withdraw $10k from our accounts without scrutiny from government. 5) If we did have $10k cash on us, we would have it stolen by government officials under civil asset forfeiture laws. 6) Ever heard of the war on cash? One of the reasons governments wants to do away with cash is because “cash makes it easier for criminals and TERRORISTS to do business”. Cash transactions can’t be traced. Do you think Iran deposited this cash in the ” National Bank of Iran”, showing up on the credit side of the ledger? The biggest State sponsors of terrorism gets $400 million in cash! What could possibly go wrong?

Venezuela’s Economic Collapse Is So Bad People Are Slaughtering And Eating Zoo Animals, at zerohedge.com. Everything happens on the margin. Prices originally rationed food. Then lines rationed food. People on the margin have now decided that standing in line for 12 hours with no guarantee of getting any food isn’t worth it. The new marginal activity to get food is to slaughter zoo animals and eat them. What could the next marginal activity be in this socialist utopia?

Student Body Vice President Suspended For Tweeting, #Forget Black Lives Matters, More Like All Lives Matter, After Dallas Cops Shot, at zerohedge.com. Why do we tolerate the intolerance of the left? Who is the bully here?

“We Have Lost Our Way….Someone Has To Stand up For The Truth“, at zerohedge.com. The answer to all of our problems is individual liberty. Government shackles on Individual liberty have to be taken off and clamped on our government.

Racial Discipline Quotas Create Chaos In St. Paul Schools, at thefederalist.com. Parents have to take back schools from their anointed betters who have pushed this kind of lunacy. It won’t be changed unless parents say ‘enough is enough’.

Shocking Undercover Videos Reveal Just How Easy It Is To Commit Voter Fraud, at zerohedge.com. Which party wrote the book on voter fraud?

New UN Report: Tax Meat Until It Is Too Expensive To Eat, at economicpolicyjournal.com. And I thought Socialists didn’t understand the economic principles of supply and demand. When you raise the price of a good, less of that good will be consumed. The UN wants to reduce the consumption of meat, because the production of meat causes “Global Warming”. I’d rather be hot while eating a medium rare steak, than cool while eating a tofu burger.

Concealed Carry Saves Cop Pinned By Meth Addict, at thefederalist.com. The citizen showed poise and restrained in the use of his gun. This perp would have been shot by most cops.

Switzerland, Land Of Peace, Sees Gun Sales Soar After Terror Attacks, at usatoday. And it is not because the Swiss President is talking about gun control. Gun sales go up in America after a mass shooting because our President starts talking about “common sense gun control laws”. The Swiss want to protect themselves from terrorists, while Americans want to protect themselves from our elected tyrants.

The FDA’s Insane Definition Of ‘Tobacco Product’ Drives Vaping Innovation, at reason.com. Another example of a government agency, namely the FDA, grabbing power by making law. Legislating is supposed to be the job of congress. They abdicated this right decades ago. The good news is Americans always try to get around every law the government passes. Americans ‘don’t tread on me’ attitude is part of the DNA we inherited from our founding fathers.

Obama To Bulldoze Chicago Lakefront For Presidential Library, Environmentalist Silent, at tammybruce.com. Is Obama going to get an ‘environmental impact statement’ to build this library? Let’s see! The IRS and the Tea Party groups. The FBI and Hillary’s EMail server. The EPA and Obama’s library. “I report, you decide”.

A Women Ran For President In 1872, at targetliberty.com. Talk about your glass ceilings! This was before women had the right to vote. I guess Hillary isn’t going to make history.

Father Of Benghazi Victim: Hillary Lied To Me And The American People.

Who do you believe? The father of a Navy Seal, who happens to have contemporaneous notes about what Hillary said to him; Or Hillary, who was called a liar about her EMails by FBI director Comey,  and actually convicted herself with her own previous statements?

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Must Reads For The Week 7/30/16

July 30, 2016

The FBI Is Using Lousy Software To Derail FOIA Requests, Law Suit Claims, at wired.com. Government agencies are never happy to comply with Freedom Of Information Act requests. They use many tactics to slow down the process of turning over the information that is requested. The FBI is being charged with using outdated software system to slow down the search process. Does the FBI use outdated technology to find information about citizens? No chance. They only use the outdated technology to protect themselves. The incentive to protect their status quo position and/or make their agencies power grow is the most important incentive for individuals in government. Being a “public servant” doesn’t over ride this incentive.

The Arrogance Of One-Party Government In California, by Thomas Lifson, at americanthinker.com. From the article: “The California Senate voted 28-8 to exempt itself form gun-control laws that apply to the rest of the populace. They are worthy to pack heat for personal protection, and the masses must wait for the police.” Another example of “public servants” exempting themselves from the rules we serfs have to follow. These politicians have no incentive to act differently. Why? because there is no fear of loosing their elected position. The Democrat party wins every election in California. Republicans don’t gloat. If you had been in power as long as the Democrats have, you would be exempting yourself from your own laws. Incentives matter!

Democrats Are Really Worried That You Can’t Afford Pokemon Go, at thelibertarianrepublic.com. This is our fault! There would be no incentive for politicians to do things like this if ‘we the people’ wouldn’t accept property stolen from our fellow citizens. They want more power! Don’t be an enabler!

Hillary Clinton Complains About Being Held To A Higher Standard Than Everyone Else, at michellmalkin.com. This could be a headline from the Onion. Higher standard! She couldn’t dig a tunnel deep enough to get under the standard for her behavior.

Harry Reid: Trump Should Receive Fake Intelligence Briefings. He Can’t Be Trusted, at businessinsider.com. Hillary is the one that put classified information in danger of being hacked when she conducted State Department business on her private email server. This act alone would keep her form getting a top secret security clearance if she was one of us. But remember, she is held to a “higher” standard than everyone else.

Trump Just Got Hillary To Admit Her E-Mails Are A National Security Issue, by Sean Davis, at thefederalist.com. If the DNC emails were hacked, why would anyone think Hillary’s server wasn’t hacked? If Russia or some other country has Hillary’ emails, do you think they will use them to blackmail her if she becomes President? Or do you think they will use them to try to torpedo her candidacy? Does the answer to these last two questions depend on the RNC or Trumps electronic communications having been hacked by a foreign country? Remember when the people said Bill Clinton’s affairs put the country at risk because of the possibility he could be blackmailed were thought to be stupid? Why would we place any amount of trust in people who have power over us?

Is Wikileaks Dismantling Of DNC An Attack By Putin And Russia? by John Schindler, at observer.com. Does it matter if it was Russia? You Decide.

Guns: How The NY Times Manipulates Data, by Ryan McMaken, at mises.org. Is anyone shocked that data is manipulated or cherry picked to fit a certain vision?

Undercover Video: Hillary Delegate Explains Her Deceptive Propaganda To Ban Guns, at freedomoutpost.com. An article for my anti gun friends who think I’m crazy for thinking the left wants to ban guns. When they ask me why people, like me, don’t want “common sense” gun laws. I tell them for the same reason the left doesn’t want any “common sense” law restricting abortion. Once the camel gets its nose under the tent, there is no stopping it.

The Consequences Of Militarized Police Force, by Ryan McMaken, at mises.org. Could a free market policing system possible work in place of our present state-run police system? Interesting article which looks at where our current system is and where it could end up.

What Happens When Cops Start Getting Shot?, at zerohedge.com. This article will make you think. Don’t read it unless you are ready to invest some brain power.

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Must Reads For The Week 7/23/16

July 23, 2016

The Economics Of Trade vs. The Politics Of Trade Deals, by Mike Mish Shedlock, at davidstockmanscontracorner.com. Mr. Trump should read this. Excerpt from the article: “A genuine free trade agreement would consist of a single statement: “Effective immediately, all tariffs and subsidies, on all goods and services, are removed.” “Fair Trade” is a concoction by industries that seek or need protection via tariffs and import restrictions, to the damage of everyone else…..The irony in the “fair trade” argument is no jobs are saved by tariffs.”

Venezuela Where Hyperinflation Meets Socialism And Price Controls, by Fabiola Zirpa, at economicpolicyjournal.com. Why can’t we learn from the mistakes of other countries? This is just the most recent example of the consequences when socialists try to centrally plan the economy. When we look at Venezuela today we can’t fathom that this could happen here and it probably couldn’t get this bad. But the question is; how much has our standard of living incrementally decreased, or not grown, because of the money printing that has taken place over the last two decades? We can’t quantify it. But we can say with certainty that we aren’t where would have been economically if the Fed hadn’t printed 4 trillion counterfeit dollars.

Minimum Wage Forces LA Diner Pann’s (est. 1958) To Stop Serving Dinner, at economicpolicyjournal.com. We can show story after story of the consequences of artificially raising the minimum wage above its market value. Jobs are lost. But somehow politicians get by with implementing these laws. It has to be because of the economic ignorance of our citizenry.

Interesting Fact Of The Day, Uber Completes 2 Billion Rides, by Mark J. Perry, at carpediemblog. It took six years for Uber to reach 1 billion riders. It took only six months to get its next 1 billion riders. In a free market the consumer wins. Consumers are voting for ride sharing and against the taxi monopoly. Big taxi can’t stop Uber, unless big taxi supplies a better service at a cheaper price.

Yoshi Launches “set it and forget it” Vehicle Refueling In San Francisco, by Lora Kolodny, at techcrunch.com. This is like “back to the future”. We went from full service gas stations (this was before the millennials time). To self-service gas stations. Now we’re going back to full service, except they drive to your house.

Startup Makes Investing Fee Free, opprotunitylives.com. This is like Uber except for trading stocks. Will the brokerage houses try to get government to stop this like the taxi cartel has tried to do with Uber?

The Unique Evil Of The Left, by Lew Rockwell, at mises.org. Excerpt from the article: “The left is the enemy of Diversity and the fanatical promoter of identity. Uniformity is stressed in all leftist utopias, paradises in which everybody is the same, envy is dead, and the enemy is either dead, lives outside the gates, or is utterly humiliated. Leftism loathes differences, deviations, stratification.”

Virginia Court Strikes Down Order Giving Felons Right To Vote, at new-ssentinal.com. Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe, a former Clinton crony, attempted to mine 200,000 Democrat votes by restoring the voting rights of felons using an executive order. It was shot down by the Virginia Supreme court. I was shocked, shocked mind you when the Court said his executive order restoring voting rights to felons, “overstepped his authority”. This sounds familiar……? Didn’t the President have his executive order on immigration shot down by the Supreme Court for the same reason.

The Political Class vs. The Rest Of Us, by William L. Anderson, at mises.org. It is not R vs. D or any other groups the R’s and D’s construct and pit against each other. The Only Real Division Is THE POLITICAL CLASS VS. THE REST OF US! Until individuals realize this, “the era of big government will never be over”.

If The Public Shouldn’t Have Them, Why Does The IRS Need AR -15’s? at zerohedge.com. Great question.

Former Navy: The AR-15 Is A Citizens Best Defense Against Terrorism, at thefederalist.com.

 

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Must Reads For The Week 7/16/16

July 16, 2016

Marine’s Attorney: If Hillary Clinton Wasn’t Prosecuted, This Officer Shouldn’t Be Discharged, by Jeff Schogol, at marinecorpstimes.com. This officer tried to warn fellow soldiers about a potential threat by sending them classified information over his personal email account. The bottom line is if Hillary Clinton wasn’t prosecuted, neither should this officer.

Martin Armstrong: James Comey Had No Problem Keeping Me In Prison Without Any Charges, at zerohedge.com. Remember what I said early in the week: The laws don’t apply to the ruling Aristocracy.

Peak FBI Corruption? Meet Bryan Nishimura Found Guilty Of “Removal and Retention” Of Classified Material, at zerohedge.com. Hillary got a mulligan, Bryan Nishimura had to play it as it lies.

FBI Agents Were Told To Sign A Very Very Unusual NDA In Hillary EMail Case, at zerohedge.com. The Queen must be protected. Politics trumps the law.

No, Obama, It’s Not Easier For A Teenager To Buy A Glock Than A Book, by Sean Davis, at thefederalist.com. It is hard to believe a politician would lie fudge the truth just to advance his agenda.

We’re Witnessing A Complete Breakdown In Western Values, at theburningplatform.com.  Excerpt from the article: “The West adopted core values, like the sacrosanct protection of private property; the ability for an individual to work hard and build wealth; and spirited intellectual debate. This is how western civilization became the most prosperous that history has ever seen. Now people know they’re getting screwed. and they are.  They just don’t know why. They have no idea how central bankers who conjure money out of thin air have rigged the entire economy against them. So they blame “capitalism” and naturally embrace its opposite socialism.”

Get A Warrant: Federal Judge Throws Out Stingray evidence In Drug Case, at rt.com. This judge should be applauded for ruling in favor of our fourth amendment rights. We need to remain vigilant because you know the left will appeal this, and shop for a judge who is an enemy of the constitution.

Too Many Laws: Why Police Encounters Escalate, by Ryan McMaken, at mises.org. If our politicians wouldn’t pass so many petty laws, the police, and citizens, wouldn’t cross paths as much.

Elon Musk Is The Face Of This Bubbling Stock Market, at zerohedge.com. Musk is building his empire with government (tax payer) subsidies.

Why Helicopter Money Won’t Push Stocks Higher, by Charles Hugh Smith, at oftwominds.com. If production. increases wealth, consumption destroys it. By creating money out of thin air, money that does not represent corresponding production, you promote consumption. You destroy wealth. Consuming more than you produce can only go on for so long.

The Market Is True Democracy, by Matthew McCaffery, at mises.org. Quote from Ludwig von Mises: “It would be more correct to say that a democratic constitution is a scheme to assign to the citizens in the conduct of government the same supremacy the market economy gives them in their capacity as consumers. However, the comparison is imperfect. In the political democracy only the votes cast for the majority candidate or the majority plan are effective in shaping the course of affairs. The votes polled by the minority do not directly influence politics. But on the market no vote is cast in vain. Every penny spent has the power to work upon the production processes.”

Technology Is Amazing. Meet Farmbot.

 

Some Cartoons from the burningplatform.com.

Political Cartoons by Chip Bok

Political Cartoons by Glenn McCoy

 

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