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Must Reads For The Week 5/9/20

May 11, 2020

 

FLYNN CASE DISMISSED

No matter how much evidence comes forward proving wrong doing by the deep state starting with the FBI. I know people who will never believe individuals in government used their power to get rid of him. But the evidence can’t be denied.

These individuals in government, included President Obama, couldn’t allow Flynn to be Trumps National Security Advisor. Why? Because he was Obama’s Director Of Defense Intelligence Agency and knew too much. He also understood the intelligence community, which meant he could see what Obama’s FBI, DOJ, and CIA had done and were still doing.

When you look at the Flynn case, think of The Duke Lacrosse Rape case and Prosecutor Michael Nifong. Do you remember that Nifong was disbarred and convicted for contempt of court. Why? Prosecutorial misconduct. He failed to turn over exculpatory evidence to defense attorneys (click here). That is what the prosecutors did to Flynn. But what the FBI did is worse.

I know these articles won’t change some peoples minds about this case. But if you are interested in knowing what government is capable of doing to you, read these.

The FBI, and other individuals in the food chain, thought they would get away with this. They probably would have if they would have not gone after Flynn once they got him fired.

Never trust individuals who have the ability to use government power. Even though they are portrayed as ‘public servants’ they aren’t. They serve their self interest which is to keep and grow their power.

It blows me away that some people are just hearing about the corruption in this case. Many of us have known all of this was B.S. for three years.

 

ARTICLES ABOUT FLYNN CASE

Much Of The FBI’s Treatment Of Mike Flynn Was Business As Usual, And That’s The Scandal, by Scott Schakford, at reason.com.     Excerpt from the article:

“Whether or not there were individuals or factions within the agency that wanted to attack Trump, what the FBI did to Flynn is normal FBI behavior for interviewing suspects. They’ve been doing it for decades. (Remember Martha Stewart?)”

“Federal statute 18 USC 1001 makes it a crime to lie to the feds on a “material” matter, even if the FBI already knows the truth, aren’t misled, and the lie doesn’t affect the investigation. This incentivizes the FBI to play these games in the first place, to try to trick suspects into a lie that could be used against them.”

The Most Complete, Concise, Least-Biased Timeline On The Flynn Case, by Sharyl Attkisson, at sharylattkisson.com.       No comment needed.

Dirty Dozen: The 12 Revelations That Sunk Mueller’s Case Against Flynn, by John Solomon, at justthenews.com.       No comment needed.

Your Guide To The Obama Administration Hit On Michael Flynn, by Margot Cleveland, at thefederalist.com.          No comment needed.

House Intel Committee Ranking Member: FBI ‘Doctored’ Flynn’s 302 Interview Form, and It’s ‘Missing‘, at dailywire.com.          A 302 is a summary of an FBI interview. The Flynn 302 is missing. Why? Probably because documents show that messages between two agents reveal them talking about  ‘editing’ them to make it look like Flynn lied.

Adam Schiff: DOJ’s Decision Doesn’t Exonerate Flynn, But Incriminates AG Barr, at truepundit.com.     These people accuse their enemy of the exact thing they are doing or what they did.

Chuck Todd Faceplants With Deceptive Video Of William Barr, by David Marcus, at thefederalist.com.      The main stream media is more dishonest than ever. They have no credibility.

Flynn’s Attorney Sidney Powell Sums Up What Individuals With Government Power Did To General Flynn.

 

OTHER STUFF

Do The Media Even Exist? by Victor Davis Hanson, at amgreatness.com.         Escerpt from the article:

“If we lived in a fair and just world, most of the current media would simply go away and try something else.”

“The problem is not that reporters are human and therefore sometimes err. The rub is not even that they are poorly educated or rarely write well.”

“We also expect officials to leak one-sided stories and then the media to print them without edits. These are all things baked into the media cake and the public understands, even if it does not quite accept them.”

“The crisis instead is that they are now almost always wrong, and predictably wrong because they are lazy and biased—and they deny it to the point of self-delusion. The result is that, for all practical purposes, journalists no longer exist for the general public as sources of news.”

“More than half the country now assumes that the New York Times, Washington Post, NPR, the networks, and the cable news outlets are culpable not of merely failing to tell the truth but of being incapable of telling the truth. Even if they wished to, or had the skills to report empirically and dispassionately, they simply cannot, given their investments in the progressive agenda, and its investments in them. In other words, they are owned—creatures of that agenda.

Unbearable Truths About Our Current Political Moment, by Victor Davis Hanson, at amgreatness.com.         Excerpt from the article:

“Sometimes the truth is like mythical kryptonite. It radiates power and yet promises great destruction. And so reality is to be left alone, encased in lead, and kept at bay.”

Coronavirus Response: War Between Experience And Credentials, by Victor Davis Hanson, at national review.com.        Excerpt from the article:

“Credentialed Incredibility”

“One of the most depressing aspects of the coronavirus epidemic has been the failure of the credentialed class — the alphabetic transnational and federal health organizations, the university modelers, the professional associations, and their media enablers. Their collective lapse was largely due to hubris and the assumption that titles and credentials meant they had no need to accept input and criticism from those far more engaged in the physical world — they saw no need to say, “At this time, I confess we are as confused as you are.”

“In sum, the ER doctors, the nurses, and the public in general all eagerly welcomed the research of the experts. But the reverse — in which experts would listen to those with firsthand experience — was not true. The asymmetrical result is that we all have paid a terrible price in misjudging the perfidy of China; the rot within the World Health Organization; the origins, transmission, infectiousness, and lethality of the virus; and the most effective, cost-to-benefit response to the epidemic in terms of saving lives lost to the infection versus the likely even more lives lost through the response.”

“The problem was not just that we were supposed to accept expert, scientific, loud gospel on Monday, which grew muted and doubtful on Tuesday, and in near silence became impossible on Wednesday.”

“In addition, our experts learned nothing and forgot nothing, and so repeated their entire cycle of credentialed haughtiness on Thursday.”

NYTimes Wins Another Pulitzer For Falsifying History, by Kristina Skruk, at thefederalsit.com.        Is anyone shocked by this headline?

Rose McGowan: The Democrats And The Media Are A ‘Cult’, at breitbart.com.       Actress and MeToo activist Rose McGowan has finally figured out what a lot of us have known for a while. The battle isn’t between the D’s and the R’s. The battle is between Us and the elitists in the Democrat and Republican parties, the media, and government bureaucracies. Welcome aboard Rose! Don’t trust anyone with government sanctioned power.

The Real Climate Change Deniers, by Paul Dr Driessen, at cfact.org.        Excerpt from the article:

“Fifty years ago, I helped organize Earth Day #1 programs on my college campus, calling attention to serious pollution problems that afflicted much of the USA. Over the ensuing decades, laws, regulations, and changed attitudes, practices and technologies Reduced most of that pollution, often dramatically.”

“I didn’t buy the 1970 end-is-nigh, doom-and-gloom, billions-will-die hysteria that Ron Stein and Ron Bailey recapture so deliciously, including the manmade global cooling crisis. I don’t buy it today, either – certainly not this year’s Earth Day focus on the alleged man made global warming crisis, also blamed on emissions of carbon dioxide and water vapor, the same gases that humans and animals exhale, and plants use to grow. We’re told the crisis is unprecedented, and poses existential threats to humanity and planet.”

“What I find fascinating in all this is the steadfast, often nasty determination of scientists, politicians and interest groups promoting alarmist themes – and profiting immensely from them – to reject and deny any science, history and evidence that undermines their claim that nothing like this ever happened before.”

Study Finds ‘Historic’ Drop In Math, Reading Scores Since Adoption Of Common Core, at zerohedge.com.              No comment needed.

America Is Awash In Overmothered Men, by by Suzanne Venker, at washingtonexaminer.com.        Excerpt from the article:

“Growing up fatherless, or with a father a son rarely sees due to divorce or workaholism (yes, that’s a thing), almost invariably stunts a boy’s growth. The end result is almost always too much mother, which means boys will absorb too much femininity and none of the masculinity they need. Ergo, he will spend years trying to figure out what it means to be a man.”

“It’s a tough subject, and thus taboo. But at some point, we will have to answer why there are so few strong, grounded, purposeful men among us when they used to be a dime a dozen. Video games have nothing to do with it.”

“We have a hard time in this country acknowledging the problems that plague our boys and men; we’re too focused on women and girls to notice. But women suffer, and currently do suffer, just as much from men’s failure to launch as do men themselves. We know this because we’re forever hearing women ask where all the good men have gone.”

 

SATIRICAL HEADLINES

at thebabylonbee.com.

Chinese Government Lays Off Entire Propaganda Tea As American Media Doing Their Job For Them, at babylonbee.com.

Lockdown Made Permanent To End Traffic Deaths For Good, at babylonbee.com.

‘Those Dumb Red-Staters Going To The Beach Deserve To Die,’ Man Tweets From New York Subway Train, at babylonbee.com.

‘It’s Worth It If It Saves Just One Life,’ Says Woman Who Supports Abortion On Demand, at babylonbee.com.

Chinese Officials Violently Raid Another Church But Don’t Worry That Will Never Happen Here, at babylonbee.com.

 

What It’s Like To believe Everything The Media Tells You,

at AwakenWithJP

I’ve seen a few of JP’s videos. They are really good. Here is one of my favorites.

If Meat Eaters Acted Like Vegans.

 

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Must Reads For The Week 9/7/19

September 9, 2019

“The coordination of men’s activities through central planning or through voluntary cooperation are roads going in very different directions, the first to serfdom and poverty, the second to freedom and plenty.” – F. A. Hayek

 

THE SURVEILLANCE STATE IS COMING HERE

Is Silicon Valley Building A Chinese-Style Social Credit System? at zerohedge.com.     People in the U.S. think the Chinese social credit system of surveillance is a bad thing. What they don’t realize is big tech companies are surveillance systems. And they already censor information that goes against big government. So it’s not a stretch to think they will either turn over their surveillance systems to the government or give government the information they ask for. But that’s right, it can’t happen here.

“Alexa, How Do We Subvert Big Tech’s Orwellian Internet-of Things Surveillance?”, by Charles Hugh Smith, at oftwominds.com. Excerpt from the article:

“The Internet of Things is indeed about control — not your control, but control over you — control of what’s marketed to you, and control of your behaviors via control of the incentives, distractions and micro-decisions that shape behavior.”

“The control enabled by the Internet of Things starts with persuasion and quickly slides into coercion. Since corporations and government agencies will have a complete map of your movements, purchases, consumption, communications, etc., then behavior flagged as “non-beneficial” will be flagged for “nudging nags”, while “unsanctioned” behavior will be directed to the proper authorities.

FBI, ICE Using Facial Recognition To Bulk-Scan DMV Photos In “Unprecedented Surveillance Infrastructure“, at zerohedge.com.   This is another example of how we are losing our rights and our freedom.   Excerpt from the article:

“Police have long had access to fingerprints, DNA and other “biometric data” taken from criminal suspects. But the DMV records contain the potos of a vast majority of a state’s residents, most of whom have never been charged with a crime.”

“They’ve just given access to that to the FBI,” said Rep. Jim Jordan, ranking GOP member of the House Oversight Committee. “No individual signed off on that when they renewed their driver’s license, got their driver’s licenses. “They didn’t sign any waiver saying, ‘Oh, it’s okay to turn my information, my photo, over to the FBI.’ No elected officials voted for that to happen.”

Trust Us, We Work For The Government, at zerohedge.com.   Excerpt from the article:

“The police department of Gloucester Township has unveiled a new program called 911eye, which allows emergency-dispatch operators to live stream video from emergency callers. On the surface, it seems to be a solid tool in assisting law enforcement and first responders in evaluating what kind of scene they are approaching. Because witnesses are notoriously inconsistent in relaying real-time information, many welcome this boon for police preparedness. WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?”

“But it’s a giant stride down the slippery slope, as the momentum gathers and morphs into its true purpose:  an infrastructure that can turn any internet-capable device into a superspy surveillance gadget with the click of a remote. Inventors call it “pre-crime” technology, and you won’t believe the troupe of actors involved in the creation of such invasive technology.

HARPA: America’s New Social Credit Plan Partners Big Tech And Govt To Further Gun Control Efforts, at zerohedge.com.    Just another example of Big Government getting in bed with Big Tech to squash our individual freedom. But don’t worry! It can’t happen here. Because our politicians and bureaucrats are “public servants”.

 

OTHER STUFF THAT CAUGHT MY EYE

Here’s What A Criminology Professor Learned By Studying Every Mass Shooting Since 1966, at zerohedge.com.     Interesting research on what mass shooters have in common. And what this info tells us about what can be done to prevent future events. I think these shootings (as well as suicides, the opioid epidemic, as well as other drug and alcohol addiction) are symptoms and not the real problem.

The real problem is we have sheltered kids from the realities of life for almost two generations. They don’t know how to deal with failure. And it is easy to end up in a very dark place when you can’t deal with failure. And that dark place is depression and anxiety. And what do we do to help the depressed and anxious? We medicate them with pills that “may cause suicidal thoughts”. And the line between suicide and homicide is a thin line and easy to cross.

There is no quick fix to this problem. We have to treat the problem and not the symptom. We have to start letting kids deal with the realities of life. We have to start today. Because every day we put off dealing with this, not only pushes the day we see improvement into the future by one day, it also makes it more difficult to take the proper action as the status quo thinking becomes more entrenched.

Parents and other adults have to grow a pair and start doing their job.

Soros Spends Nearly $9 Million Lobbying, Now Targets Guns, by Stephen Gutowski and Joe Shoffstall, at freebeacon.com.    You shouldn’t be afraid of the NRA. You should be afraid of lobbying groups who want to take your second amendment rights away.

Why Does ‘Compromise’ Always Mean Gun Control Wins? by Max McGuire, at thefederalist.com. Gun control advocates and Second Amendment right advocates can never agree on what “Common Sense” gun legislation means. Since each side is starting from a different premise, the Common Sense thinking of one side sounds completely illogical to the other side. And there is no getting around this reality.

A Tale  Of Two babies Who Died Under NY’s Extreme Abortion Laws, by Sarah St Onge, at thefederalist.com.    This is another example of each side of the abortion issue starting from different premises. One side thinks the baby is a life. And one side thinks the fetus is not a life. It is almost impossible to come to any agreement on this issue. The Supreme Court should have let this remain a States rights issue and not made it a one size fits all Federal decision.

Idaho Ordered To Pay For Pedophile Sex Offender’s Gender Reassignment Surgery, at zerohedge.com.    We are paying for this prisoner’s gender reassignment surgery. When will we stand up and say “ENOUGH” of this idiocy.

Hemingway: Months After Mueller Report, Media Russia Truthers Are Embarrassing And Sad, by Madeline Osburn, at thefederalist.com.    The media won’t let it go. MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell just couldn’t help himself. He and the others keep playing the role of Wiley Coyote. At some point the anvil hitting you on the head has to hurt.

Trump Slams “Horrible, Corrupt Fake News” After MSNBC Anchor Admits “Was Wrong: On Trump-Russia Story, at zerohedge.com.    They keep giving Trump the glue to make the “Fake News” label stick.

Ilhan Omar Demands UN Take Control Of US Borders In Mirror Of European Migrant Crisis, at zerohedge.com.    She took an oath to “defend the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic”. She should turn herself in to the authorities.

Journalists Are Having A Meltdown Over Journalism Being Done To Them, by Madline Osburn, at thefederalist.com.   They don’t like it when their tactics are used against them. Have they heard the saying, “treat others like you want to be treated”.

Vatican’s Amazon Synod Uses Third World As Totems Of Marxist Revival, by Maureen Mullarkey, at thefederalist.com.   Excerpt from the article:   “Under cover of deep ecology, liberation theology has come in out of the cold. And it is gunning to even the score between the industrial West and the Third World.”    Also Read – Pope Francis: “Capitalism Lacks Morals And Promotes Selfish Behavior” at austrianaddict.com.

 

SATIRICAL HEADLINES

Democrats Propose Mandatory Free Speech Buyback For Dangerous Ideas, at babylonbee.com.

Democrats Launch New ‘Listen Up, Hayseeds’ Campaign To Connect With Rural Voters, at theonion.com.

Planned Parenthood Asks Bernie Sanders To stop Reminding People About Connection Between Abortion And Population Control, at babylonbee.com.

Experts: It May Be Too Late To Halt Climate Change Town Hall On CNN, at babylonbee.com.

Poll Finds 100% Of People Who Are James Comey Believe James Comey Did Nothing Wrong, at babylonbee.com.

 

CARTOONS

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Must Reads For The Week 5/18/19

May 21, 2019

“The coordination of men’s activities through central planning or through voluntary cooperation are roads going in very different directions, the first to serfdom and poverty, the second to freedom and plenty.” – F. A. Hayek

 

MEDIA

Journalism Is Dead – Long Live The Media! by Victor Davis Hanson, at amgreatness.com. Excerpt from the article:   “….over the last 20 years, marquee journalists saw themselves as wannabe celebrities who were to make news, not to report it, to massage stories in such a fashion to serve their social justice agendas, and to virtue signal their superior morality, as many revolved in and out of government.”

“What have they become instead? People with enormous self-regard, but with little experience with the public whom they were supposed to serve.”

“They espouse opinions on nearly everything while knowing almost nothing. They believe Washington and New York are the centers of the universe, while the universe is making both more irrelevant. As their ethics dissipated, their vocabularies shrank. Their poor communication skills grew ever poorer, and they displayed little knowledge of the history and culture of the people they reported on.”

“Cultural Schizophrenia”: US Media No Longer Reports Facts, But Appeals To Emotions, at zerohedge.com. Excerpt from the article: “The mainstream media in the United States has made a shift in the past few decades.  Now, they appeal to emotions as opposed to reporting the facts. This “cultural schizophrenia” is tearing the U.S. apart at the seams.”

Tulsi Gabbard: James Clapper Lied On Mass Surveillance….Yet Landed A Job On CNN, by Jennie Taer, at saracarter.com. No comment necessary.

 

EDUCATION SYSTEM

Higher Education In America, by Walter Williams, at jewishworldreview.com. Excerpt from the article: “The extraordinary high college cost not only saddles students with debt, it causes them to defer activities such as getting married and starting a family, buying a home and saving for retirement. Research done by the New York Federal Reserve Banks and the National Bureau of Economic Research shows that each dollar of federal aid to college leads to a tuition increase of 60 cents.

Asian American Push Back Against Identity Politics In Washington State, by Helen Raleigh, at thefederalist.com. Even though Americans of Asian decent are on the top rung of the intellectual ladder, they are on the bottom rung of the identity politics ladder. Why should we expect equal outcomes when there are different inputs?

Title IX Updates: OCR Opens Investigations Against Brown, Rutgers And Clemson, by Mark J. Perry, at carpediemblog. Universities are getting snared in the Title IX traps they set years ago.

The Growing Phenomenon Of Racially Exclusive Grad Ceremonies, by Daniel Payne, at thecollegefix.com. Excerpt from the article:  “The great American political movements of the 19th and 20th century were about bridging the profound and often brutal chasm that has divided the races in this country since its earliest beginnings. Many campuses are now helping to widen that chasm rather than close it further. It’s a terrible thing to witness.”

 

CULTURAL CRAZINESS

Actions Have Consequences, at the burningplatform.com. Watch these two short videos of Pro Abortion students attacking Pro Life protesters. Ask yourself if it would be possible to have a rational discussion with either of these two individuals? By the way the cop in the first video shows how to deescalate a situation with an emotional individual.

‘Gender-Inclusive Puberty’ Is The Latest Myth Peddled By Trans-Activists, by Mary Rice Hasson, at thefederalist.com. Excerpt from the article” “Gender-inclusive puberty education” is an invented term that conceals ideological hokum under language vaguely suggestive of fairness and science. It’s an activist-driven maneuver to embed the gender-identity construct into the minds of impressionable children—all children—under the guise of health education. The real goal is to normalize transgender and non-binary identities and the drastic medical and surgical interventions that “affirm” them.

Prescription For Violence: The Corresponding Rise Of Antidepressants, SSRIs & Mass Shootings, at theburningplatform.com. These antidepressant drugs come with a warning that the user may have suicidal thoughts. How much of a difference is there between suicidal and homicidal thoughts?

The Fight Over Abortions Is Now Total War, by David Marcus, at thefederalsit.com. Roe v Wade was the Government forcing a one size fits all decision on every State. Alabama’s recently passed restrictive abortion law, and New York’s recently passed permissive abortion law is exactly where we were in 1973 when abortion activists butted in and the the Supreme Court made the Roe decision. We have had 45 years of unnecessary conflict. The court should have allowed the States to continue to enforce the abortion laws each had on the books in 1973. It would have worked out better.

Dear Fellow Unbelievers: We’re Not Any Smarter Than People Of Faith, by Chason Gordon, at thefederalist.com. Excerpt from the article:

“In college, I voraciously ingested all the great anti-theist scribes, from Christopher Hitchens to Richard Dawkins to Sam Harris, as if preparing for that one hypothetical argument with a religious person over dinner while everyone else awkwardly ate their meatloaf. It enabled me to roll my eyes at anything religious with the best of them. Little is more fun than smugly looking down on a group of people and saying cruel things about them with a feeling of righteous superiority.”

“Still, this unrelenting disdainful stance gets tired after a while and doesn’t stand up when dealing with actual human beings who can talk back. My once-rabid atheism evolved not into belief, but into a calm acceptance of the more faithful people I met, as I gradually came to understand what many non-believers fail to: You’re not smarter or stronger than religious people, and you don’t know something that they fail to grasp.”

“There’s probably a person of equal intelligence to you, who enjoys the same bands and movies and salad dressing, and maybe even looks a little like you, except he or she has faith. All of that person’s skepticism and doubt is simply pointed in the other direction.”

 

IMMIGRATION

Spain Sees Surge In Migrant Crime “Because Of Political Cowardice“, at zerohedge.com. Europe is farther down the road with the immigration issue than the US. It is proving to be a disaster for these countries. But that can’t happen here? Can it?    In an unrelated article   Hundreds Of Migrants Occupying French Airport Terminal, by Tamar Lapin, at nypost.com.

 

VOLUNTARY COOPERATION vs. CENTRAL PLANNING

A Peck On The Neck, by Eric Peters, at ericpetersautos.com. Individuals with government power are forcing their utopian agenda on us. The reason they are doing this is because consumers in the free market are not choosing their world view. Man made global warming was and still is one of the biggest scams ever!

Excerpt from the article:

“A vampire’s continued existence depends on the continuous flow of the blood of the living. The same principle animates Tesla and other purveyors of electric cars – who are about to receive another $2 billion-plus from FiatChrysler (FCA) over the course of the next three years.”

“This ought to stave off bankruptcy long enough to bankrupt legitimate car companies like FCA (which choose not to purvey electric cars, because people aren’t buying them).”

“After which, the vampire will feast on the blood of us – directly, this time.”

“The cash infusion is performed via what is styled the “purchase” of carbon credits. These are purchases in the manner of our “contributions” to Social Security – i.e., they are extorted payments made under duress for something the victim would never freely pay for if he had the option to say no.”

“The “credits” being “purchased” are for electric cars not built by FCA. Instead, FCA pays Elon, et al, to build them and gets the “credit” for the supposed reduction in C02 “emissions” (it takes many italics and  air quotes to parse government-speak) achieved thereby.”

Whole Foods Now Accepts Cryptocurrency, at zerohedge.com. Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are becoming legit currencies. This is going to challenge Central Bankers money printing monopoly. They can’t allow this.

If You Think Capitalism Is Dying Because Two Companies ‘Control 90 Percent Of The Beer Americans Drink,’ Go Home, You’re Drunk, by Nick Gillespie, at reason.com. The demise of free market capitalism has been greatly exaggerated. Economic forces are always in play no matter how much government central planning exists in any economic system (socialism, communism, crony capitalism, crony socialism).

Billionaire Promises To Pay Off Student Loan Debt Of Morehouse College Graduating Class, at cnn.com. Free market capitalism is why this guy can afford to pay off these students college debts. These kids were going to be debt serfs to the government for years. This evil capitalist bailed them out. And all he want’s is for them to pay it forward. What a greedy SOB.

Nigel Farage ‘Milkshaked’ As Brexit Party Extends Double-Digit Polling Lead, at zerohedge.com. The Status quo doesn’t want Brexit to take place. They want to keep their power. The people have been ignored for three years since they voted to leave the EU. They have had enough of the May’s BS. They don’t want bureaucrats in Brussels making decisions for them. It is bad enough that their own bureaucrats are making laws they have to follow.

Immunize Your Kids Against Intrusive Government, by J.D. Tuccille, at reason.com. Our founders didn’t trust individuals who were in a position to wield the power of government. Our children should be taught the individual is sovereign over the government.

 

SATIRICAL HEADLINES

Caravan Of Unborn Babies Heads Toward Alabama To Apply For Asylum, at babylonbee.com.

In Order To Stop White Men From Legislating Women’s Bodies, Democrats Fight To Overturn Roe v. Wade, at babylonbee.com. The Roe decision was made by a Supreme Court made up of mostly white men.

Bernie Sanders Criticizes Billionaire For Giving Money To Students Instead Of The Needy Federal Government, at babylonbee.com.

Facebook claims Party Celebrating Candace Owens’s Suspension Was ‘An Honest Mistake‘, at babylonbee.com.

 

CARTOONS

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Must Reads For The Week 5/4/19

May 6, 2019

“The coordination of men’s activities through central planning or through voluntary cooperation are roads going in very different directions, the first to serfdom and poverty, the second to freedom and plenty.” – F. A. Hayek

 

Freedom Or Government Control – There Is No True “Third Way“, by Bradley Thomas, at mises.org.  The above quote by Hayek begs the question; Which direction are our politicians attempting to force us? On the one side you have the new socialists in the Democrat party who aren’t afraid to tell us the direction they want to take America. Along with the establishment of the Democrat party who won’t admit the direction they want to take America. Along with the establishment of the Republican party who tell us they want to go in the direction of freedom, but whose policies take us in the opposite direction. Along with citizens who work for the administrative state and citizens who receive the largess of the administrative state. On the other side are citizens and some politicians who want to shrink the size and scope of government which would take us in the direction of freedom and plenty.

The middle of the road third way is chaotic. As we are witnessing in the America today.

Here is an excerpt from the article:

“The defining difference between socialism and capitalism, as described by Ludwig von Mises is “the substitution of public control of the means of production for private control.” More properly understood, socialism would eliminate the private ownership of the means of production by capitalists.”

“So efforts to impose “more aggressive regulation of markets” – which typically amount to more confiscatory taxes and stricter government regulations – may fall short of actual socialism, but erode the defining characteristic of capitalism, namely private ownership over the means of production.”

“It is important here to note that ownership implies the right to utilize, trade or otherwise dispose of property as the owner sees fit, as long as his actions don’t infringe on the rights of others.”

“Any restrictions on the owner’s use, therefore, represents an erosion of private property rights over the means of production, and a step in the direction of centralized, or public, control over those means.

The First Taste Of Freedom, by Eric Peters, at ericpetersautos.com. Excerpt from the article:

“A bicycle was once upon-a-time a kid’s first taste of real freedom. This appetizer tended to instill a hankering for more. An expectation. An awakening.”

“Those who grew up before the era of helicopter parenting commenced in the ’90s will remember it because they lived it. Saturday morning came and as soon as you were finished with breakfast, you bolted outside, got on your bike – without putting on a helmet-  and took off.”

“Cycling is mostly an adult activity now. It’ rare to see kids out riding their bicycles – especially by themselves.”

Venezuelan Socialism Victims Send Message To American Socialists, by Cabot Phillipps, at campusreform.org. Video of people from Venezuela telling what the socialist paradise is really like.

Why Social Democracy Is Failing Europe, by Alastair Macleod, at mises.org. Excerpt from the article:

“The point missed by most analysts is that social democracy is failing because of the contradiction between personal freedom and state control.”

“As a form of mild socialism, it fails for the same reason as did communism. It all plays into the hands of the communists, for whom the failure of social democracy is an opportunity. They encourage the rank and file to blame capitalism. The collapse of capitalism is inevitable, as Marx wrote. And its collapse hastens full-blooded communism. Communism is a broken philosophy, as has been clearly demonstrated. But ruthless leaders still see it as the means of obtaining power over their fellow humans.

Postmaster Warning: The United States Postal Service Is In A “Death Spiral“, at zerohedge.com. Even with a monopoly position and tax payer funding, Government bureaucrats can’t make the postal system pay for itself. Does this surprise anyone?

Pope Joins Soros In Funding Immigrant Caravan Invasion Of US Southern Border, at zerohedge.com. This shouldn’t surprise anyone either. The Pope is a Marxist (read my post here).

Endgame: Starting In 2014, All US Debt Issuance Will Be Used To Pay Interest On Debt, at zerohedge.com. Is this sustainable?

 

YOU MUST AGREE. OR ELSE!

China’s Mass Surveillance App Hacked: Code Reveals Specific Criteria For Illegal Oppression, at zerohedge.com. The technology exists. Why wouldn’t we think that petty tyrants (politicians and bureaucrats) in the US wouldn’t use this?

US Searches Of Phones, Laptops At Airports Rising, Suit Says, by Deb Reichmann, at apnews.com. Wait a minute! Are government bureaucrats already abusing their power and crushing our fourth and fifth amendment rights?

Coming To America: The Complete De-Platforming Of All Non-Establishment Voices, at zerohedge.com. Excerpt from the article: “Free Speech is a myth. Technically we’re allowed to say what we want and won’t get arrested for it, but we constantly have to self-censor our speech, including our political opinions, for many reasons. You’re allowed to express some opinions, son long as they’re the right opinions.”

Google Dumps Black, Female Leader For Believing Men Can’t Be Women, by Natasha Chart, at thefederalist.com. Black female sacrificed on the alter of identity politics. No more guessing. Transgenders are now on a higher rung of the identity politics ladder than black females.

Homeschooling Produces Better-Educated, More-Tolerant Kids, Politicians Hate That, at reason.com. No comment needed.

Open Air Absurdistan, at theburningplatform.com. Politicians are taking positions that are insane Absurd.

Child Abuse, at theburningplatform.com. This video is ……. I don’t know if there is a word that describes what this is. But ultimately this is child abuse.

Planned Parenthood Supporters Dance On ‘Graves’ Of Aborted Babies, at lowderwithcrowder.com. Watch this short video and ask yourself: Can anyone relate to these protesters?

Preferred Pronouns Or Prison,

Do you have a right to choose the words you use? Or do people have a right to force you to use the words they choose for you?

 

 

MEDIA NARRATIVES

How Media Narratives Become More Important Than Facts, Sharyl Attkisson, at theepochtimes.com. Excerpt from the article: “I believe I was among the first to really pay attention to the increasingly effective operations to shape and censor news – the movements to establish narratives rather than follow facts – and to see the growing influence of smear operations, political interests, and corporate interests on the news.”

“It’s not that I’m smarter than my peers …. but my particular brand of off-narrative reporting happened to draw the intense attention of the smear operators and propagandists, so I began to study it.”

Attkisson v. DOJ And FBI For The Government Computer Intrusions, by Sharyl Attkisson, at sharylattkisson.com. Here is what happened to Sharyl Attkisson when she started to look into Fast and Furious.

Son, It Was Obama We Journalists Had To Fear, by Jack Cashill, at americanthinker.com.  You will remember these incidents during the Obama administration. Excerpt from the article: “…President Trump is at least open in his hostility toward the press. The First Amendment gives him the same rights as it gives us. It was President Obama’s dirty, covert war on the media that had me worried.”

You Think You Have It Tough?  at theburningplatform.com. When you are against the political establishment (deep state if you will), you have no rights.

Lara Logan Cheers Ted Koppel’s Comments On Media Bias: Finally, I’m Not Alone

 

MUELLER / RUSSIA POST GAME REPORT

About The Letter That Mueller Wrote To Barr, at zerohedge.com. The media only showed the part of the letter that fit their narrative.

Grassley Truth Bomb, at theburningplatform.com. No comment needed.

NYT Confirms Obama Admin Used Multiple Spies Against Trump In 2016, by Mollie Hemingway, at thefederalist.com. The New York Times ran this story. So it should be Gospel to the left.

And The Winner Of The Robert Mueller Sweepstakes Is – Putin, by John Solomon, at thehill.com. As usual here is great analysis by John Solomon.

Checkmate, by Will Chamberlin, at humanevents.com. This is interesting analysis about the left losing the chess match against Bill Barr.

 

SATIRICAL HEADLINES

Dem Candidates Promising Relief To Americans Sick And Tired Of Working All These Plentiful Jobs, at babylonbee.com.

Progressive Parents Devastated After Son Comes Out As Straight, at babylonbee.com.

Man’s Baptism Overturned Afterr Instant Replay Reveals He Was Not Flly Submerged, at babylonbee.com.

Democrats Call Upon Nation To Unify Against Other Half Of Nation, at babylonbee.com.

Women Wearing MAGA Hat Makes It Home From Store Alive, at babylonbee.com.

Dems Promise To Do A Better Job Of Hiding Their Support For Infanticide In The Future, at babylonbee.com.

 

CARTOONS

From theburningplatform.

Equality Act

Biden Obama Baggage

 

Must Reads For The Week 4/27/19

April 29, 2019

“The coordination of men’s activities through central planning or through voluntary cooperation are roads going in very different directions, the first to serfdom and poverty, the second to freedom and plenty.” – F. A. Hayek

 

The World’s Hypocritical Silence As China Imprisons Its ethnic Muslims, by Charles Hugh Smith, at oftwominds.com. Excerpt from the article: “...The global Muslim community, and indeed, the entire global community, is strangely silent as China pursues a high-tech suppression of its ethnic Muslims. This silence might be the one thing Tehran, Moscow and Washington have in common: a complete and utter disregard for China’s Muslim-only gulags”

Former House Speaker Paul Ryan To Lecture At Notre Dame, at dailyjournal.net. Paul Ryan is not the only big government central planner who is going to be a guest lecturer at ND. Dem. Joe Donnelly and for Obama White House Aide Denis McDonough are also going to lecture there. R or D doesn’t matter. All three are big government central planners. College students are paying to be propagandized.

Electric Car Owners Shocked: New Study confirms EVs Considerably Worse For Climate Than Diesel Cars, at zerohedge.com. The road to hell is paved with good intentions. The green movement is leading us toward a lower standard of living.

Government’s Counterproductive War Against Smoking, by Lee Friday, at mises.org. Excerpt from the article: “The efficacy of RIP (reduced ignition propensity) regulations on materials used to produce cigarettes is very much in doubt, with evidence suggesting they may even be counterproductive. Furthermore, aside from smoking-related-fires, the manner in which RIP cigarettes are manufactured and smoked may actually pose greater risks to the health of smokers as compared to non-RIP cigarettes.”

“Vaping products are a much healthier alternative for smokers and far less likely to be the source of unintended fires, as compared to RIP and non-RIP cigarettes. However, Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Canaca’s Minister of Health, said, “We’re .. placing restrictions on the promotion of vaping products while allowing adults to legally access them as a less harmful alternative to cigarettes …” So, having acknowledged that cigarettes are more harmful to our health than vaping, the government somehow feels it is prudent to prevent vendors of vaping products from persuading cigarette smokers to kick the habit.”

“Politicians and bureaucrats appear to be more dangerous to our health than smoking.

Seattle’s Revolt Of The Elites, at zerohedge.com. The homeless problem is getting out of control in cities across the country that are run by progressive democrats. City leaders are using a PR campaign (propaganda) to assure people that everything is fine. The propaganda probably won’t work. Because ultimately the reality of how big the problem is will over ride the propaganda.

The Modern Opium Den: Starbucks Installs Needle-Disposal Boxes Across US Locations, at zerohedge.com. Starbucks has enabled drug use on their property. Now they are going to treat the symptom rather than taking of the problem that created the symptom in the first place.

San Francisco Needle Exchange Leaves Streets Littered With Toxic Syringes, at zerohedge.com. Another example of a city run by progressive democrats literally going down the toilet.

Chicago’s Pension Funds Looking More Like A Collapsing Ponzi Scheme, at zerohedge.com. Yet another example of a city run by progressive democrats going down the drain.

Here’s What Rep. Ilhan Omar Gets Wrong About ‘Black Hawk Down’, Kyle Lamb, at thefederalist.com. This is an article by Kyle Lamb who fought in the Battle of Mogadishu. Ilhan Omar didn’t grow up in a culture of freedom. She and her family escaped Somalia and she is now a US citizen and member of congress. She didn’t grow up in a culture of freedom. Lamb grew up in a culture of freedom in the US. The difference between how Ilhan Omar and Kyle Lamb look at the Black Hawk Down incident is interesting predictable.

Churches Have Become The #1 target For Hate Attacks” An Average Of 105 Every Single Month, at zerohedge.com. The persecution of Christians is increasing all over the world.

Climate Change: The Maldives Mystery And Revealed Preferences, at economicpolityjournal.com.  Human Action reveals what individuals believe to be true.

 

RUSSIAN COLLUSION AFTERMATH

Here are some informative articles about the Russian Collusion mess.

Top 51 Fake News Russiangate ‘Bomshells’ Spread By The MSM, at zerohedge.com.

7 Glaring Omissions In The Mueller Report That Kill Its Credibility, by Ben Weingartner, at thefederalist.com.

Don Jr. And The Trump Tower Meeting – What Happens When Fake News Collides With Zero Intent, by Joe DiGenova, at foxnews.com.

Johnson: Special Counsel Mueller – Disingenuous And Dishonest, at zerohedge.com.

Obama Campaign Paid $972,000 To Law Firm That Paid Fusion GPS, by Sean Davis, at thefederalist.com.

Shipp: Coup Against Trump Is “Biggest Violation Of Constitution In History”, at zerohedge.com.

 

SATIRICAL HEADLINES

Amid Criticism That He’s Too White, Biden Insists He Has A Black Friend ‘Obama’, at babylonbee.com

Biden Vows To Return Nation To Era When Press Didn’t Bother Reporting ON President’s Scandals, at babylonbee.com.

Bernie Sanders Vows To Round Up Remaining ISIS Members, Allow Them To Vote, at babylonbee.com.

 

CARTOONS

From theburningplatform.com.

Political Cartoons by Tom Stiglich

Political Cartoons by Robert Ariail

Political Cartoons by Tom Stiglich

Political Cartoons by AL Goodwyn

 

 

 

Must Reads For The Week 2/16/19

February 19, 2019

FAKE NEWS

Obvious Hoax Unravels – Jessie Smollett Facing Heat For Fake Assault Claim, at theburningplatform.com. This guy thought he was going to be protected by the mainstream media and leftist politicians. Why? Because this story fit their narrative. Unfortunately for Smollett facts are stubborn things. His story started to unravel as evidence started to surface. Will the truth about this fake attack get as much media coverage as the original fake story received from the main stream media? No! The original story served its purpose. Smollett, the main stream media, and various politicians will not be held accountable for the hoax or spreading the hoax.

Spreading The Fake Smollett “MAGA Country” Hate Crime: A Mainstream Media Montague, at zerohedge.com. Watch a montage of the media’s coverage of the original event. The rush to push a fake narrative without finding the facts is standard operating procedure for the “unbiased” main stream media. Remember these rush to judgements, Covington Catholic students, Kavanaugh hearings, Russian collusion, Trayvon Martin “hands up don’t shoot”, “The Cambridge police acted stupidly”, the Duke Lacrosse case, the George Bush national guard fake documents, just to name a few. When Trump said the media was “the enemy of the people” he should have said ‘the main stream media is the enemy of the truth’. The press was given Constitutional protection in order to be a check on government power. The MSM is now on the side of big government.  As long as the individuals with government power are part of the progressive socialist left. Alternative media are now doing the job the press was originally supposed to do. Politicians, the MSM and social media platforms are trying to silence and censor alternative media sites. Fortunately for freedom, the alternative media Genie can’t be put back in the bottle.

Hate Crime Hoaxes: 10 Campus Stories Debunked in 2017, at foxnews.com. How many do you remember? How about these?, A Brief History Of Hate Crime Hoaxes, at news.com.au.

The Alt-Media Has Way More Fun Than The Mainstream Media, by Charles Hugh Smith, at oftwoinds.com. Excerpt from the article: “The corporate-state media ……job isn’t to report any truth that lays waste to the self-serving interests of the ruling elites; their job is to protect the ruling elites by “reporting” politically correct narratives and playing up culturally divisive incidents to distract the masses from any awareness of their political invisibility and lack of financial independence or agency.”

“The MSM’s other job is to scrub any mass dissent from their “news.” So for example, U.S. corporate-state media coverage of the yellow vest movement in France is zero. This is not random; it is all part of skewing the “news” to Meaningless controversies and fawning politically correct / approved narratives stories.”

“It’s more fun being on the side of free inquiry and meaningful analysis than being on the side of censorship, fear-mongering, propagandistic sowing of discord and the promotion of the corporate-state party line.”

OTHER STUFF

The Disappearing Democrat’ Scandal, at zerohedge.com. Remember this story? Excerpt from the article: “Imran Awan was an IT guy for congress for many years. He was working for Debbie Wasserman Schultz and other members of congress. In the heat of the 2016 election, actually the same week that the DNC was hacked, Congress’ own internal police caught him hacking Congress. so although he was the IT guy, he was taking much more data than he should have had access to, impersonating members of Congress, and logging into their accounts and so on, and shuttling data off the House network and taking steps to hide what he was doing.”

Do You Believe In The Deep State Now?, at zerohedge.com. Call it what you will, the deep state, bureaucratic insiders, the Washington establishment, the administrative state. The deep state’s former FBI director Andrew McCabe admits they were working to get rid of Trump. Why? Because he was an outsider who wasn’t going to play their game. Trump stated he wanted to ‘drain the swamp’. He was and is perceived as a threat to their power. What they don’t understand is that it isn’t Trump who is a threat to their power, it is the individuals who voted him into office who are the threat to their power. These actions by establishment insiders and the main stream media are producing an unintended consequence. Increasing numbers of people are beginning to clearly see the threat to individual freedom is the D.C. establishment.

Sheriff Calls Concealed Carrying Bystander A “Hero” For Shooting Man Who Killed Wife At Dental Office, by Dan Urbanski, at theblaze.com. Did you hear about this in the MSM? This concealed carrier shot and held the suspect until cops came. And he did it without shooting an innocent bystander.

The Real Resistance: Washington State Sheriffs Refuse To Enforce Unconstitutional Gun Laws, at zerohedge.com. The real resistance against tyranny.

Who-D A-Thunk It? Panera’s Utopia Pay-What-You-Want Restaurant Model Didn’t Work?, by Mark J. Perry, at carpediemblog. No shock to anyone with common sense, people started to eat without paying.

2 Million Syringes Still Missing As San Francisco’s Drug Addicts Outnumber High-School Students, at zerohedge.com. I guess Government officials didn’t understand that when you subsidize an activity you get more of that activity.

Cash-Desperate Illinois Is Now Taxing Lap Dances, at economicpolicyjournal.com. This is not a satirical headline. In an unrelated story: Moodies Warns Illinois Governor: New Taxes Will Make More Residents Flee, at zerohedge.com.

Who Owns The $21.5 Trillion Of U.S. National Debt?, at economicpolicyjournal.com. U.S Individuals and Institutions – Here is who owns our debt. U.S. Individuals and institutions – 39.5%, U.S. Social Security Trust Fund – 13%, Federal Reserve – 10.8%, U.S Civil Service Retirement Fund – 4.3%, U.S. Military Retirement Fund – 3.5% for a total of 71.1%. The remaining 29% is owned by foreign countries, with China holding the most at 6.2%. Is it possible to pay this back when you consider that we are adding about $1 trillion to the national debt every year?

 

SATIRICAL HEADLINES

Nation’s Liberals Devastated After Learning Hate Crime Didn’t Actually Happen, at babylonbee.com. Excerpt from the article: “Candlelight vigils are being arranged in liberal cities across the country as millions mourn the loss of one of the most potentially divisive crimes in the last decade. “There was so much promise there. Now there’s just emptiness,” said one mourner in Berkley, CA.

Conservatives Accused Of Making Liberals Look Bad By Simply Reading List Of Things Liberals Believe, at babylonbee.com.

10 Ways You Can Drastically Reduce Your Carbon Footprint This Very Instant, at babylonbee.com. Here are a few. “1) Kill Yourself. 2) Kill A Friend Or Family Member. 3) Have An Abortion, See #2. 4) Cut Your Breathing Back To Once Every 7 Minutes.

“We Must Treat The Constitution As If It’s Alive,” Says Man Who doesn’t Treat The Unborn That Way, at babylonbee.com.

 

CARTOONS

At theburningplatform.com.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Political Cartoons by Michael Ramirez

Political Cartoons by Pat Cross

Political Cartoons by Mike Lester

 

 

Political Cartoons by Lisa Benson

Political Cartoons by Pat Cross

 

Must Reads For The Week 1/26/19

January 28, 2019

The Government Shutdown And The Fallacy Of The “Public Sector“, at econmicpolicyjournal.com. It is time to privatize a majority of what the government does. Starting with the TSA, air traffic control, the postal service.

Demographic Catastrophe: China’s Birth Rate Falls To Historic Low, at zerohedge.com. Excerpt from the article: “...without a dramatic rebound in China’s birth rate, massive over capacity (thanks to over a decade of government mandated malinvestment) versus a eve swifter declining base of consumption does not add up to a burgeoning middle class or a happy ending.”

Markets In Everything: Light Bulb Repair In Venezuela, by Mark J. Perry, at carpediemblog. You’re economy is in the toilet when there is a market to repair light bulbs.

Uncle Sam Wants Your DNA: The FBI’s Diabolical Plan To Create A Nation Of Suspects, at zerohedge.com. It is not good that Trump signed “The Rapid DNA Act”.

At Shot Show, Mike Rowe, Shares Lessons Learned From Gun Owners, by Sean Davis At thefederalist.com. Excerpt from the article: “Rowe….extolled the virtues of working and building with your hands, instead off pushing paper or spending all day in front of a screen. “This country has a skills gap. We have seven million jobs available that can’t be filled because people in this country no longer have the skills to do them. We have lent over $1.5 trillion to kids who can’t pay it back so they can spend four years trying to get jobs that don’t exists.

The Vatican Surrenders To China, at zerohedge.com. Pope Francis has granted the Chinese Communist Party considerable authority to appoint Catholic bishops after decades of denying them this power. This can’t end well for Catholics in China.

School Board Keeps Policy Pushing Male Coach To Watch Undressing Girl, by Joy Pullmann, at thefederalist.com. Teachers are to be sacrificed on the altar of political correctness. This is complete insanity. Why would any teacher put themselves in this situation.

Law Makes It Easier For New Yorkers To Get Third-Trimester Abortions, by Liz Wolfe, at thefederalist.com. Governor Cuomo said, “One World Trade Center’s 408 foot spire, the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge, the Kosciuszko Bridge and the Alfred E. Smith Building in Albany will be lit in pink tonight to celebrate passage of Reproductive Health Act.” Is this something to celebrate?

FAKE NEWS

More Fake News Exposed As Media Lies About Catholic Kids, Native American Debacle, at zerohedge.com. If you watch the full video, instead of watching the edited part the media showed ad nauseam, you will have a different opinion of this contrived incident that was the top story in the news last week. If you are not interested in what really happened, because the edited video supports your vision of the world, you are part of the problem.

We should never believe the main stream media’s account of any story. When a story is reported, start with the understanding that something important may or may not have happened. And this something is being covered by people who see everything through the biased lens of their political world view. These people will leave out any information that doesn’t support their world view. If you want to know what really happened you will have to spend time looking at information that is outside of the main stream media. Analyse the information and then form your opinion. It takes time, but it is better than being propagandized by the main stream media.

The MAGA hat is what this is really all about. The Democrats and the MSM have pushed the idea that Trump and anyone who voted for him is a racist. They are attempting to have the MAGA hat take the place of the white hood as the symbol of racism. There isn’t evidence to support this claim that Trump is a racist. He only became a racist after he started running for President as a Republican. The Dems and the MSM understand that if you state a lie over and over it will become truth in many people’s minds. I have been paying attention to politics the late 70’s. This is nothing new. Reagan was portrayed as a racist. Anyone who is for smaller government is smeared as a racist. Calling your opponent racists stops all debate about any subject. Because when you are evil, anything you support no matter how logical, is evil. Read this article, Famous Liberals Who Urged Doxing, Assault, & Murder of Covington Catholic Kids Are Called Out, at zerohedge.com. The Catholic diocese tossed these kids under the bus in 24 hours. It took decades for Catholic leadership to out their pedophile priests.

The American Indian who waded into the crowd of Covington Catholic students while banging his drum was a professional protester. Don’t trust me. If you choose to know the truth read, The Truth About That Naive American by Tom Woods, or this article, Native American “Harassed” by MAGA Kids Exposed As Outrage-Cultural Grifter, at zerohedge.com.

We are all being played for fools by big government central planners in the Democrat and Republican party, and the main stream media. We are being separated into disparate groups and made to hate each other. Until more individuals understand this, we will continue down this chaotic political road we are now traveling.

Our enemy is not individuals outside of government. Our enemies are individuals in government. These individuals in government have power to force you to do things you don’t want to do. Obamacare was an example of individuals in government forcing individuals outside of government to purchase a good or service. Every dollar individuals in government take from you and distribute to others is theft of your decision to do what you want to do with your property (what you produced).

Our country was founded to protect each individual from individual politicians and bureaucrats who are in positions to wield the concentrated force of government. We have to quit buying into the propaganda of identity politics, or they win.

The Ruling Elites Love How Easily We’re Distracted and Turned Against Each Other. by Charles Hugh Smith, at oftwominds.com. Make time to read this article. Excerpt from the article: “Huxley spoke of Loving our servitude: if we let the ruling elites distract and divide us, then we will in effect to choosing to love our servitude.”

“No wonder the ruling elites love how easily we’re distracted and divided against ourselves: It’s so easy to dominate a distracted, divided, blinded-by-propaganda and negative emotions populace.”

Mueller’s Office Confirms Buzzfeed’s Trump-Cohen Story Is Fake News, at zerohedge.com. More biased reporting by MSM. The MSM trick is to report about a report by another media outlet. When they report that Buzzfeed says “……..”, it serves as their version of a “weasel clause” in a contract. This is how they get out of their obligation of being “journalist”. Fewer and fewer people believe what the MSM reports.

“Everyone Knew” WSJ Exposes Bruce Ohr’s Shocking Admission To The FBI, at zerohedge.com. The MSM didn’t report what “Everyone Knew” about the Steele Dossier. I’m shocked!

BuzzFeed CEO Spoofed Prominent Gun Rights Activist To Spread Disinformation, at zerohedge.com. No comment needed.

Is Big Tech Merging With Big Brother? Kinda Looks Like It, at wired.com. When ‘Wired’ publishes an article about this, you should pay attention to the surveillance State. Excerpt from the article: “Big Brother is an emerging reality in China. Yet in the West, at least, the threat of government surveillance systems being integrated with the existing corporate surveillance capacities of big-data companies like Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Amazon into one gigantic all-seeing eye appears to trouble very few people – even as countries like Venezuela have been quick to cop the Chinese model…..Still, It can’t happen here, right?”

 

SATIRICAL HEADLINES

Report: More Unborn Babies In New York Identifying As Convicted Criminals So They Can’t Legally Be Executed, at babylonbee.com.

Statement By Pinocchio Rated Four Ocasio-Cortezes, at babylonbee.com.

Progressives Announce Plan To Resume Lecturing You On Morality After They’re Finished Applauding Murder Of The Unborn, at babylonbee.com.

 

CARTOONS

Political Cartoons by Steve Kelley

 

Political Cartoons by Ken Catalino

Political Cartoons by AL Goodwyn

Political Cartoons by Tom Stiglich

 

Must Reads For The Week 12/8/18

December 9, 2018

 

Mazie Hirono: “We Democrats Know So Much” That We Tend to Alienate Voters, by Jessica Chasmar, at washingtontimes.com. Here is an excerpt from the article: “One of the things that we Democrats have a really hard time is connecting to people’s hearts instead of here”, Mrs Hirono pointed to her head, “We’re really good at shoving out all the information that touch people here [points to her brain] But not here [points to the heart].”

I hate to inform Mrs Hirono, but it is just the opposite. The only way Democrats win an issue is by playing to people’s emotions. Why? Because they could never win the issues with logic and reasoning.

Thomas Sowell Explains The Economics Of Discrimination, by David Weinberger, at the federalist.com. I am reading Dr. Sowell’s recent book Discrimination and Disparities. This is another great read that is full of information, and of course, Dr Sowell’s brilliant insight and reasoning.

Truth Is What We Hide, Self-Serving Cover Stories Are What We Sell, by Charles Hugh Smith, at oftwominds.com. This is a great article about what insiders in politics, the bureaucracy and the media cover up and what they spin as true.

Lena Dunham’s Return To ‘Believe All Women’ Does Women No Favors, by Daniella Davis, at thefederalist.com. Don’t ‘all women’ have to have some speck of evidence in order to be believed? There is an evidentiary standard in order to be believed when accusing someone of a crime. Why? Because it is a legal matter, even though the legal process of finding guilt in sexual assault cases is now being tried in the political arena. Here is a random thought. If men and women are equal, as we as a society have been told for all these decades, why don’t we here of more instances where women fight their attackers? If men and women are equal, shouldn’t 50% of these assault cases end with the perpetrator having been beaten up. Also, wouldn’t there be fewer assaults for the simple reason men would not be eager to attack someone who could beat them up.

In an unrelated article: Men Begin Avoiding Female Co-Workers In Age Of #MeToo, by Ryan McMaken, at mises.org. I shouldn’t say this but I am. After being told by a woman that all men are pigs, I informed her that it is a good thing that God made men’s sex drive so powerful, because if it wasn’t for that, there is no way men would want to hang around women.

In another unrelated article: Chart Of The Day: The Declining Female Share Of Computer Science Degrees From, 28% to 18%, by Mark J. Perry, at carpediemblog. Men and women are biologically different. and no amount of social engineering will change that reality.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Claims Stopping Climate Change Will End Racism , at zerohedge.com. I am not smart enough to understand how, “stopping climate change will end racism”. So my comment to Alexandria is this; the Democrat party doesn’t want to end racism. The Democrat party needs the issue of racism to maintain its power. The Democrat party also uses the global warming issue to maintain its power. So the Democrats also don’t want the issue of Global warming to go away. Since both issues are needed to maintain power, neither issue will go away. Since both issues can’t be proven as true, only asserted as true, it will be easy to hype both issues for decades to come.

The Elite Are Creating An Authoritarian ‘Beast System’, And Dissenters Could Lose Everything, at zerohedge.com. The internet is turning into a tool of surveillance by Big Brother.

DC Council Bills Taxpayers Half A Million To Avoid Enrolling In Obamacare, by Christopher Jacobs, at thefederalist.com. Do as I say not as I do. Here is an excerpt from the article: “In encouraging others to “get covered,” and promoting the D.C. Health Link Site, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser omitted one key detail: she does not buy the policies the DC Health Link sells. Bowser, like most of her DC council colleagues, received taxpayer-funded insurance subsidies to purchase their coverage through the District government, rather than through DC Health Link. Thus DC spent nearly half a million in taxpayer funds because the mayor ad council won’t be bothered o enroll in Obamacare.”

Why Have Seattle’s Police Become Enforcers For Antifa? at zerohedge.com. The police are not there to pick a side. They are there to enforce the law no matter who breaks it.

Nearly Two-Thirds Of Non-Citizen Households In America Are On Welfare, at zerohedge.com. Taxpayers are paying the cost of not enforcing the immigration laws that are on the books today.

Alberta Orders “Unprecedented” Oil Output Cut To Combat Crashing Prices, at zerohedge.com. American oil producers stop pumping oil if the price of oil can’t cover the cost of production (including a profit). The incremental increase and decrease of the price of oil regulates supply of oil at any particular price. My question is; does the Government of Canada make the decision on how much oil is extracted from the ground or do prices decide what is pumped out of the ground? This seems like a Government created ‘problem’. Oil gluts and oil shortages wouldn’t be as wide ranging if market prices were allowed to incrementally adjust supply and demand instead of letting it be decided by central planners.

French Protestors Fume Over Climate Taxes And A Rising Cost Of living, by Ryan McMaken, at mises.org. Global warming policies are just another way for governments to grow power and fleece their citizens.

The Edict Of Diocletian: A Case Study Of Price Controls And Inflation, by Murray N. Rothbard, at mises.org. The average person in Roman times understood more about what caused inflation than we do today. Today we think that inflation is prices rising. In Roman times they understood (through their actions) that Inflation is the increase in the money supply. Governments clip coins and decreases the amount of gold in each coin they mint in order to finance government spending. Regular people understood this and reacted by paying their taxes with the coins that had less gold in them, and keeping the higher quality coins to use in market exchange. But inflation still reared its ugly head. To combat inflation caused by the Government devaluation of the coins, Emperor Diocletian decided setting price ceilings was the answer. Even this all-powerful Emperor couldn’t stop the shortages that were brought about by his price controls. Nothing was offered for sale and everything was in short supply. Diocletian repealed his price ceiling edict and prices finally stabilized after the Government stopped devaluing the money supply.

I don’t think our Federal Reserve is smart enough to realize they have caused our bubble economy through their money printing. Even if they did realize it, they have no incentive to stop printing money because we the people are ignorant about what money really is. Why? Because we have grown up under a paper money system, not under a commodity (gold or silver) money system. If you want to understand the concept of money read: “What Has Government Done To Our Money” By Murray Rothbard. It is a hand size paperback of 110 pages.

DiMartino Booth: The Fraying Of The Fed’s Fragile Narrative, at zerohedge.com. Danielle DiMartino Booth is a former official of the Dallas Fed. She has keen insight about the workings of this disruptive organization. The Interview is worth watching.

Even The NY Times Thinks Its ‘Curtains For The Clintons’, at zerohedge.com. The small crowds at Clinton speaking tour stops shows the Clintons have out lived their usefulness to the Democrat Party.

“I Know Where All The Bodies Are Buried”: Clinton Foundation CFO Spills Beans To Investigators, at zerohedge.com. I an unrelated story. The Clinton Foundation was nothing more than a money laundering scheme. Mafia money launderers could learn a few things from the Clintons.

 

SATIRICAL HEADLINES

Macron Criticizes Climate Change Tax Protesters For Not Using Carbon-Neutral Rioting Methods, at babylonbee.com

Trump Releases Findings Of Own Independent Investigation: ‘Most Innocent President Ever’, at babylonbee.com.

Report: Mueller To Release Results Of Investigation Day Before 2020 Election, at babylonbee.com.

Frightening Rise In Anti-Semitism Blamed On The Jews, at babylonbee.com.

Should The NFL Prohibit Players From Appearing In Hotel Security Footage? at theonion.com.

 

CARTOONS

Political Cartoons by Steve Kelley

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Must Reads For The Week 6/2/18

June 3, 2018

Remember Filegate? Where The Clinton’s Promised Everyone That They Had Only Accidentally Been Looking Through FBI Files On Republicans? by John  Lott, at johnrlott.blogspot.com. Where these raw FBI files uses to blackmail people?

Atlanta Suburb Brags About Fines For Chipped Paint And Incorrectly Stacked Wood, at reason.com. It is not just the Federal Government that is tyrannical. Doraville Ga. is trying to balance its budget through fines and intimidation. Some residents are suing the city for violating their due process rights under the 14th amendment.

Trump Signs Orders Targeting Federal Workers, Union Activities, by Jonathan Allen, at nbcnews.com. Finally a politician with the balls to push back against out of control  federal employee unions. Public employee unions are helping bankrupt government at all levels.

How The Feds Use Transportation Funds To Spy On You, by Mike Maharrey, at mises.org. Is the Dept. of Homeland Security and the TSA building a nationwide surveillance network?

NAACP President In SC Says He Was Racially Profiled; Body Cam Video Shows Otherwise, by Tonya Brown, at wpde.com. I’ve posted many times about what I think are abuses of power by police. Here is an example of false accusations against the police.  And this follow-up. NAACP Now Investigating If Two Officers Took Part In Traffic Stop Of NAACP Leader, by Tonya Brown, at wpde.com.

BLM-Cheerleader Accuses Police Officer Of Sexual Assault, Body Cam Footage Proves Otherwise, at zerohedge.com. Another example of false accusations against police. Body cameras are a good idea. Just like citizens using their phones to film stops, is a good idea.

Caged Migrant Children Photo Goes Viral As Left Rages At Trump; Except It Happened Under Obama, at zerohedge.com. This is an example of the biased main stream media running with a story because it fits their narrative. The good thing about the internet is these fake news stories can be easily debunked. the MSM doesn’t have a monopoly on information anymore.

You Won’t Believe What McDonald’s Is Being Sued For Now.... at zerohdege.com. There are too many slip and fall lawyers looking for a payday.

The Marketplace – America’s Other Democracy, by Brian Balfour, at mises.org. Excerpt from the article: “Note the contrast between this “other” democracy versus the political democracy, which is rife with patronage peddling, pork barrel spending, taxes, corruption and waste. In the democracy of the marketplace, individuals strive to serve the needs of others in order to foster their own success. Compare that to political democracy, which tends “to give way to the tyranny of the status quo that gets to exploit the exploitable — you and your fellow citizens,

Free To Be A Socialist, by Walter E. Williams, at jewishworldreview.com. Excerpt from the article: “….young people prefer socialism to free market capitalism. That, I believe, is a result of their ignorance and indoctrination during their school years, from kindergarten through college. For the most part, neither they nor many of their teachers and professors know what free market capitalism is.”

“Free market capitalism is disfavored by many Americans – and threatened – not because of its failure but, ironically, because of its success. Free market capitalism in America has been so successful in eliminating the traditional problems of mankind – such as disease, pestilence, hunger and gross poverty – that all other human problems appear both unbearable and inexcusable. The desire by many Americans to eliminate these so-called unbearable and inexcusable problems has led to the call for socialism”
“….socialism sounds great. It has always sounded great……It is only when you go beyond rhetoric, and start looking at hard facts, that socialism turns out to be a big disappointment, if not a disaster.”

John Oliver Is Wrong About Venezuela – It’s A Socialist Country, by Jose Nino, at mises.org. Venezuela is an example of the failure of socialism.

Drain The Swamp; Remove The Cancer, at economicnoise.com. Excerpt from the article: Much of he country still does not believe how corrupt their government is. To many, Trump is merely a baboon, not intelligent enough to properly manage government and not proper or politically correct enough to represent them.”

To the hoard of thieves inside the beltway, he is the million-to-one shot that could never happen. As such he is now a threat that cannot be tolerated. His tenure has already highlighted and uncovered inefficiencies and illegalities. And he is just getting started and beginning to focus on the really criminals stuff. Drain the swamp was a catchy campaign phrase but it was inaccurate in the sense that swamps do not metastasize. They can become more dangerous over time, but generally not become bigger. Washington is more like a cancer which does grow in size”

CARTOONS from therightreason.net

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Must Reads For The Week 12/2/17

December 3, 2017

FAKE NEWS?

ABC news reported early Friday an unnamed source said Flynn is prepared to testify that then candidate Trump instructed him to contact Russian officials during the campaign. But this wasn’t true. Either the story was reported this way as an “honest mistake” or it was reported this way because it confirm the Russian collusion bias the main stream media has been hoping to prove since the election. ABC retracted the story 8 hours later. Read about the retraction in this story ABC Makes “Epic Mistake”, Retracts Bombshell Flynn Story, at zerohedge.com, and this story ABC News Corrects Bombshell Flynn Report, at cnn.com.

The Truth is: shortly after the election, not during the campaign, President-elect Trump, not candidate Trump, instructed Flynn to contact Russia to see if they could work together to fight ISIS in Syria. I went to zerohedge and read the full statement in this article, “Statement Of The Offense”: Here is Mueller’s Full Case Against Flynn, to find the truth behind the initial story because I knew from experience the media’s initial story or headline has resemblance to the truth. They are trying to push their narrative.

So what is this all about? The insiders in the media and D.C. don’t want an outsider in a position that is reserved for insiders. Since the election insiders have been trying to get rid of our undermine Trump. Trump colluding with Russia during the election is the narrative they think will serve their purpose. Special Council Mueller is investigating “Russian collusion”. He was the FBI Director appointed by Bush and retained by Obama. Serving under Republican and Democrat presidents shows that he is a true insider. New he has an unlimited budget. His search is not limited to Russian collusion. He is going to set perjury traps for everyone he questions in an attempt to get them on a process crime which has nothing to do with collusion.When he charges them with the process crime of perjury, he can then pressure them to give up Trump or go to jail, even if there is nothing to give up. He wants them to make up something in exchange for a lesser penalty, or use their admission of quilt about perjury to push the narrative of collusion. (Here is some friendly advice. If you are ever questioned by the FBI, plead the fifth. Don’t answer any questions because they are trying to set a perjury trap. They to find somebody to hang, and they don’t care if the charge has anything to do with their investigation. Remember Scooter Libby read here.)

The insiders are trying to get us to believe that collusion is illegal. Collusion is not illegal. Colluding to break the law is illegal. Ohio State football coaches and players colluded last week to beat Michigan. But beating Michigan is not illegal. Is colluding with a foreign country to win an election illegal? only if the specific actions taken are illegal.

Conclusion: If you are not an outsider you are the enemy of the insiders and must be taken down. Insiders will use the full force of the Federal Government and their allies in the media to get rid of outsiders. Trump is a big threat to the insiders and their power. This is why insiders in both parties, the media, entertainment, and education seem so unhinged by everything Trump does. I think it is hilarious. Of course I see the R and D insider game for what it is, pitting us against each other so insiders can maintain their positions of power and wealth. (And remember this, never talk to the FBI.)

INSIDERS VS OUTSIDERS

Over-Reaching Prosecutors Run The Country, at bigleaguepolitics.com. Individuals in positions of power can never be trusted. Remember Mike Nifhong and the Duke Lacrosse case.

Obama-Appointed Federal Inspector Threatened By Clinton Campaign Over Email Investigation, at zerohedge.com. Another example of insiders using threats to protect their status quo position.

DNC Lawyer Scrambles To Block Evidence From Hidden Laptop Tied To Wasserman Schultz, at zerohedge.com. Democrat insiders trying to cover up their pile of crap so outsiders don’t figure out what is going on.

Fight Over CFPB Director Shows – Again! – How Powerful Government Entities Backfire On Their Creators, by Eric Boehm, at reason.com. Insiders created a position of power to implement their agenda. When it looks like an outsider may take over the position they created they don’t like it.

 

Net Neutrality And The Resistance To Restoring Internet Freedom, by Mark J. Perry, at carpediemblog. Net Neutrality is an example of government insiders trying to reign in the freedom of outsiders by disguised their regulations as helping outsiders. Excerpt from the article: “Net Neutrality was sold as a solution to problems that did not exist (problems being hypothetical cases of Internet service providers blocking content they don’t like). Predictably, it hasn’t worked out well for consumers. As FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has noted, investment in broadband networks has declined for two years in a row for the first time in the history of the Internet, not counting recessions.” Why does government think it has to get involved in industries that are doing just fine without them?

Net Neutrality: Government Can’t Know The “Correct” Price For Internet Service, by Nicholas Freiling, at mises.org. The economic realities of insider intervention into the free market (aka outsider milieu). Excerpt from the article: “A pure net neutrality view is difficult to sustain if you also want to have continued investment in broadband networks. ….If you have these pure net neutrality rules where you can never charge a company like Netflix anything, you’re not ever going to get a return on continued network investment – which means you’ll stop investing in the network. And I would not want to be sitting here 10 or 20 years from not with the same broadband speeds we’re getting today.

Tax Bill Attacked For Loss Of Electric Car Subsidy – But Most Americans Don’t Want Electric Cars, at masterresource.com. Government subsidizing electric cars with outsiders tax dollars is another example of insiders thinking they know what is bets for outsiders.

Conyers Lawyer Hints Racism As Pelosi Asks Conyers To Go – But Not Franken, at politico.com. Excerpt from the article: “Nancy Pelosi is going to have to explain what is the discernible difference between Al Franken and John Conyers,” Arnold Reed Conyers’ attorney, told reporters after the House Minority leader Said Conyers should resign.” I get a feeling of shadenfreude when people like Pelosi are hoist on their own petard.