Somehow (amazing, that), the leaked evil preliminary decision of the nine black-robed Nazgul (the Supreme Court of the US) to jettison that crown jewel of liberty has virtually driven the war in Ukraine off the hourly news, the websites, the talking heads, and more! At least here in the Fifty States.
BUT… the Russo-Ukrainian War rages on. And its impacts on the Fifty States are continuing. AND growing.
A guest column by Don Robinson
Some time ago (back in 2017), Don answered a question, and his answer is worth reading. The question: What statistics would convince “pro-gun people” (who love guns) that less access to guns and certain guns being banned, would result in a safer America?
Now, in the opinion of TPOL, the answer to this is an easy one: FAKE STATISTICS. The kind the hoplophobes and hoploclasts constantly throw at us. But Don took the question and answered it carefully.
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Well. You asked for stats, so here they are. After you read this, I’d like your response to your own question.
Continue readingWhile looking at the current challenges to our natural right of free speech, we ran across more nastiness. Consider this recent mainstream media, which said in part,
“Tech titans often have a different understanding of speech than the rest of the world because most trained as engineers, not as writers or readers, and a lack of a humanities education might make them less attuned to the social and political nuances of speech.”
Time Magazine, Charlotte Alter
This is, of course, an attack on Elon Musk. But…
It has finally sunk through. The Price of Liberty, like many other organizations, is nothing more than a putrid extrusion of racism, white supremacy, chauvinism, and hatred of virtually everything. At least to the social justice warriors, the Woke, the so-called “progressives” who are really just regressivists.
Continue readingDepending, of course, on how you define “war.”
Despite fears (or boasts) that Russian President Putin would (a) declare victory in Ukraine (b) declare war against Ukraine, (c) declare war against NATO, or (d) all of the above, for 9 May 2022, the 77th Victory [in Europe] Day, he did not do so. Nor did he threaten the world with nuclear annihilation.
Why? He may be angry, but he isn’t stupid! Perhaps because despite the western mainstream media’s screams, and the propaganda spread by most western governments, Russia is not losing its war in Ukraine. Perhaps because Putin is NOT the dictator he is painted – and also not the ailing madman on the verge of collapse either. Nor is he (or Russians in general) crazy. Nor ideologically driven as much of the West, including those in power in DC, seem to be. Perhaps (gasp!) the Russians may not be a bunch of homocidal, evil monsters who gun down tied-up prisoners and bury people alive.
Continue readingThe recent creation of the Disinformation Governance Board should prompt us to again consider this basic and essential human right. Was this prompted by Musk’s terrorizing the world by buying Twitter? Was it caused by more and more people calling the Ukrainians, Europeans, UK and US bald-faced liars about the war and the causes of the war in Ukraine? Or are we simply seeing planning done in advance and now being launched because these things provide better opportunities to ram them down people’s throats?
Continue readingGreg Taggart’s commentary on central gun-owner databases (CGODB) addressed many excellent issues regarding gun registration.
All of these arguments, including his examples, are valuable to use in persuading people who favor gun-control and registration the error of this twisted little piece of government policy so beloved of the hoplophobes and hoploclasts. (But he misses some important things: read on below!)
One of the best ways to use these things is the so-called Columbo gambit (named for the long-ago TV series detective). Ask questions – nice innocent questions – of someone, rather than stating our own position and letting them attack our reasoning.
Continue readingGuest post by Gregory K. Taggart, courtesy of Slow Facts. Some editing by TPOL.
Question: “Why are gun owners against a central gun-owner database, also referred to as “Gun Registration”?
At its root, the concept of a central gun-owner database is closely related to “Universal Background Checks” which is a necessary mechanism to build such a data base. The premise is essentially that it is a “good idea” for the Government to know who owns the guns.
Continue readingThis last week, the American stock market seems to have taken a beating. Especially the Dow, as Market Watch reports: Up-down-up-down – a thousand points:
It was an especially bad week for at least ONE billionaire: Jeff Bezos’ fortune dropped by $13 billion in just hours after Amazon shared its first quarter results. Bezos, the world’s richest person after Elon Musk, was already the fourth-biggest wealth loser this year, with his fortune dropping by $23 billion through Thursday. Amazon posted a loss of $3.8 billion this week and predicted sluggish growth for the second quarter. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, if the loss continues, Bezos will be worth $155 billion — down from a 2021 peak of $210 billion. (According to LinkedIn).
My heart bleeds for him: imagine having your net work shrinking by 25% in just a year, with over of tenth vanishing in a single week!
Continue reading“In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war … So it is written in Warhammer AD40,000.
Jesus of Nazareth told His disciples: “And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for this must take place, but the end is not yet.”
A few days ago, Reuters had this story, about foreign weapons destroyed by Russia in an attack on Odessa, the last Ukrainian port open on the Black Sea. The foreign weapons were, of course, being provided to Ukraine by the US, UK, and other, European powers.
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Let’s restore a civil society
Today, these States seem to be suffering yet another national pandemic: one of rage and paranoia.
Consider that since June 2020, that cesspool on the Potomac has enjoyed a trifecta of anger, fear, and paranoia on the part of the political class and their minions. Perhaps not unlike what happened back in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Yet different and worse, in many ways.
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