Byron King, over at Agora (or one of their sister firms), recently wrote this analysis of lobbyists. Let us read and ponder it.
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…as the post-election drama plays out, the Biden transition team is staffing up with registered corporate lobbyists.
Continue readingIt seems, that COVID-19 is contagious – even highly contagious. But the rate of spread and contagion of the novel coronavirus pales in comparison to the rate of spread of panic and madness triggered by this pandemic.
Madness? First, the truth is NOT given by government agencies and the mainstream media – the establishment. Not just that, but the truth is being actively suppressed. Lies about prevention and treatment, spread by government, media, and business since March, are being promoted anew. Every effort is made to terrorize people into cowering in their homes, dependent on the “charity” and “kindness” of government for everything. Any and all news about the spread, research, actual illness rates (versus test results) and severity of illness is exaggerated. The establishment not only poohpoohs actual truth and attacks those who try to provide it, but works actively to prevent the truth from even being distributed. And to demonize those telling the truth.
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With friends, clients, and family in northwestern New Mexico, we pay close attention to the news from the Land of Enchantment.
It isn’t good these days. According to the Farmington Times, New Mexico’s thuggish empress has waved her scepter and decreed two+ weeks of fresh lockdown. Not just a lockdown, but a stay-at-home order and more. “Businesses” (including churches) are not allowed to have more than 25% of occupied capacity of their building or 75 people max to be there. While liquor stores and bicycle maintenance shops are “essential” apparently schools are not. Thanksgiving is all but outlawed – no, not just the holiday but the mere giving of thanks. Rationing of a long list of “essential supplies” has been established. (Including medications, baby formula, and diapers. Unsure if toilet paper, paper towels, and hand sanitizer is. Maybe those things are not “essential.”)
Continue readingLibertarians – both the political type and the less-political lovers of liberty – face a set of serious challenges in this horrid year of 2020 and in the future.
We know that there is no indication that things will go better in the next few months, or next several years. We have seen the excuse of the Beer Flu to steal away more and more liberty, invent and apply more and more controls, and demand more and more taxes and debt.
Continue readingMadness and insanity is not just an American problem – and not just an epidemic among the political class and worthless “students.” The insanity of modern society – rather, too many people and institutions IN society – is truly frightening.
Consider this mad proposal from the once-esteemed Deutsche Bank – or at least one of its highers-up. A “work from home” (WFH) “privilege tax,” no less.
Continue readingThe good people over at Whiskey and Gunpowder, especially Byron King, revisited the events of 102 years ago, and “A Country on the Edge of Forever,” yesterday. It is definitely worth reading – even if you’ve already read it a time or two.
Let us consider on our own, something about Armistice or Remembrance, or Veterans Day. And the consequences of that event, which theoretically brought to an end the hideous cataclysm originally called just “The Great War” and known today as the First World War.
A war which these United States – the Forty-eight, at the time – did NOT win.
Continue readingAs we continue to deal with the Anno Horribus 2020, and especially the mess called the General Election of 2020 and the Second Lockdown, let us sit back and think for a moment or two.
What is the real role of human, involuntary government? Not what its advocates, defenders, or detractors claim. But what it is really capable of doing? Both internally and externally?
Tough question, eh? Important though it may be, it isn’t something you can give a middle-schooler an essay assignment on: write 1,000 words on what government is capable of doing.
Continue readingAs the civil war heats up, are we ready to take the opportunity for regaining lost liberty? It is clear that liberty is NOT what at least half of Americans want to enjoy, here in 2020.
As many people anticipated, the 2020 election has not resolved anything at all.
Continue readingMy, oh my.
Look at the raw numbers – and realize, IF America had a democratic system of government where the popular vote winner wins, none of the current turmoil would be taking place.
With 72.4 million votes for our beloved Uncle Joe, and with just 68.9 million votes for the racist, fascist, bigoted, evil, vote-suppressing, Russian stooge, celebrity, fake billionaire, Trump. And with JoJo, Trump’s running-dog “opponent” getting a shocking 1.6 million votes… Well, it is clear that America is moving forward towards a newer, brighter, future of unity, equality of outcome, and eternal progress. In which everyone will enjoy free and high quality health care, free and high-quality education, low rent, living wages, shorter working hours, and more.
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Why lie?
Because… “Never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it’s an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.” Rahm Emanuel Emanuel was paraphrasing another not-quite-so-extreme Democrat from more than a half-century ago: “When written in Chinese, the word crisis is composed of two characters — one represents danger, and the other represents opportunity.” John F. Kennedy
“History reminds us that dictators and despots arise during times of severe economic crisis.” Robert Kiyosaki
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