How Stupid Is THIS Narrative?

Posted on 2018-04-01 by MamaLiberty

By L. Reichard White

Facts and evidence don’t matter anymore. It’s only the narrative that counts. Which is the main reason the inept British scripting of the recent alleged attempt on the life of ex double-agent Sergei Skripal is seriously troubling.

It isn’t that the facts don’t match the Official Narrative — that’s now expected and the standard, especially when scripting our current essential villain, Russia. No, it’s the deteriorating quality of Official Narratives in general, and, in this case, the James Bond plot line.

Kind of reminds me of an old-fashioned Meller-Drammer where the audience hisses and boos the dastardly villain and throws peanuts at him – supplied for that purpose by the management.

Perhaps we can chalk it up to British Prime Minister Theresa May and her conservatives needing a quick distraction after getting themselves into political hot water over their less than sterling execution of Brexit. Continue reading →

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Gun Grabber Posters

Posted on 2018-03-29 by MamaLiberty

By MamaLiberty

Do you wish there was something you could DO about the gun grabbers? Here’s something fairly simple…

If you’ve got a blog, FB page, Twitter or Gab account (or whatever), grab these and let them loose on the ‘Net.

For more great ideas, news and commentary, visit Living Freedom, Claire Wolfe’s blog. And you won’t be sorry if you visit The Ultimate Answer to Kings, Joel’s blog. That’s were I got both of these lovely posters of the new 17 year old would be dictator. Actually, he doesn’t look 17 at all, but much older. I wonder what the real story is…

Now, go spread the word… er, the posters.

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Freedom or Death Camps?

Posted on 2018-03-25 by MamaLiberty

By MamaLiberty

So these people are begging the government to destroy what is left of their true civil rights. And, of course, they are not happy destroying their own… they desire with breathtaking passion to destroy the civil rights of every person on earth. Of course they have some strange ideas about a lot of things. They seem to believe that the government can somehow guarantee them safety, a world without risk… And all of their protests about just wanting “commonsense” laws to disarm just the crazy people… Well, we know a lie when we see or hear one.

March for Our Lives organizers rally for ‘common sense’ actions on guns
Kasky’s call for “common sense” regulations include issuing mental health checks and having gun owners be age 21 and older. He said assault weapons should be completely banned, but smaller guns used for protection could be sold under better regulations.

Gun violence is not a political issue. It’s a human rights crisis
Human rights are, by definition, those fundamental freedoms inherent to every person in the world. They include the freedom to move about freely, to obtain an education, to worship as one chooses and to generally participate in society without fear. Continue reading →

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Guns and schools in Mexico

Posted on 2018-03-25 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton

Those of us concerned with liberty and our God-given right to defend ourselves (to keep and bear arms) are familiar with circumstances not just in the Fifty States but in our sister “federally governed” states to the north and south.

Mexico, officially, recognizes the right of its citizens (but not non-citizens) to be armed, in their Federal constitution.  But in reality, the ONLY place to buy guns in the whole country is a government-owned and -operated store.  Not a chain of stores, but ONE store.  And the paperwork and review and approval process is incredibly complex and difficult to go through.

Therefore, legally, the vast majority of Mexican citizens (probably 99%+)  are NOT armed.  Except, of course, for cops and soldiers. This is the situation which the Tranzis and Progressive and hoplophobes and hoploclasts (like dear Nancy Pelosi) want to bring about in the Fifty States – to protect children (especially right now, the students in those “day prisons” I call government-run, tax-funded, or public, schools).

Mexico, through laws and customs and other means, has in essence outlawed guns for private citizens. Continue reading →

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“Free Range Parenting” now “legal” in Utah

Posted on 2018-03-24 by MamaLiberty

By MamaLiberty

Utah legalizes ‘free-range parenting’

The law states that children must be mature enough to handle each situation — though it does not specify an age.

It will go into effect May 8.

The bill determines situations that children can engage in that would not be considered parental neglect: traveling to and from school or recreational facilities, playing outside or sitting in a car unattended, provided safe conditions.

Ah yes, the noose around the necks of Utah parents was slightly loosened here, but any resemblance to “free range” for children is merely an illusion.  As with all such “laws,” the devil is in the details… and in those who make up the definitions or interpret them afterwards – in court?

What does it mean for children to “be mature enough?” Who decides, and by what criteria? The only ones who know the maturity level of children are their parents, some extended family members, and – occasionally – a teacher.  “Lawmakers” in the state capital do not have a clue.

The “bill” decides which activities would not be considered “parental neglect” – again, based on what criteria? Doesn’t sound like much freedom to me. All of the  do-gooders who currently put their nose into the business of others would continue to do so, with parents being forced to defend themselves in court with the extremely thin veil of this “law” to back them up. Mighty frail support.

Let me tell you a little about my own “free range” childhood, and some of the fun my own children enjoyed. Continue reading →

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Wyoming still lets “law enforcement” steal from travelers

Posted on 2018-03-23 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton

In the old days in England, people had to put up with “highwaymen” – armed robbers who would come upon unsuspecting travelers (on foot, horseback, in carts or stages) and order them to “stand and deliver.” Often these were ex-soldiers (or even officers or nobles) on the wrong side of the latest civil war or out of favor in court.

In medieval Europe,  you had “robber barons” who had castles that controlled key transportation chokepoints (bottlenecks).  Gorges on rivers, fords across rivers, good landings, mountain passes, or even gates in walls. Holding their lands in fief from higher nobles or the local king (or emperor), these nobles would charge “tolls” or “import and export duties.”  And often with suitable pretext (wrong religion, wrong loyalties (and gang colors), wrong expression on the travelers’ face) just steal everything the traveler had.  Sometimes including their lives.

In the 1870s, there were robbers along the trails connecting the Black Hills of Dakota and Wyoming with the UP Railroad in Nebraska and Wyoming.  The robbers are best known for holding up stages, especially those carrying mined gold from the camps in the Black Hills.  But they also held up individual travelers, wagon trains, and other groups.  There were both white criminals and Amerind raiders. Anything carried was fair game, as was the livestock.  The Army, local Sheriffs, and town/city Marshals all worked together to prevent and track down robbers.

This evil tradition continues today – in Wyoming itself.  (And other states.) Continue reading →

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1984 Redux?

Posted on 2018-03-20 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton

The United Kingdom, once a land of far more liberty than 95% of the world, has become the poster child for the new “democratic despotism” which (like all forms of involuntary government) seeks to control not just the lives but the thoughts of those under its rule.

“Hate crimes” are defined by the Royal government as: A crime that the victim or any other person perceives to be motivated by hostility or prejudice towards any aspect of a person’s identity. Police forces in England, Wales and Northern Ireland annually monitor five strands of Hate Crime:

  • Disability
  • Gender Identity
  • Race, Ethnicity or Nationality
  • Religion, Faith or Belief
  • Sexual Orientation

“Hate incidents” are “Any incident, which may or may not be a crime, that the victim or any other person perceives to be motivated by hostility or prejudice towards any aspect of a person’s identity.”

Her Majesty’s civil servants (including the police) tell those “victims: “If you think it is, it is. Whatever they call you, call us.

How very “newspeak” this is. Not just the “victim,” but ANY OTHER PERSON can “perceive” any action “to be motivated by hostility or prejudice towards any aspect of a person’s identity.” The aspects are NOT limited to just those five categories. Nor is it limited to some criminal activity: some crime or act of aggression against the person. Continue reading →

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A baker’s dozen ™ dealing with school murders

Posted on 2018-03-18 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton

A Baker’s Dozen ™ Actions to Prevent, Mitigate, and Prevent Armed Attacks on Schools in The Fifty States

There are constant screams about “banning guns” and raising the age, increasing screening of gun-buyers, and many other measures to “prevent” armed attacks (or at least attacks using guns) in schools. Most of us (and anyone able to reason moderately well without excessive emotion) knows that these will not work. These “solutions” have risen to a crescendo since the Valentine’s Day killing spree in Florida, punctuated by the March 14th nationwide children’s crusade.

However, there are some things which could reduce the threat of armed attacks on and murder in the public schools. Some of these have been discussed and even proposed on a limited basis, others apparently not even touched on: Continue reading →

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Should libertarians support “New California?”

Posted on 2018-03-17 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton

Eagle Rising, a conservative website, has an article discussing and applauded efforts of “rural” California attempting to secede from the core urban areas of the Golden State.

A lessening in the size and power of the People’s Republic of California and its irrational government and people is a good thing, right?  My wife has relatives in true Northern California (NOT the Bay Area) who for years have endured the tyranny of Sacramento and its supreme soviet controlled by the progressives of the Bay Area, Ellay, and other hotspots of liberalism.  The Western States – and even liberal Oregon and Washington – are filled with refuges from the galloping socialism, political correctness, and irrationality of California.

But not so fast, folks.  Read the article and the extracts of New California’s “Declaration of Independence.” Although it looks good: less government, less taxes, less bullying, less social engineering. When you start going through the articles and the press releases, and the pamphlets, it appears that “less government” is at the bottom of the list. One of their grievances seems to be that in some things, there is “not enough” government.  And that the current California government is not keeping enough control of some people – and not just those who commit crimes by aggressing against others. Continue reading →

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Are we all nuts?

Posted on 2018-03-16 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton

Recently, a popular conservative political website interpreted a recent article published by the American Psychiatric Association to say that one in four – 25% – of Americans are mentally ill.  Although not explicit, I can see why they would take the statement that a quarter of all primary care patients have mental illnesses (conditions) even though only a third of those are actually diagnosed.  Since (theoretically and officially) virtually all of us are “primary care patients” (we see a doctor, PA, or nurse about something now or then, even if just a check-up or a flu shot), the one-in-four number rings true.

And consider: unlike real medical doctors, psychiatrists and psychologists do not have the entire human race as their potential source of patients. (That is, people who they are paid to serve.) It is only people who have mental (including emotional) problems that are their natural prey (excuse me, natural supporting population).  And even then, they have to compete with religious guides: preachers and rabbis and imams and “pastors” and others.  Much more serious competition than chiropractors and herbalists and holistic practitioners. Continue reading →

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