By Nathan Barton
Just how much of this bilge can we take, much less believe? On Wednesday, 30 December 2015, these were the afternoon “political-national” headlines from the Infamous Washington Post (the WaPo), flagship of mainstream media. Read them on an empty stomach.
Mama’s Note: Instead of an empty stomach, if you insist on reading this stuff please do have at least some soda crackers and milk handy. Dry heaves are such pain… ML checking in as the NURSE here. 🙂
Rubio used political position to help troubled brother-in-law in ’02 While a powerful state lawmaker, Rubio urged officials to grant a real estate license to his brother-in-law, a convicted cocaine trafficker who had been released from prison 20 months earlier, according to records obtained by The Post. Continue reading

Libertarian Commentary on the News, 31 DEC 2015, #15-52C: End of the Year
By Nathan Barton
It has been a bad year in many respects, both worldwide and in the Fifty States and in Colorado and South Dakota and for business and family, but we should not let events keep us from appreciating and being thankful for the good things and the good times that we’ve experienced.
We have more wars than ever, and the threat of those wars expanding (including those that have already expanded). And despite claims to the contrary (see below), we still are relatively peaceful here at home in the Fifty States. In much of the nation, we are still relatively free from threat from government and other gangs, and able to travel pretty freely, and enjoy a good deal of liberty. Which has expanded in some ways, often due to technology and economics (like the price of fuel right now, and better, more secure communications). Continue reading →