Libertarian Commentary on the News, #15-47B: Thanksgiving Day and Fear

Posted on 2015-11-26 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton

Happy Thanksgiving, with friends and family! This week, due to travel and work (about 2000 miles so far, and days that start at 0600 and end at 0400), I’m not recording a lot of commentary this week.  Here are some thoughts on recent news stories.

Although it IS Thanksgiving, the theme of stories on my desktop right now is “fear” and rationality. Fear is something that can be good or bad, depending on how we react to our fears. Do we deal with them rationally, or use them as an excuse for doing horrible things? Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, 23 November 2015, #15-47A: Accelerating Runaway Government

Posted on 2015-11-23 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton

Nazgul tyranny and “lawmaking” accelerates, as we read in a story from The Blaze in a case involving the Washington Department of Ecology, eight “youth” (“represented” by an environist “children’s protection group”) and a King County judge. It has been decided that the state has a “constitutional obligation” to act on controlling carbon dioxide emissions to prevent global warming, which will (according to the nazgul) otherwise keep the “youth” from growing up. The scope and insanity of this ruling (fully supported by the WSDOE and the governor, appearently) is amazing. Especially given the nature of the lies about global warming. Continue reading →

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Mastermind? Don’t make me laugh.

Posted on 2015-11-21 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton

The Battle of Paris continues to dominate the news.

The WaPo reported that “Suspected mastermind of Paris attack died in police raid, officials confirm » The suspected mastermind of last week’s terrorist attacks that left at least 129 dead in Paris has been killed in a police raid, authorities here confirmed Thursday. The bullet-riddled body of Abdelhamid Abaaoud, a Belgian citizen of Moroccan origin, was found in the charred rubble of an apartment raided early Wednesday.

Got some problems with this.  First, who can believe the police?  Second, IF this was the guy that planned and executed these attacks, or one of them, he was no “mastermind.”  No James Bond villain, but an idiot who frankly did not have to plan much at all, and clearly had NOT ONE THOUGHT as to how to carry out these attacks for maximum effectiveness. Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, 21 November 2015, #15-46E: Upping the ante

Posted on 2015-11-21 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton

In recent days, the Battle of Paris has upped the ante when it comes to the “migrant refugee” crisis in Europe, and this has spilled over to the Fifty States.  The Mainstream Media (as usual) and much of the alternative media has made a hash of the entire debate, reporting falsely on actions by various states, failing to get the legal and constitutional issues right, and of course, (understandably) responding in knee-jerk fashion to the squatter’s asinine comments on the subject.  Personal Liberty has a good, fairly rational analysis of the issue and the lies and misunderstandings.  As usual, neither the conservatives/GOP nor the Tranzis/Dems NOR the Libertarian Party has it right. They are, of course, just interested in upping the ante to bring in votes and campaign contributions, and trash their opposition. Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, 20 November 2015, #15-46D: Government is Evil

Posted on 2015-11-20 by TPOL Nathan

by Nathan Barton

Theoretically, and morally, “governments” (and therefore, the State) are supposed to protect and defend good people from bad people: to prevent (and if necessary) punish evil-doers and their acts of evil: theft, murder, aggression in various ways, invaders, slavers, abusers, etc. The Bible (clearly, but seemingly ignored by most) states the standards that governments must meet to be legitimate (and there is NOTHING in Scripture that justifies involuntary government: indeed, making government mandatory is evidence that it does NOT meet the standards.

But there are degrees of evil, if not as far as punishment and in God’s eyes, but based on their impact, their perversity. Bad as is government which does NOT prevent and punish evil, worse is government which instead PRACTICES evil. Not just the evil of mandated government and aggression “sanctioned” by immoral law, but for government and its agents to go out and practice the very things that it is supposed to oppose: theft, murder, slavery, invasion, etc. Hence today’s major stories in this commentary. Continue reading →

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Battle of Paris: More questions

Posted on 2015-11-19 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton

The Battle of Paris continues, with the French security forces attacking and killing people claimed to be part of the “sophisticated conspiracy” resulting in the Friday the 13th attacks.

(By the way, how many people recall that the modern Friday the 13th superstition comes from the dastardly and unprovoked attack and suppression of the Knights Templar by French King Philip “the Fair” (NOT!) beginning with “raids” on Friday, 13 October 1307 (a year after he expelled all Jews from France), in which hundreds of Templars were arrested and their possessions (and the money on deposit with them belonging to thousands) were seized, followed by torture and ultimately execution. Seven hundred years of blowback?) Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, 19 November 2015, #15-46C: Lies and Liars

Posted on 2015-11-19 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton

Oh, please, are we surprised?  That she LIES?  Breitbart reports that Clinton’s claims about gun violence at the last Dem Prez Debate are grossly exaggerated.  Here is the tally: she said 200 children dead in the last month: truth, 70 children and teenagers killed by guns.  Many teens due to gang violence.  She said, 3000 people killed by guns in the last month: truth, about a thousand. She claimed 21 “mass shooting” (four or more killed) in the past month: apparently there have been two.  AP reported this, but few if any “mainstream media” or “fact-checkers” bothered to report this.  Why? Personally, I WISH it was because they just figure she’s always lying (like all politicos), but it is because of bias and hoploclastic mindsets in the media.  If a GOP candidate had claimed there were 600 murders by border jumpers in the last year, and it only turned out to be 200, well, the headlines would be bold indeed.  But for Clinton to lie is just politics as usual – “not worth reporting.” Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, 18 Nov 2015, #15-46B: Looks can deceive

Posted on 2015-11-18 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton

The above pictures come from some of the many articles concerning the response to the attacks in Paris.  Frankly, who can tell the difference between the Caliphate’s murdering warriors and the State’s murdering thugs?? Not just in the pictures, either. And just because they have “POLICE” stenciled on their protective vests doesn’t mean a thing. Continue reading →

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Wake up, people!

Posted on 2015-11-17 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton

Wake up to the real world, people! L. Neil Smith, the SF writer, is one of those who has, and although his language sounds inflammatory and harsh, I think he is coming down about right.  Read his column on The Libertarian Enterprise now.

I know, I can hear it now.  All the usual folks are screaming that the Paris attacks are a “false-flag” planned and carried out by (pick any or all): The FedGov, the Israelis, the Zionists (not necessarily the same thing), the Council on Foreign Affairs, the House of Windsor, the House of Hapsburg (Merovingians), the Priory of Sion, the Third (or Fourth or Fifth) International, the Clintons, the Bushs, the Skull and Bones Society, and for all I know the KKK and NSDAP.  ISIS/ISIL/IL/Dawah (the Caliphate) is a tool or creation of NATO, MI6, CIA, Mossad, etc.

Folks, it does NOT matter.  Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, 16 November 2015, #15-46A: Drums of War

Posted on 2015-11-16 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton

The drums of war are beating.  World Net Daily states that France is invoking the North Atlantic Treaty Article 5 to require ALL members of NATO go to a FORMAL war footing against the Caliphate, even while the French launch fresh attacks against ISIS targets in Syria and Mesopotamia, regardless of borders or whether or not it makes sense.  They want to invoke “third block” war when they are using second-generation tactics to fight a fourth-generation war.

There is fear that Syria and Russia will think this is a false-flag attack (the one in Paris) and an excuse to put down the Syrian regime.  I see it as at least a chance to get the West to stop the insanity of supporting ANY Muslim faction (the Assad regime is not really Muslim and certainly not Islamist). Third World War? No, I think that the squatter in 1600 PA and the rest of the Tranzi scum in the capitals of Europe will not allow the West to go to war with the Ummah, let alone win it. Continue reading →

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