Libertarian Commentary on the News, 15 July 2015, #15-28D: This and that

Posted on 2015-07-15 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton

As I had a lot to discuss on the most recent bloodshed in the Islamic world and wars, here are comments on other news stories for the middle of the week.

Gee, political scientists (not political science, but “scientists” who are really politicians or similar parasites): the Christian Science Monitor (CSM) has a Report: Psychologists authorized CIA, DOD torture:  “A 542-page report released today found that the American Psychological Association collaborated with the Department of Defense by establishing an ethics policy that enabled torture. APA officials ‘had strong reasons to suspect abusive interrogations occurred,’ says the report, but they ‘intentionally and strategically avoided taking steps to learn information to confirm those suspicions … effectively hiding its head in the sand.’ The report also noted that APA Board member Diane Halpern urged that ‘we add data showing that torture is ineffective in obtaining good information,’ but her recommendation was ignored.”  I find certain people’s comments about this news to be hypocritical at best, as the APA is one of the major sources they cite for their claim that people are “born” homosexual and that homosexuality is not a perversion or a mental illness.  If we can’t trust the APA on torture, then WHY do we trust them on ANYthing? Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, 15 July 2015, #15-28C: Bloody Islamic Wars

Posted on 2015-07-15 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton

Bloody Islamic Wars:

I haven’t commented much on things in the Ummah (the Muslim “Dar Al Islam” or “Lands of Submission”) recently, but in the last couple of days, a whole raft of stories about killings have appeared, especially in Freedom Net Daily.  Muslims are busy killing off Muslims and others (and even being killed), as usual.

Mesopotamia (“Iraq”): Regime forces launch operation to dislodge Islamic State from Anbar according to CBS News “A military spokesman says a large-scale military operation to dislodge Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants from Iraq’s western Anbar province has begun. The spokesman … announced in a televised statement that the operations started at dawn Monday. [and]… didn’t clarify whether the U.S.-led international coalition is taking part, mentioning only government forces and allied Shiite and Sunni paramilitary troops.” Oh, I have to figure that other forces ARE in the engagement, as otherwise, the “Iraqi” troops would not be willing or able to do anything.  Not that they be expected to succeed anyway. Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, 14 July 2015, #15-28B: Religious government or government religions?

Posted on 2015-07-14 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton

Happy Bastille Day: anniversary of replacing the tyranny of a monarch and church-state establishment with the worse tyranny of the mob and “democracy.”

Suck-up… CNS News tell us that First [Consort Moochelle] said on Thursday at a tribal youth gathering at the White House that the United States is “finally” embracing the wisdom of Native Americans [sic – AmerInd] on conservation and climate change, and claimed that America’s founders modeled the U.S. government partly on the “Iroquois Confederacy.” “Today, on issues like conservation and climate change, we are finally beginning to embrace the wisdom of your ancestors,” [she] said at the event where youth from 230 tribes from 42 states participated. This is, of course, what we should expect from her: lies and more lies.  Not the bit about the Iroquois, although she ignores the recorded documents that they looked to from Greece, Rome, and Britain itself as well as the Confederacy. Continue reading →

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Income tax solutions?

Posted on 2015-07-14 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton

As I pointed out in a recent commentary, the FedGov (and ALL governments) have many ways to steal money.  A major one is, of course, the personal and corporate income tax.

This story was recently featured in Daily Policy Digest, taken from the Cato Institute. “In Texas, taxes on income are against the state constitution. However, Texans still pay the federal income tax. For achieving a genuine transition away from federal income taxation, state governments could change the way federal taxes are collected, says Ryan Murphy of the Cato Institute. Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, 13 JUL 2015, #15-28A: Incompetence where?

Posted on 2015-07-13 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton

Government incompetence comes home to roost.  Let us start with a couple of stories from Personal Liberty. Reported on national media on Friday, the 10th: FBI: Charleston shooting suspect slipped through cracks in background check. FBI Director James B. Comey relayed Friday that alleged Charleston, South Carolina, shooter Dylann Roof was able to purchase the weapon because of government incompetence rather than lack of U.S. gun control laws. And the U.S. personnel chief resigns after massive data breach. The head of the U.S. personnel office, Katherine Archuleta, resigned Friday in the wake of a pair of massive data hacks said to affect 25 million people, far more than had been acknowledged before. (Other sources reported between 21 and 22 million, including both government employees and their family members.) Continue reading →

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Pouting Greeks

Posted on 2015-07-11 by MamaLiberty

By MamaLiberty

Germany won’t spare Greek pain – it has an interest in breaking us
Greece’s financial drama has dominated the headlines for five years for one reason: the stubborn refusal of our creditors to offer essential debt relief.

How insensitive and mean for creditors to expect debtors to do what it takes to pay their debts. The Greek government needs a third “bail out” because they made little or no effort to rein in their wild spending habits – or make those who elect them in any way uncomfortable. The Greek people “voted” a resounding NO to any kind of “austerity,” demanding further influx of other people’s money to continue their socialist games.

Not that Germany’s government is a whole lot better, mind you. How dumb is it to give such massive “loans” a second time – let alone a third – to people who have clearly demonstrated they have no intention of paying it back? The Greeks are clearly calling for a “restructure” of the old debt so they can pay pennies on the dollar (if anything), yet demand more loans. Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, 10 JUL 2015, #15-27E: Looking back

Posted on 2015-07-10 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton

Looking back at History and Historical Documents and Symbols

Wow, what gives?  The squatter at 1600 PA quoted from the Declaration of Independence, and about God?  Apparently, as reported by The Last Resistance early this week.  The hypocrisy of this man is beyond description: while he busily kills the innocent in the Middle East (and wherever else he can send drones or special forces) and advocates for (and provides for) the killing of millions of children each year, and promotes the persecution of christians because they oppose something that he himself supposedly opposed as recently as six years ago, he can claim some faith in God? Of course, politicians have been total hypocrites concerning religion, especially Christianity, for centuries if not millennia: start with Constantine the Great and his “conversion” and continue right down to Uncle Adolf and his supposed “christianity” and of course, the last three or four occupants of the White House. Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, 9 July 2015, #15-27D: Economic crisis, corrupt government, and cops

Posted on 2015-07-09 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton

Time to panic?  End of the world (financial world) nears?

Everyone, including the WAPO is screaming about China’s market crash claiming it dents nation’s aura of invincibility and wondering if this is the snowflake (together with Greece) that will trigger the worldwide global collapse.  Trillions of dollars of paper assets have been wiped out in a matter of days. “What had been hailed as a bull market that would embody China’s dream of national rejuvenation has turned into a burst bubble, and fevered government efforts to arrest a month-long slide in stock prices proved fruitless Wednesday.”  So China’s financial commissars are busy lending debt-created money so that people can go out and buy shares.  Right! Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, 8 July 2015, #15-27C: Weapons, Naivity, and Rebellion

Posted on 2015-07-09 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton

Weapons, weapons, everywhere!  What are we to do?

Best places to carry concealed weapons?   The states, according to Guns and Ammo Magazine, are 1. Arizona, 2. Utah, 3. Alaska, 4. Wyoming, and 5. Florida.  I do not understand why South Dakota is not on this list, as it is simple, easy, inexpensive, and the card is acceptable to most states. Hopefully, South Dakota will join Arizona and Wyoming in ending any need in-state to have a CCW to carry concealed, but I consider the current situation better than either Utah or Florida.  Of course, there is more to our right to defend ourselves than concealed carry: open carry is PREFERABLE and can be done in South Dakota and Wyoming (except possibly on some reservations).  Reducing illegal and immoral (and dangerous) restrictions on where we can carry is essential for the future, while continuing to fight off the attempts of the hoplophobes and hoploclasts to steal more from us. Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, 7 July 2015, #15-27B: Politically INcorrect

Posted on 2015-07-07 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton

Politically correct?  The Army asserts, as published in Stars and Stripes, that NO military installations named for Confederate generals will have their names changed, despite many calls and petitions to do so, they “reject” racism and other evils associated with the Confederacy and the Confederate States Army.  This list includes major installations:  Fort Hood (TX), Fort Polk (LA), Forts Lee, Pickett, and AP Hill (VA), Fort Jackson (SC), Fort Bragg (NC), Fort Benning (GA) and probably others. An Army spokesman said, “It should be noted that the naming occurred in the spirit of reconciliation, not division.”  Continue reading →

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