By Nathan Barton
Stupidity in government is ALWAYS a problem, from that first decree of Nimrod and the first Phaoronic bureaucrat who couldn’t count past his toes, right down to that IQ=2 assemblage of Conscript Fathers (and Mothers), the US Senate. Today, we have a few examples in the news. Continue reading
By MamLiberty
So, you’ve taken the basic pistol or CCW class in your area, bought your gun and visit girl guntalk web sites or discuss with a few friends your choices in gear and the right ammunition. You show up at the range at least once a month, and may even be contemplating joining the ladies night shoot. You are carrying daily or at least thinking about it…
Or did you buy a gun and then tuck it into your night stand (or your husband’s gun safe) to await being found crusted with rust in some archaeological dig a thousand years from now? Continue reading
by Nathan Barton
Good morning. Insanity is a serious problem today, especially in government, education, and Islam. Today’s news stories show what I mean. Insanity in government and more:
California’s demonstrably insane legislature has sent a plastic bag ban law to Governor Moonbeam, the first statewide ban in the US, and supported by many GOP lawmakers once they were allowed to “protect” bag manufacturers. Who will protect the people? Both paper and cloth bags have been demonstrated, time after time, in labs and elsewhere, to contain more bacteria and other detrimental items, cost more, cause as much or more problem with waste collection, landfills, and litter. When you worship Gaea and other demonic “gods” in new religions like environism, you get even MORE stupid than the average legislator. Continue reading
By Nathan Barton
Good afternoon! Have you noticed it is always easier to pin the blame on someone else than to take responsibility for your own actions? Today’s news has a few examples of that.
When faced with a crisis, the “good” government bureaucrat knows all the best ways to defuse the situation, and one of the best is to demand or order an investigation that will produce a predetermined and favorable report, that (a) the problem was minor, (b) it was fixed, (c) it was someone else’s fault, and (d) it will never ever happen again. Continue reading
By Nathan Barton
Good morning. In the UK, it appears that society is racing towards complete fragmentation and collapse. No, not the upcoming vote on Scots independence (which seems more and more to likely be a sham),but the increasingly brutal and overt kidnapping and rape and prostitution of women by Muslim males, both in groups and individually, euphemistically called “Asian men” and said to be “grooming” (nice euphemistic term there, too), and ignored by communities and the authorities for fear of retribution and being condemned for racism and profiling. It seems pretty well documented that thousands of girls are being turned into sex-slaves or killed/dying. Continue reading
By Nathan Barton
War is not fun. It may be exhilarating, it may be fulfilling for some, but it is death and destruction on a scale that is often difficult to comprehend. War is not good, even if necessary. It is also one of man’s most common activities, whether it is a raid on an enemy village to steal horses and count coup, or massive, mechanized invasions of hundreds of thousands of incredibly well-equipped men in either defense or offensive. Continue reading
by Nathan Barton
Good morning, unless you are in most parts of the Middle East, North Africa, and Eastern Europe. (A short commentary today, due to appointments and travel.)
The Caliphate continues to fight and grow in Mesopotamia, it seems. USA Today reports that “Muslim leaders gathered Monday on the steps of Dearborn City Hall [Michigan] to strongly condemn the Islamic State or ISIS, saying the militant group in Iraq and Syria doesn’t represent Islam or Muslims. ISIS members are ‘crazy criminals who are abusing our religion,’ said Imam Mohammed Elahi of the Islamic House of Wisdom in Dearborn Heights. ‘You’re a bunch of gangsters … you’re not Islamic.'” Well, I am glad to see that a few Muslims, apparently American ones, are condemning the Caliphate. But I wonder how quickly these will be condemned by other Muslims as apostates who must die? And it is now reported that hundreds of “Americans” are fighting for ISIS and that a second one just died. Continue reading
By Nathan Barton
Good morning. We usually fail to properly consider the impact of stupidity on human events and society. Here are some great examples.
Immigration and drought threaten California’s economy, according to an article published by NCPA. Twelve percent of the United States population lives in California, yet, staggeringly, over 30 percent of America’s welfare recipients are located in the state. Non-corporate recipients, at least. But I think the article does not get to the root of the problem. Both “excessive” immigration and drought are problems that can be dealt with by a healthy society and a sound economy, in which people can voluntarily do things together to solve problems. Continue reading
by Nathan Barton
Good afternoon. Terrorism is in the eye of the beholder, but clearly the world is full of it, and terrorists.
When I first read the headline of this article in The Nation, “How the War on Terror created the world’s most powerful terror group,” I thought it was talking about the FedGov. Silly me. They are writing about the Caliphate, or ISIS. But they are not accurate because they do not consider “legit” governments of nation-states to be terrorist organizations. Continue reading
Libertarian commentary on the news, #14-35E: Liberty? What’s that?
By Nathan Barton
Good morning! Remember liberty? Privacy? Human rights? Those are so mid-Twentieth Century, aren’t they? Or should I say mid-Eighteenth Century? Consider today’s stories.
Bogus cell phone towers dot the landscape and are intercepting your calls- but are far from the only way that your phone and mine can be hacked and traced. The GPS built in is DESIGNED to be accessed and tracked by government agencies. The metadata and contents of both phone calls and texts (and e-mails) can be read at central locations. That is so common and so easily done withOUT these few bogus towers discovered by a complex and expensive cyber-secure phone that I suspect that this is all a red herring to distract from what NSA, FBI, DEA, BATFE. and the local village constable are doing around the clock. Continue reading →