By Nathan Barton
Good morning, the long weekend is over. Sadly, no one declared independence on either the 2nd or the 4th, and we have no new nations or states or groups on planet Earth. Oddly enough, the 4th of July never seems to be a “significant” day to launch terror attacks these days, unlike Patriot’s Day (19th April) or even May Day or Cinco de Mayo. Wonder why? Continue reading
By Nathan Barton
Planned Parenthood, one of the most prominent of Tranzi institutions in America today, constantly tells us that they are all about “family planning” and that abortion should be “legal and rare.” So why did Planned Parenthood hand out a “Most Abortions” award to a Colorado clinic? Should they not be giving awards for the fewest abortions? For the most children loved and placed in loving homes if the parents cannot keep the child? Why? Continue reading
By Nathan Barton
The Socialist Workers Paradisical Democracy of Berkeley has again proved that the idiocy of the drone classes knows no limits. The Bezerkley City Council and Mutual Admiration League has dictated (democratically, OF course) that the three (now four) medical cannabis shops in the city limits must henceforth give away 2% of the cannabis they sell each year to the “very poor.” Continue reading
By Nathan Barton
Hope that you have a great Independence Day. Today is the 4th of July, a national holiday celebrated by parties, picnics, and fireworks (where they are legal, at least, and where people can afford them). Enjoy the long weekend! Continue reading
By Robert Greenslade
In A Convention of Sovereign States—July 4, 2014
The unanimous Declaration of the fifty united States of America
In the Course of securing Liberty and establishing the Republic, our Forefathers Dissolved all allegiance to the British Crown and declared the American Colonies to be free and independent States. This separation from the mother country Transformed the newly established States into separate Sovereign political entities. Continue reading
By Nathan Barton
On the last day of June, the US Supreme Court, the Nine Nazgul, in a 5-4 decision, Supreme Court ruled in favor of Hobby Lobby and three other closely-held corporations, which challenged the ObummerCare mandate that all firms (and institutions) with more than 50 employees provide ALL types of “contraception” INCLUDING abortion, to women “without charge” – that is, that it be part of the basic package of MANDATED health insurance with no co-pay, no deductible, no strings or cost TO THE INSURED beyond their “normal” insurance premium. Continue reading
By Nathan Barton
Good morning, and welcome to the second half of Anno Domini 2014! As I started to write this yesterday, friends north of the border were celebrating Canada Day, the creation of the Dominion of Canada in 1867. They didn’t want a bunch of lords and commoners thousands of miles away in London telling them EVERYthing. Frankly, they might have been better off than having that collection of statist powermongers in Ottawa like they do now. Continue reading
By Nathan Barton
Here are a few stories I meant to comment on last week, still of concern. Things continue to go (depending on your view point, of course) very bad OR very good in the land of Mesopotamia, formerly known as Iraq.
Because of their larger subscriber base, Godfather Politics has to be politically correct, at least somewhat so, unlike Mama Liberty and Brad and me, or at least I assume that is why they are asking this question, “Will ISIS form the world’s first terror state?”. We already HAVE and have HAD a good many “terror states” in the world, including the FedGov. And I am using the root definition of “terror” which is (Merriam-Webster definition, NOT mine): “violence that is committed by a person, group, or government in order to frighten people and achieve a political goal” (although I would add “or threat of violence”). The great historic examples are of course, the Third Reich, Soviet Union, Red China, the Japanese Empire, and the Spanish Empire (and Lincoln’s Union), but ALL the Middle Eastern countries of 2014 meet this definition. Government IS terrorism: the “monopoly” (real or effective) use of force to directly or indirectly make people do what the Congress or Executive or Queen or Premier want them to. Continue reading
By Nathan Barton
Good morning, after a lengthy and unplanned weekend with no commentary! My major comment today is in the form of a Baker’s Dozen (TM) on the Economy.
Over the past several weeks, I’ve seen a lot of whinging about comments that Hillary Clinton made concerning her family’s abysmal financial condition. So I have put together A Baker’s Dozen ™ news items that show the Clintons and the rest of the elite are totally divorced from reality. Continue reading
Libertarian commentary on the News, #14-27B: Nazgul and thugs in general
By Nathan Barton
Good morning, everyone. A pleasant day to you all.
The Nazgul have refused to hear a case which a lower court decided ALLOWED the thuggish State of New Jersey to deny any right to have arms outside homes, and created a “privilege” to be “allowed at the will of certain masters. So yes, once more, people have their faces rubbed in the fact that COURTS are NOT the friends of liberty, but its ENEMIES. Continue reading →