Tag Archives: stupid government

Government terrorism: the animal “welfare” excuse

Stupid government – terrorism Wisconsin: SWAT team gets baby deer (World Net Daily) “It was like a SWAT team. Nine DNR agents and four deputy sheriffs, and they were all armed to the teeth,” animal shelter employee Ray Schulze told … Continue reading

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, #13-30D: Lies and more lies

Lies and more lies The Government “Revises” 84 Years Of Economic History This Week (Zero Hedge) Don’t like how high debt-to-GDP figures are? Revise ’em. Unhappy at the post-‘recovery’ growth rates? Revise ’em. Disappointed at the pace of economic improvement … Continue reading

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, #13-30C: Martyr to Liberty

Home front: war on tyranny – Liberty tree Bradley Manning Cleared Of Aiding Enemy Charge, Still Faces Possible 150 Years In Prison (Personal Liberty) On Tuesday, a military judge acquitted Pfc. Bradley Manning of the serious charge of aiding the … Continue reading

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, #13-30B: Freedom to and to not

What is freedom?  What is liberty?  Today, let’s look at just a very few stories and try to remember what it means to be free in this evil modern world. Tranzis stealing freedom Dismantling Freedom of Association (Conservative Action Alerts) … Continue reading

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, #13-29B: Stupid government theft and more

Stupid government No more mailman at the door under US Snail plan (Chicago Tribune) “Under a cost-saving plan by the U.S. Postal Service, millions of Americans accustomed to getting their mail delivered to their doors will have to trek to … Continue reading

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Your Groceries are Shrinking!

Food Inflation Kept Hidden in Tinier Bags By STEPHANIE CLIFFORD and CATHERINE RAMPELL (New York Times) Chips are disappearing from bags, candy from boxes and vegetables from can. As an expected increase in the cost of raw materials looms for … Continue reading

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, #13-29A: This and that

Slow start to the week on commentary, too much happening in Colorado and South Dakota that isn’t newsworthy to anyone but me! Mexican civil war Mexico: Five killed, seven wounded in attack on non-state police (ABC News) “At least five … Continue reading

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, #13-28C: Stupid government, politicians, and people

Stupid government – Stupid politicians Iowa fires agent who pursued governor’s speeding SUV (Yahoo News) Nathan: Even South Dakota’s Bill Janklow (known for a heavy foot) didn’t do this; Iowa is a thug government on an ever growing basis, much … Continue reading

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, #13-28B: Magician’s rabbit, practical jokes, homicide

Stupid government Missouri:  One-Rabbit Magician regulated by USDA needs “rabbit emergency plan” (Washington Post) The Agriculture Department requires it, citing a decades-old law that was intended to regulate zoos and circuses. Today, the USDA also uses it to regulate much smaller “animal … Continue reading

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Libertarian Commentary on the News #13-27C: Exporting government

Don’t you wish, now and then, that you had a teleporter or perhaps one of the Han’s “dis rays” (from the old Buck Rogers stories)?  To conveniently disappear certain relics of the barbarous eras of human history, like the ancient … Continue reading

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