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Friday roundup clearence

Friday - 01Feb2019 Filed in: Headlines&Ecology&Free Markets&Politics

It’s Negative 24 Degrees and the Wind Isn’t Blowing. This is Why We Need Fossil Fuels and Nuclear Power, Not Renewables

South Bend Mayor and Possible Presidential Candidate Pete Buttigieg Decries "Endless War"

A voice of sanity.

Bill Nye’s Latest Climate Warning: The Us Will Have To Grow Its Food In Canada

Another attempt to panic you. Seriously, why does anyone listen to this man when he has been wrong so many times?

Florida Gov. DeSantis signs executive order scrapping Common Core

One advantage of fifty states is so we can experiment and find alternatives that might work better. The Constitution does not grant power over education to the Federal government.

The 16th Amendment: How the U.S. Federal Income Tax Became D.C.'s Favorite Political Weapon

Pretty accurate analysis.

Whatever Mueller Finds, Gag-Orders and No-Knock Raids Should Appall EVERYONE.

Why is this accepted?

What the Press Missed About Vanguard Founder's Fortune

“John Bogle's life is a reminder that in capitalism you can make a fortune by saving your customers money.”

Venezuela Finds Out The Hard Way That Only Bitcoin Is Unconfiscatable

The implications are staggering. You'd better believe that this is getting a lot of attention.

VA announces new rules giving veterans access to private providers

A good step. So why wasn't this done years ago?

Primetime CNN, MSNBC Ignore Virginia Dems Supporting Late, Post-Term Abortions

So why isn't this a major story?

PRESIDENT PELOSI? House Speaker holds public bill signings — to compete with Trump?

Noncitizens registered to vote in Pennsylvania and Texas show vote fraud is real

Dems Are Shocked, Shocked To Learn That 'Medicare For All' Outlaws Private Insurance

No-Knock Warrant for Deadly Drug Raid Describes Heroin and a Gun Cops Didn't Find

Yoho’s ‘Zero-for-Zero’ Sugar Plan To Curb Foreign Subsidies Returns

Water From the Air and Power From Trash

“Technology extracts at least 2,000 liters of water per day from the atmosphere at a cost of less than 2 cents per liter.”

Politico: Liberals Developing New Phraseology to Hype 'Climate Change'

When people don't buy what you are selling, change the label.

Europe 'coming apart before our eyes', say 30 top intellectuals

Elites don't like it when the populace make their own choice.

South Carolina Police Hauled in $17 Million Through Civil Asset Forfeiture Over Three Years

France’s Red Scarves: Ready-Made Counter-Protest and New Media Darlings

Howard Schultz Shoots Down Liz Warren Attack With Passionate Defense of the American Dream

An American Nightmare

“Why were there more FBI agents sent to arrest Stone than Navy SEALs sent to kill Osama bin Laden? Why jackboots in the morning in America? Here is the back story.”

Don't Expect The EU To Cave On May's Brexit Deal Until The Very Last Minute

Chaos has reportedly erupted inside Facebook as employees find themselves unable to open the company's apps on their iPhones

After 4 Cops Shot in Houston, Police Promise to Go After and ‘Track’ Those Who Criticize Police

‘I’m Not Going to Enforce That’: Sheriffs Disobey New Anti-Gun Laws—Refuse to Disarm Citizens

When 'Former' Spies Run Wild, Bad Things Happen

84% of 18-24 year olds don’t know how to change a light bulb… but they think they can run the economy?

Then there is the obvious question, why does the economy have to be "run?"

Entrepreneurship Lifts Cambodia from the Clutches of Extreme Poverty in a Single Generation

“So long as there is peace and political stability in Cambodia, the future is looking bright for this growing economy.”

NANCY? Pelosi botches words, suffers face spasms, confuses Dems, GOP while vowing no border wall funding

Roger Stone faces a gag order. He has a plan to resist it.

The Unseen Costs of Humanitarian Intervention

Rep. Ilhan Omar calls for sharp tax increases on the wealthy: 'We've had it as high as 90 percent'

Amazing how no one talks about cutting spending.

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Oversized headline catchup

Tuesday - 15Jan2019 Filed in: Headlines&Politics&Liberty&Free Markets&Free Speech

Mark Penn: FBI Trump-Russia investigation shows deep state was worse than we thought

The Shutdown Is Providing Evidence Of Private Businesses Making Government Obsolete

The shutdown’s real lesson: Government has taken hostage too much of the economy

Political Nightmares Multiply for Europe Ahead of Davos

Feds Can't Force You To Unlock Your iPhone With Finger Or Face, Judge Rules

The Game of Pseudo-Authenticity

Supreme Court to Consider Whether Police Can Order Blood Draws from Unconscious Drivers

Public Disdain For Russia Probe Intensifies, Trump Approval Climbs — IBD/TIPP Poll

Trump's Terrible Record on Property Rights

“The President's recent threat to use "the military version of eminent domain" to seize property for his border wall is just the tip of a larger iceberg of policies and legal positions inimical to constitutional property rights.”

California prohibits gender-based auto insurance: report

Ladies, expect your rates to go up

Democrats Failing to Control Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green Revolution

If Republicans were smart, they'd keep quiet while the Democrats self-destruct

Second Thoughts On Pot

Dems fly to Puerto Rico on chartered jet, meet with lobbyists, see 'Hamilton' as shutdown drags on

Just the Hispanic Caucus.

US approved thousands of child bride requests

Oh My: Catholic Archdioceses Admit Wuerl Knew Of McCarrick Abuse Allegation In 2004

Philly residents defy the city’s controversial ‘soda tax’

Inside Facebook’s ‘cult-like’ workplace, where dissent is discouraged and employees pretend to be happy all the time

5 Things To Do About Our Culture’s Antagonism Against Men

Gab Promotes Bitcoin as 'Free Speech Money' to Over 850,000 Users

The Recession Will Be Unevenly Distributed

“Those households, enterprises and organizations that have no debt, a very low cost basis and a highly flexible, adaptable structure will survive and even prosper.”

How Facebook Borrows From the NSA Playbook

5 reasons why there’s still no end to the shutdown

“They can’t end the standoff because Democrats and Republicans are trying to solve different problems”

The only acceptable answer: “None of your f(ornicating) business!”

Who gave National Review the power to excommunicate?

Employee at Ford Office Fired After Disagreeing With Transgender Post

Majority Preservation Act

“The first House Democratic bill aims to hamstring opponents.”

Nobel secretary regrets Obama peace prize

This Reporter Took a Deep Look Into the Science of Smoking Pot. What He Found Is Scary.

Carriers Swore They'd Stop Selling Location Data. Will They Ever?

Cory Doctorow: Disruption for Thee, But Not for Me

Tags: mobile carriers ∙ Nobel Prize ∙ Barack Obama ∙ gun control ∙ NSA ∙ recession ∙ Gab ∙ bitcoin ∙ Facebook ∙ war against men ∙ Catholic Church ∙ Philadelphia ∙ soda tax ∙ Hispanic Caucus ∙ Puerto Rico ∙ Democrats ∙ Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ∙ cannabis ∙ Donald Trump ∙ victimhood ∙ privacy ∙ Fourth Amendment ∙ deep state ∙ RussiaGate ∙ FBI ∙ government shutdown ∙ Europe ∙ Davos

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Monday extra-big roundup

Monday - 15Oct2018 Filed in: Headlines

Headlines that don't merit their own entry

Top 3% of U.S. Taxpayers Paid Majority of Income Taxes in 2016

How about that? They paid more than their fair share.

Gore: Jet Stream 'Getting Loopier and Wavier,' So 'We Have a Global Emergency'

Al Gore is capitalizing on the news and fear. The jet stream hasn't changed.

Trump snubs Feinstein, Harris to nominate conservative judges to liberal 9th Circuit

Mary Robinson on climate change: ‘Feeling “This is too big for me” is no use to anybody’

Italian Interior Minister prepares legislature for self-defence: “No trial for those who defend their property”

‘Bitcoin and Guns, That’s the Only Way to Save This Country’

From the Ukraine

Libertarian and Police Accountability Pages Deleted in Facebook Purge

Golly gee whilikers, could Facebook have an agenda?

Facebook has lost 30% of its value since July

500,000 Afghan migrants are ready to enter Europe via unprotected Turkish-Greek border area

Technically, isn't that an invasion?

Bear spray, bloody brawls at Patriot Prayer 'law and order' march in Portland

Dozens of Witches Gather to Place Public Hex on Brett Kavanaugh

They have decided that he is guilty and they are going to be very public about it

Black Man Cuffed on His Own Property While Moving Into New Home

Venezuela Has Lost 13% of its Population in a Mass Exodus from Socialism

Fight Fizzles Before Police Arrive; Cops Start Tasing and Arresting People Anyway

Violence, Public Anger Erupts In China As Home Prices Slide

Lawsuit: KSP trooper attacks man after Facebook post

Strange doings in Kentucky

Fusion GPS co-founder Glenn Simpson in 'real legal jeopardy', GOP investigator says

Toronto's Sick Kids hospital preparing policy for euthanasia for youth over 18 that could one day apply to minors

Human 2.0 Is Almost Here: The Transhumanism Agenda Just Went Mainstream

The view from Saudi Arabia as world holds its breath

“With Saudi Arabia one of Britain's closest allies, diplomats are treating the alleged death of Jamal Khashoggi very carefully.”

Thousands line up for zero-down-payment, subprime mortgages

This won't end well

How the Heir of the White Nationalist Movement Learned to Let Go of Hatred

Congress Can’t Create an Independent and Unaccountable New Branch of Government

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) was designed to be unaccountable.

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Friday roundup

Friday - 23Mar2018 Filed in: Politics

Headlines that don't merit their own entry

Tuesday roundup

Tuesday - 26Dec2017 Filed in: Headlines&Politics&Free Markets

Israel to formally announce intent to leave UNESCO

Although I am not a blind supporter of Israel, there is no other nation that has been vilified for so little reason.

University of Minnesota Retracts Restrictions on Christmas Decorations

“In a memo sent by the University of Minnesota earlier this month, staff was told that Santa and Christmas tree decorations were “not appropriate” for campus buildings.”

Santa Calls It Quits

Parody

Cities, volunteers clash over feeding homeless in public

It's not charity unless it's Officially Approved

How Opaque Healthcare Pricing Mechanisms Rip Off Consumers

Or How Government Conspires to Keep Medical Costs High

Wrong-footing the NYPD

Going through the motions without fixing the problems

Christmas 2017: Why I'm Hopeful

Who Regulates Bitcoin Trading? No U.S. Agency Has Jurisdiction

No regulation is not necessarily a bad thing

Tags: israel ∙ UNESCO ∙ Christmas card ∙ bitcoin ∙ regulation ∙ charity ∙ volunteers ∙ healthcare ∙ University of Minnesota ∙ Christmas ∙ humor ∙ Santa Claus

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Weekend roundup

Sunday - 17Dec2017 Filed in: Headlines

How Using Eminent Domain to Seize Land for a Border Wall Harms American Property Owners

Your property rights are gone. Also National Butterfly Center Founder: Trump’s Border Wall Prep ‘Trampling on Private Property Rights’

How you can be tracked even with your GPS turned off

Why wouldn't you want to be tracked, Citizen? Are you doing something wrong?

Feds moving quickly to cash in on seized bitcoin, now worth $8.4 million

Seized from a "suspected" Dark Web dealer. Not convicted, but "suspected"

Federal Labor Board Reverses Bad Decision that Made Corporations Responsible for Franchise Decisions

If it's the franchisee that cut's the employee's paycheck, then the franchiser has no responsibility. This was a cash grab pure and simple.

Harlem Shook: Google Is Using Its Immense Power To Censor Content That Doesn’t Fit Its Political Goals. Everyone In America Should Be Concerned About That

For all the talk about net neutrality, it's the service providers who are the real censors. Why is Google filtering results? Why is Facebook manipulating your feed and tracking down everyone you may have talked to since the sixth grade? Why is Twitter monitoring the non-Twitter online activity of it's verified members? If you are not paying for a product, you are the product.

Don’t Blame Big Cable. It’s Local Governments That Choke Broadband Competition

And oldie but still accurate

The Warlock Hunt

#MeToo will destroy everyone, women and men. That's what happens when you raise table stakes.

Big Brother Installing Surveillance Cameras in Places of Worship

Two simple questions. Will surveillance cameras make parishioners safer? How long until an Authority Figure™ decides to monitor the cameras to make sure the worshipers are doing things "correctly?"

Bitcoin futures are about to get another big boost

“TD Ameritrade, the largest futures operation of any online brokerage, is going to allow bitcoin futures trading on its platform starting Monday.” The Federal Reserve is about to get competition.

Residents Outraged as DHS Spraying Town With Chemicals—Using Them as Human Guinea Pigs

Did anyone bother asking the residents what they thought?

Is climate change REALLY the culprit causing California’s wildfires?

More claims without proof

Court Rules Plastic Flamingos Okay But Growing Vegetables in Front Yard Is ILLEGAL

“That’s what government does – interferes in people’s lives.”

Watch: Police body cam of innocent woman clamped in K-9’s jaws. She’s suing.

Even if she wins, the cop won't pay. In many states sovereign immunity and qualified immunity "protect" police officers, even fi the actions of the police are illegal.

Tags: eminent domain ∙ #MeToo ∙ K9 ∙ bad cops ∙ sovereign immunity ∙ qualified immunity ∙ sexual harassment ∙ places of worship ∙ DHS ∙ chemical tests ∙ parishioners ∙ surveillance cameras ∙ border wall ∙ cellphone surveillance device ∙ GPS ∙ siezed ∙ Federal Labor Board ∙ franchise ∙ internet services ∙ asset forfeiture ∙ bitcoin