On FPF #483, I discuss Trump's lastest foolish threat to Iran. Trump tweeted that he is instructing the Navy to 'shoot down' Iranian ships that harass American Navy ships. If Trump's orders are followed it could provoke a shooting war between the US and Iran....
49 Minutes PG-13 Pete invited the policy director for the "Sound Money Defense League," JP Cortez, to come on the show. They explain why this was never "the greatest economy in history," and why expecting things to return to normal is wishful thinking. They also talk...
https://youtu.be/taUoIW1nMmc (images from New Zealand and Hong Kong- two of the three most freest economies in the world, source: https://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files/human-freedom-index-2019-rev.pdf) Capitalism: A social system based on the explicit...
This recollection is based on a true story. There were three friends, each were a little different to the other. As young boys the three began to mature into different people; John was lazy and he grew rounder as the others began to grow broad shoulders. While they...
A man's liberty must be an autonomous pursuit of independence. As libertarians and anarchists there is a tendency to depend on the collective to grasp theory and philosophy; so as they accept and achieve liberty so do we. But not all slaves wish to be unshackled....
Anyone want to start placing bets on where all this stuff is going? Israel First? A Puerto Rican warehouse?
US News The USS Comfort, a large Navy hospital ship, will leave New York after treating only 179 patients. The ship leaves as the governor said it was no longer necessary. [Link] A new poll finds that 73% of vets and 69% of military families support withdrawing US...
It is perfectly fine to be afraid that you or a loved one will catch a potentially life-threatening virus, and at the same time deride the government’s reaction, especially when it comes to shutting down a significant portion of the economy. That section consists of...
This is some scary, fascist stuff... Remember that time when some of the biggest companies and international government agencies got together to discuss how the coronavirus would lead to a global pandemic, and then systematically decided what the global response...
President Trump is convening with governors to reopen the economy, which will likely mean some sort of compulsory face mask order. Now is the time to seriously consider scrapping the patents on masks such as the N95. Government at all levels has severely overreacted...
