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The Louisville Metro Police Department Child Sex Scandal

by Peter R. Quiñones | Feb 7, 2020

Civil libertarians and police corruption watchdogs have much to celebrate these days. The fact that most people are walking around with high definition video cameras in their pockets has done much to shine a light on what these groups have been talking about for...

‘The Person Advocating Violence Is The Fed!’

by Peter R. Quiñones | Jan 27, 2020

A lot of people have heard my “liberty story.” It’s the common, “I saw Ron Paul confront Rudy Giuliani on the debate stage in 2007” narrative. Then the reading started; pretty much every “libertarian” book I could get my hand on. For two years all I did was read....

Law Enforcement Respects The Constitution?

by Peter R. Quiñones | Jan 21, 2020

With the 2nd Amendment rally scheduled for Richmond, Virginia’s “Lobby Day” now completed, those who warned against “agent provocateurs,” and other possible hazards, get to breathe a sigh of relief and be thankful for being wrong. The narrative that this was going to...

Virginia Second Amendment Advocates Beware!

by Peter R. Quiñones | Jan 20, 2020

The Virginia senate has passed three gun bills that are now being sent to the house for consideration that would see it become one of the most restrictive states in America when it comes to firearms ownership. A reading of the laws would put Virginia close to New...

The 21st Century of War

by Peter R. Quiñones | Dec 26, 2019

As the second decade of the 21st Century comes to a close, and the corporate press is doing everything in its vast power to keep people’s attention on impeachment, it is easy to overlook that the last 20 years should only be defined by one subject; war. Since shortly...

Free Speech is Non-Negotiable

by Peter R. Quiñones | Dec 17, 2019

Anyone trying to shut down free speech knows that their ideology is a lie so they must prevent you from exposing that fact. I have no problem listening to someone else’s opinion, especially if I know it’s dead wrong. Knowing that my ideology is moral and non-coercive...

Eliminating the Horror of Modern Policing

by Peter R. Quiñones | Dec 11, 2019

If people properly understood the role of police in the American system, they would probably trust anyone standing next to them in the grocery store to have their best interests at heart more than a “law enforcement” officer. There’s an important reason for this....

The Power of the Meme – My Journey

by Peter R. Quiñones | Nov 29, 2019

I’m fairly certain the first memes I experienced were on the once famous website Ebaum’s World. I probably didn’t know what to make of them at the time but they were usually funny and I would check back to the site often. After a while I started to see that even...

The ‘Landlord’ is MY Employee

by Peter R. Quiñones | Nov 18, 2019

Imagine having an employee whose job was to make sure you are safe from the elements and if anything stopped working in your dwelling, they had to fix it on what YOU paid them. What if you had a contract that stated if they didn’t provide these services in a set...

Blaming Libertarianism for Every ‘Societal Woe’

by Peter R. Quiñones | Nov 8, 2019

Normally, a random post on Twitter doesn’t deserve an answer in the form of an article, but in an era where the libertarian ideology (that of non-aggression and strict property rights), which is much closer to the ideas of liberty expounded by the founders of America...

Fear is the Liberty Killer

by Peter R. Quiñones | Nov 4, 2019

An overused term that is invoked to describe the United States, the largest government in the history of mankind, is “free country.” Does anyone actually believe that, or is it something to use as a bludgeon against those who seek to change particulars about said...

Let’s Stop with this ‘Culture of Liberty’ Nonsense

by Peter R. Quiñones | Oct 28, 2019

Imagine if someone you didn’t know, who lived 3,000 miles away, had a say in who you could or couldn’t marry. Would you think that was crazy? What if that person could dictate what you were allowed to put into your body? Since that is a reality why isn’t it just as...

What if the Police Don’t Identify Themselves?

by Peter R. Quiñones | Oct 21, 2019

Anyone who pays attention to cases involving police shootings, especially those that result in a fatality, has noticed that the narrative we first hear coming from the press soon changes. It is no different in the case of Atatiana Jefferson, who was gunned down...

The Ft. Worth Killer Cop Will Probably Get Away With It

by Peter R. Quiñones | Oct 15, 2019

Those who take police accountability seriously had reason to celebrate this month when Amber Guyger, the police officer who walked into 26-year-old Botham Jean’s apartment, mistook it for her own, and fired a fatal shot into him, was found guilty of murder and...

A Redcoat Murders a Colonist in Her Home

by Peter R. Quiñones | Oct 14, 2019

If the people heeded the words of certain founders, had an unquenchable thirst for liberty and were not lost in their comfort and seeming security, the headlines in regard to the shooting by a local tax-feeding-jackboot of a 28-year-old woman through the window of her...

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Episode 552: Trying To Avoid The ‘Black Pill’ w/ Reed Coverdale

by Peter R. Quiñones | Mar 19, 2021

62 Minutes Some Strong Language Reed Coverdale is the host of the Naturalist Capitalist Podcast and a truck driver. Reed asked Pete to come on his podcast to talk about any hope at all for the future. These discuss various topics but mostly how to avoid thinking all...

Episode 551: A Look at the John Birch Society and Will Grigg’s Time There w/ Thomas Eddlem

by Peter R. Quiñones | Mar 17, 2021

51 Minutes Safe For Work Thomas R. Eddlem is a freelance writer who has been published in more than 20 periodicals, and a high school history and economics teacher. Tom joins Pete to talk about his time at the John Birch Society, providing background and talking about...

Episode 550: Three Percent Of Us Are Terrorists w/ Aaron of Timeline Earth

by Peter R. Quiñones | Mar 15, 2021

54 Minutes Not Safe For Work Aaron is one of the hosts of the Timeline Earth podcast. Aaron joins Pete to discuss his account being permanently suspended on Twitter, his thoughts on the LP and getting labeled a terrorist by a raving madman. Timeline Earth Podcast...

Episode 549: Answering Radigan Carter’s Objections to Decentralization w/ Per Bylund

by Peter R. Quiñones | Mar 12, 2021

84 Minutes PG-13 Per Bylund is a Fellow at the Mises Institute and Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship at Oklahoma State University. Pete asked Per to come on the show to comment on audio pointed out by one of Pete's Patreon supporters of the Hidden Forces podcast...

Episode 548: ‘I’m Not Putting My Son Through This Sh*t’ w/ Liberty Weekly’s Patrick MacFarlane

by Peter R. Quiñones | Mar 10, 2021

62 Minutes Not Safe For Work Patrick MacFarlane is an attorney and host of the Liberty Weekly podcast. Patrick asked Pete to come on his show where they talked about everything from leaving big cities and even the country, to forming a narrative to combat the...

Episode 547: Marxism Part 4 – The Utter Brutality of Abimael Guzmán and the ‘Shining Path’

by Peter R. Quiñones | Mar 8, 2021

80 Minutes PG-13 Bird is one-fourth of the hosts of the Timeline Earth podcast. Bird "concludes" the series on Marxism talking about Peru's Abimael Guzman and the "Shining Path." Episode 539: Marxism Part 3 - The Thought of Mao Zedong Episode 534: Marxism Part 2 - The...

Episode 546: The ‘Big City’ vs ‘Small Town’ War w/ ‘Rural Rebellion’ Author Ross Benes

by Peter R. Quiñones | Mar 5, 2021

46 Minutes Some Strong Language Ross Benes is a journalist and researcher who has written for The Wall Street Journal, Adweek, AdExchanger, Quartz, Business Insider, and Esquire. Pete invited Ross to come on to talk about the subject of his new book, "Rural...

Episode 545: Logical Fallacies Explained and Answered and More w/ Keith Knight and Sal the Agorist

by Peter R. Quiñones | Mar 3, 2021

63 Minutes Safe for Work Keith Knight of the "Don't Tread on Anyone" podcast invited Pete and Sal the Agorist to come on his show to discuss several logical fallacies that are commonly used in argumentation and how to recognize them. They also discuss various current...

Episode 544: The Progressive War On Our Food and ‘Tower Power’ Explained

by Peter R. Quiñones | Mar 1, 2021

54 Minutes Some Strong Language Doc is a friend of Pete's from Twitter who comes on the show to talk about a couple subjects. First, he talks about his time working for The Humane Society undercover at farms and facilities where he was supposed to get secret video...

Episode 543: Americans No Longer Have A ‘Line’ w/ Karen Keener

by Peter R. Quiñones | Feb 26, 2021

57 Minutes PG-13 Karen Keener is the proprietor of TheSovereignMom.com and one of Pete's closest confidants. Karen joins Pete to share her thoughts about why Americans appear to no longer have a line when it comes to growing tyranny. TheSovereignMom.com Karen on...

Episode 542: CV19 Death Numbers, Vaccines And More w/ Jeremy R Hammond

by Peter R. Quiñones | Feb 24, 2021

55 Minutes Suitable for All Ages Independent journalist Jeremy R. Hammond returns to the show and starts by talking about his background and how he got into investigative journalism. He then discusses what he sees as the effects of the insane money printing over the...

Episode 541: The Coming Housing Apocalypse w/ Clint From The Liberty Lockdown Podcast

by Peter R. Quiñones | Feb 22, 2021

58 Minutes Some Strong Language Clint is the host of the Liberty Lockdown Podcast and a former private money mortgage broker. Clint joins Pete to explain why the government's actions in the last 12 months is setting up a housing/real estate crisis that will be...