Teenagers messing around, broke into a vacant home, neighbor, an off-duty prison guard, call cops, cops come, kids jump fence, cop neighbor waiting in ambush shoots one of the kids in the back, killing him dead. And guess what? No charges. Because "the law" is just...
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John McCain’s Staff Endorse Biden, Explicitly Because He’s Worse on War
New York Times: More than 100 former staff members for Senator John McCain are supporting Joseph R. Biden Jr., a show of support across the political divide that they hope amplifies the “Country First” credo of the former Arizona senator. Many of the onetime McCain...
Episode 463: The Commons, the Panopticon and Your ‘Society of Control’ w/ Bird from Friends Against Government
107 Minutes PG-13 Bird is one-third of the hosts of the Friends Against Government podcast Bird joins Pete to discuss various concepts but especially those of the Panopticon and Societies of Sovereignty, Discipline and Control while concentrating on the technology and...
Both Parties Pretend to Care About Ending Endless Wars
On FPF #537, I discuss both parties claiming they will end the endless wars, but neither is serious about actually doing it. Americans keep voting for the president who promises to be less interventionist. However, after taking office, Bush, Obama, and now Trump have...
We Should Never Grow Tired of Saying ‘I Told You So’
**I wrote this three years ago, look at the last sentence** If I made the statement right now that this society is in a culture war I don’t think anyone reading this would argue with me. I know that a lot of you would say that free speech is under attack, but...
Shot By Cops, Thwarted By Judges And Geography
How qualified immunity works: U.S. courts show wide regional disparities in granting qualified immunity, the controversial legal doctrine now under fire for protecting officers accused of excessive force. The shooter was Fort Worth, Texas, police officer Hugo Barron....
Will Trump Bring US Troops Home From Iraq?
On FPF #536, Will Porter returns to the show to discuss Trump's Iraq policy. Trump ran for president on ending endless wars. However, he has failed to get the US out of a single conflict. He is again saying he would like to bring US troops home from Iraq. His own...
Asking People To Be Educated Is A Lost Cause
Whenever there’s a crime in which multiple people are murdered by an assailant with a handgun or rifle people get excited. If you’ve never noticed go back and read their post-tragedy Tweets. It's their time to talk about “gun control.” Guns are a subject that very few...
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