How about we do something novel in the new year? Let's stop worrying about the stuff most politicians, pundits, and activists want us to worry about and instead think about ourselves, our families, our friends, and whatever communities we choose to be part of. Let's forget about "the country" and the rest of the world. Let's individually pursue happiness. All I'm saying is that it's finally time for the politicians, bureaucrats, and know-it-all intelligentsia, left or right, to get out of the way and let us set our own agendas. Too self-centered? Well, too bad. Much evil results from...
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Lawsuit Update: Woman, Given Speeding Ticket on Way to Work, Shot By Cop
In June of 2020, family and friends of Hannah Fizer, 25, were shocked to learn that their beloved daughter and friend had been killed during a stop over an alleged speeding violation. Then, four months later, they learned there would be no justice and the officer who killed the unarmed woman as she sat in her vehicle—was back on the job. Since then, Fizer’s father, John Fizer, filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Pettis County seeking damages against Pettis County Deputy Jordan Schutte. The lawsuit argues the shooting was an unjustified, an excessive use of force and that Schutte did not...
Salafis Throwing Bombs: How American and British Planners Partnered With Al-Qaeda Affiliated Groups At the Start of the Syrian Civil War
Introduction In the mainstream view, al-Qaeda did not play a role in the Syria conflict until Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi dispatched his deputy, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, to Syria in August 2011 to establish a wing of the group there, called Jabhat al-Nusra, or the Nusra Front. Additionally, al-Qaeda allegedly did not carry out any military operations until December 2011 and did not announce its establishment until January 2012. However, there is evidence that al-Qaeda affiliated militants were involved in the Syrian conflict much earlier. Saudi intelligence...
Lunatic With a Plan: Erdogan and Turkey’s Economic Woes
Since the first assault on Turkey’s finances in 2018, which I wrote about multiple times (here, here, and here), I’ve been the lone voice telling everyone that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is a lunatic but he’s a lunatic with a plan. That plan is to de-dollarize the economy of a valuable member of NATO geostrategically. Since the first shots across the bow by the Trump administration at Erdogan’s toying with those powers east of the Bosporus (Russia, China and Iran) the Turkish lira has been the primary mode of attack against Erdogan. Erdogan has pursued what has been deemed unorthodox...
How I’m Going to Fight Biden’s Mandates
President Biden’s executive order forcing companies with 100 or more employees to require COVID vaccination or weekly testing has no basis in science, the Constitution, or the principles of a free society. It also sets a dangerous precedent that can and will be used to justify future federal mandates on businesses and their employees. My Campaign for Liberty group will mobilize pro-liberty Americans to resist these mandates and other abuses of power in regard to COVID by authoritarian politicians and bureaucrats to expand their power and shrink our liberties. This was originally featured...
Episode 606: ‘It’s A Private Company, Bro’ w/ Keith Knight
57 Minutes PG-13 Keith Knight is the host of the Don't Tread on Anyone Podcast. Keith joined Pete to discuss James Burnham's 1940 book, "The Managerial Revolution," in which he lays out, and even mentions by name, the path business and government were on towards Technocracy. Keith and Pete tie it to everything happening with the "culture of experts" today, and take the opportunity to ridicule the Modal Libertarian refrain, "it's a private company, bro!" Keith's YouTube Channel Keith at LibertarianInstitute.org The Managerial Revolution Get Autonomy 19 Skills PDF Download The Monopoly On...
Sam Colt: The Forgotten History of America’s Legendary Firearms Inventor and Manufacturer
Born on July 19, 1814, in Hartford, Connecticut, Samuel Colt played a vital role in American culture and folklore. The inventor and creator of the first handheld revolver, Sam Colt made it possible to have a handgun that could fire rapidly without needing to be reloaded after every shot. Known as the great equalizer, it’s been said that “Abe Lincoln may have freed all men, but Sam Colt made them equal.” Colt’s knack for inventing and his passion for firearms paved the way for the American fascination with guns. Some would argue that it’s because of Samuel Colt (and his shrewd business and...
Episode 578: Defending And Empowering Local Businesses w/ Tobin Brogunier
64 Minutes Safe for Work Tobin Brogunier is an entrepreneur working with merchants and technology to bring Virtual Storefronts to Main Street. Pete welcomes Tobin to the show to discuss the platform he has created that will allow local businesses in any area to be able to put their products into a key word based search function much like the one Amazon uses. Tobin also talks about how the CV19 lockdowns and the threat of the Fourth Industrial Revolution caused the timetable on this project to be moved up to a summer 2020 introduction. The Local Search Engine Virtual Storefronts Merchant...
What’s the #1 Cause of Homelessness?
https://youtu.be/SSX3jlsertI Whenever a third party coercively intervenes in a voluntary exchange, the voluntary parties are both worse off. "Any statute or administrative regulation necessarily makes actions illegal that are not overt initiations of crimes or torts according to libertarian theory. Every statute or administrative rule is therefore illegitimate and itself invasive and a criminal interference with the property rights of noncriminals." Murray N. Rothbard Economic Controversies, p. 406 LBRY / Odysee:...
Episode 546: The ‘Big City’ vs ‘Small Town’ War w/ ‘Rural Rebellion’ Author Ross Benes
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 Rebellion." In it, Ross seeks to find answers for why many formerly Democrat areas of his home state of Nebraska have turned overwhelmingly Republican which eventually leads to a discussion of the culture wars that have fomented between the culture of the "Big Cities" and Small Towns." RossBenes.com Rural Rebellion Get Autonomy 19...