The CDC has released its numbers for age-adjusted COVID mortality.These are the CDC's own numbers, I repeat, so you and I can't be accused of using obscure sources, or whatever other excuse the crazies normally use.The results: completely random. If you can see a...
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How Economic Regulation Hurts the Poor – Walter E. Williams
by Keith Knight | Apr 29, 2023 | Blog
In the name of protecting public health, California requires that an individual who seeks to perform any kind of hairstyling service must complete nine months (1,600 hours) of classes at a state-approved cosmetology school, at a tuition cost of at least $5,000, before...
This is your security force
by Scott Horton | Oct 12, 2022 | Blog
California expands largest US illegal pot eradication effort
Security Force
by Scott Horton | Sep 27, 2022 | Blog
47 California deputies stripped of guns after failing psych tests in wake of double slaying "The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office has stripped 47 deputies — 10% of the force — of their guns and arrest powers because they failed psychological exams in the wake of a...
Cops Throw Man Suffering Diabetic Shock in Jail, Watch Him Die
by Matt Agorist | Aug 9, 2022 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
When he was arrested in February of this year, Gilbert Gil, 67, had committed no crime and had harmed no one. Sadly, however, his innocence offered no protection from the pernicious abuse of the California police state. The nightmare for the Gil family began when a...
Activity at Saudi Embassy Coincided with Arrival of 9/11 Hijackers
by Stark Realities with Brian McGlinchey | Jun 27, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
This is my second article based on an examination of several hundred recently-declassified documents from the FBI’s investigation of Saudi government links to 9/11. The first was FBI Mistakenly Names Saudi Consulate Employee Eyed in 9/11 Investigation. FBI agents...
The Cult Of Masked School Children
by Steven Woskow | Jan 20, 2022 | Blog
As we enter the third year of the pandemic, every child age 5 and up is eligible to receive a COVID vaccine in the United States. Oddly, this development has been accompanied by increased pressure on kids to wear masks in school. Some private schools have gone beyond...
Anaheim Cops, ‘Like a Firing Squad,’ Execute Man Holding a Water Bottle
by Matt Agorist | Nov 22, 2021 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
Last September, Brandon Lopez, 33, led police on a chase before crashing his car. He was suspected of driving a stolen vehicle, had several warrants out for his arrest, and was mentally ill. If he actually committed all the crimes of which he was accused, however,...
The Ultimate Foreign Policy Collection. Scott Horton & Keith Knight
by Keith Knight | Jun 3, 2021 | Don't Tread on Anyone
Scott Horton is director of the Libertarian Institute, editorial director of Antiwar.com, host of Antiwar Radio on Pacifica, 90.7 FM KPFK in Los Angeles, California and podcasts the Scott Horton Show from ScottHorton.org. He’s the author of the 2021 book Enough...
California Restaurants Demand More Than $100 Million In Liquor, Health Permit Refunds
by Steven Woskow | Nov 23, 2020 | Blog
California’s financially battered restaurants filed government claims Monday to recover more than $100 million in fees for liquor and health permits and tourism charges that they say were assessed even though their businesses were shuttered or only partially operating...
Episode 497: Dr Robert Rowen On The Coming CV19 Vaccine
by Peter R. Quiñones | Nov 13, 2020 | Free Man Beyond the Wall
34 Minutes Safe For Work Dr Robert Rowen has been practicing medicine for more than three decades. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Johns Hopkins University before attending medical school at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr Robert Rowen joins Pete as a...
California Expels a Collective Sigh of Relief
by Laurie Calhoun | Nov 3, 2020 | Blog
California Governor Gavin Newsom has lost a lawsuit alleging executive overreach. His reign of tyranny is over.
Trump V. Biden: Does It Matter Who Wins the Election?
by Kyle Anzalone | Nov 2, 2020 | Conflicts of Interest
On Election Day Eve, Kyle previews the election and explains why the outlook for a Trump or Biden presidency is bleak. If Biden wins, he will likely continue most of Trump's awful foreign policy decisions and unroll any of his good ones. If Trump gets a second term,...
You Can Check-Out Anytime You Like, But You Can Never Leave
by Steven Woskow | Aug 17, 2020 | Blog
New California wealth tax proposal raises taxes on total net worth of wealthy California residences. But, what if they decide to leave the State? No problem. Economic impacts: Will ultra-wealthy CA residents leave the state? As mentioned above, the California share of...
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The Non-Existent Difference Between National Socialism and Democratic Socialism
Summary: National Socialism and Democratic Socialism both advocate institutionalized violence by the state against peaceful people only differing in rhetoric. The most popular self described Democratic Socialists in America today are Senator Bernie Sanders and...
A Response to My Memorial Day Critics
My article against Memorial Day drew a lot of ire and attention. This should not have been surprising; I was making a controversial statement. What did surprise me, however, was that many critics were self-described libertarians or former libertarians. There were many...
Ignoring Political Gossip & Sticking to Principle
https://youtu.be/ZwWHjYVY4tg In the private sector, firms must attract voluntary customers or they fail; and if they fail, investors lose their money, and managers and employees lose their jobs. The possibility of failure, therefore, is a powerful incentive to find...
The Myth of “Hyper-Rugged-Isolationist-Individualism”
Myth #1: Libertarians believe that each individual is an isolated, hermetically sealed atom, acting in a vacuum without influencing each other. This is a common charge, but a highly puzzling one. In a lifetime of reading libertarian and classical-liberal...
The Lesson From Germany and Korea
Institutions are, of course, in some sense the products of culture. But, because they formalize a set of norms, institutions are often the things that keep a culture honest, determining how far it is conducive to good behaviour rather than bad. To illustrate the...
Occupational Licensing Increases Prices and Deprives People of Options
When you shop online, vendors usually give you a bunch of different ways to sort your options. Take Amazon: One popular sorting option – especially for customers with low income – is “Price: Low to High.” You’ve probably used it yourself many times. This...
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