Matt Agorist at the Free Thought Project: After the wholesale execution of Willie McCoy — a rapper who was killed by police as he slept in the Drive Thru of a Taco Bell — a disturbing practice by the department who killed him came to light. SWAT team commander with...
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As Much As They Might Want To, They Just Can’t Steal Their Way To Paradise
Jeff Snider at Real Clear Markets makes the case for capitalism Capitalism sure is messy, unpredictable, and, most of all, lumpy. It doesn’t go in a straight line, can cause tremendous stress and pain, and there are times when it gets caught up, for prolonged periods,...
Crazy Times
On FPF #508, I discuss some of the important news happening around the world. In California, police officers murdered an 18-year-old kid working as a security guard. The State Department approved a $600 million weapon sale to Ukraine. In the UK, a terrorist stabbed...
Background Checks Lead to Gun Confiscation in California
Since last July 1, California has required background checks for those purchasing firearm ammunition. As we noted, by December 2019 the state had run 345,000 background checks and rejected 62,000 Californians legally entitled to purchase ammunition, including off-duty...
New York Tax Revenue Plummeted 68% In April
From Bloomberg This is just April and just in New York. This will happen all over the country. My guess is that these lockdowns will end when state and local governments have to start letting people go and renegotiating pension contracts. "The Empire State collected...
Hospitals Say Feds Are Seizing Masks and Other Coronavirus Supplies
L.A. Times: "Although President Trump has directed states and hospitals to secure what supplies they can, the federal government is quietly seizing orders, leaving medical providers across the country in the dark about where the material is going and how they can get...
Year Zero 87: The Homeless Crisis
In this episode Tommy compares the homeless population of California, one of the wealthiest states in the US, to homelessness in the poorest state. The conclusion is simple to come to that homelessness is a result of too much government, not too little. Listen to Year...
California’s Biometric Surveillance Moratorium
California recently passed Assembly Bill 1215, which prevents the use of biometric surveillance via body cameras worn by police officers. It's nice to see the state not take on more power for once. H/T to my good friend David McNaughtan of the Ledger Dispatch for the...
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