I never speak it out loud, but recently I’m constantly repeating a movie our daughter used to watch when she was little. Over the Hedge I believe it was called. I constantly hear the little squirrel straining to see the end of the newly constructed impediment, in his...
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Episode 625: Tradition, Family, Democracy and a Century of Democide w/ Pete and Tommy Salmons
74 Minutes Not Safe For Work Tommy Salmons is the host of the Year Zero podcast and a contributor at LibertarianInstitute.org Tommy and Pete have a discussion about things that are normally not discussed in libertarian circles like family, tradition, cultural...
Democide: Understanding the State’s Monopoly on Violence and the Second Amendment
Gun control is predicated on the belief that private citizens cannot be trusted with firearms. That the state should have a “monopoly on violence” because it is less violent than individuals. And that firearms should be taken away from private citizens because only the state is responsible enough to handle them.
No Matter What Happens, the World Only Watches
A police officer pushed his knee into the back of the neck of a man until he died. Murder. But we watched. A mob stomped a store owner into the pavement as he protected his property. Attempted murder. Again, we watched. A gunship blew journalists and then a...
The Murderous Modern State
The “Long Peace” Thesis Having considered the modern nation-state as a unique subject of historical and political inquiry, we turn to the widely popular notion that we are right now living amidst a “Long Peace,” characterized by falling rates of war and violence more...
Episode 227: Waco Massacre Survivor David Thibodeau Tells His Story, Part 1
59 Minutes Suitable for All Audiences With February 28th being the 26th "anniversary" of the beginning of the Federal Government's siege on the Branch Davidian's home in Waco, Texas, Pete asked survivor David Thibodeau to come on the show and tell his story of the...
The Price We Pay
Recently I jumped in to a snake pit. Don’t we all every once in a while? Sometimes I suppose those snakes are far too tempting and you’re just morbidly curious how you’ll fare and if you’ll survive. Better yet, perhaps you might even befriend a snake, wouldn’t that be...
Gun Control Is Genocide
Trevor Lyman at the Liberty Crier has posted an important documentary about civilian disarmament and democide. Gun Control Is Genocide: The True History of Gun Confiscation And Why We Need The 2nd Amendment https://youtu.be/nUmKT43j4Tc
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Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine
Over and over, U.S. government officials and their mainstream media allies called Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine an “unprovoked attack.” The slogan became so overused that people began to ask the obvious question: Why do they protest so much? In Provoked: How...
