Think Twice Before Calling the Cops: The Deadly Cost of Police Welfare Checks "cops sent out on welfare checks ended up shooting or killing the very people they were supposed to assist in at least 178 cases over the course of three years."
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‘A phenomenal, phenomenal military’ — US ambassador praises Israeli army in wake of Abu Akleh killing
by Scott Horton | Sep 30, 2022 | Blog
US ambassador Tom Nides justifies Israel's killing of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by saying Abu Akleh had gone into a "dangerous place." By Philip Weiss
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...
New Video Evidence Of Israeli Killing of AMERICAN JOURNALIST Shireen Abu Akleh
by Scott Horton | Sep 24, 2022 | Blog
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JT_Y7eGOUA
Boy, Those [Foreigners] Are Real Sickos
by Scott Horton | Sep 24, 2022 | Blog
USAF General: Killing the Enemy Makes Life Better: “Lethality matters most. When you can kill your enemy, every part of your life is better. Your food tastes better. Your marriage is stronger. ... This is who we are. We are lethal. Do not apologize for it! The pile of...
This Week At The Libertarian Institute
by Will Porter | Sep 10, 2022 | News
The Empire never sleeps – but neither do we. Missed a story? We’ve got you covered. Check out this week in review at the Libertarian Institute.
This Week At The Libertarian Institute
by Will Porter | Jun 24, 2022 | News Roundup, Uncategorized, Weekly Update
The Empire never sleeps – but neither do we. Missed a story? We got you covered. This week in review at the Libertarian Institute: News June 24, 2022 – Senate Dems Press Biden to Investigate Killing of Palestinian-American Journalist Ahead of Israel Trip Senate...
Lawsuit Update: Woman, Given Speeding Ticket on Way to Work, Shot By Cop
by Matt Agorist | Dec 31, 2021 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
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...
The Human Under the Numbers
by Kym Robinson | Dec 30, 2021 | Featured Articles
The story of Anne Frank is tragic. If not for the words that she wrote in her diary, she would be a digit of history. Her diary is relatable, and the thoughts that collected inside her being during a horrible time in history gives the reader an idea of who she was....
COI #206: Libya’s Election Called Off
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 29, 2021 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #206, Kyle Anzalone breaks down recent developments in Libya. The election - planned for December 24th - has been called off. The Western states say they will still recognize the interim government. However, the government will likely face increasing legitimacy...
News Roundup 12/29/21
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 29, 2021 | News Roundup
US News Biden says he will implement a ban on unvaccinated Americans from accessing domestic air travel if medical experts approve the plan. [Link] The LAPD releases the footage of the killing of 14-year-old Valentina Orellana-Peralta. Orellana-Peralta was killed when...
Salafis Throwing Bombs: How American and British Planners Partnered With Al-Qaeda Affiliated Groups At the Start of the Syrian Civil War
by William Van Wagenen | Dec 28, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
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...
News Roundup 12/27/21
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 27, 2021 | News Roundup
Covid Massachusetts halts all elective procedures. [Link] The USS Milwaukee will remain in Cuba after several sailors tested positive for Covid. [Link] USAID is running out of money to distribute covid vaccinations. [Link] The US donates 1.5 million vaccine doses to...
Why Can’t Johnny Kill? 11th Hour Conscientious Objection and Moral Injury
by Patrick Macfarlane | Aug 1, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Liberty Weekly Podcast
In 1996 Lt. Col. Dave Grossman authored “On Killing,” a seminal study on “the psychological cost of learning to killing in war and society.” In it, Grossman documents the unheralded history of man’s inherent resistance to taking fellow human life. This history is so...
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Christopher Hitchens Lied About the Cause of Terrorism
"The suicide murder community is almost perfectly faith based." - Christopher Hitchens On Real Time With Bill Maher, Hitchens claims that because an Islamist in the 1800's used the Koran to justify atrocities, it means that today the issue with Al-Qaeda is due to the...
War is a Euphemism for Mass Murder
To kill one man is to be guilty of a capital crime, to kill ten men is to increase the guilt tenfold, to kill a hundred men is to increase it a hundredfold. This the rulers of the earth all recognize, and yet when it comes to the greatest crime — waging war on another...
Empower the Working Class: Abolish Occupational Licensing
It's time to consistently apply the "my body my choice" principle. If consenting adults want to engage in economic activity, no third party should forcibly stop them. Democrats always say "voting once every two years between two politicians is how you express...
Death By Climate: Down 97% in Last 100 Years
Our schools provide many hours of lessons on climate change, but I wonder how many teachers, let alone pupils, are aware that climate-related deaths have decreased by as much as 97 per cent over the past 100 years, as the OFDA / CRED data show. - Why don’t we ever...
Black Youth Unemployment: Before and After Progressives Started “Helping”
A constant trend is progressivism is to use the state to coercively control others under the guise of "helping" them, make things worse, then ignore the problems you caused and never apologize. Sallie Mae loans didn't make college affordable. The Federal Reserve...
What Kind of Liberal?
Not to put too fine a point on it, but I am a Locke-Smith liberal.
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