US News The Supreme Court issued a temporary stay of execution for Nathaniel Woods. Woods was scheduled to be executed even though the state admits he did not kill anyone. The order was given minutes before he was scheduled to be executed. The stay was then rejected...
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News Roundup 3/5/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 5, 2020 | News Roundup
US News Tulsi Gabbard received at least one delegate on Super Tuesday. Recent Democratic Party debate rules have allowed all candidates with at least a delegate to participate in the debate. There is now concern the DNC will alter debate rules to prevent Tulsi from...
News Roundup 3/4/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 4, 2020 | News Roundup
US News Chris Matthews will retire from his show because he made inappropriate comments to a woman. [Link]Senator Bernie Sanders refused to attend the AIPAC conference this year. Michael Bloomberg was the only Democratic presidential candidate to attend the...
The Fed Slashes Rates as Powell Declares Economy ‘Strong’
by Ryan McMaken | Mar 3, 2020 | Economics, Featured Articles
The Federal Reserve moved to an enact an emergency interest rate cut after officials saw the coronavirus having a material impact on the economic outlook, Chairman Jerome Powell said Tuesday.Powell held a news conference following the central bank’s decision to cut...
An Unspoken Fear of the Coronavirus
by Peter R. Quiñones | Mar 3, 2020 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism, Peter Quinones, Politics
You’d think people would be used to it by now. Every couple of years the world is thrust into hysteria by the latest virus that is threatening to wipe out a significant portion of the population. Whether it’s SARS, Dengue, Ebola, Swine Flu or the Coronavirus, fear...
News Roundup 3/3/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 3, 2020 | News Roundup
US News Senator Klobuchar ends her campaign. Klobuchar and Mayor Pete endorsed Biden. [Link] North Korea North Korea tested two short-range missiles. [Link] Afghanistan The Taliban rule out talks with the Afghan government until they agree to complete a prisoner swap...
The “F” Word
by Bradley Thomas | Mar 2, 2020 | Economics, Featured Articles, Politics
There’s a four letter word beginning with ‘f’ that’s on a lot of people’s lips these days. I’m talking about “free.” Free just might be the most powerful word in the English language. It drastically alters people’s behaviors and can short-circuit mental reasoning like...
News Roundup 3/2/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 2, 2020 | News Roundup
US News Mayor Pete will end his presidential bid. [Link]Trump will invoke a federal defense law to increase the production of medical equipment needed to combat the coronavirus. [Link]Trump wants to hold arms control talks with Russia, China, the UK, and France....
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YouTube Censoring Veterans’ Antiwar Video
WEST CHESTER, PA. — Silicon Valley’s selective censorship of news stories isn’t limited to just the U.S. presidential election, a right of center veterans group said Monday. YouTube and Google platforms are violating the free speech rights of an Afghanistan and Iraq...
Walter Wallace’s Mother Called the Cops on Him
Philadelphia cops killed a black man, Walter Wallace, who was, despite early reports that he was standing still, charging them with a knife. A massive riot has broken out in response. https://twitter.com/GoStonerLife/status/1320879409411350534 They almost certainly...
Our Foolish Politicized Era
It's ridiculous to think you can divine people's politics merely from their views on the pandemic or any given policy response to it. Similarly, it's absurd to rebut a view by referring to the holder's politics.
How to Panic the Public
Disseminate worst-case scenarios, taking care to ignore the dubious assumptions that go into modeling while vilifying anyone, no matter how well-qualified, who refuses to ignore them. Emphasize the (alleged) benefits of a draconian government response, taking care to...
What the Love of Power Trumps
How interesting that the people most worried about Trump's authoritarian personality demand draconian government responses to the pandemic. Love of power must trump fear of Trump.
An Economy Cannot Be Crippled
Lockdown doesn't cripple "the economy." It cripples people who are trying to live. Strictly speaking, there's no economy. There are people interacting in particular ways regularly.
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