In the ostensible land of the free, we are told that all people are presumed innocent until proven guilty by their peers. To those who’ve been paying attention however, we know that “innocent until proven guilty” is a farce into today’s police state. If you doubt this...
Privacy
Techno-Agorist: Broken Security Is No Security
by Ryan Burgett | Nov 9, 2020 | Blog
Every few years, we once again hear about the federal government discussing ways to get around encryption. Usually, thankfully, it doesn't head anywhere. The most spectacular failure was in the nineties when the federal government tried to get tech companies to use...
Who’s Sick of the ‘Zombie Reply?’
by Peter R. Quiñones | Aug 10, 2020 | Blog
On the day Hugh Hefner died I posted a picture on Twitter with a quote in which he puts forth the idea that we own our minds and bodies, and for church or state to attempt to limit that, is inappropriate. A random Tweeter deduced from the comment that if “his own mind...
News Roundup 7/6/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 6, 2020 | News Roundup
US News Two Oklahoma police officers were charged with second-degree murder after they tased a man to death by shocking him 50 times. [Link] The anti-privacy EARN IT Act passes out of a Senate committee. [Link] The US sent two aircraft carriers into the South China...
Dropbit CEO Faces 30 Years for “money laundering”….sick
by Phil Gibson | Feb 12, 2020 | Blog
So much for privacy... Larry Harmon, CEO of the Bitcoin wallet app, Dropbit, has been arrested and is currently in Youngstown Ohio federal jail. Charged with: - Conspiracy to launder money instruments - Operating an unlicensed money transmitting business. He faces up...
Court Orders FBI to Expunge Website Records Under Privacy Act
by Scott Horton | Jan 17, 2020 | Blog
The Reporters Committee For Freedom of the Press on Antiwar.com's latest victory against the evil FBI: In late November, a judge for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California directed the Federal Bureau of Investigation to expunge certain records...
bitcoin is Dead: Part 5
by Phil Gibson | Jan 9, 2020 | Blog, Economics, Libertarianism
Click here for Part 4 For the audio version, check out my podcast A Boy Named Pseu where you can download it on all podcast platforms. (read starts at 8:54) Read full piece here. If bitcoin is dead, then so is its volatility Bitcoin’s volatility further demonstrates...
Government Intrusion Laid Bare
by Michael Reeves | Dec 10, 2019 | Featured Articles, Justice, Libertarianism
In Utah, a woman is being charged with three counts of lewdness involving a child and may have to register as a sex offender for the next decade because her stepsons walked in on her while she was topless. Is it the responsibility of government to ensure a moral...
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Professors, W. Post Call Out NYT for Oct 7 Mass-Rape Hoax
Another disgrace for the Charlie Savage Times.
Israel’s Amazing Feat
Israel has accomplished quite a feat: its crimes against the people of Gaza are of such a large scale that they make Hamas's Oct. 7 crimes look small.
Pentagon Follies: Accounting for DEI Expenditures
Inclusion, Equity and Diversity (IED) is communism in blackface. This viral contagion has raced to the top of government bureaucracies and, of course, facilitates a race to the bottom in quality and competence. The wizards at the Pentagon who have yet to account for...
A Soho Forum discussion of COVID with Tom Woods
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKzl5CngE5Q Check out Tom's great book, Diary of a Psychosis.
US Abrams Tanks Withdrawn from Fighting in Ukraine
Five four million dollar tanks up in smoke. They'll make every excuse they wish but the days of manned tanks are over. Ukraine has lost five Abrams tanks in recent months, The New York Times reported this month, citing an unnamed senior US official. At least three...
The Aircraft Carrier is the Crossbow and Chariot of the Modern Age
The US Navy, of course, is desperately trying to get authorization to build more Ford-class carriers. Ironic that they name the carrier after a violence broker famous for being rather clumsy and unable to navigate around. The first of class doesn't work properly: it...