Police and fireman are a powerful force in city politics. They show up and vote. Union members are active in door-to-door politics. The politicians need them to raise revenue and protect them from the wrath of the masses. Now they are threatening their paychecks....
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Justin Amash Introduces ‘Ending Qualified Immunity Act’
by Scott Horton | May 31, 2020 | Blog
https://twitter.com/justinamash/status/1267267244029083648
Want to end the protests and riots? End the War on Drugs
by Koen Swinkels | May 31, 2020 | Blog
The War on Drugs is the immediate cause of, and pretext for, the system of oppression, and police violence and militarization. Ending the War on Drugs is also a project that can unite rather than divide, something that people from different races and different...
Flynn-Kislyak Call Transcript Released
by Scott Horton | May 29, 2020 | Blog
As we already knew, the bad part is him trying to get Russia to veto the UNSC Israel-Palestine resolution. The part about the sanctions and avoiding "tough guy" "tit-for-tat" escalation of tensions over Obama's sanctions was perfectly fine if not heroic.
Minneapolis Burns to Ground
by Scott Horton | May 28, 2020 | Blog
Watch here.
Judge Rules Biden to Be Named in Ukrainian Criminal Probe
by Kyle Anzalone | May 27, 2020 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #497, I discuss the developing story of a Ukrainian judge ruling Joe Biden is to be named in a criminal probe from his time as Vice President. The criminal probe is looking into the firing of former-Ukrainian Prosecutor General Victor Shokin. Biden has...
Mike Rowe: An Unsolicited Commencement Speech Delivered at the Height of the Plague
by Steven Woskow | May 22, 2020 | Blog
H/T to Tom Luongo https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=VnrsRHnuRKY&feature=emb_logo
Federal Regulations Are Obstructing Development of Coronavirus Tests
by Ross Marchand | May 19, 2020 | Featured Articles
With inconsistent rules getting in the way of COVID testing, America’s dysfunctional regulatory system has made it more difficult for America to cope with the Coronavirus. While laboratories face the nearly impossible task of complying with two different sets of...
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Ruminations on War in the 21st Century
Agreed, Armchair Warlord nails the paper tiger posing as the US military. My additions: There is no Auftragstaktik in the modern western militaries despite their "embrace" of Mission Command. Carriers are the crossbow and chariot of the 21st century. A tremendous...
USS Liberty Incident Rises from the Ash Heap of Inconvenient History
Medal of Honor citation for Commander William L. McGonagle, USN, Commanding Officer, USS Liberty (AGTR-5) Thanks to Candace Owens for lifting this incident from the dead. One receives the Medal of Honor for engaging in a fight in enemy action. "For conspicuous...
Natural Economic Law Can’t Be Repealed
If the government restricts supply and subsidizes demand, out-of-control prices, resource shortages, and unpleasant ad hoc coping restrictions will follow. That is the natural (economic) law. The government cannot repeal it. But it can stop its attempt to plan.
Dumpsters Afloat: The Zumwalt Chronicles Continues
The weapons system removed from the Zumwalt They were going to build 30 and ended up building three of these dysfunctional monstrosities. Commissioned in 2016, it has only taken them eight years to retrofit the weapons system. The Navy's priorities have changed since...
Lawrence Premieres in London
On this day, 62 years ago, David Lean's "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962) premiered in London, UK. My favorite movie of all time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULsFcSpaVO0
The Health-Care Nirvana Fallacy
Someone explain how coercive centralized bureaucratic control of medical decision-making and the purse can beat the decentralized free market with its undistorted price system. The government has many things besides medical care it wants to spend tax money on, and...
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