Think Progress? Ha!
posted 05/16/2013, 1:53 AM (Mises Canada)
[Category: Commentary]
Think Progress, the hilariously named "progressive" front group for the Democratic Party, recently penned one of the most hysterical pieces I've seen. That's really saying something in our age.
The basic theory of the piece is that the Federal Reserve's out of control printing is massive, nearly unprecedented, (both correct) and working to help the economy (wildly, childishly incorrec... (more) |
Larry Page wants to 'set aside a part of the world' for unregulated experimentation
posted 05/16/2013, 1:53 AM (The Verge)
[Category: Economy]
"There are many exciting things you could do that are illegal or not allowed by regulation," Page said. "And that's good, we don't want to change the world. But maybe we can set aside a part of the world." He likened this potential free-experimentation zone to Burning Man and said that we need "some safe places where we can try things and not have to deploy to the entire world." ... (more) All Google has to do is buy an island or help finance the Seasteading institute. Mark my words, anarchy will come about due to the inherent inefficiencies of the state, it's much cheaper to simply build a road rather than create a state, loot people en masse through taxation, use the loot to employ thousands, hundreds of thousands, or as we have now millions of bureaucrats, then have those bureaucrats pay a private company to build the road after looting some 95% in overheads. - Chris |
Do 'environmentally friendly' LED lights cause BLINDNESS?
posted 05/16/2013, 1:47 AM (The Daily Mail)
[Category: Health]
Eco-friendly LED lights may damage your eyes, according to new research.
A study has discovered that exposure to LED lights can cause irreparable harm to the retina of the human eye.... (more) One free software I'd highly recommend is called "Flux", it turns down blues when the sun goes down to help prevent eye strain, it helps a ton if you're on the computer a lot. - Chris |
CISPA Sponsor Mike Rogers May Go On To Lead The FBI
posted 05/14/2013, 9:18 PM (Techdirt)
[Category: Politics/Corruption]
We've often heard stories of politicians passing legislation soon before they left office, only to have that very same legislation help them in their next job (coincidentally, we're sure). So it does seem interesting that Rep. Mike Rogers, the main champion behind CISPA, the privacy-destroy cybersecurity bill, is apparently a top candidate to head the FBI -- so much so that the FBI Agents Association, representing 12,000 FBI agents, has officially stated that it would like him to take the j... (more) |
It's Time for Private Defense
posted 05/14/2013, 9:18 PM (Douglas French)
[Category: Commentary]
The Cleveland Police Department took plenty of criticism when three girls that had been missing for a decade escaped captivity mere miles from their homes. Ariel Castro secretly held the girls hostage for years doing unspeakable things to them. In November 2001, a neighbor called the police when he heard screaming at the Castro home, but officers left when no one opened the front door.
Other neighbors say they called upon seeing women in the property’s attic window, but police say... (more) |
NTSB recommends lowering blood alcohol level that constitutes drunken driving to .05
posted 05/14/2013, 9:18 PM (NBC News)
[Category: Big Brother/Orwellian]
WASHINGTON – The National Transportation Safety Board voted to recommend to states that they lower the blood-alcohol content that constitutes drunken driving.
Currently, all 50 states have set a BAC level of .08, reflecting the percentage of alcohol, by volume, in the blood. If a driver is found to have a BAC level of .08 or above, he or she is subject to arrest and prosecution.
The NTSB recommends dropping that to a BAC level of .05. ... (more) "Our officers are having too much trouble with the math involved with .08" /sarcasm
This is going to criminalize another MASSIVE swath of the population. Truth is the limit should be abolished, simple reckless driving charges cover reckless driving, some people can handle alcohol and drive just fine, others can't. The crime is putting other people's lives in danger, not drinking evil wicked Jesus juice. - Chris |
Florida Quietly Shortened Yellow Light Standards & Lengths, Resulting in More Red Light Camera Tickets for You
posted 05/14/2013, 9:17 PM (WTSP)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
TAMPA BAY, Florida -- A subtle, but significant tweak to Florida's rules regarding traffic signals has allowed local cities and counties to shorten yellow light intervals, resulting in millions of dollars in additional red light camera fines.
The 10 News Investigators discovered the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) quietly changed the state's policy on yellow intervals in 2011, reducing the minimum below federal recommendations. The rule change was followed by engineers... (more) Not only does it cost more tickets, it can cost people's lives due to the panic it creates. |
Japanese politician calls wartime sex slaves 'necessary'
posted 05/14/2013, 9:17 PM (CNN)
[Category: Geopolitics]
Japanese officials have distanced themselves from comments made by a prominent nationalist politician that suggested women forced to become prostitutes to entertain Japanese troops during World War II were "necessary."
Toru Hashimoto, who serves as the Mayor of Osaka, told reporters at his weekly press conference Monday that "anyone would understand" the role of "comfort women" when soldiers were risking their lives and you wanted to give them "a rest."... (more) When you're serving the state, all crimes are excusable. |
U.S. Government vs. DEFCAD: You Can't Fix Stupid
posted 05/14/2013, 9:17 PM (Kevin Carson)
[Category: Commentary]
There’s nothing quite so funny as the sight of the authoritarian functionaries of a dying order trying to suppress a revolution they don’t understand — and failing miserably.
The State Department’s attempt to censor 3-D printable gun files from DEFCAD is the latest — and one of the most gut-bustingly hilarious — attempts by the Lords of Scarcity to wrap their minds around the revolution of Abundance that threatens their power. Less ... (more) |
How to Not Attack Capitalism
posted 05/14/2013, 9:16 PM (James E. Miller)
[Category: Economy]
The mark of any flunk economic thinker is the statement "we live in a capitalist system." Without a doubt, the United States, along with the rest of the West, is still gifted with a market-based economic system. But calling it capitalism – the uninhibited buying and selling of goods and services – is a crime against words and their meaning. In the U.S., the state has its filthy presence in practically every marketable transaction. A true, unadulterated market has not been allowed to proliferate ... (more) |
The Persecution of Rita Hutchens
posted 05/13/2013, 7:40 PM (William Norman Grigg)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
 [Pictured: Midnight Knock - Bonner County Sheriff's Deputies invade the home of Rita Hutchens.]
Sandpoint, Idaho resident Rita Hutchens is an opinionated 57-year-old quilt artist whose work has earned her international notoriety. Given that Hutchens is also an outspoken proponent of constitutionalist views, it’s possible that some people have taken issue with her political opinions.
Hutchens has never harmed or thre... (more) |
The Government's Us? Not Last Time I Checked
posted 05/13/2013, 7:40 PM (Kevin Carson)
[Category: Commentary]
In a speech last month about proposed gun control legislation, President Obama decried opponents’ attempts to encourage “suspicion about government." "The government's us," he responded. "These officials are elected by you. They are constrained as I am constrained, by a system that our founders put in place."
But if government were “us,” why would we have ever needed a Bill of Rights or defense attorneys?
In order for the government to be “us,” and for its elected o... (more) |
The Draft Is And Always Will Be Slavery
posted 05/13/2013, 7:39 PM (Anthony Gregory)
[Category: Commentary]
Obama says some Americans are paranoid, fretting about an imagined tyranny lurking behind the corner. Progressives cheer as he mocks his lowly subjects. Yet some among them embrace one of the most despotic state powers imaginable: the draft.
The draft is military slavery. It cannot be justified on any basis. Ever. It is wrong in and of itself, just like aggressive war. It is true that the Vietnam war did... (more) |
IRS targeted groups that criticized the government, IG report says
posted 05/13/2013, 7:39 PM (Washington Post)
[Category: Economy]
At various points over the past two years, Internal Revenue Service officials targeted nonprofit groups that criticized the government and sought to educate Americans about the U.S. Constitution, according to documents in an audit conducted by the agency’s inspector general.
The documents, obtained by The Washington Post from a congressional aide with knowledge of the findings, show that on June 29, 2011, IRS staffers held a briefing with senior agency official Lois G. Lerner in ... (more) |
Minnesota Cops Mace & Taser High School Student
posted 05/11/2013, 5:03 AM (InformationLiberation)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
In his quest to gain compliance from a high school student, a Minnesota cop felt it proper to mace a student in the face. As the cop moves in to attempt to take the wincing student down, the student shoves the cop to the ground, a second cop responds by shooting the student with a taser, seemingly shooting him in his face or upper torso. After pumping 50,000 volts of electricity into the student, the... (more) |
State Department orders firm to remove 3D-printed guns web blueprints
posted 05/10/2013, 12:55 PM (The Guardian)
[Category: Big Brother/Orwellian]
 The US government has blocked a Texas-based company from distributing details online of how to make a plastic gun using a 3-D printer.
The ban, by the State Department citing international arms control law, comes just days after the world's first such gun was successfully fired.
Defense Distributed, the company that made the prototype, stated on Twitter that its project had "gone dark" at the instigation of the government.
The company is run by ... (more) |
Feds Spend $402,721 on Underwear That Senses Cigarette Smoke
posted 05/10/2013, 12:55 PM (CNSNews.com)
[Category: Economy]
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded more than $400,000 to a research project involving underwear that can detect when a person smokes cigarettes.
The University of Alabama has received two grants totaling $402,721 for the project, which so far has produced a "very early prototype" of the monitoring system, which -- in its current state -- fits like a vest.
The goal of the three-year study is to "develop a wearable sensor system comprised of... (more) |
Bar fight involving biker cops baffles sheriff
posted 05/10/2013, 12:55 PM (Associated Press)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
PHOENIX (AP) — Whiskey Row in the Arizona mountain town of Prescott has seen its share of bar fights, biker gangs and rowdies.
But the bar fights aren't supposed to involve a biker gang made up of police officers carrying brass knuckles and knives. The fallout from such a brawl in December has led to the retirements of a police chief and two senior sheriff's officials and recommendations of felony charges against the former chief for his alleged role in trying to cover it up.... (more) |
Victim struck by OPD officer thinks officer hit him on purpose
posted 05/10/2013, 12:55 PM (WFTV)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
ORLANDO, Fla. — Channel 9 has learned a man who was struck by an Orlando police officer's cruiser spoke with Internal Affairs about the incident.
Tetris Nunn said he believes Officer Michael Fiortentino-Tyburski hit him on purpose, saying he made eye contact with the officer as the patrol car came around the corner.
Nunn said he expected Fiortentino-Tyburski to hit the brakes, but that didn't happen and Nunn was struck.
... (more) |
IRS apologizes for targeting conservative groups
posted 05/10/2013, 12:54 PM (Associated Press)
[Category: Big Brother/Orwellian]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service inappropriately flagged conservative political groups for additional reviews during the 2012 election to see if they were violating their tax-exempt status, a top IRS official said Friday.
Organizations were singled out because they included the words "tea party" or "patriot" in their applications for tax-exempt status, said Lois Lerner, who heads the IRS division that oversees tax-exempt groups.... (more) |
Stop Granting Special Privileges to the Police
posted 05/07/2013, 4:30 PM (Steven Greenhut)
[Category: Commentary]
The horrific Boston bombings already have led to irrational calls for more security cameras and more police officers, with some Democrats absurdly using this tragedy as a reason to stop the slight sequester-mandated cuts in federal spending growth.
Never mind that police spending primarily is a local matter. The bigger questions that Americans have rarely asked, especially following the 9/11 attacks: Do we really want the government to hire new armies of police offic... (more) |
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