Category: Aggregated

So asks Jordan Peterson.  In response, he offers food for thought: The probability that it’s the friendliest and nicest people is very, very low. I suggest that what he is saying is that the probability that it’s the meanest and nastiest people is very, very high. Hans Hoppe weighs in on this topic: Why Bad Men Rule: Free entry and competition in the production of goods is good, but free competition in the production of bads is not. Free entry into the business of torturing and killing innocents, or free competition in counterfeiting or swindling, for instance, is not good; … Continue reading →

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“We are rapidly entering the age of no privacy, where everyone is open to surveillance at all times; where there are no secrets from government.” ― William O. Douglas, Supreme Court Justice, dissenting in Osborn v. United States, 385 U.S. 341 (1966) The government has become an expert in finding ways to sidestep what it considers “inconvenient laws” aimed at ensuring accountability and thereby bringing about government transparency and protecting citizen privacy. Indeed, it has mastered the art of stealth maneuvers and end-runs around the Constitution. It knows all too well how to hide its nefarious, covert, clandestine activities behind … Continue reading →

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On this episode of The Geopolitical Report, we uncover Salman Abedi’s, the Manchester suicide bomber, link to British intelligence. MI5 explains that it missed warnings on Abedi despite one sent by the FBI. This is part of a larger pattern. Since the 1990s, the British government has given jihadi terrorists a free hand to preach hate and murder while they worked simultaneously with British secret services. Leading imams Anjem Choudary, Omar Bakri, Abu Hamza al-Masri, and others have cooperated with the government. Intelligence agencies from Spain, Germany, Italy, Belgium, and the Netherlands have repeatedly warned British authorities about the terror … Continue reading →

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If Gov. Bruce Rauner and his legislature in Springfield do not put a budget together by Friday, the Land of Lincoln will be the first state in the Union to see its debt plunge into junk-bond status. Illinois has $14.5 billion in overdue bills, $130 billion in unfunded pension obligations and no budget. “We can’t manage our money,” says Rauner. “We’re like a banana republic.” Speaking of banana republics, Puerto Rico, which owes $74 billion to creditors who hold its tax-exempt bonds, and $40 billion in unfunded pension liabilities, has already entered bankruptcy proceedings. The island’s imaginative 38-year-old governor, Ricardo … Continue reading →

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Survival Saturday is a round-up of the week’s news and resources for folks who are interested in being prepared. This Week in the News This week on Survival Saturday, we’ll talk about the new bill to fight ISIS by forcing us to tell the bank where we keep our money, cop “warrior” training, and people being replaced by digital kiosks. Congress cracks down on “money laundering” and “ISIS” with a bill to make you file forms about where you keep your money. It’s all for our own good, of course. A bill introduced in Congress on May 25th would make it … Continue reading →

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Newly declassified CIA documents emphasize the agency’s significant role in the 1953 coup d’etat in Iran. While the CIA-led operation is still regarded by Washington as a “success,” it actually led to dire consequences for both Iran and America, RIA Novosti contributor Vladimir Ardayev wrote. Washington has a long record of regime change operations, RIA Novosti contributor Vladimir Ardayev writes; however, each time the US meddled in foreign state affairs, it then had to cope with the whirlwind it had sown. Last week the US State Department released declassified documents shedding light on the role Washington played in the 1953 coup against the Iranian government of Mohammad Mosaddegh. … Continue reading →

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A bipartisan group of lawmakers is asking the Trump administration to reconsider its support for ending the federal tax deduction for state and local taxes paid—the SALT deduction. Good for them, although they certainly aren’t doing it for the right reason. These lawmakers are concerned because Trump’s tax plan would “eliminate targeted tax breaks that mainly benefit the wealthiest taxpayers” while protecting just “the home ownership and charitable gift tax deductions.” Representative Bill Pascrell (D-NJ) and Representative Leonard Lance (R-NJ) signed a bipartisan letter (along with 68 colleagues) to Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin protesting the administration’s plan to eliminate the … Continue reading →

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The key issue in the entire discussion is simply this: shall the parent or the State be the overseer of the child? An essential feature of human life is that, for many years, the child is relatively helpless, that his powers of providing for himself mature late. Until these powers are fully developed he cannot act completely for himself as a responsible individual. He must be under tutelage. This tutelage is a complex and difficult task. From an infancy of complete dependence and subjection to adults, the child must grow up gradually to the status of an independent adult. The … Continue reading →

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The 2014 movie “Kill the Messenger” is excellent in telling the true story of Gary Webb. He was an investigative reporter for the San Jose Mercury News. We need to understand that his reporting was accurate in connecting the CIA with the Contras and their drug operations. This is now official. Documents attesting to the facts can be read in The National Security Archive kept by the George Washington University. Despite Webb’s accuracy, the campaign to discredit Webb led to his losing his job and an eventual suicide, according to Robert Parry. The following plot summary is here. “Based on … Continue reading →

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Theresa May accused of bribing DUP with £1billion deal despite claiming ‘there is no magic money tree’

‘Weak UK prime minister’ signs £1billion power deal with DUP

DUP deal: Theresa Villiers repeatedly asked live on LBC radio about cash for votes in Northern Ireland

Enclosure of Gaza as a ‘Prison Territory’: Construction of New High Tech Surveillance Wall to Separate Gaza from Israel

Trump claims ‘clear victory’ after Supreme Court says his ‘Muslim’ travel ban can go into effect NOW against people without U.S. ties