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Guilty by Investigation: Sentenced to Scrutiny
May 14, 2017
Innocent until proven guilty may be a thing of the past if an investigation itself is punishment. ...
Why the FBI Has Always Been a Political Tool of Suppression
May 13, 2017
If a political organization requires the right person in power in order to not be corrupt, then it is a bad organization. It is dangerous, and should not exist because it is impossible to find angels to put into those positions of power. ...
Trump is “An Infuriating but Fascinating” Distraction
May 11, 2017
For this reason the President is always a controversial choice, always an infuriating but fascinating character. His job is not to wield power but to draw attention away from it. ...
Panic! Like It’s 1837
May 10, 2017
180 years ago today, everyone panicked. On May 10, 1837, New York banks finally realized that the easy money they were lending was unsustainable, and demanded payment in "specie," or hard money like gold and silver coin. They had previously been accepting paper ...
The Alternative Currency of a 19th Century Abolitionist
May 09, 2017
Governments have failed in their expressed purpose, so why bother preserving that failure? After all, people will voluntarily come together when they need mutual assistance, which is supposedly the entire point of government anyway. ...
How ISIS Helps U.S. Achieve Domestic Policy Goals
May 05, 2017
Whether directly or indirectly, the CIA and U.S. government were certainly involved in creating ISIS. So when something pops up from the media saying what ISIS is doing, what they are really saying is what the highest levels of U.S. intelligence want you to ...
It’s Not Free Speech if You Don’t Have a License
May 03, 2017
An Oregon man is suing Portland for violating his freedom of speech after he was fined $500 for calculating how long yellow lights stay yellow. ...
Outside the United States is Terrifying! (According to the Government)
May 02, 2017
If you stay inside the United States you will remain free, safe, and prosperous. If you even so much as step foot outside of the United States, you will probably be murdered, if not taken. At least that is what the State Department would have you believe. ...
Ben and Jerry’s Scoops Out Half Baked News
May 01, 2017
Did you know that in addition to ice cream, Ben and Jerry's serves up delicious propaganda? Nom, Nom, Nom. Mmmm. I feel informed. ...
How Bitcoin, The Internet, and The Startup Societies Foundation Got One Man Out of Venezuela
April 30, 2017
Say what you will about Bitcoin--whether it is a real currency, a government conspiracy, or a Ponzi scheme--but for one Venezuelan it was a very real ticket out of a crumbling socialist country. ...
Female Circumcision is Not the Only Genital Mutilation That Needs to be Stopped
April 28, 2017
If the need to stop the practice of female genital mutilation seems so obvious to you, why shouldn't young boys be afforded the same protection? ...
The Fed is Not Political, And I Have a Bridge To Sell You
April 25, 2017
There is an old saying that one should never talk about politics or religion. I think that is just a way to make sure people don't talk about anything productive or eye opening. And I think it is basically the same attitude that makes the New York Times tell ...
How Sane Cannabis Policy is Blocked by the Machine
April 24, 2017
The federal ban on cannabis is one of those policies which make living in Americ feel like the dark ages. It wastes tax dollars with enforcement, and it tramples states' rights to make their own laws. Worst of all though, it threatens legal businesses in sta ...
5 Ways “One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest” is an Anti-Government Metaphor
April 21, 2017
Can you imagine being stuck in an insane asylum, when you aren't really crazy? That is sometimes what society feels like, living life in this government controlled nut house. ...
Why We Really Don’t Know What the World is Like
April 20, 2017
If you lived in North Korea, you might think your government had attacked a U.S. aircraft carrier which was approaching the country. You would probably think North Korea had the capabilities to hold their own against the U.S. including "super mighty" preemptive ...
In a Police State, Be Careful Trying to Sell Souvenirs
April 19, 2017
You know what a good use of law enforcement resources is? Detaining old women for attempting to sell moon rocks and space shuttle pieces. ...
Body of Executed Terrorist Mysteriously Goes Missing
April 16, 2017
ROME- Inciting riots, making terrorist threats, destruction of property, treason, and impersonating a King are just some of the charges this man faced last week. When the regional authorities of the Sanhedrin finally had enough of his sedition, agents of Rom ...
Hypocrite: CIA Director Who Delighted in Wikileaks DNC Release Threatens Julian Assange
April 15, 2017
The CIA should be thanking Wikileaks for revealing vulnerabilities in their department. If you run the supposedly best, most expansive and powerful spying agency in the world, shouldn't you be able to stop leaks revealing your secret hacking tools? ...
Warning: Never Accept America’s Foreign Policy “Help”
April 13, 2017
It's no secret that the U.S. unleashes all sorts of death and destruction in their foreign policy. But it is all for the greater good... so they claim. Actually consider for a moment the obscure possibility that the U.S. foreign policy of drones, weapons sup ...
Court Rules Facebook Can’t Challenge Demands for User Data (and Can’t Tell Users)
April 12, 2017
Facebook is not exactly the champion of user privacy, but at least in one case, the company did go to bat for its users. Facebook took New York law enforcement to court over secret warrants that allowed authorities to collect user data. ...
Shovel Ready: How The Fed Makes Us Dig Our Own Graves
April 11, 2017
I just read an article from what the mainstream considers a reputable source of news, the New York Times. The article talked all about monetary policy and didn't say a thing about the real world. Because the Federal Reserve is not operating in the real world ...
Everyone is Doing it: Injecting Micro-Chips is Cool!
April 10, 2017
The government isn't quite ready to force microchip injections on citizens. But if you want to do it on your own, it just makes tracking you and your data that much easier! ...
Colonizing Somalia: The Fall of Xeer Law
April 09, 2017
25 years ago, Somalia’s central government collapsed under the communist leader Siad Barre. The world watched as the country was plunged into widespread discord. Famine, hyperinflation, civil war, political violence, terrorism, and piracy are just a few of th ...
False Flag: How the U.S. Armed Syrian Rebels to Set Up an Excuse to Attack Assad
April 08, 2017
Evidence suggests a false flag chemical weapons attack on the Syrian people was initiated by Syrian rebels with the help of the United States in order to justify Thursday night's U.S. Military attack on a Syrian base. ...
Why New Regulation Banning “Synthetic Marijuana” is Ignoring the Root Issue
April 07, 2017
The government's solution to every problem they create is to just pass more draconian rules on top of the immense pile of crap they have already dumped on Americans. The Drug Enforcement Agency will publish a new rule on Monday banning synthetic marijuana, s ...
Why You Should Hate Uber, According to the New York Times
April 05, 2017
Uber is psychologically manipulating their drivers in order to exploit them. I know this because a New York Times article told me so. The article is titled, How Uber Uses Psychological Tricks to Push Its Drivers’ Buttons, and starts, "The secretive ride-haili ...
Why So Many People Believe the FBI Killed Martin Luther King Jr.
April 04, 2017
The FBI is super sketchy. Questions abound over their role in various assassinations. The case of Martin Luther King Jr. is no exception. Today is the 49th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., a man who stood for peace and encouraged e ...
Man Uses Gun to Save Fiance From Abduction; Police Arrest Him
April 03, 2017
Imagine you just had to defend your fiance from two masked men attempting to kidnap your her. That experience would be harrowing alone, but imagine if you were then immediately kidnapped by the people who are sworn to protect you. Police arrested Jeremiah Mo ...
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Why the Consumer Wins When Walmart and Amazon Battle Over Prices
March 31, 2017
Now, the war of prices is a seasoned game of strategy which brings suppliers into the mix. Both Walmart and Amazon reportedly hound product supply companies to lower their prices in order to better compete. ...
How to Be Alert to Risks but Not Engulfed by Fear
March 30, 2017
If you are flying a jet, and approaching a thunderstorm, is it better to go through the thunderstorm, or to fly above it, safely out of range? The thunderstorm exists, and is dangerous; you cannot change that. But what you can change is how you interact with th ...
How Space Tourists Will Benefit From No Government Regulation
March 29, 2017
The case for strict government regulation is built on some faulty beliefs about humanity and behavior. It assumes that people in business are at their core unconcerned about other people and are motivated solely by profit. It assumes in contrast, that those peo ...
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Another DHS “Exercise” Planned: The Risk of Terrorism Drills Becoming Reality
March 27, 2017
Even more concerning is that the security exercises increasing target "home grown terrorists" and "right wing extremists." For instance, a bill passed the House of Representatives last Friday "To require an exercise related to terrorist and foreign fighter t ...
Robots are Taking Our Jobs, and That is a Good Thing
March 26, 2017
Robots are going to take all our jobs, and it doesn't matter. We should actually be thrilled about the prospects of automation, because it means freeing up economic resources, including in my opinion the most valuable resource, time. One analysis says as man ...
The Real Reason Governments are Blaming Youtube for Terrorism
March 25, 2017
Ban all the things, and when we all live in padded prison cells, we will be safe from terrorists! That is the plan. Because access to information is really the problem, according to the British government. As soon as people don't have access to extremist mat ...
How to Steal From Your Employer Using the Courts and Grammar
March 22, 2017
What is the point of law? Is it to settle disputes that arise between two individuals; the way common law was born? Or perhaps law is meant to spur debate on the use of the oxford comma, like a high stakes schoolhouse lesson on grammar. ...
What Everyone Should Know About the New Quarantine Regulation
March 21, 2017
Imagine men in bleach white bio suits with medical masks show up at your door. You are suspected of carrying a communicable disease. You will now be arrested and held without due process, indefinitely. The government could do this any day. They have the ...
3 Exciting New Ways to Destroy Humanity That Everyone is Talking About!
March 19, 2017
You know what everyone is really nostalgic for? The good old days during the cold war when everyone thought humanity was going to be wiped out by a nuclear holocaust. There was something cozy about nuclear fallout shelters and cowering under a desk as the air r ...
Warning: The Media is Trying to Kill You
March 18, 2017
Clearly, the media manipulates the population's worldview. But less obvious is that this altered perception manifests itself into reality. It is the old, which came first, the chicken or the egg? To what extent does the media encourage the negative events th ...
How to Win an Easy Conviction in Court: Play a Movie for the Jury
March 15, 2017
Court is boring! If you want to get a conviction in the age of short attention spans, you need to entertain the jury! Why would you rely on facts and truth in the U.S. court of law, when you could just play a Hollywood fabrication? ...
Warning: Uniting Europe Means Conquering and Plundering the Weak
March 14, 2017
European leaders are now calling for a federal union to salvage the EU. At least four European leaders have asked for a European “Federal Union” to build up the relationship between European nation-states. ...
Did Trump Make Liberals Realize Centralized Rule is Bad?
March 13, 2017
Do Democrats suddenly realize that people shouldn't be forced into groups of which they want no part? Are liberals starting to understand the detriments of federally centralized power? ...
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In Support of Competing Micro-States or “Startup Societies”
March 12, 2017
As the idea of startup societies spreads, we will live in a worldwide melting pot of experimental government which will continuously lead us to a better place through competition to attract inhabitants by forming the best government. ...
Modern FBI Is An Outgrowth of the Gestapo
March 09, 2017
The FBI's Fourth Reich began as a result of German efficiency and has by now silently taken over all aspects of the FBI. So impressed was the FBI with German authoritarianism, that the FBI recruited at least 1,000 thousand Nazis over the years and especially at ...
Does the CIA Vault 7 Leak Make America Less Safe?
March 08, 2017
Has U.S. intelligence been irreparably damaged by the release of Vault 7, to the point where it puts America and it's operations at risk? Well, to a certain extent, yes. But that's only a problem if you think the CIA was targeting the right people and entiti ...
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Irony: Former CIA Director Complains the Media Lies
March 07, 2017
Oh the irony of the former CIA and NSA Director Michael Hayden lamenting that we live in a "post fact world." The media just isn't telling the truth anymore. The CIA will set us straight. ...
Too Much Extinction: Focusing on Death
March 05, 2017
Globalism lives on. ...
Are We Still in a Feudal System of Property?
March 04, 2017
Do you own property? How does it feel to have a piece of land that is yours, that no one can take from you? Unless of course, you don’t pay your yearly rent, or rather property tax, to the town. And then of course the government could always just take y ...
Government Prescribed Immigration Debate
March 03, 2017
Is immigration really a terrifying threat to our safety? Or perhaps it is yet another source of fear the power elites use to maintain control. ...
Bush Flogs Book He Probably Didn’t Write, Talks Down Trump With Lauer
February 27, 2017
Lauer wanted him to talk more about Trump than the book. ...
Academic Research May Not Be Accurate 85 Percent of the Time
February 27, 2017
Reality is intruding on research that has gone unchallenged to too long. ...
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