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Monday Jul 26, 2021
Monday Jul 26, 2021
Ever been accused of whataboutism? It's a rhetorical fallacy that tries to draw parallels between two or more incidents in order to minimize the severity of another incident. As Anthony Gill explains, it's also an indicator of some larger political and social problems.
You'd think people would have started to catch on to the downsides of having so much government, especially after the heavy-handed Covid response over the past year. Why is it that so few seem able to recognize the seven deadly sins of government? Lawrence M. Vance has some answers for us.
Justice is supposed to be free of political activism. That's the whole reason behind the blindfold and the scales that represent it. When the system is beholden to politics rather than justice, we're in trouble. As Ron Paul points out, the January 6 show trials are something that threaten all of us.
Disruptive technology has a way of improving our lives. Case in point: Brad Polumbo has a great article on how we just got proof that Uber has saved thousands of lives. Definitely worth a read.
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Monday Jul 26, 2021
Monday Jul 26, 2021
It sure feels as though we're standing on the brink. Mask mandates are returning, talk of lockdowns is increasing and open hostility is being encouraged against the "unvaccinated." The line in the sand is getting very clear.
The danger of returning to lockdowns should be clear to anyone who wasn't sitting in a cave with their eyes shut and their hands over their ears this past 18 months. For those still on the fence, Michael N. Peterson has a great essay on why government lockdowns mostly harm the poor.
Were lockdowns really a necessity? Check out this Twitter thread that clearly illustrates how Sweden's hands-off approach to the pandemic was very much in line with the pre-2020 pandemic policies of the World Health Organization, the CDC, Johns Hopkins, the U.K. and even China. Why aren't we hearing more about Sweden's success?
One of the unintended consequences of the top-down push for Covid compliance has been the damage such activism has done to the public's trust in science as well as government. British science writer Matt Ridley explores the growing disconnect between science as an institution and science as a philosophy.
The growing threat to free speech is getting harder to ignore. Especially with the recent announcement that White House officials are working with Facebook to limit the spread of what it calls "misinformation." Adam Johnston takes an unflinching look at the growing partnership between big tech and big government.
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Friday Jul 23, 2021
Friday Jul 23, 2021
Kendall Whiting from Lifesaving Food joins me to talk about food security and what's happening to the food supply chain as well as food prices. Might not be a bad time to quietly get stocked up for the next few months.
How can thoughtful people navigate false narrative that there's such a thing as "settled science?" Joakim Book has an excellent essay on on how no science is ever settled. He points out that the sooner we accept that plenty of people are wrong about lots of things, the sooner we can stop trying to propagandize each other into submission.
Speaking of propaganda, the prosecutorial passion play taking place in over the Jan 6th "insurrection" at the Capitol is a great example of official make believe. James Bovard has a marvelous take on the coming January 6 train wreck.
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Friday Jul 23, 2021
Friday Jul 23, 2021
The need to propaganda-proof our minds has never been stronger. Especially since there's an active effort afoot to supress what the propagandists are calling "misinformation." CJ Hopkins has an excellent article on the propaganda war and how to fight it.
In our minds, we all believe that we would courageously stand for the right things. In reality, most people choose to go with the flow. Isaac Morehouse explains why courage and cowardice aren't always easy to tell apart.
The renewed push for mandates and lockdowns over what some public authorities are portraying as "an epidemic of the unvaccinated" is building in intensity. Annie Holmquist points out the cracking fault lines in their narrative and why we must be willing to do our own fact-finding.
As more and more European nations drift back toward lockdowns, there's very little being said about Sweden. Jon Miltimore suggests there may be a reason for that. After all, he points out, Sweden didn't lockdown yet it remains freer and healthier than virtually any other nation in Europe.
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Thursday Jul 22, 2021
Thursday Jul 22, 2021
At the risk of sounding like an inflexible ideologue, embracing the "new normal" is simply not an option for those who understand what that entails. Frank Furedi has some convincing reasons why we should resist the new normal that's being foisted on us.
As unbecoming as envy is, it's a powerful tool for some politicians. Why else would they be pushing for a "space race" tax on a handful of billionaires? Charles C.W. Cooke states the unpopular truth: Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson owe you nothing.
The ongoing corruption of our language is one of the strongest indicators that someone is trying to gain control over what we say and think. John Stossel has some good examples of what this looks like as well as a reminder that speech is not violence.
The announcement that the US Capitol Police will be creating outposts throughout the nation didn't make much of a splash. Nevertheless, it's something we should keep an eye on. Pedro Gonzalez explains how we are witnessing the creation of a massive public surveillance apparatus that will serve as the eyes and ears of the king.
I don't know who needs to hear this but here goes: Not everything is political. Kent McManigal has a brief but accurate take on how things (fail to) work.
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Wednesday Jul 21, 2021
Wednesday Jul 21, 2021
The worst atrocities committed throughout human history have a common component. No matter whose twisted mind conceived and ordered them, it was obedient people who ultimately carried them out. Barry Brownstein has a powerful essay on why 'good' people enable totalitarians. It's a timely warning not to become an unwitting accomplice to aspiring tyrants.
If you want an excellent primer on what legitimate government should and should not do, it's hard to beat "The Law" by Frederic Bastiat. Sophia Spinazze also has a marvelous article on why we find ourselves living under law but no order.
The two most powerful teachers unions in America have thrown their support behind the teaching of critical race theory. What's fascinating is that they claim that those opposed to the teaching of this race-based ideology are trying to prevent the teaching of "honest history" in government schools. James Bovard sets the record straight and calls out their fraud.
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Wednesday Jul 21, 2021
Wednesday Jul 21, 2021
Very soon, your pocketbook is going to feel every visit to the grocery store. A grocery chain owner is sounding the warning that inflation will drive food prices roughly 10% higher by October. Might not be a bad time to stock up on what you need.
Mandatory military service strikes a patriotic note with some folks but conscription has always been problematic. Jeffrey A. Miron and Sarah Eckhardt have a strong argument why the time is ripe to finally repeal the draft.
It's probably just nostalgia but there are many of us who miss the days when people dressed up to go about the business of life. Personally, I wish hats (not ballcaps) and suits would make a comeback. Jeff Minnick has a fascinating take on the decline and decadence of our manners and dress.
I make no secret of the fact that I have beef with politics in general. The older--and hopefully wiser--I get, the more I simply want to be left alone to peacefully pursue my own happiness. As J.D. Tuccille explains, that's never going to happen with deluded Republicans and smug Democrats who both suffer from control issues.
If you want an excellent primer on what legitimate government should and should not do, it's hard to beat "The Law" by Frederic Bastiat. Sophia Spinazze also has a marvelous article on why we find ourselves living under law but no order.
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Tuesday Jul 20, 2021
Tuesday Jul 20, 2021
Political consultant Gary Welch joins me to talk about how applying the scientific method to politics could yield better results than what we're currently getting. We also discuss:
1. Reform of Christianity - Removal of the compulsion in promoting Christian values and morals
2. Reform of Politics - Refocusing on local politics and skeptical application of laws
3. Reform of Science - Re-establishment of the Scientific Method to provide real information to us, rather than agendas
4. Reform of Popular Culture - Getting rid of "fans." It is a recent phenomenon that was created in the 40s and needs to end.
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Tuesday Jul 20, 2021
Tuesday Jul 20, 2021
Eric Peters from Eric Peters Autos drops by to share his weekly reality supplement. We explore the growing push to marginalize the vaccine hesitant and why the vax Borg seems so intent on assimilating all of us.
It's clear that a lot of things are teetering right on the edge these days. It's not the first time such things have happened. As Jeff Thomas explains, coming through such a shift unscathed is a question of timing.
Freeing your mind from the grip of the modern narrative machine takes conscious effort to maintain your situational awareness. James Howard Kunstler has a fascinating take on the the counter-truths unspin and where we seem to be headed.
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Monday Jul 19, 2021
Monday Jul 19, 2021
The great danger in allowing people in power to regulate and quash "misinformation" is that the term can come to mean anything they want it to. Michael Tracy has a great take on how the priorities of politicians and their media enablers are to keep you under their control.
Some people have serious misgivings about self-checkout at the store. They worry that it destroys jobs or drafts them as a part-timer cashier, among other things. Tyler Curtis reminds us that self service can often mean better service.
Speed traps are not synonymous with public safety or justice. Especially when, come court time, your accuser is also the judge. Daryl James has an informative article on how Louisiana perfected the speed trap.
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