Archive for Big Brother

Road to Serfdom? Not on Daniel Kuehn’s Watch

Commenting on the Boston suspect: On this particular case, I don’t want to comment too specifically except to just make a blanket statement that I obviously think Tsarnev should be accorded the full protections of the Constitution. I hesitate to get outraged at what’s happened so far simply because my experience with Law and Order […]

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“Ed Show” Takes the Joke Too Far

Saw this on Facebook:

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Internet Death Dealers

I really don’t know what to say. Daniel Kuehn isn’t sure, but he thinks he would suppress secessionists “by force” (his term): The point is, it’s traitorous and unconstitutional and clearly does not carry a payoff that makes it worth committing treason and violating the Constitution over. A war over it would be terrible, but […]

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Ademo Freeman and Fear, the State’s Primary Weapon

Since his conviction on August 13, I have been meaning to publicize the case of Adam Meuller, aka Ademo Freeman. He is the founder of CopBlock.org, a site dedicated to the peaceful yet persistent pursuit of police perfidy. The folks at CopBlock do things like post videos of cops beating the heck out of people, […]

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Aggression Is Counterproductive

This story was making the rounds in my circle of odd associates on Facebook: When FBI and Joint Terrorism Task Force agents raided multiple activist homes in the Northwest last week, they were in search of “anti-government or anarchist literature.” The raids were part of a multi-state operationthat targeted activists in Portland, Olympia, and Seattle. At […]

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Now I Can’t Get to Colombia!

The recently-passed Senate Bill 1813 has an interesting provision: SEC. 40304. REVOCATION OR DENIAL OF PASSPORT IN CASE OF CERTAIN UNPAID TAXES. (a) In General- Subchapter D of chapter 75 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new section: ‘SEC. 7345. REVOCATION OR DENIAL OF PASSPORT […]

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Potpourri

* Here is a trailer for a novel (The Eagle Has Crashed) where the author had hired me to review his economic projections. * David R. Henderson brings our attention to a truly shocking op ed by Stanley Fish regarding the alleged double standard on the Bill Maher / Rush Limbaugh / using-naughty-words-to-describe-women issue. * […]

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Leon Panetta Cues the Empire Theme Music

Just watch the first 80 seconds, that’s all you need… And Panetta is right: This is a bipartisan affair.

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