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Adam Smith’s Liberal Path
Post Date: 2023-02-09 18:14:16 by Charles_Byrd
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The title “The Godly Path to Adam Smith’s Liberal Plan” refers to Smith’s politics. He put it this way: “allowing every man to pursue his own interest his own way, upon the liberal plan of equality, liberty and justice.” My topic is the Godly path. When does it begin? One answer is with what is told of in Genesis, so billions of years ago. Click for Full Text!
UK Says It Will Train Ukrainian Pilots on Fighter Jets After Zelensky Visit
Post Date: 2023-02-09 18:03:08 by Charles_Byrd
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the UK on Wednesday, marking his first trip to the country since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and pleaded for London to provide Kiev with fighter jets in a speech to the British parliament. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak appears ready to oblige Zelensky’s request and asked his defense minister, Ben Wallace, to look at providing fighter jets to Kiev as part of “long-term” support for Ukraine. A spokesman for Sunak said Wallace is now “actively looking at whether we send jets.” Click for Full Text!
AGs: Designate Mexican Drug Cartels Terrorist Organizations
Post Date: 2023-02-09 01:00:00 by Charles_Byrd
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Republican attorneys general in 21 states called on the Biden administration to designate Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. "Because of the severe threat to our nation and our States posed by these cartels, I hereby request that the Sinaloa Cartel, CJNG, and other similarly situated Mexican drug cartels be designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1189," the attorneys general wrote in a letter to President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday. Click for Full Text!
Rep. Biggs to Newsmax: Biden a 'Big, Fat Liar' With SOTU Claims
Post Date: 2023-02-09 00:57:38 by Charles_Byrd
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Rep. Andy Biggs shared with Newsmax one notable thought he had during Tuesday's State of the Union address, coinciding with President Joe Biden accusing Republicans of wanting to cut Social Security and Medicare: "What a big, fat liar!" Click for Full Text!
Merkel Receives UNESCO Peace Prize for Welcoming Refugees
Post Date: 2023-02-09 00:55:31 by Charles_Byrd
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Germany's former chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday received a prestigious UN award for opening her country to refugees during her time in office. Merkel was hailed for welcoming more than 1.2 million refugees and asylum seekers to Germany in 2015 and 2016 as she was awarded the Felix Houphouet-Boigny UNESCO Peace Prize in Ivory Coast's capital Yamoussoukro. Click for Full Text!
Zelenskyy Seeks Weaponry in Surprise Trips to London, Paris
Post Date: 2023-02-09 00:54:03 by Charles_Byrd
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sought Western support for his country in surprise visits to Britain and France on Wednesday, pushing for fighter jets to battle Russian invaders in a dramatic speech to the U.K. Parliament, and then flying to Paris to meet the French and German leaders over dinner at the Elysee Palace. The embattled leader's European tour and pleas for more advanced weapons came as Ukraine braces for an expected Russian offensive and hatches its own plans to retake land held by Moscow's forces. Western support has been key to Kyiv's surprisingly stiff defense, and the two sides are engaged in grinding battles. Click for Full Text!
WH Opposes House Bill Removing COVID Vaccine Requirement
Post Date: 2023-02-09 00:51:54 by Charles_Byrd
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The Biden administration on Tuesday said it opposes legislation that would remove COVID-19 vaccine entry requirement for international travelers. "This policy has allowed loved ones across the globe to reunite while reducing the spread of COVID-19 and the burdens it places on the health care system in the United States," the Biden administration said in a press release. Click for Full Text!
Detroit Woman Sues City After Police Officers Shot Her Dog and Left It in a Trash Can
Post Date: 2023-02-09 00:47:07 by Charles_Byrd
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A Detroit woman filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city today after police shot her dog and left it in a neighbor's trash can. In a complaint filed against the city of Detroit and an individual Detroit police officer, Tiffany Lindsay says her Fourth Amendment rights were violated last September when the officer entered her enclosed backyard without a search warrant and shot her pit bull, Jack. Click for Full Text!
FTX Bankruptcy Fees Rise to Nearly $20 Million
Post Date: 2023-02-09 00:45:07 by Charles_Byrd
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The collapsed crypto exchange FTX racked up more than $19.6 million in fees from its advisers just for 2022 alone, according to a Tuesday court filing. Half of those fees were for work done last November. CNBC reported that the bankruptcy reached such urgency that the courts had to mandate an interim compensation plan. The firms will be paid 80% of the value of the work, which translates to roughly $15.5 million. Click for Full Text!
The Cops Who Killed Tyre Nichols Could Be Convicted of Murder and Still Get Qualified Immunity
Post Date: 2023-02-09 00:43:54 by Charles_Byrd
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At his State of the Union address last night, President Joe Biden introduced the family of Tyre Nichols, who was killed in early January by Memphis Police Department (MPD) officers during a traffic stop. The footage, released several weeks later, was brutal and condemned almost universally, reigniting a stagnant debate about how to give victims of state violence some justice after their rights are violated by the government. "When police officers or departments violate the public's trust," said Biden, "we must hold them accountable." Click for Full Text!
Texas Walmart Massacre Suspect Pleads Guilty to US Hate Crimes
Post Date: 2023-02-09 00:40:30 by Charles_Byrd
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A Texas man accused of targeting Latinos during a 2019 massacre of 23 people at an El Paso Walmart store pleaded guilty on Wednesday to federal hate crimes, according to a spokesperson for the U.S. attorney's office that prosecuted the case. Patrick Crusius changed his plea to guilty during a hearing in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas after federal prosecutors said they would not seek the death penalty. Click for Full Text!
Alabama Dodges Police Transparency, Hiding Violent Body Camera Footage from Public
Post Date: 2023-02-09 00:38:19 by Charles_Byrd
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The lead-up to the release of body-camera footage showing Memphis police officers beating Tyre Nichols included public calls for calm out of fear that citizens might riot after seeing the violent footage. While there were some protests and isolated incidents, the rioting did not happen. But in Alabama, those fears have been used to stop the public release of police body-camera footage entirely. Click for Full Text!
Biden Blames Classified Docs on Poorly Packed-Up Offices
Post Date: 2023-02-09 00:35:27 by Charles_Byrd
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President Joe Biden is blaming the discovery of classified documents from his time as vice president and senator on former staffers who packed up his old offices. "One of the things that happened is that what was not done well is, as they packed up my offices to move them, they didn't do the kind of job that should have been done to go thoroughly through every single piece of literature that's there," Biden said Wednesday in an interview with Judy Woodruff on "PBS NewsHour" in DeForest, Wisconsin, where Biden traveled to talk about the economy. Click for Full Text!
Biden Promises To Let Social Security's Ship Keep Sinking
Post Date: 2023-02-09 00:33:25 by Charles_Byrd
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President Joe Biden vowed Tuesday to keep Social Security and Medicare on their current course toward insolvency, promising to block any congressional attempts to reduce benefits in the two major entitlement programs. And Republicans loudly agreed. Click for Full Text!
Canadian Senate Passes Controversial Online Censorship Bill
Post Date: 2023-02-08 23:37:54 by Charles_Byrd
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Last week, the Canadian Senate passed the controversial Bill C-11, known as the Online Streaming Act (OSA). This legislation amends the Broadcasting Act and grants the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) new powers to regulate online content. Click for Full Text!
Exploiting Bad Policing for Tyrannical Ends
Post Date: 2023-02-08 23:36:19 by Charles_Byrd
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What do China, North Korea, Russia, and Cuba have in common? Not only are they totalitarian states with all power concentrated in the hands of a few, but they are countries that have only state-controlled policing forces. This is not coincidence; tyrannical governments require a monopoly on force. In the U.S., where police and sheriff’s departments are accountable to the local citizens they serve, the enemies of freedom have been trying for many decades to destroy the credibility of local police for the ultimate purpose of nationalizing them. In this episode, Paul discusses with Art Thompson and Matt Harper how the tragic death of Tyre Nichols after being beaten by police officers is ...
Convention of States Calls JBS “Leftist” in Latest Pro Con-Con Post
Post Date: 2023-02-08 22:50:19 by Charles_Byrd
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A forgotten influence on the Founding Fathers, John Trenchard, wrote that in 1721, but it could have been written yesterday. There are people who think all you have to do is change the name of something and people will fall into old traps with new names. Sadly, they are often right. Click for Full Text!
Biden's Proposed Assault Weapon Ban Is Unconstitutional, Unlikely, and Ineffectual
Post Date: 2023-02-08 22:48:25 by Charles_Byrd
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In his State of the Union address last night, President Joe Biden repeated his desire for a new assault weapon ban. "In 10 years that ban was law, mass shootings went down," he insisted. "After we let it expire in a Republican administration, mass shootings tripled." He is referring to a long-sunsetted ban on certain varieties of semiautomatic rifles in effect from 1994 to 2004. As usual with talk of "assault weapons," the definitions of what weapons he's targeting are both vague and pointless. Biden himself has admitted that weapons of the same level of potential danger to others when misused by criminals will remain legal under any conceivable Democratic ...
Brickbat: Two Wrongs Don't Make a Righ
Post Date: 2023-02-08 22:46:19 by Charles_Byrd
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New York City prosecutors had some 550 convictions in cases investigated by police officer Joseph Franco thrown out, most involving low-level drug offenses. Franco was charged with perjury and misconduct after investigators in the Manhattan District Attorney's Office found video they said showed several drug buys Franco claimed to witness did not happen, or he was not in a position to see them if they did. Now, a judge has dismissed the charges against Franco after finding prosecutors failed to turn over evidence to the defense as required on at least three occasions. The evidence includes surveillance videos, cellphones from people he arrested and recordings of interviews with a ...
Be Grateful that First Responders and Teachers Earn Far Lower Incomes Than Sports Stars and Hollywood Actors
Post Date: 2023-02-08 22:44:49 by Charles_Byrd
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A few years ago, I was scolded by an email correspondent for my alleged indifference to the fact that first responders and teachers are paid far less than are Hollywood stars and professional athletes. My correspondent insisted that “[r]eal people know it’s wrong and dangerous that men playing games get paid so much more than men and women who save lives and educate our children.” The danger that my correspondent perceived in this situation is that, in her words, “This low pay will one day leave us with not enough teachers and paramedics.” Click for Full Text!
Okla. Lawmaker Lowers Proposed Transgender Surgery Ban Age After Protest
Post Date: 2023-02-08 22:39:12 by Charles_Byrd
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State Sen. David Bullard, R-Okla., will revise his proposal banning transgender surgeries in Oklahoma from the minimum age of 26 to 18, following protests at the state Capitol building earlier this week. "Yeah, so we are lowering the age. It is now going to actually be in Senate Bill 613; and we are lowering the age to 18," the Washington Examiner reported Bullard saying Wednesday, while adding the legislation would be heard by lawmakers during the day. Click for Full Text!
Wyoming Bill Would Restore Sound Money in the Cowboy State
Post Date: 2023-02-08 22:37:05 by Charles_Byrd
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A bipartisan vote in the Wyoming state Senate approved a measure authorizing the Wyoming state treasurer to hold gold and silver specie to protect the state, as well as to set up a process whereby certain tax payments can be made with gold and silver. Click for Full Text!
Hunter Biden Lawyer Urges at Least 14 to Preserve Docs
Post Date: 2023-02-08 22:33:50 by Charles_Byrd
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The attorney for Hunter Biden on Wednesday sent letters to more than a dozen people requesting that they preserve a variety of documents that may be relevant to future litigation, possibly signaling that the president's embattled son is taking a more aggressive tack now with longtime critics. Abbe Lowell, who was hired by Biden's team recently, has distributed letters to at least 14 people, many of whom were involved in disseminating data they say came from a laptop that Biden dropped off at a repair shop in Wilmington, Delaware, in April 2019 and never retrieved. Click for Full Text!
Church of England Debates Using Gender-Neutral Pronouns for God
Post Date: 2023-02-08 22:32:26 by Charles_Byrd
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The Church of England said Wednesday that it would reconsider the traditional use of masculine pronouns to describe God, floating gender- neutral alternatives to "He" and "Our Father." Two days after gathering in London for the latest General Synod, the church revealed that it plans to launch a commission this spring tasked with investigating the use of gendered language in prayers, baptisms, and general usage. Click for Full Text!
Biden's Foreign Policy Is Adrift
Post Date: 2023-02-08 22:27:21 by Charles_Byrd
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"While you reap the consequences of their failures, the Biden administration seems more interested in woke fantasies than the hard reality Americans face every day," Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders charged in the GOP rebuttal to President Joe Biden's State of the Union address Tuesday night. Obviously prewritten, it's a line that might have worked had Biden's speech not overwhelmingly focused on economic issues which directly affect that "hard reality." The major subject Biden actually neglected was, predictably, foreign policy. Though administration of U.S. foreign affairs is a central duty of the presidency, Biden devoted just a few moments of a ...
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