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Washington, D.C., Banned Bird E-Scooters: 'Arbitrary and Capricious,' Says Company
Post Date: 2023-02-02 22:59:43 by Charles_Byrd
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Bird is one of several electronic scooter companies operating in Washington, D.C. The e-scooters are incredibly convenient for traveling around town; millions of rides are taken each year. But as of January 1, the Bird scooters have all disappeared from city sidewalks. The reason for this has since become clear: The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) did not renew Bird's permit to operate. The company is fighting the decision, and has filed a petition with the D.C. Superior Court. Click for Full Text!
Government Keeps Meddling With Private Company Decisions
Post Date: 2023-02-02 22:57:57 by Charles_Byrd
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When I lollygagged or dragged my feet as a small child, my mom used to say, "You have two choices: You can do it happily, or I can make you." Even as a preschooler, I understood that wasn't a choice at all, only a warning about how unpleasant things could get for me if I failed to comply. Employees at Twitter—and Facebook—chose to censor, suppress, and undermine dissenting viewpoints happily. But they were always facing a false choice. The public has now had the chance to peek at thousands of communications between government officials of various stripes and employees of Twitter (the so-called Twitter Files), released by Elon Musk after his acquisition of the social ...
National Conservatives Can't Find a Good Excuse for Viktor Orbán's Inflation Disaster
Post Date: 2023-02-02 22:56:00 by Charles_Byrd
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Viktor Orbán is a hero to American national conservatives. So when in January 2022 the Hungarian Prime Minister announced he would supplement price caps on fuel and mortgage rates by mandating that sugar, flour, sunflower oil, chicken breasts, pork legs, and certain milk products be sold to consumers at lower October 2021 prices, some of this anti–free market cohort celebrated his decisive action to "protect families" from inflation. "But, but, but, what would Milton Friedman say!" tweeted Compact magazine editor Sohrab Ahmari, mocking advocates of market economics. This was "the party of the state for the win." Well, we know what Friedman would ...
STEVEN SPIELBERG AND THE OTHER UNSMART CORONAMANIACS
Post Date: 2023-02-02 22:53:34 by Charles_Byrd
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In America, being perceived as smart confers social status. Nearly everyone sees themselves as smart. Those who think they’re smart want to control those whom they view as less smart. Many want to be governed by those whom they perceive as smart. Nonetheless, Joe Biden is President. And most governors and all living ex-presidents shilled for the jabs. How can we determine who’s truly smart? Click for Full Text!
Garet Garrett, the Great
Post Date: 2023-02-02 22:51:30 by Charles_Byrd
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It’s time for liberty lovers to (re)acquaint themselves with Garet Garrett, a prolific voice of the Old Right. It’s not that everything the largely homeschooled farm boy wrote was right – he reconciled himself to the Federal Reserve, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and some restrictions on trade and immigration – but that what his “unsanctioned voice” got right, especially about the New Deal, was analytically powerful, yet largely forgotten today. That’s unfortunate, because today’s Great Reset repeats many of the same patterns of authoritarian control that Garrett identified and excoriated. Biography, like history more generally, can contain ...
The Police Cannot Be a Law Unto Themselves
Post Date: 2023-02-01 17:04:42 by Charles_Byrd
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In 2020, during the weeks of protest and civil unrest that followed the murder of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer, I argued that the problem of police violence and misconduct was a problem of democracy. And this week, in the wake of yet another police killing caught on camera, I think it’s worth saying, again, that the institution of American policing lies outside any meaningful democratic control. You can think of accountability for public institutions in two ways: on the back end and on the front end. Click for Full Text!
Erdogan Says Turkey Could Approve Finland’s NATO Bid Without Sweden
Post Date: 2023-02-01 17:01:51 by Charles_Byrd
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday suggested for the first time that Turkey could approve Finland’s NATO membership without also approving Sweden’s. “If necessary, we can give a different response concerning Finland. Sweden will be shocked when we give a different response for Finland,” Erdogan said. Click for Full Text!
History of Nuclear War. The “90 Seconds to Midnight”
Post Date: 2023-02-01 16:59:19 by Charles_Byrd
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90 Seconds to Midnight according to the Doomsday Clock. The Nobel Peace Laureates are casually blaming Russia, without recalling the history of nuclear war, not to mention Joe Biden’s 1.3 trillion dollar program to develop “more usable”, “low intensity” “preemptive nuclear weapons” to be used on a “first strike basis” against both nuclear and non nuclear states as a means of “self defense”. Let us recall the history of the “doomsday scenario” which was part of America’s Manhattan project launched in 1939 with the support of Britain and Canada. Click for Full Text!
Biden Hands China-linked “Green” Energy Company Another $1.6 Million
Post Date: 2023-02-01 16:57:27 by Charles_Byrd
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Furthering a radical “green” agenda while empowering America’s enemies — all on the taxpayer dime. The Biden administration is showing that there’s apparently no limit to how low they can go. The Energy Department of Joe Biden last week announced the awarding of $1.6 million to the Chinese-backed green energy company LanzaTech — which notably also has ties to top Democratic politicians. Click for Full Text!
Atlanta Charges Nonviolent Protesters as Domestic Terrorists
Post Date: 2023-02-01 16:55:36 by Charles_Byrd
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An anti-police protest movement in Atlanta has ironically led to a massive expansion of police powers. In what was once dubbed "the city too busy to hate," protesters have recently taken aim at a new police training facility. In September 2021, Atlanta's city council approved the construction of a police and firefighter training facility on 85 acres of a 265-acre parcel of city- owned land in Georgia's South River Forest. The campus would include a driving course and a mock city that both police and firefighters could use to train. Funding for the project would include $30 million from the city police budget and twice that from the Atlanta Police Foundation (APF), a ...
The Federal Reserve’s 2% inflation target
Post Date: 2023-02-01 16:51:11 by Charles_Byrd
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The Federal Reserve asserts that 2% inflation is economic Nirvana. The Fed believes 2% percent inflation over the “long term” will create optimal conditions for employment and economic growth. Evidence that 2% inflation is indeed a key component of sustainable prosperity? None is offered by the geniuses at the Fed. Click for Full Text!
Suspected US Drone Strike Kills Three Alleged al-Qaeda Members in Yemen
Post Date: 2023-02-01 16:46:11 by Charles_Byrd
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A suspected US drone strike killed three alleged al-Qaeda members in the Yemeni province of Maarib, AFP reported Tuesday, citing officials from the Saudi-backed Yemeni government. “Three Al-Qaeda members were killed in a strike by a drone that is believed to be American,” an unnamed government official said. “The three were in a car in Wadi Obeida when they were targeted by the suspected US strike that killed them immediately.” Click for Full Text!
Russia Accuses Ukraine of Killing 14 in Hospital Strike Using US-Provided HIMARS
Post Date: 2023-02-01 16:44:55 by Charles_Byrd
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On Saturday, Russia accused Ukrainian forces of killing 14 people and injuring 25 in a strike on a hospital in the eastern Luhansk oblast using US-provided HIMARS rocket systems. The Russian Defense Ministry claimed the strike took place in the town of Novoaidar and called it a “deliberate” attack on civilians. “A deliberate missile strike against a known functioning civilian medical facility is without doubt a serious war crime by the Kiev regime,” the Defense Ministry said. Click for Full Text!
Is the Japanese Low Inflation–Low Interest Rate Model at an End?
Post Date: 2023-02-01 16:43:38 by Charles_Byrd
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The macroeconomic situation in Japan seems to be coming to a head. When the Bank of Japan, under its President Haruhiko Kuroda, announced on December 20, 2022, that it would raise its interest rate ceiling on ten- year Japanese government bonds from 0.25 percent to 0.50 percent, share prices in Tokyo plummeted and the Japanese yen appreciated sharply. The “Kuroda shock,” which in the eyes of some observers heralded a turning point in Japan’s thirty-year low, zero, and negative interest rate policy, sent shock waves through the international financial markets. Meanwhile, the markets are betting against the Bank of Japan being able to keep its self-imposed interest rate ...
The Continuous and Terminal Political Gaslighting of the American Masses
Post Date: 2023-02-01 16:39:36 by Charles_Byrd
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The term “gaslighting” is a relatively modern term, although it was the title of a 1944 movie of the same name, but has actually only been in vogue for a short period of time. The current purposeful use of the word gaslighting in all circles of the mainstream and many alternative sources, is in fact a form of gaslighting itself. If this is confusing, it is because it was put into the general everyday language intentionally, a smoke and mirrors technique, so as to cause a particular reaction. A little known term has now become mainstream, and this happened almost overnight. In the context of this essay, I am using the term in the sense of large scale political manipulation, not ...
Illinois Town Will Pay $12 Million to Family After SWAT Officer Shot 12-Year-Old in Kneecap
Post Date: 2023-02-01 16:32:18 by Charles_Byrd
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The city of Richton Park, Illinois, will pay $12 million to settle a lawsuit stemming from a 2019 SWAT raid during which a police officer shot a 12-year-old boy in the kneecap, a lawyer for the boy's family announced today. The federal civil rights lawsuit, filed by Crystal Worship on behalf of her son Amir, alleged that SWAT team officers from the Country Club Hills and Richton Park police departments burst into their house on the night of May 26, 2019, throwing flashbangs and detaining the family, including Amir and his 13-year-old brother, at gunpoint. Click for Full Text!
Eco-groups push for EVs, but refuse to back U.S. mining for necessary materials
Post Date: 2023-02-01 16:30:43 by Charles_Byrd
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Environmental advocacy groups continue to oppose mining efforts within the US, despite pushing for a green future through electric vehicles that require large amounts of copper and other mined resources. The advocacy groups, the Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Earthjustice and Center for Biological Diversity have pushed to decarbonize the grid and the auto market in the coming years, but continue to advocate against mining projects that would support the green transition. The advocacy groups on Tuesday celebrated the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Final Determination that restricted the possible mining of 1.4 billion tons of copper, gold, molybdenum, ...
Bug you even more? U.S. government will 'probably' force you to eat insects
Post Date: 2023-02-01 16:28:11 by Charles_Byrd
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Fox News host Tucker Carlson said Tuesday that the federal government “probably” will force Americans to eat insects in the name of sustainability. “Let’s say you’re eating packaged food and you happen to have your reading glasses in reach and you decide to look at that’s on the label. What’s in this stuff you wonder. It says sustainable. What does that mean?” Carlson, an honorary board member of the Daily Caller News Foundation, asked. “Well, you can see on the screen, it turns out a lot of companies use the term ‘sustainable’ to suggest crickets. Crickets as in chirping insects. So why are crickets winding up in your snack foods? Is ...
You're 'only a state, not a god': Officials push Christians to support sin
Post Date: 2023-02-01 16:26:05 by Charles_Byrd
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Officials in the state of Colorado are being scorched in a new editorial from the Washington Examiner, which bluntly informed them that Colorado is a state, "not a god." "It lacks the power to force anyone to celebrate other people'[s choices, which is what the Left and the [state civil rights] commissioners are trying to do," the editorial explained. "Toleration is not enough for them; they demand affirmation." Click for Full Text!
'Egregious': Smithsonian ejects pro-life kids, now conservatives 'fight back'
Post Date: 2023-02-01 16:24:07 by Charles_Byrd
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The American Center for Law and Justice has announced it is "fighting back" on behalf of a group of pro-life students who were ejected from the Smithsonian's National Air & Space Museum because they were wearing pro- life beanies. "This is a clear and egregious abuse of the First Amendment, which protects their right to free speech without government interference, and we are ready to take action," said Jordan Sekulow, executive director of the ACLJ, in Fox News report. Click for Full Text!
Satanic Temple opens abortion clinic named for conservative Supreme Court justice's mom
Post Date: 2023-02-01 16:22:38 by Charles_Byrd
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The Satanic Temple (TST) announced it had opened an online abortion clinic named “The Samuel Alito’s Mom’s Abortion Clinic” in New Mexico Wednesday. The Satanic Temple has long advocated for the right to religious abortions or religious abortion ceremonies in the past, even filing a lawsuit against Indiana’s abortion ban on the grounds that Satanists have a right to abortion that contradicts the state’s ban, according to TST’s website. TST announced Wednesday that it was opening the first religious abortion clinic titled “The Samuel Alito’s Mom’s Abortion Clinic” likely in reference to Supreme Court Justice Alito who authored the Dobbs ...
Federal judge rules on law that allows state to sue gun makers
Post Date: 2023-02-01 16:20:49 by Charles_Byrd
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A federal judge ruled Tuesday to block a New Jersey law that allows the state’s attorney general to take legal action against gun manufacturers. U.S. District Judge Zahid Nisar Quraishi, an appointee of President Joe Biden, granted a preliminary injunction against New Jersey’s “public nuisance” law Tuesday, saying is in “direct conflict” with the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA), according to the opinion in the United States District Court of New Jersey Trenton Vicinage. The “public nuisance” law allows the attorney general to seek legal action against gun manufacturers if it is deemed that they endangered public safety through sales ...
Pro-life activist Mark Houck details shocking Planned Parenthood encounter following acquittal
Post Date: 2023-02-01 16:18:45 by Charles_Byrd
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Acquitted pro-life activist and father Mark Houck is revealing the shocking details of his encounter with a rowdy Planned Parenthood escort that led to the FBI raiding his home and the Biden administration wanting him to face 11 years in prison. Click for Full Text!
Can the Military-Industrial Complex Be Tamed?
Post Date: 2023-02-01 16:16:30 by Charles_Byrd
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My name is Bill Astore and I’m a card-carrying member of the military- industrial complex (MIC). Sure, I hung up my military uniform for the last time in 2005. Since 2007, I’ve been writing articles for TomDispatch focused largely on critiquing that same MIC and America’s permanent war economy. I’ve written against this country’s wasteful and unwise wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, its costly and disastrous weapons systems, and its undemocratic embrace of warriors and militarism. Nevertheless, I remain a lieutenant colonel, if a retired one. I still have my military ID card, if only to get on bases, and I still tend to say “we” when I talk about my fellow ...
US Drone Supports Assault on ISIS Affiliate in Lake Chad Basin
Post Date: 2023-02-01 16:07:42 by Charles_Byrd
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A US drone gave support to an assault against jihadists in the Lake Chad basin region of Africa that involved the governments of Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, and Niger, AFP reported on Monday. The report said that the militaries of the four nations announced the bombardment on Monday. They said it was an operation targeting a local ISIS affiliate known as Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) and that the attack was launched in a forest area in Nigeria. Click for Full Text!
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