We are told that Critical Race Theory has deep and respected intellectual underpinnings and, like all science, commands your respect and indeed obedience to its political implications. But wait, what if the science behind the various grievance studies -- "race studies," "feminist studies," "queer studies," "fat studies," etc. -- isn't science at all but actually a sort of quasi … [Read more...]
George Orwell’s Final Warning
George Orwell spent the last of his life's energy completing the now classic novel 1984, which was published in 1949. Slowly dying of tuberculosis, Orwell could only write in brief spurts of strength in between periods of bed rest. He died just a year later, in 1950. But shortly before his death, he recorded this final warning to the world. Given all that's going on, it's … [Read more...]
Who Knows What They Will Tax Next | Short Film
This clever short French film, Qui Sait Ce Qu'ils Taxeront Ensuite? (Who Knows What They Will Tax Next ), mocks the relentless spread of taxation to more and more things that people do. It's apparently an international phenomenon. … [Read more...]
Remy: Raise The Debt Ceiling Rap
Thanks to wildly out-of-control spending, Congress has had to raise the debt limit eighty times since 1960 -- yes, sometimes more than once a year. It's about to happen again, though there is the usual faux battle to go through first, in which the Republicans momentarily hold the line and then cave. For the latest stats on US government debt, see the national Debt Clock and … [Read more...]
Friedrich Hayek Warned Us About Elizabeth Warren
It struck me when Senator Elizabeth Warren recently proposed that the CDC should be allowed to cancel rent whenever it wants that it was a significant moment. Free rent at the expense of landlords would be a radical redistribution of private property, and occurring at the whim of an unelected bureaucracy it would undermine the principle of private property itself. Earlier, … [Read more...]
Government Bureaucracy Sketch: Jameson Notodofilmfest
An excellent short film from the Jameson Notodofilmfest, a Spanish short film festival, on what it’s like to deal with government bureaucracy. [3 min] Topics: Anti-Regulation … [Read more...]
Epic Rap Battle: Gun Owner Vs. Liberal
In this short skit from popular YouTube channel MBest11x, it's gun owner vs. liberal, each making their respective arguments to music in an epic rap battle. … [Read more...]
Nation Building Masterclass: Introduction
Nation building is a skill anyone can acquire with the right training. Paul Etishion -- an old Washington hand who has guided nation building in dozens of countries like Iraq, Afghanistan, and places you've never even heard of -- is the best in the game and now he is about to share his secrets with you. … [Read more...]
Deconfliction: ‘Protestor’ Arrest Recalls Parody Video
How do you know you have too many law enforcement agents? Maybe when they start accidentally arresting each other. The Lid reports that the "armed" J6 protestor just arrested was in fact an undercover cop. It recalls Deconfliction, a comedy skit about a CIA terrorist sting operation in a Post Office -- accidentally involving the FBI, the INS, the Secret Service, and the Local … [Read more...]
Roger Ver: My Story Of Being Tortured In Prison
In this short video, entrepreneur Roger Ver tells his painful and emotionally tortured experience at the hands of the US prison system, where he was sentenced to serve time for failing to submit the right paperwork before selling firecrackers online. This is a raw, honest, and touching firsthand account of what our "justice" system is really like. Bear in mind that all laws, no … [Read more...]