Liberty & Govt At Work: Paychecks, Parking, Tanks, & More
People who rely on a federal paycheck, in one map - The Washington Post HHS Awards $6 Million Contract for Parking Spaces County Will Pay $15.5 Million To Man Who Spent 22 Months In Solitary...
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Kinder Eggs As Contraband Update …
I’ve ranted a few times before (here & here) about the ridiculousness of Kinder Eggs not being available in the U.S. thanks to bureacrat decree. (pic via Wiki) Here’s an update on the story. Choco...
View ArticleThe Lesson From The Last Week …
It’s been quite a week for the White House. These guys make Nixon and Bush The Younger look like pikers. (note: this post is in no way a defense of them) The lesson from the last week might not be that...
View ArticleSocial Welfare and The IRS
The NYT applauds the political bullying by the IRS. No surprise there, it fits their world view. The I.R.S. Does Its Job – NYTimes.com: Taxpayers should be encouraged by complaints from Tea Party...
View ArticleLiberty & Govt. At Work: NSA’s Verizon Surveillance
As John Gruber has pointed out, this is from a president who was allegedly a Constitutional law scholar. The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground. - Thomas...
View ArticleScariest Quote This week
“We have to break through our kind of private idea that kids belong to their parents or kids belong to their families and recognize that kids belong to whole communities.” – Melissa Harris-Perry Great...
View Article1984 Sales Spike 7,000% on Amazon
The great Jeffrey Tucker on The Character of Edward Snowden In a time of universal deceit – telling the truth is a revolutionary act. – George Orwell ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’ Sales Spike Amid...
View ArticleLiberty & Govt. In The News …
Great column on public-choice in action. Problems with collective action: Column: “It would be nice to believe that this sort of problem is limited to the VA, but there’s no particular reason to think...
View ArticlePossibly The Single Most Ironic Thing To Have Ever Happened
Not even sure what to say. Arrested for 1984: “Thai police arrested a man in Bangkok for reading 1984 in public. The arrest was part of a crackdown on protests of the May 22 military coup.”Read more →
View ArticleIt’s An Actual Job Title: “FOIA Denial Officer”
The “FOIA Denial Officer.” Yes, “FOIA Denial Officer” Is a Real Job Title in the “Most Transparent Administration in History” Related links: Meet the Beer Bottle Dictator – The Daily Beast
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