Category Archives: Libtertarian Politics

FCC – enforcer in the drug war

Posted on March 24, 2013 by Fred Stiening

Part of the FCC licensing process requires certification that none of the parties to an application are “drug traffickers” “Subtitle G: Denial of Federal Benefits to Drug Traffickers and Possessors – Denies Federal benefits (grants, contracts, loans, licenses, and public … Continue reading →

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You are a crop

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Fred Stiening

From the mailbag: “WASHINGTON, March 13, 2013 – TOMORROW, March 14, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will visit with officials from the Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital in Portland, Maine to deliver a major speech on USDA efforts to improve childhood nutrition … Continue reading →

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Would Thomas Jefferson have used tax money to go to Mars?

Posted on August 5, 2012 by Fred Stiening

If all goes as intended, this evening the US Government will have a new highly advanced Rover sitting on the surface of the planet of Mars.   The price tag of this mission is $2.5 (B)illion dollars.   The people working on … Continue reading →

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Our Summer in Tehran

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Fred Stiening

http://oursummerintehran.com/ Iran is home to 20-30,000 Jews, the larges Jewish population in the Middle East outside of Israel. The woman in this film was on Rudy Maxa’s Travel today, a syndicated travel show on the weekend you probably have never … Continue reading →

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Beverly Hillbilly finance

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Fred Stiening

Remember Mr Drysdale – the banker from the TV show The Beverly Hillbillies?    Jedd Clampett really liked Mr Drysdale’s bank because they didn’t charge him anything to hold onto the money. Well, fiction has now crossed over into real life.  … Continue reading →

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Who can you trust?

Posted on July 23, 2011 by Fred Stiening

If social order starts to unravel, how will your local police react? Followup: http://www.wkyc.com/rss/article/198731/45/Canton-Officer-disciplined-for-conceal-carry-stop The officer is in administrative leave, and contrary to the lie the officer told, the driver is not charged with a felony. If the prosecutor has … Continue reading →

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Mass Psychosis

Posted on July 17, 2011 by Fred Stiening

Maybe there is something good about Aljazeera http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/07/20117313948379987.html Combine pharmaceutical companies, doctors who are paid only if they make a diagnosis, and SSI paying parents if their children are labelled mentally ill, and you get a 35x increase in the … Continue reading →

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Emptying the prisons

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Fred Stiening

A prediction of mine since the beginning of the Obama administration is one step closer to reality. My prediction goes like this – citing budget pressures and the racial imbalance in prisons, Obama will propose a paramilitary group – possibly … Continue reading →

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The “simple” Flat/Fair tax

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Fred Stiening

So let’s assume it is 2015 and the Neal Boortz Fair Tax is the law of the land.   To keep the math simple, let’s assume the flat tax rate is 20%. Here is your assignment if you think you understand … Continue reading →

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The Danger from the “Treasure Trove”

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Fred Stiening

So we now have the “Treasure Trove” of data from the “Million Dollar Mansion”. That’s good, but also maybe not so good. We’ve seen time and time again the government mindless robots react to a theoretical attack vector by building … Continue reading →

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