When government has a monopoly over deciding who is an isn’t accountable, we all lose. Cato @ Liberty: [The health nannies in New York City are blatantly creating false advertising] again. On January 9, Gotham’s for-your-own-good crew unveiled a new ad warning “Portions have grown. So has Type 2 diabetes, which can lead to amputations,” […]

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A Canadian blogger arrested for “libel”, claiming that his local police act like authoritarian thugs while going about doing their jobs. In response, they raid his house with a 8 man team (you can never underestimate how dangerous those middle aged bloggers can be, and the threat their words can pose to officer safety), and […]

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When someone decides to retire, it is often appropriate to get that person a parting gift. Sometimes a plaque is what one can expect, others might get a watch or a tie pin or a set of cufflinks, and still others should only expect a cake and a short office party. But one thing that […]

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I sure am glad I’m not the only one with this kind of contempt for government work. The Lexington Herald-Leader: A penguin pooped Tuesday on the Senate floor near the desk of Senate President David Williams. Good for you, penguin. Good for you.

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There’s just no way to predict that this could happen. None. Actors in adult movies filmed in Los Angeles will be required to use condoms under an ordinance signed into law by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, in a move that industry leaders say could lead them to abandon the nation’s porn capital. And don’t you love […]

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If there is one idea that the leftists in the western educational sphere have perpetuated which is not only false, but downright fucking annoying, is the idea that the only way of being educated, or that the only education worth receiving, is the one given during the daytime, by teachers, in a classroom. Dutch teenager […]

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When SCOTUS decides a case 9-0 we can be assured that either we the people have been royally fucked by the judiciary, or justice has been served and the state has been properly bitch slapped for making what is clearly a very shitty law or method to enforce the law. In a decision released today, […]

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Socialized medicine controlled by government bureaucrats with no alternative than to follow their judgments works just as (libertarians) predicted. Protected groups do well while individuals get screwed at the hands policy wonks in cheap suits. Across Britain, an increasing number of patients like Evans are facing more pain and longer waits. That’s because the National […]

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Malicious false accusations using the police in order to run an experiment. A former Gilbert High student said a police officer falsely accused her of stealing as part of a school experiment. According to information gathered by CBS 5, Kelly Shea said a police officer pulled her out of class in 2008 and accused her […]

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Bureaucracy for the sake of bureaucracy. And trying to rope everyday people in to enforcing it. Good job, Florida.

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