LIBERTARIAN: End the “Selective Service System”

Thursday, June 18, 2015

http://cafehayek.com/2015/06/no-conscription-never-unconditionally.html

No Conscription. Ever. Unconditionally.
by DON BOUDREAUX on JUNE 16, 2015

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This market method of recruiting workers works for every other sort of business. When convenience stores (which are very dangerous places to work) need more workers, no one frets about the nation being “underserved” because of a shortage of convenience-store clerks – and no one proposes that the government, to protect against this possibility, conscript people to work in convenience stores. Instead, the pay of such store clerks rises. Problem solved. Ditto for fishing boats (also very dangerous places to work). And ditto for local police, fire-fighting, and EMS forces. Ditto for every other job you can name.

If every job other than those in a national-government’s military is routinely filled without problem or concern by market forces, I see zero reason to worry that jobs in the U.S. military cannot continue to be filled in the same way.

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So why does the USA keep the “draft” aka “selective service” (meaning if you’re not rich and politically connected you’ll get “selected”!)?

Jobs for politicians’ relatives and bureaucrats!

And if we ever do have to mount a defense, then there be more than enough patriots.

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POLITICAL: Off-Grid Living Illegal

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

http://www.offthegridnews.com/current-events/another-court-in-the-u-s-has-ruled-off-grid-living-illegal/

Another Court In The U.S. Has Ruled Off-Grid Living Illegal
Written by: Daniel Jennings Current Events June 16, 2015

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Green living and sustainable energy are encouraged in Huntsville, Alabama, just as long as you do not practice such an off-grid life within the city limits.

Marine veteran Tyler Truitt discovered that the hard way when the city condemned his off-grid retreat because he chose not to use city utilities – and a judge subsequently upheld the city’s decision.

This year he installed solar panels in the front yard, a composting toilet in the trailer, and placed a 550-gallon plastic tank outside his trailer home to catch rainwater. But the city said he can’t live that way, and it has placed a yellow “unsafe building” sticker on the outside of the trailer.

The home sits on two acres of land at the end of a road.

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“The purpose behind these requirements is public safety,” Kelly Schrimsher, the communications director for Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle, told Al.com. “This includes ensuring that occupants of a residential dwelling have safe, potable, running water and electricity, particularly in the wintertime. The city has posted the property as ‘Unsafe’ for this reason.”

The city of Huntsville owns Huntsville Utilities.

“We encourage green environmental living, and we request interested citizens go through proper channels,” Schrimsher said. “Our departments stand ready and willing to guide them through theappropriate permitting process.”

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What a coincidence!

The gang, claiming the title ‘City of Huntsville’, controls the Gooferment and just happens to own the utilities.

No conflict of interest there.

And, who owns the land?

The “owner” or the “city”?

Argh!

Hope the fellow can stand his ground.

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GOLD: Gold enabling secession?

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

https://www.lewrockwell.com/2015/06/tyler-durden/one-step-closer-to-secession-2/

Writing’s On The Wall: Texas Pulls $1 Billion In Gold From NY Fed, Makes It “Non-Confiscatable”
By Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge
June 15, 2015

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The lack of faith in central bank trustworthiness is spreading. First Germany, then Holland, and Austria, and now – as we noted was possible previously – Texas has enacted a Bill to repatriate $1 billion of gold from The NY Fed’s vaults to a newly established state gold bullion depository…”People have this image of Texas as big and powerful … so for a lot of people, this is exactly where they would want to go with their gold,” and the Bill includes a section to prevent forced seizure from the Federal Government.

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This is interesting to me.

I obviously follow the “secession movement”. There are active groups in many states and parts of states. 

I still think North Dakota is the most prepared because of the State Bank of North Dakota. They can “clear” checks and have the infrastructure in place to be a “central bank” for the State.

This “repatriation” of gold moves Teas into second place.

Many State could go on their own when the American Empire fractures. Just like everyone before them. The USSR being the latest.

Like the Soviet Union, the American Empire is going to go broke from corporate / personal welfare and too many foreign wars. It’s inevitable on their current track.

So what does an individual do?

After all opinions are like anal sphincters, everyone has one. It has be “actionable”.

  • Prepare for a “crash” by being a prepper (i.e., bullets, beans, band aids, bullion).
  • Get in shape. Use the poor man’s gym by just walking. (It’s sad that so many arm chair preppers are coach potatoes.)
  • Practice skills that you’ll need in the future (i.e., make fire; improvise solutions; eat basics).
  • Grow a garden. Real preppers create wild no-till forest gardens.
     

What are you doing? 

It’s going to be a rough time and many of “We, The Sheeple” aka “Clovers” aka “Mundanes” are not going to make it.

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ECONOMICS: No surprise — no growth in the Pepuls Republik of Nu Jerzee

Monday, June 15, 2015

http://patch.com/new-jersey/ridgewood/new-jerseys-economic-growth-among-worst-usa?utm_source=alert-breakingnews&utm_medium=email&utm_term=politics%20%26%20government&utm_campaign=alert

New Jersey’s Economic Growth Among Country’s Worst: New Report
New Jersey’s gross domestic product grew a mere 0.4 percent in 2014, ranking 46th in the nation.
By TOM DAVIS (Patch Staff)June 13, 2015

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New Jersey’s economy is barely ticking upward, with its growth ranking near the bottom in 2014 – and falling far below the national average.

New Jersey’s gross domestic product grew a mere 0.4 percent in 2014, ranking in a three-way tie for 44th in the nation, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The nation’s real GDP grew 2.2 percent in 2014 after increasing 1.9 percent in 2013.

The state’s growth slowed from previous years, In 2012, the GDP grew 2.5 percent, and in 2013, there was 0.8 percent growth.

The state had the slowest growth of any state in the Mideast region, way behind New York’s 2.5 percent GDP growth.

Gordon MacInnes, president of New Jersey Policy Perspective, a liberal Trenton-based think tank, told NJSpotlight that the state needs to invest more in education, public transit and transportation infrastructure, as well as colleges and universities.

“You can’t create a strong economy and create jobs without a strong foundation,” MacInnes said told the publication.

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“Invest” my <synonym for donkey>!

Spending more money — stolen from over taxed residents of the Pepuls Republik of Nu Jerzee — will not spark any type of growth. Except it the taking class of teachers’ unions, other Gooferment unions, politicians, and bureaucrats!!!

Cut the minimum wage.

Cut the corporate and individual tax rates.

Convert Gooferment pensions to 401s like private businesses are doing.

Introduce a meaningful school choice voucher program.

Reduce education expenses by consolidation of the 600+ “school districts” into 21 county ones.

UNWIND the regulatory state.

End the “(pseudo) War on (some) Drugs” and pardon all non-violent drug offenders.

Eliminate property taxes to fund Gooferment Skrules. (Eliminate Gooferment Skrules entirely!)

And, my personal favorite, end the inheritance tax.

THEN watch the Stte become a magnet for people, business, and happiness!

Argh!

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RANT: Should have been ejected for poor sportsmanship

Sunday, June 14, 2015

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/06/10/what-a-high-school-softball-catcher-does-not-once-but-twice-during-a-championship-game-is-downright-dirty/

SPORTS
What a High School Softball Catcher Does Not Once but Twice During a Championship Game Is Downright Dirty
Jun. 10, 2015 4:20pm
Dave Urbanski

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A Texas high school softball catcher was caught on a now-viral video elbowing — and toppling — runners trying score during a championship game.

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I think this says something about the young woman’s character.

If I was her Dad, I’d have gone down on the field and told her to “cut that <synonym for excrement> out”.

Of course, she should have been ejected for poor sportsmanship.

It’s a sad reflection on today’s social environment.

Be mad. Work harder. Be very mad — at yourself, your team, or even your luck.

“I think sportsmanship is knowing that it is a game, that we are only as a good as our opponents, and whether you win or lose, to always give 100 percent.” — Sue Wicks, tenacious Rutgers womens basketball payer

This is a disgrace to Texas high school softball. I thought better of Texans.

At the very least, the next offensive player to score should have decked her!

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TINFOILHAT: Am I Asking the Wrong Questions?

Saturday, June 13, 2015

http://deviantinvestor.com/7070/asking-the-wrong-questions/

Asking the Wrong Questions
Posted on June 3, 2015 by Gary Christenson

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We often hear (the wrong) questions such as:

What did politicians know about that scandal?
Will the stock market rally another year?
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What happened to penny candy?
How much longer can “they” hold it together?
Will gold prices ever get to $2,000?
And 101 more…

In my opinion these are often the wrong questions. Ask better questions and we receive more relevant answers.

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Garbage in, garbage out! Ask better questions and the answers will be more useful. The same thinking that brought the world to this point will not be helpful in solving the problems that threaten our financial well-being.

Gary Christenson

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I find this funny because HRC won’t answer questions, BHO just flat out lies (i.e., keep your doctor), and politicians just stall until you give up.

Sharyl Attkisson just gave written testimony how the Gooferment evades and stonewalls FOI requests.

And, everything Gooferment plans to do is either classified, secret, or redacted.

So, when the author cites Groucho, I understand.

“Who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes?” —Groucho Marx

It’s related to: “I wouldn’t believe you, if your tongue came notarized.” … attributed to Judge Marilyn Milian, but may have an earlier history.

I see an county that is going quickly in the wrong direction, but have no idea how to stop it.

Argh!

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GUNS: Pepuls Republik of Nu Jerzee “kills” a woman with its “gun laws”

Friday, June 12, 2015

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/06/04/nj-woman-stabbed-to-death-waiting-for-state-permission-to-own-gun/

NJ WOMAN STABBED TO DEATH WAITING FOR STATE PERMISSION TO OWN GUN
by AWR HAWKINS
4 Jun 2015212

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On April 21, Carol Bowne from Berlin Township, NJ, applied for a license to own a handgun, which she wanted to protect herself from a former boyfriend against whom she had a restraining order.

On June 3—while still waiting for the state to give her permission to own a gun—Bowne’s former boyfriend, Michael Eitel, allegedly stabbed her to death in her own driveway.

According to the Courier-Post, after getting the restraining order, Bowne “installed security cameras and an alarm system to her home and began the months-long process of obtaining a handgun.” Bowne’s co-workers said, “She got a restraining order about a month ago, and right after that her car windows were broken.”

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This tragedy is one more example of the foolishness of putting a licensing requirement on the Second Amendment. Like all gun control, it empowers those with criminal intentions while making the vulnerable more vulnerable.

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Back in 2006, I wrote about the uselessness of restraining orders.

I won’t repeat myself; you can read it if you want:

https://reinkefaceslife.com/2006/05/05/rant-restraining-orders-work-well-maybe-not-in-this-case-or-not-at-all/

If the politicians and bureaucrats would pull their heads out of their <synonym for donkeys>, obeyed the Constitution, this woman might be alive today.

Argh!

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QUOTE: Goals & commitments dictate actions

Thursday, June 11, 2015

http://halelrod.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/AYG074.pdf

“I let my goals / commitments dictate my actions.” — Hal Elrod Achieve Your Goals Podcast #74

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Stunningly simple piece of advice.

Wish I’d heard it decades ago.

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ECONOMICS: Do “the poor stay poor, the rich get rich”?

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

FROM FACEBOOK

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Leonard Cohen – Everybody Knows

Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
Everybody knows that the war is over
Everybody knows the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight was fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
That’s how it goes
Everybody knows

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Hmm, not so sure that “poor stay poor, the rich get rich” is accurate here in America. There are economic studies that show tremendous movement between the financial strata. WHile there are some people who are born poor and die poor, but that’s not cast in concrete like in some countries. And, rarely does a “family fortune” survive three generations.Also, how does one explain the immigrants from Asia and India who arrive with nothing and wind up with thriving businesses in a few decades. #Tom Woods

http://tomwoods.com/podcast/ep-298-income-inequality-non-solutions-to-a-non-problem/

Ep. 298 Income Inequality: Non-Solutions to a Non-Problem
4th December 2014
Tom Woods
Nineteen ways income redistribution harms society.

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RANT: Open email to Jim Gearhart on Christie and pot

Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Jim:

I was listening this morning about the Guv pontificating on enforcing Federal Pot laws.

Maybe at ‘Ask the Guv’, someone should ask him where in the Constitution’s enumerated powers, the Federal Gooferment gets to “regulate” drugs.

“We, The Sheeple” learn nothing — not from VietNam, not from Prohibition and on and on.

AMERICAN PHAROAH

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I wrote this week’s KONK Life column yesterday. Got it out a day early. Don’t know where the energy came from.

The title is Portugal The Blueprint.

Portugal legalized drugs in 2001. All drugs. Even the real bad stuff like cocaine and heroin. Fourteen years later, the results are amazing. Drug problems significantly down in every area. Jails closing because there are not enough criminals to occupy them.

You will find the article interesting. Perhaps something the U.S. should consider. 

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I am a little L libertarian and completely agree with ending the “(pseudo) War on (some) Drugs”. It’s a MEDICAL problem; not a legal problem.

My exemplar is Prohibition that created organized crime. (We got Prohibition because women regained the right to vote, but that it another rant.) Once Prohibition was repealed, there is no violence between Budweiser and Miller employees. And, “organized crime” had to move on to other prohibited substances.

Remember why Prohibition was repealed? Jury nullification.

Prosecutors could get a jury to convict any one on booze arrests; that’s why they had to get Al Capone on Tax Evasion.

So regardless of what the Gooferment, the politicians, or the bureaucrats say, American Juries can put an end to this nonsense all by themselves. No victim; no crime. Sorry. A juror doesn’t have to explain or even talk; just vote “not guilty” and this house of cards will come tumbling down. Argh!

What does an out of work Columbian or inner city drug lord do for a living?

AND, furthermore, the FDA should be in an ADVISORY role.

Leave “drugs” to the medical profession and people to figure it out themselves.

IMHO,
fjohn

p.s., I’ve left NJ because I couldn’t afford to die here. With no kids, the Pepuls Republik of Nu Jerzee would tax my estate 30%. Ask the Guv why it’s OK to rob the dead?

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