Podcast
241 – State Extortion
I see it all the time in the media. Examples of states intimidating and extorting their own citizens in an effort to consolidate their power. So today, I want to look at some of the recent examples of this and give you some tools to protect yourself and your neighbors.
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240 – A View of the Future of America
Recent events provide a view of what we can expect in America’s near future. Sadly it seems that future is quite dystopian. It appears one of the most relevant questions for today is, are we living in Orwell’s 1984 or Huxley’s Brave New World?
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239 – New York Internment Camps?
Having lived most of my life in the Empire State and still having friends and family there, I found Assembly Bill 416 (A.416) to be more than just disturbing, I found it both frightening and disgusting. Why? Because it reminded me of some of the most despotic and egregious violations of human rights in history. It seems Santayana was correct, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
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238 – Does the President have the right to the cabinet he wants?
Now that we’ve inaugurated a new administration, the calls will soon be heard along the lines of “The President DESERVES to have the cabinet he wants.” The question we should all be asking is, is that true?
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237 – Is Freedom Of Speech Dead in America?
Sure, the First Amendment to the Constituiton of the United States says Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech. The the Constitutions of our states may protect freedom of speech as well. But has the concept of free speech become lost in the very psyche of the American people? Recent events show that, while Freedom of Speech may not be dead, it certainly is mortally wounded.
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236 – Election Reform
President Trump and other have called for “Landmark Election Reform” and an “Overhaul of Election Security”. There’s just one problem, the federal government has no authority to meddle in the elections of the states.
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235 – Gohmert’s Gambit
There has been a lot of news about Rep. Gohmert’s lawsuit against Vice-President Pence regarding the counting of the votes of the Presidential Electors. Much of the reporting is wrong, but then, so is much of what I found in the actual suit. Rather than reviewing all of the misinformation coming out of the news media, I went right to the lawsuit, and found plenty of misinformation for this article.
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234 – Pondering 2021
On New Years Eve, I talked about resolutions. The new year is also a time to talk about predictions. When it comes to predictions, a friend of mine says “Halve the good news and double the bad.” This seems a pretty good way to avoid getting your hopes up. But today, rather than making predictions, I want to ponder what I think 2021 might be like.
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