…but readers need to see why our intervention in the Middle East is despicable, and so is the behavior of who the people the Obama administration is supporting.
Source: US-Backed Syrian ‘Moderates’ Behead 12-Year-Old – Consortiumnews
Archive for July, 2016
It’s Tim Kaine
22
Jul
More evidence of another bubble
22
Jul
“Rising asset prices stoke worries about bubbles forming.”
Source: Ex-Fed Official, Worried About Bubbles, Warns of U.S. Downturn – Bloomberg
Excellent roundup of what happened in Cleveland
22
Jul
The Trumps are left leaning middle-of-the roaders. One of Trump’s ideas that is resonating with some libertarians is his skepticism of foreign intervention.
Source: Target Liberty: Crazed Neocons Aren’t Always Wrong….
What Donald Trump should have said last night
22
Jul
Donald Trump’s acceptance speech at the Republican convention last night could have been a lot shorter and focused on espousing the virtues of limited government and free enterprise.
First, Donald should have used several props, such as the first 1040 form, which was only four pages long. He should have said that a tax return of 1914 was simple and allowed the federal government to raise the funds it needed to pay for its expenses 100 years ago, when only 2% of the American people had to pay any income tax. In addition, today large and medium-sized businesses need an army of accountants and attorneys to comply with the tax code. That’s money that cannot be used to buy better equipment, modernize their factories, and thus make American workers more productive, which would earn them higher salaries.
WikiLeaks Dispenses 23,000 Hillary Emails Marked “C” for Confidential (Classified) – Special Life Entertainment
21
Jul
Hillary is toast, despite the best efforts of the FBI and Justice Department to shield her.
“WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange told us a month ago that the next batch of leaked Hillary Clinton emails could lead to an indictment. Now, over 23,000 cables were just put out for the world to see.”
The perfect VP candidate
21
Jul
Help the Poor by Abolishing the Income Tax – The Future of Freedom Foundation
21
Jul
The income tax must be abolished to create sustainable prosperity.
“The standard leftist position on helping the poor is: Increase income taxes on the rich and give the money to the poor in the form of welfare. The idea is that it’s just not fair that someone has more money when someone has less money. By equalizing people’s financial conditions, through the force of a progressive income tax and a welfare state, the financial plight of the poor will be improved. The left, however, is wrong. As our American ancestors, Continue Reading…”
Source: Help the Poor by Abolishing the Income Tax – The Future of Freedom Foundation
Tom Woods and I discuss the GOP convention
21
Jul
A great website…including hundreds of podcast with top analysts dissecting the welfare-warfare state.
“What’s going on at the Republican Convention, and in the 2016 race? What should we think of Trump and the Giuliani/Christie convention? And what’s likely to…”
Source: Ep. 698 A Libertarian Look at the Republican Convention 2016 | Tom Woods
Mulshine puts the plagiarism “scandal” in perspective
21
Jul
“I happened to be on the floor about 30 feet from Melania Trump as she delivered that speech that caused so much furor; as I turned to go I got a good look at where the words were coming from…”
Source: RNC 2016: The Melania Trump plagiarism ‘scandal’ leaves me speechless | Mulshine
C.E.O.s Meet in Secret Over the Sorry State of Public Companies
21
Jul
Regulations and easy money are having adverse consequences on corporate governance. Wall Street has turned into a big casino.
“In a series of meetings, titans of business and finance grappled with what they see as a problem of too much money going and staying private.”
Source: C.E.O.s Meet in Secret Over the Sorry State of Public Companies