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Read more at We Won’t Fly. Here are some scary thoughts for those who OPT OUT. How to Opt Out: Say “I Opt Out” Should you decide to opt out, you must be aware that the TSA will perform a pat down instead of subjecting you to the WBI/AIT (AKA porno-scanner). The TSA may try…

David Rittgers at National Review takes a look at how a Supreme Court decision on the Drug War is being used to justify the individual mandate in the recently passed Health Care Bill. Here are Dave’s opening remarks: If the generation of “limited government” lawmakers freshly chosen to man the trenches in Washington wishes to…

I’ve been flying since I was a small child, and until now I have never been afraid to fly. Of course, it’s not the actual flying that I fear so much as an insane, out-of-control government which is now treating American citizens to humiliating and invasive searches as a condition of boarding a plane. This…

“The ability to think about what is not happening is a cognitive achievement that comes at an emotional cost.” I don’t know how to wrap my mind around that one. I hope it doesn’t mean that the ability to not think about what is not happening is a cognitive achievement that comes at no emotional…

Some folks are complaining about the Soros Plan to overthrow the US Government. The country has already been overthrown: “The Latin American drug cartels have stretched their tentacles much deeper into our lives than most people believe. It’s possible they are calling the shots at all levels of government.” – William Colby, former CIA Director,…

According to this report by a supposed Washington insider, speaker Pelosi (soon to be former speaker) is sharpening her sword and is working to take Obama down. Once again, CLOSELY watch for Pelosi news. Speaker preparing for departure from Congress, but going to burn bridges as she does so – namely all those leading to…

While I don’t have much to say today, Glenn Reynolds’ link to Iowahawk (currently under suspension for “prohibited activities”) led to an interesting discovery. Apparently, there is an official cigarette of the First Amendment: When protesting the Orwellian suspension of Iowahawk, enjoy the rich menthol flavor of Kools – the official cigarette of the First…

I take issue with the “fact” that the pyramids were built 10,500 years before Christ. Modern scholarship puts the pyramid age at 4,600 years old. About 2,600 BC. And I’m not convinced of all the parallels in the video. But there are far too many for there to not have been borrowings. In fact borrowings…

Something Glenn said earlier really caught my attention: IS THIS HOPE, OR CHANGE: In Las Vegas, 80% of homes are underwater. Actually, it is neither hope nor change. The only possible explanation is global warming — just as Al Gore warned us! Remember this? I well remember the warnings, but I didn’t realize it would…

The British Invasion (which followed the Beatles) pretty much wiped out Doowop music, and Americans were forced to reach back into their roots. Paul Revere & The Raiders were “presented as the American response to the British Invasion.” Here’s “Just Like Me” (1965) from the “Hullabaloo” show.

Speaking of marriage, something has to be done about the plight of gay vultures. Seriously, German bigots are breaking up gay vulture couples, on the grounds that they don’t make good parents! But over in gay-friendly Israel, they let gay vulture couples raise children! What’s the world coming to? I thought the Israelis were supposed…

In today’s fierce moral urgency of change news, it turns out the market for government health insurance for the uninsured is about 50 times smaller than Obamacare proponents told us it would be. Of course, we opponents of Obamacare were arguing last year this problem was overblown, and it appears in retrospect even our most…

If there is such a thing as a right to privacy that allows a woman to terminate her pregnancy, I’m having a lot of trouble understanding how can that be squared with the idea that the state has a right to test her fluids without her consent to ensure that she does not consume substances…

Great piece from TNR on Gary Johnson, perhaps the highest elected libertarian in recent times, and candidate for President in 2012: “That’s the first sign you know you’re a libertarian,” he says. “You see the red light. You stop. You realize that there’s not a car in sight. And you put your foot on the…

I’ve been out most of the day, but I didn’t forget that today is Veterans Day. It is an important day to remember. Glenn Reynolds links Armed Liberal, who says that we all owe veterans a debt: Today is a day when I hope that we can recover a bit of that sense of debt.…

A Detroit Free press columnist is saying that there ought to be a law against broadcasting interviews with underage teens about sex: Under Michigan law, it is illegal to have sex with a 14-year-old girl, even if she consents. But there’s no law against broadcasting on television the same 14-year-old’s account of her sexual activity.…

Regular readers know what I think and how I feel about the war on drugs. I think the Fourth Amendment has been systematically violated, and the violations go a lot further than mere illegal searches of drug suspects. They seek legal power to test saliva of all stopped motorists, and they already have power to…

There is a discussion of gun control and the Nazis going on at the Volokh conspiracy. I found a comment there I took exception to: I’m for 2nd amendment rights but the silly Nazi idiocy in this post is offensive. It reeks of the miltary hatered found in the IBD blog about a possible miltary…

Libertarians typically want to be left alone. That’s fine as far as it goes. But what happens when the world will not leave you alone? If there’s a civil war going on, “leave me alone” is not much of a battle cry. I am vehemently opposed to all calls for revolution or civil war, and…