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In New Zealand, Terrorism Is Winning: https://spectator.org/in-new-zealand-terrorism-is-winning/ “Acted on their own”? While there are certainly arguments to be made against sharing video of the attack, the shutting down of entire forums by industry for the sake of a single video is eerily reminiscent of the practices of the Chinese and Iranian governments. Or, for that matter, American tech companies such as Google, Facebook, and Twitter. In the digital age, free speech lies more in the realm of the private sector than it does the public, and citizens are sadly at the whim of companies’ political leanings. And the Christchurch massacre provided the perfect camouflage for the region’s tech companies to flex their muscles and police speech, in this case absent a request from the government. 1984, anyone? But perhaps not even Orwell could imagine a leading New Zealand bookseller removing famed psychologist and pundit Jordan Peterson’s book, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos from its shelves. Never mind the fact that the book includes a chapter critically addressing the motivations of mass shooters and prescriptions for preventing such events from happening in the future. As Ardern warned, however, the powers-that-be in New Zealand are just getting started. They have even gone so far as to ban the shooter’s manifesto, a work that, while vile, should remain in the marketplace of ideas solely for its potential for ridicule. It seems that Sir Isaac Newton’s Third Law, namely that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction, is playing out in real time as New Zealand’s powers-that-be are finally achieving a level of control that would make the gunman green with envy. The people would be wise to not let their emotions cloud the ramifications of government, and corporate, overreach. For just as taxes are never repealed, rights are rarely restored. As of yet there have been no large-scale protests or significant calls for resistance; of course, one can hardly blame the people of New Zealand for focusing more on the victims than policy in the immediate aftermath of the attack. But when the dead are buried and the smoke clears, it may well be too late.

Guess what: Energy production is getting better and cleaner, and not as a result of the fiat of some central-planning committee.: https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/03/natural-gas-energy-production-cleaner/

Sound like more and more this country needs a third-party candidate elected as POTUS, and not a member of the uni-party.

lol, isn't this the truth. A few year ago we hosted the rehearsal dinner for our child and fiance's wedding at our home. The fiance had a couple relatives drive in from Maine to attend the wedding so they were invited to the dinner as well. About mid-afternoon a bad stormed rolled in; torrential rain, lighting, thunder, then finally the county tornado sirens went off. While we Hoosiers are standing out on the front porch watching the spectacle the relatives from Maine were nervously asking "Shouldn't we be going down to the basement or something?" They and a few others eventually did head down to the basement for a few minutes, but most stayed upstairs.

Scarecrow on a wooden cross blackbird in the barn Four hundred empty acres that used to be my farm I grew up like my daddy did my grandpa cleared this land When I was five I walked the fence while grandpa held my hand Rain on the scarecrow blood on the plow This land fed a nation this land made me proud And son I'm just sorry theres no legacy for you now Rain on the scarecrow blood on the plow Rain on the scarecrow blood on the plow The crops we grew last summer weren't enough to pay the loans Couldn't buy the seed to plant this spring and the farmers bank foreclosed Called my old friend schepman up to auction off the land He said john its just my job and I hope you understand Hey calling it your job ol hoss sure dont make it right But if you want me to Ill say a prayer for your soul tonight And grandmas on the front porch swing with a Bible in her hand Sometimes I hear her singing take me to the promised land When you take away a mans dignity he cant work his fields and cows There'll be blood on the scarecrow blood on the plow Blood on the scarecrow blood on the plow Well there's ninety-seven crosses planted in the courthouse yard Ninety-seven families who lost ninety-seven farms I think about my grandpa and my neighbors and my name and some nights I feel like dying like that scarecrow in the rain Rain on the scarecrow blood on the plow This land fed a nation this land made me so proud And son I'm just sorry they're just memories for you now Rain on the scarecrow blood on the plow Rain on the scarecrow blood on the plow

https://mises.org/wire/will-trade-war-end-rural-bloodbath Who Wins? Does anyone ever win a trade war? In April 1975, Col. Harry Summers was part of a post-war delegation in Hanoi, where he met his counterpart, Col. Tu. The two men sat down and discussed the Vietnam War. Summers told Tu that the United States never lost a battle during the conflict, to which Tu responded: that’s irrelevant. When President Donald Trump, also known as the Tariff Man, proclaimed on Twitterverse that the United States would win the trade war, someone should have told him that it’s irrelevant. The agricultural industry has been decimated, farms are witnessing the decay of their inventories, and families are going bust. This isn’t a victory, it’s unnecessary suffering, based on a misunderstanding of basic economic principles; it could have been avoided. The American people are paying a higher price (literally) to the tune of $3 billion a month, but farmers are forking over a bigger cost: professional and personal ruin. Thanks Mr. Trump.

The long slow decline of the IHSAA basketball tournament since the change to multi-class continues. Guaranteed a state finals game pitting Carmel or Ben Davis vs. tiny Silver Creek would put more butts in the stands.

But I don't think many principled Republicans/conservatives would go for Mr. Buttigieg's support of the Green New Deal and Medicare For All.

Admissions Scandal Reveals Folly of Affirmative Action: https://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/admissions-scandal-reveals-folly-affirmative-action

Mueller's Conclusion: No Coordination Between Trump Campaign and Russia: http://reason.com/blog/2019/03/24/muellers-conclusion-no-coordination-betw

Should such perceived racism be illegal, Wabash? Should private companies be forced by law to interview a certain percentage of racial minorities, even though companies in question maintain that the non-racial information on the resume did not meet their internal standards for an interview?

Because it is one entity where freedom of association should not apply.

https://spectator.org/loan-reform-requires-colleges-with-skin-in-the-game/ Sound like an interesting plan. Something has to change with the government student loan program. The logical, principled course would be to get rid of it entirely, but we all know that won't happen anytime soon.

I don't understand.

http://reason.com/blog/2019/03/22/teen-cheerleader-fuck-school-speech Such an easy concept, but it's not hard to see how government school bureaucrats and administrators have such a problem with it.

No, I don't believe it is the governments job to "balance racial mixes." Now if you are talking about a child being agressed against while on their way to or from the government school, then yes, government has a valid role in that. Should that occur the individual(s) responsible should be arrested and charged accordingly. Can you please link to stories where such impediment, harassment, etc. is occurring here in Indiana today?

It is not the job of government to provide equal access. https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/02/the-resegregation-myth/ Frey has also drawn attention to a growing pattern of intermarriage. Today about a seventh of newlywed couples are interracial. It’s a long way to a society that mixes freely, but we are unambiguously headed in that direction, and our progress has staved off the school resegregation about which so many on the left fret. ... To abandon the project of government-engineered racial balancing, then, is not to abandon the quest to ensure that all children have access to good schools. Indeed, it is not even to abandon the goal of integration. Americans of different races are, of their own volition, living side by side more and more as time goes on. And we can coax this trend along by helping people achieve their preferences, rather than by overriding those preferences.

No, but I want to read the answer in your eloquent words. What about these other issues? You know my stance, government has no business regulating or providing resources in those areas.

? Please explain the exact government compulsion(s) taking effect in this photo.

Ocasio-Cortez Calls For Radical Gun Ban, Champions Confiscation: https://www.dailywire.com/news/44971/ocasio-cortez-calls-radical-gun-ban-champions-ryan-saavedra People with violent criminal records are already prohibited from owning and possessing firearms and bump stocks have already been banned. ...

Thanks for the info IO.

Then why doesn't the label just say "organic" and not "pesticide-free", "non-GMO", "pure", etc.? Oh wait, it's government controlled. Just answered my own question........

Oh man, you mean I'm being ripped of by paying about an extra 30 cents a pound for really no difference? Where is government to stop this injustice?

I don't know how good the gun registration database/system is in NZ, but I suspect a lot of guns are going to be just hidden away somewhere, Unless the NZ government comes looking for them.

As for your bleeding heart, throwaway statistic of 40 million "hungry" Americans: https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2015/09/08/usda-hunger-charade-food-insecurity-column/71880492/ At Wal-Mart last night they were out of organic bananas, so I had to purchase the non-organic bananas. According to the U.S. government that is "food insecurity." Guess I'm now a statistic. Where is my free stuff?