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Paper or Plastic?
The Governor of Tennessee is fixin’ to stop the ban-plastic-shopping-bags nonsense in his state. I’ve see this no-plastic crapola in several visits to Colorado, and it’s just a greenie smokescreen that allows grocery chains to charge an extra dime (per bag!) to squeeze the poor and sandbag out-of-towners. No penguins, polar bears, or fuzzy bunnies Read more
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Raised by wolves
Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett is back, reinstated, in C. J. Box’s latest thriller This one’s a breakneck thriller; a week of non-stop action that catches up Joe and nearly everyone around him. C. J. Box is one of the few best-selling authors who is skeptical about overreach by the Federal authorities. In a conversation Read more
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San Antonio City Council steps on a rake…
…and is surprised when it hits them in the face. And the ass. Our lefty, virtue-signaling city council has decided to pick a fight on Chik-fil-A, one of America’s most successful fast-food companies. This doesn’t look like too smart a move, even for nanny-staters. Clearly this is viewpoint discrimination by a government entity, and puts Read more
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The Cyberfascism Bulletin #1: Spring Break Edition
This is the first in a continuing series of “callouts” detailing the onslaught of the ubiquitous surveillance and behavioral influence state. Remember, whether the state seizes industry, or industry seizes the state, the result is still fascism. BIG BIZ Volvo wants to spy on you while you drive. Two thoughts immediately came to mind: (1) Read more
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Hey, Hey, Hey! My school made the top 20!
UTSA does it again! My school was recently reported as being #19 of 20 in sugar babies. And the term sugar baby indicates a young adult willing to become a compensated protege of an older patron in exchange for unspecified (but easily imagined) personal services. Somehow I suspect this new ranking for UTSA will not Read more
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A Happy Saturday
In a world of doom and gloom, a couple of bright spots appear: Indefatigable theatre critic Terry Teachout gives us this delightful bit of wisdom “You were made for enjoyment, and the world was filled with things which you will enjoy, unless you are too proud to be pleased by them, or too grasping to Read more
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Cyberfacsism, Canadian-Style
Big Mountie is watching you, eh? Documents obtained by Motherboard from Ontario’s Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services (MCSCS) through an access to information request show that at least two provinces—Ontario and Saskatchewan—maintain a “Risk-driven Tracking Database” that is used to amass highly sensitive information about people’s lives. … Information about people believed to Read more
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Big Brother is watching…
…with this collection of creepy gizmos. Know your opposition. Read it for the cameras, then follow the link to Tattoo Recognition Programs. Tip from the Geek Press. He links, you decide. Read more
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A Civil Rights Syllogism
A syllogism Self-defense is a human right. Black people are human beings. Therefore Black people have the right of self-defense. Why would this surprise anyone? Tip from the Instapundit. Even a better tip from commenter Franco. Read more
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Sorry, you’ve reached your social credit limit
China has blocked millions of “discredited” travellers from buying plane or train tickets as part of the country’s controversial “social credit” system aimed at improving the behaviour of citizens. This is where ubiquitous surveillance by the state (directly or via contractors) eventually leads. This is why you shouldn’t trust the folks who want to dispossess Read more
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