The UK’s “Chicken License” Rebellion – the GOOD way to deal with BAD laws
By Kit Knightly As of today, the UK’s “Chicken License” is in full effect. October 1st marked the deadline for registering your chickens with the…
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Governments, Not Markets, Impel ESG
By Allen Mendenhall and Daniel Sutter From obscure academic topic to major campaign issue, ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) investing has erupted onto the political…
Is Anyone Else’s Life as Stupidly Complicated by Digital “Shadow Work” as Mine Is?
By Charles Hugh Smith We seem to have entered a world of anti-leisure and anti-productivity in which the unpaid “shadow work” demanded to keep all…
The Abstract episode 24: San Francisco Redevelopment Tyranny
By Peter A. Kirby The modern battle for the soul of San Francisco has always been, at its core, about redevelopment. The government of San…
How A License Is Like A Vaccine
By Rosanne Lindsay, Naturopath Nearly one in four workers require a government-issued license to do their job. License defined: permission granted by an authority (as…
The Gas Stove Scare Is A Fraud Created By Climate Change Authoritarians
By Brandon Smith In the past I have often tried to take a big-picture approach to the issues facing the American public and how there…
Mysterious Antennas Found In Utah’s Hills; Some Speculate “Decentralized” Blockchain Network
By Tyler Durden Salt Lake City officials are finding mysterious antennas across the foothills of the Salt Lake City metropolitan area. The first ones were…
EPA and Environmental Groups at Odds over Proposed New Standards for “Renewable Fuels” (Corn-based Ethanol, Manure-Based Biogas, etc.)
By B.N. Frank Controversy over what should qualify as environmentally friendly “Clean Energy” or “Green Energy” sources isn’t isolated to carbon-capture, natural gas, solar, and…
The Biden Administration Is Banning Low-Cost Appliances—and Bragging About It
By Patrick Carroll It’s easy to get preoccupied with the big flashy things the government does, but sometimes it’s the small mundane things that really…
Fires Generate Demands for E-Bike Education and Regulation
By B.N. Frank Although the charging of electric vehicles (EVs) potentially threating power grids (see 1, 2) and ecological damage from mining for EV batteries…
Banking Elites Are Using Crypto Bloodbath And FTX Fraud To Justify CBDCs
By Tyler Durden Central bankers and international corporate financiers have long been pretending to hate the very concept of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum, while…
Separate Tech and State
Op-Ed by Ron Paul Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) recently got in touch with his inner mobster and threatened Elon Musk — the new owner of…
Consumers Stand to Lose From Swipe Card Regulations
By Satya Marar Politicians and a coalition of powerful retail giants are pushing bills intended to limit the fees that businesses pay when a customer buys things…
Technocrat Eric Schmidt: Helping To Write AI Laws In Washington Without Disclosing Massive Investments In AI Startups
Schmidt is a member of the Trilateral Commission. While at Google, he pioneered secretive “surveillance capitalism” using AI that skirted and defied legal control while…