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When government incompetence and overreach turns deadly

When government incompetence and overreach turns deadly

Are you ready for this week’s absurdity? Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty and risks to your prosperity. Today, we are starting with some stories that are not amusing, but simply tragic. Unborn baby dies due to absurd Covid lockdown

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Three of my favorite low-tax places to retire

Three of my favorite low-tax places to retire

strong>“Looking for the best low-tax retirement destinations in 2021? Discover 3 awesome low-tax retirement countries below. If you’re thinking about retiring to Florida for the warm weather, lack of state income tax, and plentiful medical care facilities, you might want to reconsider. A 68-year old Florida retiree recently filed a lawsuit against Orlando-based

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Surprise! Politicians aren’t following their own COVID rules…

Surprise! Politicians aren’t following their own COVID rules…

Are you ready for this week’s absurdity? Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, risks to your prosperity… and on occasion, inspiring poetic justice. Philadelphia Mayor caught dining indoors despite his own ban In March, the Mayor of Philadelphia banned indoor

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The new puritans are on the prowl

The new puritans are on the prowl

In the spring of 1692, Giles Corey was 80 years old when his wife was accused of witchcraft. The entire town was in such a frenzy that even Giles started to believe that his wife might be a witch. Soon after, another person in the town was accused of witchcraft. Then another. And

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“Zip-a-dee-doo-dah” not inclusive enough for Disney

“Zip-a-dee-doo-dah” not inclusive enough for Disney

Are you ready for this week’s absurdity? Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, risks to your prosperity… and on occasion, inspiring poetic justice. Mark Zuckerberg predicts civil unrest in November File this one away under “No sh*t, Sherlock…” In a

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I went to Mount Rushmore… before the Bolsheviks cancel it

I went to Mount Rushmore… before the Bolsheviks cancel it

After having visited 120+ countries on all seven continents, and dozens of states across the US, it’s a pretty rare event these days that I travel somewhere I’ve never been before. I’m pretty weak in the South Pacific—I’ve never been to Tahiti or Bora Bora… nor central Africa, like the Democratic Republic of

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Lessons in Social Justice from the 16th century

Lessons in Social Justice from the 16th century

It was a damp evening in the early 1560s when Walter Kapell was marched through a silent crowd in the town square. He had just been convicted of heresy by the Inquisition, and he would only have a few more minutes to live. Kapell was a wealthy man and beloved by the townspeople

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Germany will pay you to do nothing, but force you to walk your dog

Germany will pay you to do nothing, but force you to walk your dog

The old joke about the 1990s TV show Seinfeld was that it was a show about nothing. Now it looks like Germany wants to be an economy about nothing. German University paying scholarships to do nothing A German university is looking for people it can pay to do nothing. Literally. They want to

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It’s time to rethink the Hong Kong dollar

It’s time to rethink the Hong Kong dollar

In 221 BC, the 38-year emperor Qin Shi Huang declared total victory against all of his rivals in northern China. Qin’s ancestors had literally spent centuries invading neighboring states and engaging in complex diplomacy in order to unify China into a single empire. And Qin Shi Huang was the first Emperor to rule

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Get ready for your mandatory ‘Morality and Compliance Pill’

Get ready for your mandatory ‘Morality and Compliance Pill’

Are you ready for this week’s absurdity? Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, risks to your prosperity… and on occasion, inspiring poetic justice. Teachers call Child Services when kids miss online class Teachers are serving as the state’s newest surveillance

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Once upon a time in Hollywood. . .

Once upon a time in Hollywood. . .

When Charlie Chaplin first arrived to Los Angeles in December 1913, the city was still a fairly small oil town… just a fraction of the size of San Francisco. LA was so underdeveloped that, as Chaplin wrote in his autobiography, wild coyotes frequently roamed around Hollywood and Beverly Hills. But within a few

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How a second passport saved someone from the Coronavirus

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CNN almost makes it sound like a James Bond movie. It’s like there’s a tuxedo-clad billionaire straightening his bowtie while boarding his private jet and flying off to his private island… where scantily clad women await him with champagne and caviar. This is the image that CNN conjures when they talk about “the

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Notes from our Sovereign Woman

Notes from our Sovereign Woman

Today’s Notes from the Field are a little bit different. As you’ll notice instead of Bahia, this letter is coming to you from Dubai, UAE. And, is pinned by a Sovereign Woman. Hi, I’m Viktorija, for those who don’t know me yet, I’ve been with Sovereign Man for the majority of its existence,

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