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The End of Western Democracy

The End of Western Democracy

Western democracy, on life support for quite some time, finally died this week when supporters of US President Donald Trump “stormed” the Capitol in Washington, DC. We know it is dead, not because of the actions of President Trump or his supporters, but because reaction against them has finally borne

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Daily News Roundup – 11 January 2021

Daily News Roundup – 11 January 2021

US politics and NZ Chris Keall (Herald): NZ Privacy Commissioner critical of Facebook and Twitter’s decision to ban Trump Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): NZ privacy commissioner says social media bans on Trump ‘arbitrary and cynical’ RNZ: PM should not ‘tiptoe’ around Trump’s culpability – professor Fran O’Sullivan (Herald)

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Yet Another Reason Not to Trust Police with an Arms Register

Yet Another Reason Not to Trust Police with an Arms Register

Ever since March 15 2019, the Police have been on a jihad against licensed firearms owners. They have also pushed for an arms register  in the mistaken belief that criminals will start registering their firearms. They already maintain an arms register for prohibited firearms, pistols and collectors, yet it seems

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The Trump Dam Finally Bursts

The Trump Dam Finally Bursts

Tim Donner libertynation.com It was not long after Election Day that we asked the question here on LN: Why are Trump supporters not rioting? Believing with all your heart and mind that the most powerful position in the world was stolen from a man who was heroic in your

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UK Nixes Diversity Training for Vaccinators

UK Nixes Diversity Training for Vaccinators

The Victorian government, as reported by The BFD, seems to have learned nothing from its disastrous hotel quarantine regime. One of the most glaring failures exposed by the otherwise ineffectual Coate inquiry was that the diversity-hire quarantine security guards were given absolutely no training in infection control or PPE.

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Tyranny during Its Reign Is Unrecognized by Its Victims

Donald J. Boudreaux www.aier.org Donald J. Boudreaux is a senior fellow with American Institute for Economic Research and with the F.A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University; a Mercatus Center Board Member; and a professor

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Yes, It Was a Fraudulent Election

Yes, It Was a Fraudulent Election

Malcolm Beifong americanthinker.com I honestly hoped it was not true that there was massive fraud in the November 3 presidential election, even though that would mean the candidate I voted for lost. But due to statistical anomalies in vote counts which strongly point to artificial manipulation, convincingly presented by

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What Is Section 230 and Why Do Trump and His Allies Want to Repeal It?

What Is Section 230 and Why Do Trump and His Allies Want to Repeal It?

Hannah Cox fee.org Hannah Cox is a libertarian-conservative writer, commentator, and activist. She’s a Newsmax Insider and a Contributor to The Washington Examiner. Section 230 simply says that only internet users are responsible for what they write, not the private companies whose websites host the commenters. In

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A Year of Dishonesty, Duplicity, Hypocrisy & Madness
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A Year of Dishonesty, Duplicity, Hypocrisy & Madness

Requiescat In Pace: 2020. Although many will be glad to see you gone, you should be remembered as the Remarkable Year of Dishonesty, Duplicity, Hypocrisy and The Madness of Crowds (Illustrated): Beginning the year badly, and deservedly, behind in the polls due to a peculiar, but entirely predictable, penchant for

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Never Let Evidence Spoil a Beautiful Education Theory

Never Let Evidence Spoil a Beautiful Education Theory

The social engineers on the left have barely been able to contain their excitement at the limitless opportunities offered them by the Wuhan plague. Absolute state control over which businesses are and are not allowed to run. Dictatorial control over whether citizens are even allowed out of their homes. Daily

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Big Tech Launches Massive Coordinated Cyber Attack on 74,000,000 Trump Voters — GOP Silent

Big Tech Launches Massive Coordinated Cyber Attack on 74,000,000 Trump Voters — GOP Silent

Cassandra Fairbanks thegatewaypundit.com On Friday, Twitter permanently banned hundreds, if not thousands, of Trump supporters and prominent allies — before banning the president himself. Nearly every account that helped to promote the Stop the Steal rallies or challenge the election results were banned, including Ali Alexander, Michael Coudrey, Gen. Mike

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NYT Shouts at the Mirror

NYT Shouts at the Mirror

After four years of handwaving away violent riots which have caused massive destruction and dozens of deaths in American cities, the legacy media are suddenly clutching their pearls over a protest which explicitly and solely targeted the government. Their hypocrisy is compounded by their lame and predictable attempts to blame

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Jeffrey Tucker’s Thoroughly Excellent ‘Liberty or Lockdown’

John Tamny aier.org John Tamny, research fellow of AIER, is editor of RealClearMarkets. His book on current ideological trends is: They Are Both Wrong (AIER, 2019) What better way to begin a review of what is an excellent book than to say that the book’s author always knew.

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