Shrink the State. End the Fed. Balance the budget. Make a profit. Leave an inheritance.
Gary North
Written by Gary North on November 25, 2014
Looters in Ferguson, Missouri defied President Obama and the parents of Michael Brown. The President and the parents had called for peaceful protests. This appeal to non-violence did not work. In the summer of 1965, I lived in Southern California. The region saw the images from the KTLA TV traffic helicopter, day after day, night […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on November 18, 2014
Charles Manson, 80, will marry a 26-year-old who has been visiting him. He will not be given a parole. The mastermind of the Tate-LaBianca murders and several previous ones got life imprisonment at taxpayers’ expense. He has been locked up since 1969. He had first gone to prison in 1951. He was on parole — […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on November 15, 2014
Here is the #1 law of economics: “When the price falls, more is demanded.” The technology of police surveillance keeps getting cheaper. Los Angeles police are increasingly relying on technology that not only tells patrol officers where crime is most likely to occur but also identifies and keeps track of ex-cons and other bad guys […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on November 11, 2014
It never has. “But what about the 13th Amendment? It clearly abolishes slavery.” It clearly does not. Now you may be wondering: “Has North lost his revisionist mind?” No; I have merely read the text. But, unlike most people, I read what it says, not what high school history and civics teachers say it says. […]
Continue reading →Posted on September 25, 2014
A woman punched repeatedly by a California Highway Patrol officer on the side of a freeway in an incident caught on video will receive $1.5 million under a settlement, and the officer has agreed to resign. CHP Commissioner Joe Farrow confirmed the settlement in an emailed statement and an attorney for Marlene Pinnock confirmed the dollar […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on September 20, 2014
Written by Gary North on September 9, 2014
National Public Radio did something very useful recently. It investigated who got what in the U.S. government’s program to give military equipment to local police departments. This initial list raised more questions than it answered. The main question is this: “Why? 79,288 assault rifles 205 grenade launchers 11,959 bayonets 3,972 combat knives $124 million worth […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on September 2, 2014
The story of a hacker who was able to get into iCloud and steal photos of naked celebrity females who have more beauty than good sense is all over the Web. Another guy faked photos, and then sold them for Bitcoins. People with more Bitcoins than good sense or ethics bought them. The crime really […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on August 18, 2014
Don’t try this unless you are a professional magician. Now you see it. Now you don’t.
Continue reading →Written by John Odermatt on June 6, 2014
A Democrat state Senator from California who was previously indicted for corruption and gun-running conspiracy charges, but remained on the ballot for the office of secretary of state, was able to win 10% of the vote. The charges against state Sen. Leland Yee, which were covered in a March installment of Felony Friday, did not […]
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