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The United States: The Land of the Used-to-Be Free

When I in December FINALLY abandoned the US Ship of State and moved to Belize – a LOT of conservatives told me the move was a sort of patriotic heresy. “How dare you leave the greatest country on the planet!!!” – was a recurring theme. I hate to break it
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Is Biden’s New FCC Nominee as Radical as Biden’s Old Nominee?

The Left is very excited about President-in-Name-Only (PINO) Joe Biden’s nomination of Anna Gomez to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). A fully bureaucrat-ed FCC has five voting Commissioners – one of whom also serves as Chairman.  Three of the President’s Party – two of the other. For the entirety of
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Government Price Fixing Is Just as Stupid in Europe

Last week I noted in a broader sense yet another new bout of European Union (EU) idiocy. The West’s War on Economic Activity: EU Edition: “The EU’s latest assault on economic activity – is its new proposed assault on the Standard Essential Patent (SEP).  What are SEPs?: “‘An essential patent
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FTC: Over-Crying ‘Wolf!’ – While Unleashing the Government Wolves

The Joe Biden Administration’s Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is engaged in quintessential government hyper-over-activity. The FTC appears to be challenging any and all economic activity that occurs in the United States. Now, I am not in all ways opposed to FTC action.  There are economic sectors that are dominated by
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The West’s War on Economic Activity: EU Edition

I have spent these past decades cataloging the United States’ many decades of ever-increasing idiocy. Including its undermining the protection of Intellectual Property (IP) – most especially its War on Patents. IP is essential to any economy – most especially a digital one. Because before you can buy something, before
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‘Too Big to Fail’ – to ‘We Only Need 3 or 4 Banks’ – in

Well that was a rapid (r)evolution. Early weekday mornings, I usually subject myself to CNBC.  I routinely torture myself with at least small doses of Big Media – because, it seems, I am part masochist. Please forgive the dearth of details in the following – I was in the shower
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The Fed? DC’s ‘Independent Agency’ Scam

In an attempt to accommodate Americans’ ever-dwindling attention spans, Major League Baseball (MLB) is now implementing a bunch of anti-baseball rules.  So as to try to speed up things – for a populous perpetually trying to hit the Skip button after five consecutive seconds of anything. Which reminds of another
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FTC Took Biden’s Stupid Shotgun Advice

President Joe Biden has for years now been addled with rapidly advancing dementia. Even when he wasn’t so addled – he wasn’t the sharpest tool in the shed. Pre-addled Biden once offered self-defense advice so exceedingly stupid – it vibrated with its titanic idiocy: “If you want to protect yourself
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Stupidity: Gov Nigh Simultaneously Issuing and Revoking Licenses

Remember how excited you were as a teenager to get your driver’s license?  The freedom it promised.  The milestone it represented.  You were becoming an adult. You paid for and took the stupid driver’s education course.  You studied for their stupid written exam.  You practiced for their driving exam. You
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DC Seizes First Republic Bank – Flips It to Crony JP Morgan

DC’s 2010 Dodd-Frank (D-F) was supposed to end “Too Big to Fail” banks. The result?  “Too Big to Fail” banks got 30+% bigger.  As they swallowed up the 1000s of small banks D-F murdered – and the marketshare the small banks’ murders vacated. In 2020, DC printed trillions of dollars
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