Paying the Price for the Free Stimulus Money by Jacob G. Hornberger August 10, 2020 Do you recall that $3 trillion in stimulus money that the federal government sent out to people? Do you recall it was free because, as everyone knows, the federal government is rich? Do you recall how the mainstream press was talking about how generous the federal government is to its citizens? Do you recall also how almost no ...
The Torture and Execution of Kiki Camarena by Jacob G. Hornberger August 7, 2020 Take out your list of movies to watch and place The Last Narc at the top of your list. It’s now showing on Amazon Prime. Consisting of four one-hour segments, it will be the most fascinating drug-war documentary you will ever watch. And revealing as well! In fact, better yet, first watch Seasons 1 and 2 of Narcos: ...
Truman’s War Crimes at Hiroshima and Nagasaki by Jacob G. Hornberger August 5, 2020 This month marks the 75h anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. While proponents of the bombings have long justified them on the basis that they shortened World War II, the fact is that they were war crimes. The only reason why President Truman and the pilots who dropped the bombs were not prosecuted as ...
Separate Healthcare and the State by Jacob G. Hornberger August 4, 2020 Among the greatest achievements of our American ancestors was the separation of church and state. Among the greatest things that Americans today could accomplish is the same thing with respect to healthcare. Imagine if the Americans who founded our country had instead implemented a system based on government control, ...
Empire is the Root of U.S.-China Hostilities by Jacob G. Hornberger August 3, 2020 The biggest factor that has led the U.S. government to initiate a hostile relationship against China involves the concept of empire. An empire wants to be the only empire or at least the dominant empire. That is, it wants to control everyone and everybody within its realm, which ideally encompasses the entire world.
The Sad Anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid by Jacob G. Hornberger July 31, 2020 Yesterday, July 30, marked the 55th anniversary of the enactment of Medicare and Medicaid, two socialist programs that ended up destroying what had been the finest healthcare system in history, one based on principles of the free market and voluntary charity. Prior to the enactment of these two ...
State Coercion in “Education” by Jacob G. Hornberger July 30, 2020 A 15-year-old Michigan girl is getting a taste of the apparatus of coercion that forms the foundation of public schooling. The teenager, who happens to be black, is being held in a juvenile detention facility for breaking the terms of her parole for domestic violence against her mother. What parole term did she break? According to ...
Drug War Disappearances and Murders by Jacob G. Hornberger July 29, 2020 How anyone can defend drug laws is beyond me. Consider the following: During the past 15 years or so of drug warfare in Mexico, there have been around 200,000 deaths resulting from drug war violence. 200,000 people, dead. Not because of drugs, but because of the drug war. That’s not all. There are also ...
Donald Augusto Trump by Jacob G. Hornberger July 28, 2020 I find it fascinating to watch the rightwing, conservative mindset unfold in response to what is occurring in Portland because it reminds me so much of the same rightwing, conservative mindset with respect to Chile in the 1970s. In 1970, the Chilean people elected an extreme radical to be their president. His name was Salvador Allende. ...
Inflation Could Make Portland Look Like Child’s Play by Jacob G. Hornberger July 27, 2020 In the run-up to the November elections, both President Trump and Joe Biden, along with their respective party cohorts, are gearing up to give another few trillion dollars in free money to American voters. This vote-buying scheme is being sold as another attempt to “stimulate” the economy. Actually, it will do the exact opposite. Their vote-buying scheme ...
“Small Government” is an Empty Republican Mantra by Jacob G. Hornberger July 24, 2020 Favoring “small government” has long been a Republican and conservative mantra. It is also an empty one. It’s a shame that some libertarians have adopted it to describe libertarianism. After all, what does “small government” mean? A smaller IRS? A more streamlined DEA? A fascist Social Security system? A reformed Medicare system? A 10 percent cut ...
The Immigration Police State Comes to Portland by Jacob G. Hornberger July 23, 2020 For years I’ve been pointing out that an immigration police state comes with a system of immigration controls, just as thunder comes with lightning. Immigration police-state measures include: (1) warrantless trespasses and warrantless searches of farms and ranches within 100 miles of the border; (2) domestic immigration checkpoints that subject travelers who ...
