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Would you please consider “Going Paid” on Substack AND/OR sponsoring the book here: Voluntaryism-Book.org/become-a-sponsor/ We have some great perks to say: THANK YOU!!But without Organized Crime “Government” What Would We do About Physical Protection, Policing & Crime? by Etienne de la Boetie2, A Sample Chapter from our upcoming book: Voluntaryism – How the Only “ISM” Fair for Everyone Leads to Harmony, Prosperity and Good Karma for All!Because everyone wants to be safe and secure in their homes, on the road, and when traveling, there’s obviously a market for personal protection. Right now this market is dominated by a monopoly provider. In the absence of a monopoly provider, there’s no reason to think that private companies wouldn’t be able to provide the same service, at lower prices, with more efficiency and without the abuses of the monopoly police. How “Government” Ruins ItLegislating and Enforcing Prohibition and Victimless CrimesWhy Do the Police Provide Bad Service? – The Case Against Monopoly Government Police¹The “Government” and its monopoly police inevitably make the problem of crime worse by trying to legislate morality and enforce prohibitions on peaceful people. Crime, by definition, has a perpetrator and a victim. If there isn’t a victim, then there isn’t a crime. When “Government” prohibits something that people desire, that doesn’t get rid of alcohol, drugs, gambling or prostitution, it immediately creates a black market that is run by criminals that can now earn above-market profits that create a myriad of unintended consequences that aren’t the fault of the “drugs” or “gambling” but of prohibition.Overdoses – Illegality forces both addicts and recreational users to roll-the-dice with potentially adulterated substances since they can’t buy pure drugs of a measured and certified potency.• Violence and Crime – Prohibition raises the cost of addictive drugs astronomically vs the free market, leading many addicts to turn to crime to finance their habit, AND because drugs are illegal, it attracts organized crime (vs. the local drug store) that settles their disputes with violence, leaving the population in the crossfire. Currently, the monopoly police engage in around $5 billion a year in asset forfeiture, where they are seizing vehicles, cash, property and real estate in the name of the war on drugs, frequently without charges being filed.• Creating Addicts – Perversely, the drug war actually creates a financial incentive for drug dealers to spend their own money to create addicts! If a drug dealer can give a teenager free drugs until they are hooked, then chances are that drug dealer is the only one the kid knows, so the drug dealer has a captured customer. Compare that with legally addictive alcohol, where no similar financial incentive exists because it can be readily purchased anywhere.• Creating Criminals – By arresting overwhelmingly peaceful people for non-violent, victimless “crimes” and sentencing them to horrific prisons, they are simultaneously reducing the prospects that a person will be able to find gainful employment while incarcerating them with real criminals and gangs.Civil Asset Forfeiture – One of the ugliest, stone-cold truths of monopoly policing is that the police now steal more each year through civil asset forfeiture than all private criminals combined. Civil asset forfeiture allows police, federal, state and local, to seize – and then keep or sell – any property they allege is involved in a crime. Owners need not ever be arrested or convicted of a crime for their cash, cars, or even real estate to be stolen permanently by the government, and the Institute for Justice²estimates it cost $3000 to fight each case with no guarantee of winning. The ugly truth is that federal law enforcement and the government’s monopoly police frequently steal more each year than all private criminals combined.Road piracy has exploded for law enforcement in 2019 (including the adjacent chart).Road Piracy, Red-Light Cameras, and Photo-Radar Cameras – Equally as egregious as the police robbing the population through Civil Asset Forfeiture is the fact that the police are frequently robbing the population through road piracy, red light cameras, and victimless DUIs.Road Piracy is defined as local governments using their monopoly police to excessively fine motorists in order to raise revenue for the government and the police force. See the example of New Rome, Ohio (below) The problem of local and State “governments” raising revenue on their citizens tax-slaves is exacerbated by red light cameras and photoradar cameras that can be tuned to ticket every single speeder at speeds as low as five miles over the speed limit on roads where the speed limit has been set artificially low specifically to raise revenue.While red-light cameras have been proven to reduce the number of right-angle (T-bone) accidents within intersections, they have increased rear-end collisions. People brake quickly to avoid triggering the cameras. A study conducted by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute³ found that in areas where red light cameras were introduced, right-angle crashes decreased by 14 to 40%, while rear-end crashes increased by 169% on Business/Primary roads. Needless to say, it doesn’t reflect well on a “safety system” when one type of accident is increased to decrease a different kind of accident.Finally, the amount of corruption around these cameras appears endless. In Search Engine: “Red-light cameras and corruption” to understand the level of payoffs and bribes from companies to legislators and town officials to get these systems installed while bilking the motorists.There have been dozens of cases where the systems have been downgraded in other nations because the yellow light did not increase in length over time. In 2017, the city of Fremont, California, pleaded guilty to reducing the yellow light duration from 4.7 seconds to 4 seconds as part of a scheme to increase red-light camera revenue in collaboration with a private company, Redflex Traffic Systems. A Chicago Tribune investigation in 2014 found that the Rahm Emanuel administration quietly implemented a new, shorter yellow light standard, resulting in the city issuing 16,000 more tickets worth$8 million in extra revenue from 77,000 illegal red-light camera tickets that would not have been enforceable without the shorter times.Victimless DUIs – While no one wants drunk drivers on the road, the cold, precise logic of natural law stipulates there has to be a victim for there to be a crime. Anything else makes the police the criminals who would be using or threatening violence on people who haven’t actually committed a crime.The unpleasant fact of monopoly policing is that monopoly government police frequently wait outside of bars and restaurants and randomly pull over drivers that they suspect have been drinking.If that driver has a blood alcohol level above 0.08%, then the monopoly police can now charge tens of thousands of dollars in fines, penalties, court costs, and mandatory driver re-education programs frequently run by cronies of the local government. This author has a personal friend who received a victimless DUI and $10,000+ worth of fines in her twenties for 0.08% breathalyzer that ruined her financially. A subsequent time she was out drinking she made the responsible decision to take a nap in her car instead of drive. An officer woke her up, forced her to breathalyze (0.08%) and gave her another $10,000+ DUI because her keys were in the ignition. She had not recovered financially into her thirties.Road Piracy and the Corruption of Small Town “Government” – The Case of New Rome, OhioOne notorious example of road piracy that reveals the idiocy of monopoly “government” was the aptly-named New Rome, OH which had a population of 60 full time residents and a 15-person police force which wrote $377,651 ($658,045 in 2024 dollars) in fines in 2001 along a single stretch of 1000 feet of a busy local thoroughfare where the town dropped the speed limit from 45 to 35 miles per hour.Before the town was dissolved for serial corruption, the average ticket was for 42 in a 35 mph zone BUT, according to the Car and Driver article Town Without Pity, “the real money comes from violations that elsewhere would likely merit a warning at most—no front license plate ($55/$95 in 2024 dollars), driving a commercial vehicle without a commercial plate ($105/$182), driving with headsets ($90/$156), with a cracked windshield ($55/$95), with a chipped taillight ($55/$95), without a rear-view mirror ($55/$95), with tinted windows ($105/$182), with dirt or anything obscuring a license plate ($55/$95), without a seatbelt ($60/$104), with loud mufflers ($55/$95), driving too slowly ($90/$156), backing up improperly ($90/$156), making an “unsafe” lane change ($90/$156), stopping past the stop line ($90/$156), no backup lights ($55/$95), a dim bulb over the license plate ($55/$95), making a U-turn ($90/$156), tailgating ($90/$156), and on and on and on. Pity the unsuspecting kid who hitchhikes ($135/$235). And many pulled-over drivers wind up with multiple citations (no seatbelts on passengers and kids without safety chairs are typical ones). “Court costs” can be tacked on, and there’s a $13/$22 charge for paying with a credit card.”The makeup of the village council begins with Nancy Chapman, the wife of Charles Chapman, who had been mayor during the 1990s and ran the traffic court. The Chapmans’ son and daughter, Charles Jr. and Alisa Gibbs, have been on the council. Councilwoman Patricia McCormick is Nancy Chapman’s sister; and councilman David Tisler, who works for a towing service on Broad Street, is McCormick’s live-in boyfriend. Councilman Richard Plants is Nancy Chapman’s nephew. Christopher and Valerie Gamble have been on the council; Valerie is the daughter of Connie Tucker. Who is Connie Tucker? She’s the clerk/treasurer of New Rome.Second, none of these council members were ever elected – they were all appointed by one another. The last time a council member was elected by voters was in 1979, and even that involved a pair of write-in candidates.… the village has a history of sticky fingers going back to its inception in 1941. Five clerks handling the citation money—much of it cash—have been convicted of theft. In 1989, the mayor’s court clerk Patricia Kinder admitted to stealing $7000 of the ticket money. Then, a police chief, Darwin Pelphrey, resigned after being accused of theft (including stealing a shotgun he used to go duck hunting). Not much later, a mayor and another police chief resigned after someone leaked documents showing they’d both used village credit cards to fill the tanks of their personal cars. Both were ordered to repay $2500.As ticket revenue grew in the ’90s, so did the boldness of the thieves. A state audit for 1993 discovered $56,563 missing. The mayor’s court clerk, the widow of the previously discredited police chief, pleaded guilty to one count of theft in office but didn’t do jail time. Then a state audit of fiscal ’95 to ’96—for some reason not released until 1998—showed another $56,456 unaccounted for. No one was ever charged, although two administrative staffers resigned. New Rome’s history has prompted the perturbed state auditor, Jim Petro, to call it “the per-capita corruption capital of Ohio.”This vignette was adapted from a March 31st, 2003 Car and Driver magazine story: “Town without Pity” by Steve SpenceTHE VOLUNTARYIST & FREE MARKET ALTERNATIVESIf the government’s monopoly laws, police, and courts disappeared tomorrow, the overwhelming majority of society would not turn to murder or crime. Not because there wasn’t an “official law” prohibiting it, but because most people aren’t murderers or thieves. Most people could safely get away with innumerable petty thefts today with little risk of getting caught: from their employer, from their colleagues, from their neighbor’s open garage, from their friend’s homes, and purses, but they don’t. Not because they fear being caught in the act by the monopoly police, but for a myriad of reasons ranging from religious beliefs, to strong personal ethics, understanding of karma, private security cameras, to fear of being fired or shunned from their social circles.The fact that a bureaucrat wrote down stealing is wrong on an “official’ piece of paper is way down on the bottom of the list.An Armed Population is Already the Best Deterrent to CrimeA study by researchers James D. Wright and Peter Rossi that surveyed nearly2,000 incarcerated felons concluded that criminals are more worried about running into armed victims than law enforcement. Absent monopoly policing, all these protections and deterrents would still be in place and, in fact, would be strengthened because the “laws” that shield murderers and pedophiles would be off the books so the potential for legitimate retribution for getting caught in the act would increase the deterrent.Private Defense AgenciesBecause there is a universal demand for safe streets, businesses, and neighborhoods, there is obviously a market for private protective services. Indeed, the bureaucratic monopoly police do such a poor job today that private security companies flourish even in competition with a “free” provider. These companies often offer innovative services: home security systems, 24x7x365 monitoring, and armed response. Not only do these companies have similar training and equipment as the police, but in many ways they are far superior: They only act in defense of life, liberty, and property and have no incentive or ability to engage in road piracy or arresting peaceful people for victimless crimes. If the companies ever acted with the same tyrannical nature or disrespect common to the monopoly statist police, then they could be fired immediately.Because you personally have the right to defend your life, liberty, and property you can legitimately delegate that right to a Private Defense Agency (PDA) to act on your behalf when you are not home. Because you don’t have the right to tell your neighbor what flowers he can smoke or whether or not he should gamble on football, then obviously PDAs wouldn’t have any legitimate right to act in those areas.While it is challenging to predict the innovations that entrepreneurs in private protection would provide in a truly free market, we can speculate based on the existing market for those services and how existing private security companies compete on price and quality today. Most people would likely pay a monthly fee for protection with options for an alarm system, insurance, and services that the monopoly police would never offer, such as walking a client to their car after hours or helping to change a tire if stranded on the road.In a free market, PDAs would be forced to compete for your business and you would be able to evaluate them by their apprehension records and the amount of stolen property they recover, the amount of restitution they are able to achieve for their clients and their Yelp reviews. Where monopoly police are frequently rude, oppressive and even violent and murderous because of their “qualified immunity” those issues go away as being rude and oppressive isn’t tolerated in any other service business and PDA employees would be subject to the same retribution and penalties that everyone else in society would be subject to. In areas where someone is falsely accused, then that person’s PDA would get involved, and the market force known as the “discipline of constant dealings” would ensure that the two companies had policies and procedures in place to protect the rights of their clients and an agreed-upon arbitration provider with a trusted name brand reputation. We will cover free market courts and free market prisons in successive chapters but the key point to understand is that in a free market and competitive landscape everyone’s actions are aligned with a positive outcome for all parties vs. the current situation of a monopoly provider making crime worse, bureaucrats who can’t be fired, and police officers that believe they have rights that others don’t and who are protected “qualified immunity”.Road Piracy & Victimless DUIsWithout the monopoly “government” having the ability to criminalize things that aren’t really crimes, i.e., running a red light or driving over the speed limit, you wouldn’t see private road owners doing things like shortening yellow lights or drastically lowering the speed limit to issue more tickets. They would be incentivized to keep traffic flowing as fast and as safely as possible, so they would likely enforce policies that have been proven to reduce auto accidents, such as slower traffic and trucks staying to the right, keeping the left-hand “hammer lane” open for passing and faster drivers. This has been proven to reduce accidents by reducing “turbulence” caused by faster drivers switching lanes to pass slower drivers.No one wants drunk drivers on the roads, and there would still be a variety of ways of dealing with the issue, absent monopoly police. Private road operators could still pull over and require drunk drivers to immediately stop driving on their roads, fine them for the offense and ban/permanently ban repeat offenders. Private citizens can pull over folks driving drunk, as this author has done, and repeat offenders and bar owners could be publicly shamed in their communities with pressure brought on their employers, landlords, churches, and universities.Private Defense Agencies, including those in the employ of private road owners, homeowner associations, or others, may pull over drunk drivers and either call them a cab or drive them home. Belligerent drunks who refuse to be helped might be video recorded for public shaming, escorted home by the PDA, or forcefully detained if on a private road with a policy requiring suspected DWIs to breathalyze or be prohibited from using their roads.While these measures may seem less than perfect compared to many people’s preference for the harsh justice and confiscatory penalties of monopoly policing, keep in mind that many of the small percentage of the population thatdrives under the influence continues to re-offend even in this environment with some offenders having as many as 30 DUIs so there is no magic formula, no matter how heavy the penalties. Finally, once a drunk driver crosses the line and actually causes property damage, injury or death, THEN Private Defense Agencies or individuals can act and arrest that person for the damage they have actually caused.Detroit’s Threat Management Center – In a city where the average police response time is 5Xs the national average and the crime rate is skyrocketing the Detroit Threat Management Center is a private security company that provides security services for business and individuals ranging from walking business owners to or from their cars for $10 to riding shotgun on cigarette trucks that were getting hijacked at an alarming rate which has now dropped to zero. The company will help local residents for free when called, and even has a public access television show where they teach self-defense.Video: Detroit Threat Management: Anarchy in Detroit by Reason TVWatch on: Voluntaryism’s Odyssey Channel– “Liberator”TRANSITION STRATEGIESBecause the legitimacy of “government” is now being widely and openly questioned by the population, forward-thinking Sheriffs and Chiefs will already be thinking about how they can privatize operations in an era where monopoly policing no longer has the support of the population.Reduce headcount to only what you need to protect life, liberty and property. You can completely eliminate officers assigned to narcotics, vice, school resource officers, and D.A.R.E programs.Reduce intimidating, invasive, and extravagant expenditures such as armored vehicles, drones, sting-ray cell phone towers, SWAT Teams, and license plate readers.Refocus the department on preventing real crimes: Murder, Burglaries, Rapes, and RobberiesRenounce qualified immunity. Your officers don’t get a pass on morality or facing the consequences of their actions.Become a scholar on police privatization and the existing alternatives from private protection companies like Detroit Threat Management to private communities who are providing their own police services.Plan for a transition year where tax revenue collected under the threat of force will be replaced with voluntary payments from merchants and private residences. Expect and embrace competition with Brinks, ADT, Westec and other private security companies.Create partnerships with alarm system providers, insurance investigators, and other self-interested businesses.Think and focus like an entrepreneur on delivering a quality service (crime prevention and restitution vs. retribution) where your officers are focused on protecting the customer vs. raising revenue off the population and victimless crimes.PRIVATE POLICE FAQsWhat about people who cannot afford protection?Private security companies today help non-customers in the communities that they protect for free for a variety of reasons:First, it is good marketing in the community. Second, taking criminals off the streets ultimately protects their clients as well. Finally, security guys like to bust bad guys! Many people will benefit as “free riders” when their neighborhoods are patrolled through the payments of their neighbors, and overall crime will be reduced in a voluntaryist society by reducing the crimes associated with drug prohibition. There will be more economic opportunities, so fewer people will turn to crime, and more students will be educated by religious and private schools, which will be focused on developing honesty and character, rather than the government’s moral and value-free schools today.What is to stop a Private Defense Agency from going rogue and taking over a neighborhood or town like a warlord?Unlike the monopoly police, PDAs can be easily replaced by switching providers. It is unlikely that a successful company would endanger its business, and it is doubtful that employees would go along with it, especially knowing they don’t have the “qualified immunity” of monopoly police, would be facing an armed population, and would be subject to retaliation from rival PDAs protecting their clients in that particular area.RESOURCES FOR A DEEPER DIVEArticles: Free Market Police, Courts, and Law– Reason Magazine article by Murray RothbardVideos: Tate Fegley – The Case for Private Policing – YouTube Video (11:12)Books: For a New Liberty by Murray Rothbard (Chapter 12) and The Machinery of Freedom by David FriedmanHelp Sponsor Voluntaryism! The Art of Liberty Foundation is working on the definitive work on Voluntaryism (I.E REAL Freedom!) 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But Without Organized Crime “Government” What Would We do About Physical Protection, Policing & Crime?
A Sample Chapter from our upcoming book Voluntaryism – How the Only “ISM” Fair for Everyone Leads to Harmony, Prosperity and Good Karma for All! Etienne Note: I am slamming and jamming on our upcoming book: Voluntaryism – How the Only “ISM” Fair for Everyone Leads to Harmony, Prosperity, and Good Karma for All! We are raising the final $17,835 we need to finish it up and publish. Would you please consider “Going Paid” on Substack AND/OR sponsoring the book here: Voluntaryism-Book.org/become-a-sponsor/ We have some great perks to say: THANK YOU!!But without Organized Crime “Government” What Would We do About Physical Protection, Policing & Crime? by Etienne de la Boetie2, A Sample Chapter from our upcoming book: Voluntaryism – How the Only “ISM” Fair for Everyone Leads to Harmony, Prosperity and Good Karma for All!Because everyone wants to be safe and secure in their homes, on the road, and when traveling, there’s obviously a market for personal protection. Right now this market is dominated by a monopoly provider. In the absence of a monopoly provider, there’s no reason to think that private companies wouldn’t be able to provide the same service, at lower prices, with more efficiency and without the abuses of the monopoly police. How “Government” Ruins ItLegislating and Enforcing Prohibition and Victimless CrimesWhy Do the Police Provide Bad Service? – The Case Against Monopoly Government Police¹The “Government” and their monopoly police inevitably make the problem of crime worse by trying to legislate morality and enforce prohibitions on peaceful people. Crime, by definition, has a perpetrator and a victim. If there isn’t a victim then there isn’t a crime. When “Government” prohibits something that people desire, that doesn’t get rid of alcohol, drugs, gambling or prostitution, it immediately creates a black market that is run by criminals that can now earn above-market profits that create a myriad of unintended consequences that aren’t the fault of the “drugs” or “gambling” but of prohibition.Overdoses – Illegality forces both addicts and recreational users to roll-the-dice with potentially adulterated substances since they can’t buy pure drugs of a measured and certified potency.• Violence and Crime – Prohibition raises the cost of addictive drugs astronomically vs the free market leading many addicts to turn to crime to finance their habit, AND because drugs are illegal, it attracts organized crime (vs. the local drug store) that settle their disputes with violence leaving the population in the crossfire. Currently the monopoly police engage in around $5 billion dollars a year in asset forfeiture where they are seizing vehicles, cash, property and real estate in the name of the war on drugs frequently without charges being filed.• Creating Addicts – Perversely, the drug war actually creates a financial incentive for drug dealers to spend their own money to create addicts! If a drug dealer can give a teenager free drugs until they are hooked, then chances are that drug dealer is the only one the kid knows, so the drug dealer has a captured customer. Compare that with legally addictive alcohol where no similar financial incentive exists because it can be readily purchased anywhere.• Creating Criminals – By arresting overwhelmingly peaceful people for non-violent victimless “crimes” and sentencing them to horrific prisons, they are simultaneously reducing the prospects that person will be able to find gainful employment while incarcerating them with real criminals and gangs.Civil Asset Forfeiture – One of the ugliest, stone-cold truths of monopoly policing is that the police now steal more each year through civil asset forfeiture than all private criminals combined. Civil asset forfeiture allows police, federal, state and local, to seize – and then keep or sell – any property they allege is involved in a crime. Owners need not ever be arrested or convicted of a crime for their cash, cars, or even real estate to be stolen permanently by the government, and the Institute for Justice²estimates it cost $3000 to fight each case with no guarantee of winning. The ugly truth is that federal law enforcement and the government’s monopoly police frequently steal more each year than all private criminals combined.Road piracy has exploded for law enforcement in 2019 (including the adjacent chart).Road Piracy, Red-Light Cameras, and Photo-Radar Cameras – Equally as egregious as the police robbing the population through Civil Asset Forfeiture is the fact that the police are frequently robbing the population through inherently political, automated monopolies.Victims of DUIs. Road Piracy is defined as local governments using their monopoly police to excessively fine motorists to raise revenue for the government and police force. See the example of New Rome, Ohio where the vast majority of the local and State government income was raising revenue on their citizens — further exacerbated by red-light cameras and photo-radar cameras that can be tuned to take nearly every single speeder as it goes by. In cities where the speed limit on side streets was 25 mph, these speed limits are artificially low to raise revenue.While red-light cameras have been proven to reduce the number of right angle (T-bone) accidents within intersections, they have increased rear-end collisions. People brake quickly to avoid triggering the cameras. A study done by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute³ found that in areas where red light cameras were introduced, right-angle crashes were reduced from 14 to 40%, while rear-end crashes increased on Business/Primary roads by 169%. Needless to say, it doesn’t reflect well on a “safety system” when one type of accident is increased for the sake of decreasing another type of accident. found that in areas where red light cameras were introduced, right-angle crashes were reduced from 14 to 40%, while rear-end crashes increased on Business/Primary roads by 169%. Needless to say, it doesn’t reflect well on a “safety system” when one type of accident is increased for the sake of decreasing another type of accident.Finally the amount of corruption around these cameras appears endless. In Search Engine: “Red-light cameras and corruption” to understand the level of payoffs and bribes from companies to legislators and town officials to get these systems installed while bilking the motorists.There have been dozens of cases where the systems have been downgraded in other nations due to yellow light not increasing light length overtime. In 2017 the city of Fremont, California pled guilty to shortening the yellow light from 4.7 seconds to 4 seconds in a scam to increase the red-light camera revenue in partnership with a private company Redflex Traffic Systems. A Chicago Tribune investigation in 2014 that the Rahm Emanuel administration quietly used a new, shorter yellow light standard that resulted in the city issuing 16,000 more tickets worth$8 million in extra revenue from 77,000 illegal red-light camera tickets that would not have been enforceable without the shorter times.Victimless DUIs – While no one wants drunk drivers on the road, the average logic for punishment is that a person needs to commit the crime to be chargeable.Anything else makes an inverse monopoly policing system where the government will convict people who have not actually committed a crime.The ugliest fact of monopoly policing is that monopoly law enforcement police frequently wait outside of bars and restaurants and randomly pull over drivers if they suspect them of drinking, even if the driver has a blood alcohol level lower than 0.08.Thus the monopoly police can now charge tens of thousands of dollars in fines, penalties, court costs, and mandatory driver re-education programs frequently run by cronies of the local government.This author has a personal friend who received a victimless DUI and $10,000 worth of fees in her twenties for 0.08% breathalyzer times under the limit. When arrested she told the officer that she “needed the pressure off for drinking since she made the responsible choice to take a nap in her car instead of drive.An officer who woke her up arrested her.”Another (0.08) her car had no keys in the ignition. She had never recovered financially into her thirties.Road Piracy and the Corruption of Small Town “Government” – The Case of New Rome, OhioOne notorious example of road piracy that reveals the idiocy of monopoly “government” was the aptly-named New Rome, OH which had a population of 60 full time residents and a 15-person police force which wrote $377,651 ($658,045 in 2024 dollars) in fines in 2001 along a single stretch of 1000 feet of a busy local thoroughfare where the town dropped the speed limit from 45 to 35 miles per hour.Before the town was dissolved for serial corruption, the average ticket was for 42 in a 35 mph zone BUT, according to the Car and Driver article Town Without Pity, “the real money comes from violations that elsewhere would likely merit a warning at most—no front license plate ($55/$95 in 2024 dollars), driving a commercial vehicle without a commercial plate ($105/$182), driving with headsets ($90/$156), with a cracked windshield ($55/$95), with a chipped taillight ($55/$95), without a rear-view mirror ($55/$95), with tinted windows ($105/$182), with dirt or anything obscuring a license plate ($55/$95), without a seatbelt ($60/$104), with loud mufflers ($55/$95), driving too slowly ($90/$156), backing up improperly ($90/$156), making an “unsafe” lane change ($90/$156), stopping past the stop line ($90/$156), no backup lights ($55/$95), a dim bulb over the license plate ($55/$95), making a U-turn ($90/$156), tailgating ($90/$156), and on and on and on. Pity the unsuspecting kid who hitchhikes ($135/$235). And many pulled-over drivers wind up with multiple citations (no seatbelts on passengers and kids without safety chairs are typical ones). “Court costs” can be tacked on, and there’s a $13/$22 charge for paying with a credit card.”The makeup of the village council begins with Nancy Chapman, the wife of Charles Chapman, who had been mayor during the 1990s and ran the traffic court. The Chapmans’ son and daughter, Charles Jr. and Alisa Gibbs, have been on the council. Councilwoman Patricia McCormick is Nancy Chapman’s sister; and councilman David Tisler, who works for a towing service on Broad Street, is McCormick’s live-in boyfriend. Councilman Richard Plants is Nancy Chapman’s nephew. Christopher and Valerie Gamble have been on the council; Valerie is the daughter of Connie Tucker. Who is Connie Tucker? She’s the clerk/treasurer of New Rome.Second, none of these council members were ever elected – they were all appointed, by one another. The last time a council member was elected by voters was in 1979, and even that involved a pair of write-in candidates.… the village has a history of sticky fingers going back to its inception in 1941. Five clerks handling the citation money—much of it cash—have been convicted of theft. In 1989, mayor’s court clerk Patricia Kinder admitted to stealing $7000 of the ticket money. Then a police chief, Darwin Pelphrey, resigned after being accused of theft (including stealing a shotgun he used to go duck hunting). Not much later, a mayor and another police chief resigned after someone leaked documents showing they’d both used village credit cards to fill the tanks of their personal cars. Both were ordered to repay $2500.As ticket revenue grew in the ’90s, so did the boldness of the thieves. A state audit for 1993 discovered $56,563 missing. The mayor’s court clerk, widow of the previously discredited police chief, pled guilty to one count of theft in office but didn’t do jail time. Then a state audit of fiscal ’95 to ’96—for some reason not released until 1998—showed another $56,456 unaccounted for. No one was ever charged, although two administrative staffers resigned. New Rome’s history has prompted the perturbed state auditor, Jim Petro, to call it “the per-capita corruption capital of Ohio.”This vignette was adapted from a March 31st, 2003 Car and Driver magazine story: “Town without Pity” by Steve SpenceTHE VOLUNTARYIST & FREE MARKET ALTERNATIVESIf the government’s monopoly law, police, and courts disappeared tomorrow, the overwhelming majority of society would not turn to a life of enslavement. Not because they want an “official law” prohibiting it, but because most people aren’t murderers or thieves. Most people steal safely every day without taking people’s property: they work for employers or get a check from their employer, from neighbors, from their neighbor’s property, from their neighbor’s homes and purses, but they don’t attack them. They might refrain from aggressive behavior because of religious beliefs, to strong personal codes of ethics, or reasons having nothing to do with any understanding of current law. The fact that a bureaucrat wrote code showing stealing wrong on an official piece of paper is not what’s on the bottom of the list.An Armed Population is Already the Best Deterrent to CrimeA study by researchers James D. Wright and Peter Rossi showed that surveyed felons reported that they feared armed victims more than law enforcement and victims would run into armed victims than law enforcement. Absent monopoly policing, all these protections and deterrents would still be in place and, in fact, would be strengthened because the “law” that shield murderers and pedophiles would be off the books so the potential for legitimate retribution for getting caught in the act would be on the rise.Private Defense AgenciesBecause theft is universal, and because services are universal demand, neighbors therefore, have a universal interest for private protection services; much like other businesses. Overly aggressive behavior would fall out of favor in competition with a “peer” review system that works for the insurance and business communities. “Who harmed who” standards for judgments and armed response. Not only do these systems already exist even in the 21st century—everywhere from Orlando and NYC to gated communities—but they are safer and afford a greater protection of life, liberty, and property than the “one size fits all” minimal level of protection offered by police monopolies. When it comes to the aftermath of theft and murder, protection companies would be free to try actual solutions instead of the statist placebo, then they could be fired immediately.Because you personally have the right to defend your life, liberty, and property, you can legitimately delegate that right to a Private Defense Agency (PDA) to act on your behalf when you may not be home or when you’re not able to protect yourself for whatever reason. But it is important to note that PDAs need not be “simple” or without the sophistication of modern protection companies. There is also the very real and legitimate right that would provide an effective protection zone: a private homeowner’s right to protect their private property. That alone would have a two-fold financial incentive for the new PDAs and the existing market for protection companies to compete or private insurance to compete as private security agents and adjusters.When it comes to local criminals, vandalism, and civil harm, the list of monopolies and services that the unchecked government has provided have not only failed and deteriorated before our very eyes, but also morphed into rigged “protection rackets.”Still, under a free market one is free to live in a new society by voting with their wallets, and they can choose to pay for a poor protection service or a great one. Though the problem with police monopolies is that people who like their services the way they stand must pay for their critics and either let the favoritism distort or threaten their Yelp reviews. Where monopoly police are frequently rude, oppressive and even violent and murderous because of their “qualified immunity” those issues go away as being rude and oppressive isn’t tolerated in the open market where businesses and PDA employees would be subject to the same retribution and penalties that everyone else in society has.In areas where someone’s PDA is falsely accused and that person is prosecuted even after it has been made known with good evidence that the “principle of constant dealings” would ensure that the two companies and police/protection agencies would negotiate the rights of their clients and an agreed upon arbitration process with a true accountability system. This incentive could have 15 year successive chapters but the key point of both incentives is preferred over taxes where bad judgments of previous actions are applied with a consistent harassment of lower courts and police with whom they’ve been cordial with for over ten years without the fireable action applied to a “public” officer.In an open marketplace “officers,” or plainly who are protected “qualified immunity”.Road Piracy & Victimless DUIsWithout the monopoly “government” having the ability to criminalize things that aren’t really crimes, i.e. running a red light or driving over the speed limit, the motivation to steer people around avoids doing things like shortening yellow lights in order to write more tickets. Drivers would be incentivized to keep traffic flowing as fast and as safe as possible so they would likely eliminate arbitrary accidents like slower traffic and trucks staying left too long and keep “open passing” and “hammer zone” areas in between passing and faster drivers. This has proven safer than what we get with government-funded studies which see more drivers crashing thanks to gaps slower drivers.What the market winds down as unfair, unsafe and unlawful situations is the best way of dealing with the issue of government “turbulence” caused by paper actions we believe are safe with apparent monopolistic polities. Private road owners can undercut the worse model of government run tolls and offer safer cheaper tolls. In every area private companies can outpace local police, handling drunk, stoned but harm free offenders.Drunk drivers and repeat offenders alike can be fined for what one private contractor has done, and repeat offenders and their homes could be publicly shamed in their communities with pressure brought on their employers, landlords, churches, and universities.Private Defense Agencies, including when in the employ of private road owners, homeowner associations or PDAs might call over drunk drivers and call them a cab or drive them home or have their employer pick them up. Harmless social offences have no public shaming; escorted home by the PDA, or morally deficient should pay for what a belligerent repeat offender who is TRO is habitually or be prohibited from using their roads. Until these measures may seem to be reappearance of the harsh justice and confiscatory regimentation imposed by the state, but the PDAs would only enforce these on the roads they own or under their influence contracts.While the state has created the majority of DUIs so there is no aging formality, a mature or drunk driver may create harm that no company should process life.The line is: if a drunk driver causes damage, injury or death, THEN Private Defense Agencies or individuals are then set responsible for the damage they have actually caused.Detroit’s Threat Management Center – In a city where the average police response time is 5x the national average and the crime rate is skyrocketing the Detroit Threat Management Center is a private security company that provides security services for business and individuals ranging from walking people safely to their cars, responding to hostage and domestic abuse calls for $10 to riding shotgun on dangerous evictions with zero incident.The company will help local residents for free and also operate a kids safety class on television where they teach self-defenseVideo: Detroit Threat Management: Anarchy in Detroit by Reason TVWatch on: Voluntaryism’s Odyssey Channel– “Liberator”TRANSITION STRATEGIESBecause the legitimacy of “government” is now being widely challenged and questioned by the population, forward-thinking Sheriffs and Chiefs will already be thinking about how they can reduce taxes and transfer more authority towards policing that is voluntary based and open for private protection.Reduce taxes and eliminate costly and outdated police gear, and/or cut the department in half. Fundraise to protect life, liberty and property through car washes and other old-fashioned approaches to save taxpayers money and eliminate DARE programs.Refocus the department on preventing real crimes: Murder, Burglary, Rape, Arson and Robberies instead of police budgets and victimless crimes.Increase integrity and morality: Your officers don’t get a pass on morality or facing the consequences of their actions.Become a scholar on police privatization and the existing alternatives from private protection companies like Detroit Threat Management to private communities who are providing police services privately.Plan for a transition where tax revenue collected under the threat of force will be replaced with voluntary payments and beneficial services. When they have lost a majority of their largest departments like ATF, Weste and other private security companies.Create partnerships with alarm system providers, insurance companies and neighborhood watches.Think and focus like an entrepreneur on delivering a quality service (crime prevention and victim restitution vs. retribution) where your officers are focused on protecting the vulnerable or raising revenue off the population and victimless crimes.PRIVATE POLICE FAQsWhat about people who cannot afford protection?Private security companies today help non-customers in the communities that they protect for free for a variety of reasons:First, it is good marketing in the community. Second, taking criminals off the streets ultimately protects their clients as well. Finally, security guys like to bust bad guys! Many people will benefit as “free riders” where their neighborhoods are being patrolled by the payments of their neighbors, and overall crime will be reduced in a voluntaryist society by reducing the crimes associated with drug prohibition. There will be more economic opportunity so less people will turn to crime and more students will be educated by religious and private schools who will be focused on developing honesty and character vs. the government’s moral and value-free schools today.What is to stop a Private Defense Agency from going rogue and taking over a neighborhood or town like a warlord?Unlike the monopoly police, PDAs can easily be fired by switching providers. It is unlikely that a successful company would endanger their business and doubtful that the employees would go along with it especially knowing they don’t have the “qualified immunity” of monopoly police, would be facing an armed population and retaliation from rival PDAs protecting their clients in that particular area.RESOURCES FOR A DEEPER DIVEArticles: Free Market Police, Courts, and Law– Reason Magazine article by Murray RothbardVideos: Tate Fegley – The Case for Private Policing – YouTube Video (11:12)Books: For a New Liberty by Murray Rothbard (Chapter 12) and The Machinery of Freedom by David FriedmanHelp Sponsor Voluntaryism! The Art of Liberty Foundation is working on the definitive work on Voluntaryism (I.E REAL Freedom!) The synopsis is that everyone would be dramatically wealthier without immoral, illogical, easily-rigged organized crime “government!” Where our book “Government” – The Biggest Scam in History… Exposed! defined the problem, Voluntaryism offers the good news solution: We really don’t need “Government!” Everything the “government” does would be done better, faster ad cheaper by the free market, mutual aid societies, co-ops, armed protective service companies, arbitration providers, non-profits, and genuine charities. You can check out some of the other sample chapters on how healthcare would be better and less-expensive with AMA monopoly medicine OR how a stateless society could cost-effectively protect itself from invasion. We are raising $25,000 to finish up the book and get it published with a basic marketing campaign. We have raised $7165 toward our goal with $17,835 left to go. 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Fivememefri – Denis Rancourt Breaks Down How Hospital Were the Primary Killer During Covid… Until the Vaccines Rolled Out
PLUS…. Cospaia – A Micro-Country without “Gov’t” from 1440-1826 in the heart of ItalyDear Subscribers,The top stories this week:Presentation by Denis Rancourt – If you thought “The Covid” was a real thing killing people AND/OR you don’t believe the “vaccines” were killing people, then Denis Rancourt’s presentation to World Council on Health will convince you. Covid hospital deaths were the hospital’s protocols, lonliness, masks, ventilators, and isolation…. UNTIL… the “vaccines” started… THEN the deaths REALLY cranked up…The Republic of Cospaia – a micro-country without “government” for almost 400 years… from 1440-1826 right in the heart of Italy. A really interesting story and video.Random thoughts:Alex Jones and Russell Brand stripped down on the Alex Jones show further demonstrating a term I coined after Alex Jones and Ye donned weird masks during an interview and made themselves and their followers/promoters look stupid: The Clownification of the OppositionAfter we released the REAL Political Spectrum for Canada last week, we had a member of the Canadian Parliament join our mailing list.We are releasing the UK versions this week, BUT… I never heard back from my UK folks on the final draft… How did we do? Are all the political parties in the right spot? Who else should be in the voluntaryist spot in the Overton Window visualization? E-mail me at Etienne (at) ArtOfLiberty.orgTop Stories of the WeekDenis Rancourt Presentation: Covid Excess Mortality: What Really Caused It, Really?by Denis Rancourt“Probably one of the most important presentations of the last few years” — Christof Plothe,World Council for HealthABSTRACT: I will present our group’s five years of rigorous analysis of excess mortality during the COVID-19 era, including The Netherlands as an example. High-resolution geotemporal patterns on several continents show that viral disease spread did not cause the observed excess all-cause mortality. The mortality patterns are contrary to aviation and societal transmission; instead, they synchronize with imposed local measures and institutional practices. Vaccine rollouts often closely associate with large mortality peaks, but we attribute this primarily to concomitant assaults and severe disruptions of care rather than the known direct toxicity of the injections. The COVID-19 pandemic event echoes historical pandemics and wars over millennia, which followed long periods of increasing economic predation causing large-scale socially heterogeneous extreme poverty and chronic health deficiencies, accompanied by shrill propaganda and fear. At the highest level, a solution would be to dismantle geo-economic and investor predation and the elite systemic corruption that drives it. This work supports evidence-based reform.Continue readingThe Republic of Cospaia: An Anarchist (Voluntaryist) Renaissance Cityby Power & Market, Ellie McFarland via Mises Institute with Video by Ceadda of MerciaEtienne Note: This Article is the 1st in a Series Focused on Civilizations without “Government” that is being syndicated as companion media for my upcoming book: Voluntaryism – How the Only “ISM” Fair for Everyone Leads to Harmony, Prosperity, and Good Karma for All. I plan to cover other examples including: Medieval Brehon Ireland, Medieval Iceland, Cospaia (Italy-1440-1826), and modern examples such as Cheran, Mexico and Prospera (Honduras).The Republic of Cospaia existed between 1440 and 1826. That’s nearly four hundred years. For comparison, the Republic of Cospaia existed for fifty-two years longer than Europe has known about the Americas. It is the longest-lived, most modern, most capitalist, and most Western anarchist society to ever exist. “Western” is important because often it is not enough to site anarchic native civilizations of the Americas and Oceania. Some argue that their anarchism was a result of their ill-advanced technology or their relative isolation. This bypasses all of that. Cospaia was as developed as any other mid-rural hamlet at the time of its conception. It continued to advance at a comparable rate to surrounding areas until its death in the early 1800s. Unless one argues that all of the Mediterranean was primitive well into the nineteenth century, the argument of ill advancement holds no water.Continue Reading…Videos of the WeekFood, Not Lack of Exercise, Fuels Obesityby Dr. Joseph MercolaObesity is not caused by lack of exercise, as people in wealthier nations burn more calories daily yet still gain more fatEating ultraprocessed foods is strongly linked to higher body fat because they disrupt hunger signals and make calories easier to storeBody fat percentage, not BMI, is the most accurate way to measure obesity and related health risksModern ultraprocessed diets and lower immune demands in industrialized countries lower resting energy needs, making fat storage more likelyYou can restore your metabolism by removing vegetable oils, eating the right carbs for your gut health, reducing estrogen and EMF exposure, and avoiding ultraprocessed foodsObesity has become one of the leading drivers of disease worldwide, claiming more than 4 million lives each year.1 In the U.S. alone, rates have climbed steadily over the past century, transforming a condition once rare into one of the most pressing public health threats. Excess body fat is not just about appearance. It’s tied to a cascade of serious health problems including Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, liver failure, and shortened lifespan.Continue readingChemotherapy Failure Rates: Fraudulent and Deadlyby Concerned CitizenChemo failure rate is 97.7% in Australia and 97.9% in USA over 5 year period “A comprehensive 2004 analysis of randomized controlled trials across 22 major adult cancers in Australia and the US estimated that cytotoxic (traditional) chemotherapy contributes to 5-year survival in only 2.1–2.3% of cases overall. “ “This means that, across all cancers treated with chemotherapy, it directly enables long-term survival for a small fraction of patients, with a corresponding failure rate (death within 5 years) of 97.7–97.9% when considering its isolated impact” Source: Grok 3 sourced from 2004 Graeme Morgan et al: The contribution of cytotoxic chemotherapy to 5-year survival in adult malignancies, published in the Elsevier Journal: Clinical Oncology “The overall contribution of curative and adjuvant cytotoxic chemotherapy to 5-year survival in adults was estimated to be 2.3% in Australia and 2.1% in the USA.” “As the 5-year relative survival rate for cancer in Australia is now over 60%, it is clear that cytotoxic chemotherapy only makes a minor contribution to cancer survival”Continue readingJames Corbett & Hakeem Anwar – The Only REAL Solution to Digital ID – #SolutionsWatchby James Corbett and the Corbett Report with Hakeem Anwar of #TakeBackOurTechHakeem Anwar of AbovePhone.com returns to the de-program to discuss his latest report: “Life Under Digital ID: A Global Analysis with Solutions.” We talk about what digital ID is, the broader question of digital public infrastructure, the control grid vs. the surveillance grid, and the counter-economy that is the only solution to this impending threat to free humanity.Life Under Digital ID: A Global Analysis with SolutionsRussia Moves to Mandate State Biometric ID for Online Age VerificationBrazil Launches National Digital ID System Powered by BlockchainThe Laws of Identity by Kim Cameron (2004)Aadhaar Mandatory for ITR Filing: What Taxpayers Need to Know for FY 2024–25“Aadhaar” reporting on corbettreport.comThe EU Entry / Exit System (EES) ExplainedContinue readingWhere are Your Charitable Donations REALLY Going??by Peggy HallFriends, in my latest video, I’m diving into something that can truly improve your life: making giving decisions that actually align with your values. Many of the large non-profits tend to sweep people up in emotional appeals or shiny TV commercials, but before you open your wallet, I want to make sure you know who you’re supporting and where that money ends up.Click on the image below to watch. Content starts about the 5:00 mark.I’ve talked about plenty of unnatural disasters—Lahaina, Pacific Palisades, Jamaica, North Carolina—tragedies that hit ordinary people without warning. In moments like these, good-hearted people want to help. There are those in need, those willing to give, and then there are the massive organizations that swoop in, grab the headlines, and often, most of the donations too.Continue readingBiometric Consent is the Digital IDby Greg ReesePrior to the 2020 Lockdowns, Buy-Now-Pay-Later services were obscured from most of the market. Affirm was founded in 2012 by PayPal co-founder, Max Levchin, but was only used on high purchases by a small handful of merchants.After the 2020 Lockdowns, as people’s money became weaker, sudden partnerships with Apple Pay and Amazon, a Super Bowl ad and an IPO brought Affirm and the entire Buy-Now-Pay-Later scheme to a public already slipping into debt. The first year saw an over four-hundred-percent increase in people using Buy-Now-Pay-Later services to buy essentials including groceries, gas, and paying their utilities.Starting in 2024, Affirm has been gradually rolling out its new requirement for biometric identification.Once again, this is the old fashioned Problem-Reaction-Solution scheme being deployed. Under the guises of safety and fraud prevention, the Buy-Now-Pay-Later industry will soon require biometric ID. And Visa is following close behind. Visa launched their Payment Passkey in 2024, which allows you to voluntarily make purchases with your phone’s built-in biometrics. Visa aims to be “biometric-first” by 2026. The International banking cartel has made it clear that this is where we are headed. It’s the only way the Crypto-AI control grid can function.Continue reading“Government”, Media and AcademiaCriminality ExposedThese articles also appears in “Government”, Media and Academia Criminality Exposed, A digest of HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS of articles exposing and suggesting inter-generational organized crime’s control of the “Government,” Media and Academia by the Art of Liberty Foundation. You can view the other articles or subscribe on Telegram: https://t.me/Government_ScamsReport: Donors to Trump’s White House ballroom have $279B in federal contractsEtienne Note: This article also appears in “Government”, Media and Academia Criminality Exposed, A digest of HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS of articles exposing and suggesting inter-generational organized crime’s control of the “Government,” Media and Academia by the Art of Liberty Foundation. You can view the other articles or subscribe on Telegram: https://t.me/Government_ScamsBy Jonathan EdwardsMost of the publicly identified donors to President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom have high-stakes business before the administration, ranging from billions in government contracts to federal investigations into their companies, according to a report released Monday by a government watchdog group.More than half of the companies that donated are facing or have recently faced federal enforcement actions tied to alleged wrongdoing that includes engaging in unfair labor practices, deceiving consumers and harming the environment, according to the report from Public Citizen, a consumer advocacy organization. The nonprofit, founded in 1971 by left-leaning political activist Ralph Nader, focuses on corporate money and influence in government. The donors have sprawling interests that touch nearly every aspect of American life, including tariffs, technology, taxation, online privacy and manufacturing.Continue readingUPDATE: Medicare freeze beneficiary secretly donates $2.5 million to Trump ballroomEtienne Note: This article also appears in “Government”, Media and Academia Criminality Exposed, A digest of HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS of articles exposing and suggesting inter-generational organized crime’s control of the “Government,” Media and Academia by the Art of Liberty Foundation. You can view the other articles or subscribe on Telegram: https://t.me/Government_Scamsby Judd LegumEarlier this year, Popular Information broke the news that Extremity Care – a company that sells bandages to Medicare for thousands of dollars per square inch – donated $5 million to MAGA Inc., President Trump’s super PAC, on February 24. Six days later, Trump blasted a pending Biden administration rule that would have barred Medicare from covering Extremity Care’s products.The Biden rule was initially scheduled to take effect in February 2025, but was delayed by the Trump administration until April 13 as part of a blanket regulatory freeze. On April 11, 40 days after Trump’s post, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the rule would be delayed until at least January 1, 2026, allowing Extremity Care to continue charging Medicare for its products.Continue readingInmates will pay up to 83% more for phone calls, thanks to new FCC ruleEtienne Note: This article also appears in “Government”, Media and Academia Criminality Exposed, A digest of HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS of articles exposing and suggesting inter-generational organized crime’s control of the “Government,” Media and Academia by the Art of Liberty Foundation. You can view the other articles or subscribe on Telegram: https://t.me/Government_Scamsby Rebecca Crosby and Noel SimsLast week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to allow prison telecommunication companies to charge incarcerated people up to 83% more for phone calls. This permanent change comes after a July FCC decision to temporarily raise the maximum rate that telecom companies can charge inmates per minute.In 2024, the FCC established a cap of $0.06 or $0.07 per minute for inmate phone calls, depending on the size of the prison or jail. This followed the passage of the Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act of 2022, which clarified the FCC’s authority to regulate prison communication costs. The act was named for a grandmother who advocated for price caps after spending more than $100 per month to call her incarcerated grandson and sometimes skipped medication payments to afford the bill.Continue readingThe REAL Political Spectrum… Around the WorldI am adding a new recurring feature to Five Meme Friday: The REAL Political Spectrum… Around the World! A couple of weeks ago I did an article: The Fake Left-Right Paradigm – What is the REAL Political Spectrum the Monopoly Media is Hiding? where I broke down WHY the monopoly media misrepresents the REAL political spectrum and what the actual political spectrum looks like in the US. That meme went viral so now I am duplicating it for other countries.Can you help? Please e-mail me at Etienne(at)ArtOfLiberty.org to help create a version for YOUR country OR suggest changes for a version we already have circulating. Donate to support this project at ArtOfLiberty.org/sponsorship-program/The REAL Political Spectrum in: USA, Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, Venezuela (English), Venezuela (Espanol)Shift the Political Spectrum in: USA, Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, Venezuela (English), Venezuela (Espanol)“Daily News of The Week”3D Solar towers boost electricity production by around 50%By Michael FrancoTexas-based Janta Power has just snagged US$5.5 million in a round of seed funding to continue the deployment of its pivoting solar power towers. The vertical design and smart tracking functions of the towers offer big improvements over flat panel arrays.Currently, most solar farms consist of flat panels laid out across the ground or on rooftops. But in much the same way that this is an inefficient way to house people, it’s also not a great way to harvest the Sun’s energy. Tall skyscrapers can hold significantly more people on a small footprint, so why not apply that thinking to solar panels as well?That’s the kind of thinking that has been behind the success of Janta Power, a developer of unique three-dimensional solar tower systems. And the new injection of cash shows that there are investors who think that this company is on to something.Continue readingHi-Tech Holocaust: How Microsoft Aids The Gaza Genocideby Alan MacleodIsrael’s genocide is being powered by Microsoft. From creating a massive digital dragnet, aiding in the production of A.I.-generated kill lists, hiring hundreds of Israeli spies to run its internal affairs, and suppressing figures opposing the slaughter, the Seattle-based tech corporation has played a key role in the violence.MintPress has detailed the deep collaboration between the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and Amazon, Google, TikTok, Apple, Palantir, and Oracle, but Microsoft’s relationship with the government and armed forces of Israel is potentially the closest, leading then-CEO Steve Ballmer to state that “Microsoft is as much an Israeli company as an American company.” MintPress explores the decades-long partnership between Microsoft and Israel, and the employees trying to break that marriage from the inside.Continue readingNew McCullough autism paper: Vaccines are the single largest contributor to the risk of autismby Steve KirschNow available on Zenodo McCullough Foundation Report: Determinants of Autism Spectrum DisorderConclusion: Combination and early-timed routine childhood vaccination constitutes the most significant modifiable risk factor for ASD, supported by convergent mechanistic, clinical, and epidemiologic findings, and characterized by intensified use, the clustering of multiple doses during critical neurodevelopmental windows, and the lack of research on the cumulative safety of the full pediatric schedule.In short, it’s the vaccines.The report is essentially a large‑scale literature syntheses, not new population data collections. They don’t include any new cohort recruitment or lab work; they pull from existing epidemiologic, clinical, mechanistic, and toxicologic papers available through PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, registries, and gray literature.Continue readingSocial Media Spies Exposed: Profiles Vanish After MintPress ReportAfter being exposed as former national security state agents by MintPress, large numbers of officials working in the highest levels of top social media platforms have deleted their profiles or wiped tby Alan MacleodAfter being exposed as former national security state agents by MintPress, large numbers of officials working in the highest levels of top social media platforms have deleted their profiles or wiped the incriminating evidence from the internet.A series of MintPress News investigations uncovered a network of hundreds of former agents of the CIA, FBI, and other three-letter agencies, as well as high State Department and NATO officials working at social media giants, such as Facebook, Google, TikTok, and Twitter. These individuals are overwhelmingly concentrated in politically sensitive departments, such as trust and safety, security, and content moderation, meaning that these ex-spies and intelligence officials are helping to influence what billions of people around the world see, read and hear (and deciding who is promoted and who is suppressed).Continue readingIs Skynet Close? Anduril’s Pilotless YFQ-44 Fury “Fighter” Drone Has Flownby Tyler DurdenBy Joseph Trevithick of The War ZoneAnduril’s YFQ-44A ‘fighter drone’ prototype has now made its maiden flight. The YFQ-44A is one of two designs currently being developed under the first phase, or Increment 1, of the U.S. Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program. The other is General Atomics’ YFQ-42A, which took to the skies for the first time earlier this year.A TWZ reader has shared pictures with us of the YFQ-44A in flight, which were taken earlier today at Southern California Logistics Airport in Victorville, California. The drone was also seen accompanied by two L-29 Delfin trainer jets acting as chase planes. We have reached out to Anduril for more information.Additional imagery of the YFQ-44A in flight is now beginning to circulate online.Last year, the Air Force announced that it trimmed back the field of prospective Increment 1 CCA designs to the proposals from Anduril and General Atomics. However, Fury’s story traces back to the late 2010s and an aggressor drone concept from a company called Blue Force Technologies, which Anduril acquired in 2023, as you can read about in extensive detail in this past War Zone feature.Continue readingEx-Mossad Head: We’ve ‘Boobytrapped And Manipulated’ Equipment in ‘All Countries You Can Imagine’by fluoridealert26% higher risk of fragility fractures in postmenopausal women• Risks found even at exposure levels from artificial fluoridationA new systematic review identified 27 studies of fluoride and bone fractures and found significantly increased risk of fractures in pooled analyses, especially in postmenopausal women [Mazzoli et al 2025]. This demographic has the highest risk of hip fractures, which are a major cause of permanent disability and death in older women. Following a hip fracture, 30% are dead within a year and 50% will never be able to walk without assistance.This review’s finding is consistent with a high-quality study in Sweden which is considered the most rigorous study of fluoride and bone fracture to date [Helte et al 2021] but was not included in the pooled analyses. Furthermore, this new paper included dose-response meta-analyses that found increases in fracture rates starting at water fluoride concentrations of about 0.5 milligrams per liter (mg/L), consistent with the Swedish study which found increased fracture risks in an area where the natural water fluoride concentration was 1.0 mg/L or lower. These exposures are in the same range as people experience who drink artificially fluoridated water at 0.7 mg/L. The paper summarized its key finding:Continue readingThis roof paint blocks 97% of sunlight and pulls water from the airBy Bronwyn ThompsonA roof paint that can cool your home and pull fresh water straight out of the air? It’s within reach, as scientists scale up production of a new kind of paint-like coating that shields roofing from the sun’s rays and harvests dew from its surface.Researchers at the University of Sydney and commercial start-up Dewpoint Innovations have created a nano-engineered polymer coating that not only reflects up to 97% of the sun’s rays, but also passively collects water. In tests, it was able to keep indoors up to 6 °C (~11 °F) cooler than the air outside.That temperature differential results in water vapor condensing on the surface – like the fogging on a cold mirror – producing a steady trickle of droplets.In trials on the roof of the Sydney Nanoscience Hub, the coating captured dew more than 30% of the year, generating as much as 390 mL of water per square meter (roughly 13 fluid ounces per 10.8 square feet) daily. This might not sound like a lot, but a 12-sq-m (about 129-sq-ft) section of treated roof could produce around 4.7 L (around 1.25 US gallons) of water per day under optimal conditions.Continue readingNew Study Finds Cognitive Impairment Is Skyrocketing Across AmericaBy Nicolas Hulscher, MPHA major new Neurology study analyzing more than 4.5 million U.S. adults has uncovered a striking trend: self-reported cognitive disability—difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions—has surged by 40% over the past decade.According to CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data, prevalence rose from 5.3% in 2013 to 7.4% in 2023, marking the sharpest increase ever recorded.Even just since 2019, rates climbed from roughly 6.4% to 7.4% nationwide—a 16% jump in only four years. The most dramatic rise occurred among younger adults aged 18–39, where rates nearly doubled, from 5.1% to 9.7%. This climb began around 2016 and continued steadily through 2023, with no signs of stopping.The implications stretch far beyond neurology clinics. The collapse in sustained attention, logical reasoning, and decision making abilities now pervades public discourse, workplaces, and relationships.Continue readingFluoride Linked to Bone Fractures in Pooled Analysis of 27 Studiesby fluoridealert26% higher risk of fragility fractures in postmenopausal women• Risks found even at exposure levels from artificial fluoridationA new systematic review identified 27 studies of fluoride and bone fractures and found significantly increased risk of fractures in pooled analyses, especially in postmenopausal women [Mazzoli et al 2025]. This demographic has the highest risk of hip fractures, which are a major cause of permanent disability and death in older women. Following a hip fracture, 30% are dead within a year and 50% will never be able to walk without assistance.This review’s finding is consistent with a high-quality study in Sweden which is considered the most rigorous study of fluoride and bone fracture to date [Helte et al 2021] but was not included in the pooled analyses. Furthermore, this new paper included dose-response meta-analyses that found increases in fracture rates starting at water fluoride concentrations of about 0.5 milligrams per liter (mg/L), consistent with the Swedish study which found increased fracture risks in an area where the natural water fluoride concentration was 1.0 mg/L or lower. These exposures are in the same range as people experience who drink artificially fluoridated water at 0.7 mg/L. The paper summarized its key finding:Continue reading700,000 Ineligible SNAP Recipients Purged After USDA Uncovers Widespread Food Stamp Fraudby Tyler DurdenU.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins joined Fox News on Sunday and addressed the American people about the USDA’s massive effort to combat fraud in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).Rollins said that the Trump administration sent letters to all governors prohibiting illegal aliens from accessing benefits, with a historic request for state data to be audited alongside the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). She said only 29 states cooperated, primarily red and some blue states.She said her team and DOGE found some of the most shocking fraud ever, resulting in the purging of 700,000 ineligible recipients since the president’s inauguration, and arrested 118 individuals.Some of the key findings she unveiled in the interview:SNAP spending surged nearly 40% under Biden, linked to $100 billion in expenditures.Continue readingIt’S Never Different This TimeBy Assaf Gilead/Globes/TnsAmazon and Google, which won the Israeli government’s Nimbus cloud computing deal, agreed to demands to set up a special reporting mechanism about data handed to foreign governments, as part of the contract, according to leaked documents seen by the Guardian, as part of a joint investigation with left-leaning Israeli-Palestinian publication +972 Magazine and Hebrew-language outlet Local Call.Through a so-called coded system called the “winking mechanism,” every request to hand over data to a foreign government is accompanied by a report made in a way that seems to come straight out of a spy thriller. Amazon and Google reportedly send Israel’s Finance Ministry secret codes through a money transfer that reveals the identity of the country that required them to disclose the information, even if the country has issued an order preventing them from revealing that they provided such information.Continue readingAmazon, Google agreed to inform Israel on data handed to foreign governments – GuardianBy Assaf Gilead/Globes/TnsAmazon and Google, which won the Israeli government’s Nimbus cloud computing deal, agreed to demands to set up a special reporting mechanism about data handed to foreign governments, as part of the contract, according to leaked documents seen by the Guardian, as part of a joint investigation with left-leaning Israeli-Palestinian publication +972 Magazine and Hebrew-language outlet Local Call.Through a so-called coded system called the “winking mechanism,” every request to hand over data to a foreign government is accompanied by a report made in a way that seems to come straight out of a spy thriller. Amazon and Google reportedly send Israel’s Finance Ministry secret codes through a money transfer that reveals the identity of the country that required them to disclose the information, even if the country has issued an order preventing them from revealing that they provided such information.Continue readingTokenization: BlackRock’s Larry Fink Says ‘We’re At The Beginning Of The Tokenization Of All Assets,’ Promotes Necessity Of Digital ID To Form A Social Credit Scoreby The WinePressThe following report is set to appear in the latest edition of the monthly publication. Revive The Table. You can preorder a physical copy on the website.Earlier this year, World Economic Forum founder Klaus Schwab was effectively forced out of his own globalist group he founded decades ago. Ascending to Schwab’s role, André Hoffmann – a Swiss billionaire and great-grandson of Fritz Hoffmann-La Roche, who founded the drug company Roche – and Larry Fink were selected as the interim Co-Chairs of the WEF.1 The WEF, as we know, is the controversial group that tells us that we, among many other controversial things, will “own nothing and be happy” by 2030.The two indicated in August that their ascendance signified a “pivotal transition” in the WEF’s agenda, writing:“We are honored to take on this leadership role on an interim basis at a pivotal time for the World Economic Forum. As the organization moves into a new chapter, we look ahead with clarity, purpose, and confidence in the Forum’s enduring mission.Continue readingYouTube: A Digital Form of Occupation Designed to Silence Palestinian Voicesby Matt SledgeLocal cops have gotten tens of millions of dollars’ worth of discounted military gear under a secretive federal program that is poised to grow under recent executive action from Donald Trump, according to a new report.Armored vehicles, video surveillance programs, and thermal imagers are all examples of the ware purchased by local police under a lesser-known cousin to another controversial program that gifts them the gear outright.The floodgates could be opened now that President Donald Trump has revoked an executive order issued by his predecessor, Joe Biden, meant to tamp down on the “warrior cop” trend.When paired with the increasing number of local agencies aiding mass deportation, the 1122 program — so named after a section of federal defense law — presents a danger to people facing off against militarized cops, according to Women for Weapons Trade Transparency.Continue readingAn Obscure Military Program Helps Local Cops Buy Armored Cars and Spyware. It Might Balloon Under Trump.by Matt SledgeLocal cops have gotten tens of millions of dollars’ worth of discounted military gear under a secretive federal program that is poised to grow under recent executive action from Donald Trump, according to a new report.Armored vehicles, video surveillance programs, and thermal imagers are all examples of the ware purchased by local police under a lesser-known cousin to another controversial program that gifts them the gear outright.The floodgates could be opened now that President Donald Trump has revoked an executive order issued by his predecessor, Joe Biden, meant to tamp down on the “warrior cop” trend.When paired with the increasing number of local agencies aiding mass deportation, the 1122 program — so named after a section of federal defense law — presents a danger to people facing off against militarized cops, according to Women for Weapons Trade Transparency.Continue reading10 Things Not To Do When The Next Great Depression Strikesby Milan AdamsThe most shocking videos in the world! This video actually shows us what the secret of the Trump family is related to their expressive health!!! Video HERE.None of us is really looking forward to the next great depression, even while we’re all expecting it to come. The reality is that rough financial times are worrisome for everyone, including the most prepared preppers amongst us. While you and I might be better off than our neighbors are, there’s still the possibility of losing our jobs, followed by our cars and then our homes.Since one of the marks of depression is high unemployment, there’s no guarantee that any of us will manage to keep our jobs or even find another job if we lose ours. While 75% of people managed to keep their jobs back in the Great Depression of the last century, it is the 25% of them who lost their jobs that we all focus on.Continue readingBREAKING: Peer-Reviewed Study Finds COVID-19 “Vaccines” Linked to 63 Serious Brain and Spinal Cord Adverse EventsBy Nicolas Hulscher, MPHThe study titled “COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination: Implications for the Central Nervous System,” authored by Kirstin Cosgrove, BM, CCRA; James A. Thorp, MD; Claire Rogers, MSPAS, PA-C; Steven Hatfill, MD; Nicolas Hulscher, MPH; and Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH, was just published after successful peer-review in the International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences.Using VAERS data from January 1990 through November 2024, we compared adverse events reported after COVID-19 vaccination to those after influenza vaccination and all other vaccines combined. We focused specifically on the central nervous system (CNS) — the brain and spinal cord, which control everything from memory and thought to movement and vital body functions. In total, we identified 63 serious safety signals involving the brain and nervous system, ranging from meningitis and encephalitis to brain abscesses, herpesvirus reactivations, demyelinating syndromes, and even prion diseases — each breaching CDC/FDA thresholds that are supposed to trigger immediate safety investigations.Continue readingUpcoming Liberty EventsBitchill – November 18th-25th – Prospera, Roatan, HondurasSan Diego Counterforce Alliance – Freedom Christmas Party – Saturday, December 13th – Green Dragon Inn 5:30 PM PST – 6115 Paseo Del Norte, Carlsbad, CA 92011 – john_s_email(at)yahoo.com to RSVP or get infoThe People’s Reset – Morelia, Mexico – Jan 28th-Feb 1st 2026Principled Business Summit- Prospera, Roatán, Honduras, February 5–9, 2026MONEROTOPIA 2026-Roma, Mexico City, February 12TH-15TH 2026Entrepreneurship Beyond Politics: Mises Circle in Oklahoma City – Feb 21st, OKC, OKFreedom Under Natural Law Conference – February 21st & 22nd 2026, On-lineMises Institute Libertarian Scholars Conference – March 19, 2026, at our Auburn, ALAustrian Economic Research Conference 2026 – March 19-21, 2026, Auburn, ALRothbard University-May 14-16, 2026, Auburn, ALDubFX, Woodnote, and Grant “Prezence” Ellman are going to be touring Europe Sept-December. Get all the details on the new tour, the new album: Open Secret Society (see below), and why DubFX is boycotting SPOTIFY: https://dubfx.comEvent Name: Principled Business SummitLocation: Roatán, HondurasDate: February 5–9, 2026Join a 3-day immersive experience in the world’s only startup special economic zone, built on legal autonomy and designed for visionary builders.Memes BonanzaMeet the Jewish insiders hoping to help Mamdani get elected as mayorhttps://forward.com/news/753505/jews-zohran-mamdani-election-nyc-mayor/Truth Music of the WeekPublic Enemy – He Got Game ft. Stephen StillsIt’s time we stopped childrenWhat’s that sound? Everybody lookWhat’s going downlibertarian Intentional Community RoundupEtienne Note: We have rebranded our Free State Project Corner section in Five Meme Friday to: libertarian Intentional Community Roundup to cover other projects including Prospera (Honduras), The Free State Project (New Hampshire), Liberstad (Norway), Montelibero (Montenegro), Los Propietarios, (Argentina), Liberland (Croatia/Serbia border), Network States in general and Sea Steading (The Oceans). I am also covering secession movements including Greater Idaho,Please send details of any new happenings, projects or projects I am missing!Four real estate developments have broken ground and moving forward in Prospera. Follow progress and opportunities on their website at prospera.co/real-estate.NOMAD Breaks Ground in PrósperaBig news: NOMAD is officially breaking ground on their newest Node hub right here in Próspera, Roatán — making them our first outside developer partnership.NOMAD is revolutionizing global living for digital nomads and remote workers. They’re building a worldwide network of “Nodes” — beautifully designed coliving and coworking communities where you can live, work, and connect with like-minded builders and creators.Their model is simple but powerful: Members can book stays at any Node around the world through their app, creating a global home network. Whether you want to stay for a month or become part of a community long-term, you can license, rent, or even buy into their Node network. It’s more than accommodation — it’s a lifestyle ecosystem.With existing Nodes already operating across the U.S. and a growing global footprint, NOMAD is making location-independent living accessible and affordable for modern nomads.Why They Chose PrósperaOut of everywhere in the world, NOMAD chose Próspera for their Caribbean hub. Here’s why:• Ease of building — Start a business in hours. Build with unprecedented regulatory flexibility.• Location — Lush Caribbean rainforest, pristine beaches, and world-class diving at your doorstep.• Community — 1,700+ residents from 40+ countries, 200+ companies, and a thriving ecosystem of builders and innovators.Scaling TogetherAnd this is just the beginning. Próspera and NOMAD are planning to scale together to additional locations worldwide, creating a blueprint for how innovative zones and purpose-built communities can work hand-in-hand.Looking ahead, we’re also planning a for-sale development — giving you the opportunity to own a nomad.homes Node in Próspera permanently.The LiberatorThe Liberator– Our archive of “government” and media criminalityImportant Note: New additions are added to the authoritative Liberator Dropboxes regularly but will not appear in the physical credit card-sized flash drive until we launch the next version. Anyone can download the current contents of the Liberator FOR FREE including all the primary sources and evidence from our investigation into “The Covid”.Liberator #1 – Companion media to “Government” – The Biggest Scam in History. 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Can You Help Us Expose the REAL Political Spectrum in Every Country in the World?
Etienne and Australia’s Paul Hellier of Fair Food Forager Break Down the REAL Political Spectrum Down Under and Launch Global CampaignI wrote an article a couple of weeks ago entitled The Fake Left-Right Paradigm – What is the REAL Political Spectrum the Monopoly Media is Hiding? The 1st visualization in the article has become the most viral visualization that we have ever created. The former champion was “Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss” that was also in the article. The REAL US Political Spectrum visualization below ripped through Facebook, shared dozens of times that we could count. Some folks were downloading it and reuploading it so their version would be shared so we don’t know how far it went but we watched it pop up on meme syndicator websites and Substacks as well.In the article I tell the story about Marshall Fritz, who founded the Advocates for Self-Government, and popularized the Nolan Chart aKa The World’s Smallest Political Quiz, which has become the most successful libertarian educational tool of all time! Tens of millions of people have taken the Quiz and discovered libertarianism, the REAL political landscape, and the scam of the fake Left-Right political spectrum.I think our version is similarly important for many of the exact same reasons:It exposes the fraudulent nature of the fake Left-Right political paradigmIt helps normies better understand the REAL political spectrumCaveat: I think the Nolan chart/Quiz does a better job of defining the full political landscape BUT I think this chart (and the companion visualization below) does a SUPERB job at changing the way folks conditioned to the left-right spectrum will view & understand the world through that left-right lensIt promotes libertarianism & voluntaryism as alternativesIt helps people understand where libertarianism and voluntaryism sit on the left-right spectrum in the same favorable way as the Nolan Chart / QuizThe Companion Visualization, which we are also recreating for each country, reframes where the Republicans and Democrats REALLY fit on the scale between slavery and REAL Freedom. But wait… It gets better… It turns out… and I know you are going to find this hard to believe… that the other countries (tax farms) of the world are running the exact same scam… So the visualization has the opportunity to go viral in other countries for the exact same reason with the exact same results…So… We created V 2.0 with some improvements… AND versions for other countriesV 2.0 now includes the URL for a landing page on our website (ArtOfLiberty.org/REAL-Scale) where we are both collecting and promoting versions for the rest of the world.The landing page also has the article that explains:The REAL political spectrum,The history and overview of the Nolan Chart/World’s Smallest Political Quiz, Advocates for Self-GovernmentDirects folks to Advocates for Self-Government’s website where they can take the quiz for themselvesHere is the Australian version… When I ran this by Ron Manners, who runs the Mannkal Economic Education Foundation (The Australian Foundation for Economic Education) not only did he confirm we nailed it… But he Cc: in three heavy hitters in the Australian think tank and libertarian movement confirming to me that this is capable of circulating AND IS CIRCULATING at the highest intellectual levels around the world)Today we are launching Canada….We have a variety of other countries in the works… and I am hoping that the folks in our audience can help us with the other countries we don’t have yet. We are especially interested in the United Kingdom, Israel, Germany, Russia, China, and Mexico. Please email me at Etienne (at) ArtOfLiberty.org if you would like to help us create the two visualizations for your country!If you would like to help sponsor this endeavor, you can do so at ArtOfLiberty.org/Sponsor OR Go Paid on Substack! We have some great premiums to say THANK YOU! We have the article and all the existing countries at ArtOfLiberty.org/REAL-Scalewhich is the landing page for the project and the URL that every version of the visualizations will carry…I think Marshall Fritz would be pleased…About the AuthorEtienne de la Boetie2 is the founder of the Art of Liberty Foundation, the author of “Government” – The Biggest Scam in History… Exposed! and the editor of the Art of Liberty Daily News on Substack and Five Meme Friday, which delivers hard-hitting voluntaryist memes and the best of the alternative media.He is the author of The Covid-19 Suspects and Their Ties to Eugenics and Population Control/Reduction and Solving Covid – The Covid 19, Eugenics, and Vaccine/Drug Scam TimelineAbout the Art of Liberty FoundationA start-up public policy organization: Voluntaryist crime fighters exposing inter-generational organized crime’s control of the “government,” media and academia. 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Fivememefri – We Are Exposing the REAL Political Spectrum the Media is Hiding in Other Countries
PLUS…. Landmark Report Finds Vaccination Is the Dominant Risk Factor for Autism Spectrum DisorderDear Subscribers,I wrote an article a couple of weeks ago entitled The Fake Left-Right Paradigm – What is the REAL Political Spectrum the Monopoly Media is Hiding? The 1st visualization in the article has become the most viral meme that we have ever created. The former champion was “Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss” that was also in the article. The REAL US Political Spectrum meme below ripped through Facebook, shared dozens of times that we could count. Some folks were downloading it and reuploading it so their version would be shared so we don’t know how far it went but we watched it pop up on meme syndicator websites and Substacks as well.In the article I tell the story about Marshall Fritz, who founded the Advocates for Self-Government, and popularized the Nolan Chart aKa The World’s Smallest Political Quiz, which has become the most successful libertarian educational tool of all time! Tens of millions of people have taken the Quiz and discovered libertarianism, the REAL political landscape, and the scam of the fake Left-Right political spectrum.I think our version is similarly important for many of the exact same reasons:It exposes the fraudulent nature of the fake Left-Right political paradigmIt helps normies better understand the REAL political spectrumCaveat: I think the Nolan chart/Quiz does a better job of defining the full political landscape BUT I think this chart (and the companion visualization below) does a SUPERB job at changing the way folks conditioned to the left-right spectrum will view & understand the world through that left-right lensIt promotes libertarianism & voluntaryism as alternativesIt helps people understand where libertarianism and voluntaryism sit on the left-right spectrum in the same favorable way as the Nolan Chart / QuizThe Companion Visualization Reframes Where the Republicans and Democrats REALLY FitBut wait… It gets better… It turns out… and I know you are going to find this hard to believe… that the other countries of the world are running the exact same scam… So the visualization has the opportunity to go viral in other countries for the exact same reason with the exact same results…So… We began creating V 2.0 with some improvements… AND for other countriesV 2.0 now includes the URL for a landing page on our website (ArtOfLiberty.org/REAL-Scale) where we are both collecting and promoting versions for the rest of the world.The landing page also has the article that explains:The REAL political spectrum,The history and overview of the Nolan Chart/World’s Smallest Political Quiz, Advocates for Self-GovernmentDirects folks to Advocates for Self-Government’s website where they can take the quiz for themselvesHere is the Australian version… When I ran this by Ron Manners, who runs the Mannkal Economic Education Foundation (The Australian Foundation for Economic Education) not only did he confirm we nailed it… But he Cc: in three heavy hitters in the Australian think tank and libertarian movement confirming to me that this is capable of circulating AND IS CIRCULATING at the highest intellectual levels around the world)Today we are launching Canada…. We have a variety of other countries in the works… and I am hoping that the folks in our audience can help us with the other countries we don’t have yet. Please email me at Etienne (at) ArtOfLiberty.org if you would like to help us create the two visualizations for your country!If you would like to help sponsor this endeavor, you can do so at ArtOfLiberty.org/SponsorWe have the article and all the existing countries at ArtOfLiberty.org/REAL-Scale which is the landing page for the project and the URL that every version of the visualizations will carry…I think Marshall Fritz would be pleased…Abigail Spanberger, is an “Ex” CIA Agent that is one of the DOZENS of intelligence agency and military alumni that appear to be getting funded and installed into political positions. We break that down in our expose: CIA Democrats (and Republicans!) – Are You Getting Your Politicians from the CIA? – I think the creator of this meme missed the point… She was ACTING!Have you seen our breakdown of the REAL Political Spectrum? ArtOfLiberty.org/REAL-ScaleTop Stories of the WeekWhy Did the US REALLY Give Argentina $20 BILLION Dollars? – Jimmy Dore, Etienne & Popular Information Break Down the ScamTreasury Secretary Scott Bessent Bails Out His Friend/Ex-Colleague & Soros Partner Rob Citrone Who Bought Up Argentina Bonds Before Bessent’s Rescue was AnnouncedEtienne Note: This article also appears in “Government”, Media and Academia Criminality Exposed, A digest of HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS of articles exposing and suggesting inter-generational organized crime’s control of the “Government,” Media and Academia by the Art of Liberty Foundation. You can view the other articles or subscribe on Telegram: https://t.me/Government_ScamsAt the Art of Liberty Foundation, our working thesis is not only that “government” is illegitimate and best thought of as a technique for robbing and controlling populations, BUT that the US “government” (and most other governments) are being run as criminal enterprises.It is now emerging that the two $20 Billion dollar rescue packages (IMF & US Treasury) that US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent put together for Argentina directly benefits Bessent’s personal friend and ex-colleague at George Soros-connected hedge fund Discovery Capital. Specifics Below.The scam of banksters betting on and manipulating sovereign bonds is as old as the “founding” of the US Federal Government. I broke down a similar scam from the “founding” in my article The Shady History of the Con-stitution, where financial interests bought up revolutionary war debt issued by the Continental Congress for pennies on the dollar. Since the original “government” under the Articles of Confederation had no ability to “lay and collect taxes,” the promises had become worthless.Those same financial interests then took over the 1787 Philadelphia convention and rammed through an unauthorized replacement for the Articles of Confederation that created a “government” that could tax (steal), and then tricked the population into thinking it was legitimate through basically the same “control of perception” media system that we are under. I.E. controlling the newspapers of the day to pretend that a couple of dozen slave owners on a continent of three million people writing down on a fancy piece of paper that only they get to make up rules for everyone and steal the wealth of others is legitimate.Continue reading…Videos of the WeekInside Hebron: Living Under Israel’s “Smart City” SurveillanceMint Press News’ Mnar Adley Went to Palestine’s Most Surveilled City to Expose Israel’s Wolfpack AI – What She Found Broke Herby MintPress NewsEtienne Note: We have also covered ‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza, where the Israeli army has marked tens of thousands of Gazans as suspects for assassination, using an AI targeting system with little human oversight and a permissive policy for casualties.Mint Press News just published a powerful new documentary that exposes how Israel is using Hebron—the West Bank’s largest Palestinian city—as a testing ground for its “smart city” surveillance regime.Dubbed the “Wolfpack” system, this network of facial recognition cameras, AI-powered weapons, and militarized checkpoints subjects Palestinians to what Amnesty International calls “automated apartheid.”Entire neighborhoods are shuttered, streets renamed, and families forced to navigate sniper-equipped checkpoints just to reach their own homes.This is not speculative dystopia. It’s daily life in Hebron, and a preview of technologies being refined for export and deployment across the globe.Continue reading…The United States Military Is A CultEtienne Note: I am revisiting some of the articles in our uncensorable flashdrive O’ Freedom: The Liberator for a podcast episode I am shooting this week for The Higherside Chats with Greg Carlwood which we will, eventually, syndicate on this Substack. I am going to do a deep dive on the cult-indoctrination techniques used on the military and police for that podcast. I break down the basics in my new book: To See the Cage is to Leave It – 25 Techniques the Few Use to Control the Many, where I list a variety of techniques. I am going to dive deeper with Greg so I am syndicating some articles I had archived on The Liberator to prepare. Check back tomorrow for the 2nd article in the series from the Wise Sloth on the techniques the military uses on recruits.By wise slothNote: I served in the U.S. Air Force from 2000-2007. My AFSC was 3C0X1 (Communications computer systems operator). My highest rank was E-5 (Staff Sergeant), and I received an honorable discharge.Continue readingExit Microplastics From Brainsby Len KinderSulphurophane and activated charcoal for microplasticsIn the video “The First & Only Microplastics Excretion Protocol” by Ryker Black, a longevity author and independent health researcher, the proposed microplastic-clearing method combines sulforaphane supplementation with activated charcoal to mobilize and remove stored microplastics from the body.Here is the detailed breakdown of the protocol as described:The goal is to enhance the body’s natural clearance of microplastics—especially those trapped in immune cells (macrophages)—by triggering release into the bloodstream and preventing their reabsorption through the intestines.The protocol mainly focuses on the smallest microplastics.He clarifies that microplastics larger than about 10 μm are often trapped in the gut or lung mucus and cleared naturally, while the smaller 1–10 μm microplastics get engulfed by immune cells but cannot be digested—these are the main particles his protocol aims to clear.Continue reading“Government”, Media and AcademiaCriminality ExposedThese articles also appears in “Government”, Media and Academia Criminality Exposed, A digest of HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS of articles exposing and suggesting inter-generational organized crime’s control of the “Government,” Media and Academia by the Art of Liberty Foundation. You can view the other articles or subscribe on Telegram: https://t.me/Government_ScamsTrump Jr-linked drone company wins Pentagon contractEtienne Note: This article also appears in “Government”, Media and Academia Criminality Exposed, A digest of HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS of articles exposing and suggesting inter-generational organized crime’s control of the “Government,” Media and Academia by the Art of Liberty Foundation. You can view the other articles or subscribe on Telegram: https://t.me/Government_Scamsby archive.isJoe Miller and Alex Rogers in Washington, Steff Chávez in Mexico City and George Steer in New YorkA little-known drone company backed by Donald Trump Jr has won its largest contract from the Pentagon, as the US government expands its procurement of the drones.Florida-based Unusual Machines, in which Trump Jr has held a $4mn stake, said the US army had contracted it to manufacture 3,500 drone motors, alongside various other drone parts.Continue reading3 Scandals in 4 Days That Would Define Any Other PresidencyEtienne Note: This article also appears in “Government”, Media and Academia Criminality Exposed, A digest of HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS of articles exposing and suggesting inter-generational organized crime’s control of the “Government,” Media and Academia by the Art of Liberty Foundation. You can view the other articles or subscribe on Telegram: https://t.me/Government_Scamsby Judd LegumOn Monday, Popular Information reported on President Trump’s October 23 pardon of Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, known as CZ, who pled guilty to violating anti-money laundering laws. According to the Department of Justice, CZ’s conduct “allowed money to flow to terrorists, cybercriminals, and child abusers” through Binance. CZ served four months in prison and agreed to step down as CEO.On Tuesday, Binance’s U.S. exchange announced it would begin allowing trading of two Trump-linked cryptocurrencies — USD1 and WLFI. Both cryptocurrencies were issued by World Liberty Financial, a company co-founded by Trump and his sons.Continue readingRENTIER CRONY CAPITALISM: BlackRock Dismantling the American Dream with Weaponized Real Estate HeistEtienne Note: This article also appears in “Government”, Media and Academia Criminality Exposed, A digest of HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS of articles exposing and suggesting inter-generational organized crime’s control of the “Government,” Media and Academia by the Art of Liberty Foundation. You can view the other articles or subscribe on Telegram: https://t.me/Government_Scamsby 2nd Smartest Guy in the WorldThe American Dream of “owning” a home is rapidly becoming a nightmare.The Founding Fathers wanted We the People to have ALLODIAL PROPERTY TITLE whereby no taxes nor debts of any kind could ever be levied on a person’s home.A movement is now arising in America that will go after the cities that steal money for communist schools, and other local tax scams; in fact, all property taxation in America represents the abolition of private property rights, which is slavery.Continue readingUPDATE: Trump’s crypto pardon delivers immediate paybackEtienne Note: This article also appears in “Government”, Media and Academia Criminality Exposed, A digest of HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS of articles exposing and suggesting inter-generational organized crime’s control of the “Government,” Media and Academia by the Art of Liberty Foundation. You can view the other articles or subscribe on Telegram: https://t.me/Government_Scamsby Judd LegumOn Monday, Popular Information reported on President Trump’s October 23 pardon of Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, known as CZ, who pled guilty to violating anti-money laundering laws. According to the Department of Justice, CZ’s conduct “allowed money to flow to terrorists, cybercriminals, and child abusers” through Binance. CZ served four months in prison and agreed to step down as CEO.On Tuesday, Binance’s U.S. exchange announced it would begin allowing trading of two Trump-linked cryptocurrencies — USD1 and WLFI. Both cryptocurrencies were issued by World Liberty Financial, a company co-founded by Trump and his sons.Continue readingTrump’s Corporate Favor FactoryEtienne Note: This article also appears in “Government”, Media and Academia Criminality Exposed, A digest of HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS of articles exposing and suggesting inter-generational organized crime’s control of the “Government,” Media and Academia by the Art of Liberty Foundation. You can view the other articles or subscribe on Telegram: https://t.me/Government_ScamsBy David Moore, We researched more than 150 top donors to Trump’s inauguration fund and White House ballroom to find the government favors they’ve received this year.Hundreds of large companies and wealthy individuals donated to the inaugural fund of Donald Trump and JD Vance after their election last year, more than doubling President Trump’s previous record and raking in $248 million. Since the Trump administration has taken power and reeled off executive orders and regulatory changes, more enormous donations from companies looking to curry favor with the White House have piled into Trump’s presidential library nonprofit—and recently, to the nonprofit behind his ballroom project.Continue readingReport: Crypto Drives Record Growth in Trump Family FinancesEtienne Note: This article also appears in “Government”, Media and Academia Criminality Exposed, A digest of HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS of articles exposing and suggesting inter-generational organized crime’s control of the “Government,” Media and Academia by the Art of Liberty Foundation. You can view the other articles or subscribe on Telegram: https://t.me/Government_Scamsby Veronika KyrylenkoA new Reuters investigation reveals a scale of presidential enrichment unseen in modern U.S. history. Published Tuesday, a special report titled “Inside the Trump family’s global crypto cash machine” shows that the Trump family’s fortune surged in 2025. The summary reads:The U.S. president’s family raked in more than $800 million from sales of crypto assets in the first half of 2025 alone, a Reuters examination found, on top of potentially billions more in unrealized “on paper” gains. Much of that cash has come from foreign sources as Donald Trump’s sons have touted their business on an international investor roadshow.Continue readingThe REAL Political Spectrum… Around the WorldI am adding a new recurring feature to Five Meme Friday: The REAL Political Spectrum… Around the World! A couple of weeks ago I did an article: The Fake Left-Right Paradigm – What is the REAL Political Spectrum the Monopoly Media is Hiding? where I broke down WHY the monopoly media misrepresents the REAL political spectrum and what the actual political spectrum looks like in the US. That meme went viral so now I am duplicating it for other countries.Can you help? Please e-mail me at Etienne(at)ArtOfLiberty.org to help create a version for YOUR country OR suggest changes for a version we already have circulating. Donate to support this project at ArtOfLiberty.org/sponsorship-program/The REAL Political Spectrum in: USA, Australia, Canada, Venezuela (English), Venezuela (Espanol)Shift the Political Spectrum in: USA, Australia, Canada, Venezuela (English), Venezuela (Espanol)“Daily News of The Week”Israeli-U.S. Geoengineering Company ‘Stardust’ to Begin Blocking the Sun with Airborne Chemicals ‘As Soon as April’by Jon FleetwoodIsraeli-U.S. geoengineering company Stardust Solutions has announced a $60 million fundraising round for its efforts to block the sun by spraying particles into the atmosphere.Stardust says they have created a powder that they promise “wouldn’t accumulate in humans or ecosystems, and can’t harm the ozone layer or create acid rain like the sulfur-rich particles from volcanoes.”But it refuses to disclose what the particles are actually made of, rendering those promises meaningless without transparency, independent verification, or the public’s informed consent.The startup will use the money to begin “controlled outdoor experiments” as soon as April, according to a POLITICO report that broke the news. “Those tests would release the company’s reflective particles inside a modified plane flying about 11 miles (18 kilometers) above sea level.”Continue readingCalifornia And Chicago Move Toward Taxation Armageddonby Tyler DurdenAuthored by Jonathan Turley,Various blue states are facing towering budget deficits as federal pandemic payments end and expenditures rise.he result is a widening gap between the two parties on tax policies as Democratic leaders seek to avoid massive budget cuts in favor of tax increases. Two of the most economically moronic measures can be found in California and Illinois where leaders could be pushing high-tax residents out of their respective states.In California, Gov. Gavin Newsom is seeking a billionaire tax that would target roughly 180 individuals who are expected to remain in the state, like some voluntary canned hunt. In Chicago, Mayor Brandon Johnson is facing the same exodus of businesses as California. His solution? A head tax on the very large corporations is needed for the city to survive. Even the far-left governor, J.B. Pritzker, is opposing the move as economically suicidal. However, groups like the teachers’ unions are pushing for this and other new taxes to support, among other things, a bloated pension plan for its members.Continue readingDown The ‘Racist’ Rabbit Hole – Why Are So Many Arrested Minorities Booked As ‘White’?by Tyler Durden2025 has been a great year for noticing things that would have gotten one censored, canceled, or debanked just a few short years ago.In today’s episode, former DOE nuclear engineer Matt Von Swol notices something that’s been floating around for years; the insane number of minorities (mexicans and blacks) who are booked as “WHITE” when they get arrested – something which obviously manipulates ‘inconvenient’ crime stats – something that TPUSA’s Andrew Kolvet noted have been “widely corrupted to serve a racist agenda.’“I searched through thousands of arrests in my county and every single Hispanic individual who has been arrested is labelled as “WHITE”“ Van Swol posted on X.We cannot trust crime stats in America. They have been widely corrupted to serve a racist agenda. https://t.co/UEpwDbnv2FContinue readingBan Monsanto (Bayer) & Israel Chemicals Ltd’s White Phosphorus Weaponsby advocacy.organicconsumers.orgIn solidarity with Lebanon’s The Land Remembers campaign for an immediate and unconditional ban on white phosphorus munitions in all forms of warfare and St. Louis, Missouri’s ICL Out of STL campaign to block the city of St. Louis from giving $200 million for expansion to Israel Chemicals Limited, a company that, with its partner Monsanto (Bayer), is the monopoly supplier of white phosphorus weapons to the U.S. War Department, the Organic Consumers Association is asking Congress to stop buying white phosphorus weapons and work for a ban.The Land Remembers petition states, “White phosphorus is a chemical weapon that ignites upon exposure to oxygen, burning at over 800°C. It inflicts horrific injuries, contaminates land and water, and renders entire regions uninhabitable for generations. In South Lebanon, its repeated use has scorched fields, homes, and bodies — turning landscapes into lingering sites of violence and toxicity.”Continue readingStudy Links Surge in Children’s Memory Problems to Wireless Radiation Exposureby Suzanne Burdick, Ph.D.This article was originally published by The Defender — Children’s Health Defense’s News & Views Website.Children and teens in Sweden and Norway are experiencing an “alarming” rise in memory problems, which the authors of a new peer-reviewed study attributed to increased exposure to wireless radiation.“The steep increase in memory issues cannot be explained by changes in diagnostic criteria or reporting to the registries alone,” Lennart Hardell, M.D., Ph.D., one of the study’s authors, said in a press release. He added:“We urge our findings on increasing numbers of children having impaired memory to be taken seriously by public health authorities and consider children’s increasing exposure to wireless radiation as a possible cause.“Thus, we ask for measures aimed at decreasing exposure to RF radiation [radiofrequency radiation] to protect the brain and general health of children.”Continue readingThese Are Forecast To Be America’s Fastest-Growing States Over The Next 25 Yearsby Tyler DurdenOver the next 25 years, Texas is projected to gain 8.6 million residents, the highest absolute increase across states.Like Texas, Florida and California are projected to lead nationally in population gains, adding 5.2 million and 3.1 million people, respectively. In comparison, 18 states are projected to shrink.This graphic, via Visual Capitalist’s Dorothy Neufeld, shows America’s fastest-growing states by 2050, based on forecasts from the University of Virginia.Between now and 2050, the U.S. is projected to grow 9%, adding nearly 32 million people to its population.However, growth across states is forecast to vary widely. Utah, for instance, is set to grow nearly four times faster than the national average, at 35%. Meanwhile, West Virginia’s population is set to contract 15%.Continue readingHow NBA figures and mafia families allegedly stole millions in rigged poker games: “Very sophisticated cheating technologies”By kerry BreenX-ray tables. Hidden cameras. Pre-marked cards. Even special contact lenses. Prosecutors say the suspects charged Thursday in a high-profile illegal gambling bust made use of sophisticated technology to cheat victims out of millions.In a series of arrests Thursday morning, law enforcement officers across the country took several big names in NBA basketball and dozens of alleged criminal figures into custody on illegal betting charges. One case focuses on sports betting while another involves allegations of elaborately rigged high-stakes poker games.FBI officials said at a news conference that the poker ring was operated by organized crime figures from “La Cosa Nostra,” referring to known mafia families. The 31 defendants include alleged members of the Bonnano, Gambino, Luchesse and Genovese crime families, as well as Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups and former player Damon Jones. Miami Heat star Terry Rozier is charged only in the sports betting case.Continue readingVenezuela Says CIA-Linked Mercenaries Caught During ‘False-Flag Attack’by Brett WilkinsThe government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said Sunday that his country’s security forces captured a group of mercenaries aligned with the US Central Intelligence Agency, less than two weeks after President Donald Trump confirmed his authorization of covert CIA action against the South American nation.Venezuela “reports that it has captured a mercenary group with direct information from the US intelligence agency, CIA, being able to determine that a false-flag attack is underway from waters bordering Trinidad and Tobago, or from Trinidad or Venezuelan territory itself,” the Venezuelan government said in a statement.“This planned action perfectly evokes the provocation of the Battleship Maine and the Gulf of Tonkin, which gave rise to the war against Spain to seize Cuba in 1898 and allowed the US Congress to authorize involvement in an eternal war against Vietnam in 1964, from which they emerged defeated by the Vietnamese people after facing incalculable destruction and regrettable human loss,” the statement continues.Continue readingBREAKING — Landmark Report Finds Vaccination Is the Dominant Risk Factor for Autism Spectrum Disorderby Nicolas Hulscher, MPHFor decades, scientists have debated what drives the relentless rise in autism. Some have claimed it’s due to “increased screening” while others declare it’s anything but vaccines. Thousands of studies have explored genetic, environmental, and perinatal factors—but very few have ever examined vaccine and non-vaccine determinants together within a unified analytical framework.Now, the landmark McCullough Foundation Report titled, Determinants of Autism Spectrum Disorder, provides the most comprehensive synthesis on the possible causes of autism to-date. Thanks to the tireless work of Nicolas Hulscher, MPH, John S. Leake, MA, Simon Troupe, MPH, Claire Rogers, MSPAS, PA-C, Kirstin Cosgrove, BM, CCRA, M. Nathaniel Mead, MSc, PhD, Bre Craven, PA-C, Mila Radetich, Andrew Wakefield, MBBS, and Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH — and support from the Bia-Echo Foundation — this historic effort was made possible.Continue reading9 Reasons Not To Join The United States MilitaryEtienne Note: This is the 2nd article in a 2 article series. Click HERE for Article #1. I am revisiting some of the articles in our uncensorable flashdrive O’ Freedom: The Liberator for a podcast episode I am shooting this week for The Higherside Chats with Greg Carlwood which we will, eventually, syndicate on this Substack. I am going to do a deep dive on the cult-indoctrination techniques used on the military and police for that podcast. I break down the basics in my new book: To See the Cage is to Leave It – 25 Techniques the Few Use to Control the Many, where I list a variety of techniques. I am going to dive deeper with Greg so I am syndicating some articles I had archived on The Liberator to prepare.by The Wise SlothI served in the U.S. Air Force from 2000–2007. My AFSC was 3C0X1 (Communications computer systems operator). My highest rank was E-5 (Staff Sergeant), and I received an honorable discharge. I separated, because I realized 9 things about the military that would have kept me from joining in the first place if I had known them in 1999. None of these reasons are derogatory towards the troops. All of these reasons have to do with how the military treats the troops unethically. The purpose of this essay isn’t to defame servicemen and women. The purpose is to raise awareness of how the military system treats people and forewarn new recruits that they’re signing up to be treated unethically in at least 9 ways.Continue readingAffordable Heathcare Act Healthcare PLans Jump 26% A Yearby Nathaniel WeixelThe rates, pricing and other data for 2026 Affordable Care Act (ACA) insurance plans were publicly posted on the federal Healthcare.gov marketplace on Wednesday, just three days ahead of the start of open enrollment.The health research nonprofit KFF said the average increase in premiums for ACA plans will be 26 percent next year, based on data for “benchmark” silver plans, which are the midtier plans in each region that most people purchase and are used to set the subsidy amounts.But KFF found the amount that people pay for coverage is set to rise 114 percent on average because Congress has not extended the enhanced tax credits that help people afford insurance plans. Democrats have leaned heavily on expanding the subsidies as part of their challenge to the GOP-led continuing resolution that would reopen the government after funding lapsed nearly a month ago.Continue readingRevealed: Pentagon orders states’ national guards to form ‘quick reaction forces’ for ‘crowd control’by theguardian.comA top US military official has ordered the national guards of all 50 US states, the District of Columbia and US territories to form “quick reaction forces” trained in “riot control”, including use of batons, body shields, Tasers and pepper spray, according to an internal Pentagon directive reviewed by the Guardian.The memo, signed on 8 October by Maj Gen Ronald Burkett, the director of operations for the Pentagon’s national guard bureau, sets thresholds for the size of the quick reaction force to be trained in each state, with most states required to train 500 national guard members, for a total of 23,500 troops nationwide.As authority, Burkett cited Donald Trump’s August executive order that deployed the guard to fight crime in Washington DC. The same order required the secretary of defense to create “a standing National Guard quick reaction force … available for rapid nationwide deployment” in “quelling civil disturbances”.Continue readingTop Trump Officials Are Moving Onto Military BasesBy Michael Scherer, Missy Ryan, and Ashley ParkerThe former White House adviser Katie Miller—mother of three young children, and wife of the presidential right-hand man Stephen—walked out of her front door one Thursday morning last month and was confronted by a woman she did not know. When she told this story on Fox News, she described the encounter as a protest that crossed a line. The stranger had told Miller: “I’m watching you,” she said. This was the day after Charlie Kirk’s assassination. It also wasn’t anything new.For weeks before Kirk’s death, activists had been protesting the Millers’ presence in north Arlington, Virginia. Someone had put up wanted posters in their neighborhood with their home address, denouncing Stephen as a Nazi who had committed “crimes against humanity.” A group called Arlington Neighbors United for Humanity warned in an Instagram post: “Your efforts to dismantle our democracy and destroy our social safety net will not be tolerated here.” The local protest became a backdrop to the Trump administration’s response to Kirk’s killing. When Miller, the architect of that response who is known for his inflammatory political rhetoric, announced a legal crackdown on liberal groups, he singled out the tactics that had victimized his family—what he called “organized campaigns of dehumanization, vilification, posting peoples’ addresses.”Continue readingTravel chaos as America’s eighth busiest airport HALTS FLIGHTS over government shutdown staffing crisisEtienne Note: The organized crime “government” is making the “shutdown” hurt average people when it shouldn’t have to. I broke down in my presentation to Liberty on the Rocks – Sedona – The Voluntaryism Conference how Canada, the 2nd largest air traffic control system in the world had privatized their air traffic control system over a decade ago and planes aren’t dropping out of the sky in Canada. There is simply no reason why air traffic control should be run by the organized crime “government.”by Ross Ibbetson, Associate Editor And Elena Salvoni, Senior Foreign News ReporterThe Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been forced to issue a ground stop at Newark airport over a staffing shortage caused by the government shutdown.The advisory issued at 3.32pm ET says that the ground delay program – which halts flights at their origin – will be in effect until at least 10.59pm.Continue readingICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street Unconstitutionally To Verify Citizenship.by Ashley BelangerSocial media videos have confirmed that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers patrolling US streets are actively using facial recognition technology to verify citizenship, 404 Media reported.In one video posted on a Chicago-based Instagram account, a self-described teenager and US citizen tells officers that he has no government ID. After he offers to show his student ID instead, the officer turns to another and asks, “can you do facial?” As the other officer pulls up an app to scan the teen’s face, the first officer tells the teenager to “relax” while alleging that “a lot of parents” tell their kids they were born in the US. The video ends after the officer takes the minor’s photo and asks the teen to verify that his name matches what the app’s database pulled up.Continue readingThe Business of KillingEtienne Note: Suicide isn’t just a problem in the Chair Force.. It is across the services. We have covered Marine Drill Instructors who have also been hit incredibly hard. I blame the organized crime “government” for running the unethically manipulative techniques I describe in To See the Cage Is to Leave It – 25 Techniques the Few Use To Control the Many. Many of these techniques are used to create stone-cold killers and many of the troops realize what they have been a part of and have to deal with the remorse. Many of these classic “cult-creation techniques” produce higher than average suicides in other unethically manipulative cults that ask their adherents to suspend their individuality and don the Uni-Form and Shave their heads….by Austin CampbellStaff Sgt. Quinte Brown never showed up for dinner. It was a monthly ritual he kept with his friends in the Air Force — tacos and tequila — meant to remind each other that they were still human. Brown was always early, the one who helped cook, played with the kids, and stayed late to clean up. But on that cold Sunday night in January 2023, his friends kept checking their phones, wondering where he was. For someone as steady as Brown, an unexplained absence was unusual.Continue readingJunkermann’s Strategic Lawfare Aimed At Substack Turns FarcicalEtienne Note: Our Substack is also referenced in the Junkermann’s DMCA / Lawfare Claim for syndicating the article: First Friends: How “Italy’s Donald Trump” Introduced Naomi Campbell to Jeffrey Epstein. The article hasn’t been taken down yet, but notice how the “government” and “intellectual property” is being used to silence investigative journalism. Johnny Vedmore replies point-by-point in this article.by Johnny VedmoreI requested all information concerning the DMCA and Defamation complaints Nicole Junkermann’s legal team have used to temporarily remove 4 of my articles. I say temporarily because there is no case to answer. As is required during DMCA Takedown Requests, Substack supplied me with the full complaint made against me, the supporting information, and the identity of the person making the complaint. I was expecting a proper fight; I wasn’t expecting a slam-dunk victory.Continue readingUpcoming Liberty EventsFreedom Under Natural Law Conference – February 21st & 22nd 2026, On-lineBitchill is a week-long retreat in Próspera, Roatán, taking place November 18–25, designed for Bitcoiners, entrepreneurs, and free spirits who value freedom and community. Instead of formal talks, it focuses on networking, collaboration, and recreation in a relaxed Caribbean setting. Organized by Tomek K., who will also speak at this year’s Free Cities Conference, attendees can enjoy a 12% discount using the code FREECITIES when booking. Find out about Bitchill here.DubFX, Woodnote, and Grant “Prezence” Ellman are going to be touring Europe Sept-December. Get all the details on the new tour, the new album: Open Secret Society (see below), and why DubFX is boycotting SPOTIFY: https://dubfx.comMemes BonanzaTruth Music of the WeekHappy Halloween! Book of Love’s Witchcraft – Extended Dance MixNot truth music… but let’s take a trip back to the 80s for one of Book of Love’s best tunes… Witchcraft… the Extended Dance Mix! Yep.. I was a club kid in the 80s…libertarian Intentional Community RoundupEtienne Note: We have rebranded our Free State Project Corner section in Five Meme Friday to: libertarian Intentional Community Roundup to cover other projects including Prospera (Honduras), The Free State Project (New Hampshire), Liberstad (Norway), Montelibero (Montenegro), Los Propietarios, (Argentina), Liberland (Croatia/Serbia border), Network States in general and Sea Steading (The Oceans). I am also covering secession movements including Greater Idaho,Please send details of any new happenings, projects or projects I am missing!Charming New England city with stunning fall foliage crowned America’s best housing marketby Marianne Garvey, Us Real Estate ReporterEtienne Note: I think “The System” might be pumping up New Hampshire to flood the state with normies to dilute the FSP!Golden arches, golden leaves — and now golden real estate. The hometown of McDonald’s founders has once again been crowned America’s top housing market. Manchester, New Hampshire, took the number one in the Fall 2025 Wall Street Journal/Realtor.com Housing Market RankingIt was recognized for its steady demand, brisk sales, and strong year-over-year price growth — all while remaining relatively affordable compared to nearby Boston.Read MoreThe city offers buyers desirable amenities, a stable economy, and easy access to major employers just an hour to the south.It also happens to be the hometown of comedy legends Sarah Silverman, Adam Sandler, and Seth Meyers.Despite still being pricier than the national norm, Manchester-Nashua still remains relatively affordable.‘Consistently among the nation’s hottest housing markets, Manchester-Nashua continues to balance desirability with relative value,’ said Hannah Jones, Senior Economic Research Analyst at Realtor.com.‘High-earning buyers seeking to stretch their dollars further continue to create cross-market housing demand in markets that are close to economic hubs.Continue reading…The Free City Conference is Going On THIS WEEKEND!It will open with remarks from managing director Peter Young, followed by a keynote from Titus Gebel on this year’s conference theme: “Vote with Your Feet”. To find out what else is in store visit www.freecitiesconference.com and view the full schedule.Livestream LinksDay 1 — Friday, October 31, from 10:00 AM – 18:15 PM CET:https://youtube.com/live/B5cRzG8q0no?feature=shareDay 2 — Saturday, November 1, from 09:30 AM – 17:30 PM CET:https://youtube.com/live/DtuWFlyOBWo?feature=shareAcross the next two days you’ll hear from founders and pioneers building real-world Free Cities, special economic zones, startup societies, and parallel institutions around the world.Another positive sign… the FSP’s Political Leadership Workshop was SOLD OUT! they have secured a larger venue to make room for more!The LiberatorThe Liberator– Our archive of “government” and media criminalityImportant Note: New additions are added to the authoritative Liberator Dropboxes regularly but will not appear in the physical credit card-sized flash drive until we launch the next version. 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PLUS… Etienne Breaks Down: Governments Are Our Enemy! on Jerm WarfareDear Subscribers,Short note today… I had a great conversation with South African political cartoonist Jeremy “Jerm” Nell on his podcast Jerm Warfare which is the top story this week. I am slamming and jamming on my upcoming book Voluntaryism- How the Only “ISM” Fair for Everyone Leads to Harmony, Prosperity and Good Karma for All… I had my most productive week in months… We are still trying to raise some duckets to finish that up… If you are a “heavy hitter” interested in making a big impact, I would be happy to set up a zoom to take you through what we have cooking…Top Stories of the WeekGovernments Are Your Enemy! – Etienne de la Boetie2 on Jerm WarfareHas “Government” Been the Biggest Scam in History?In this conversation, Etienne de la Boetie2, an American author and advocate for voluntarism known for his critical views on government structures, discusses the concept of voluntarism and critiques the legitimacy and necessity of government. He argues that government is a scam that perpetuates crony capitalism and monopolises power, causing societal harm. The chat explores the role of media in shaping perceptions, the flaws of democracy, and the potential for a society without government. Practical steps for delegitimising government and the influence of banking on societal structures are also examined, culminating in a hopeful vision for a future based on voluntary interactions and REAL freedom.Continue reading…Videos of the WeekTech CEO’s are using this man’s behavioral science tool to turn our children into addictsStanford University Behavioral Psychologist Dr. BJ Fogg gave the tech companies the formula for screen addiction: B=M+A+T or Behavior = Motivation + Ability + Trigger. The science is called Persuasive Design – The Ability to Control Behavior through technology. A flash of color (Trigger) + A Simple Tap (Ability) + A burst of Rewards (Motivation) is the formula to hook a child’s brain.Continue reading…An Inconvenient Study – New Documentary Exposes Vaccinated Kids have 453% More Neurodevelopmental DisordersHenry Ford Birth Cohort: Vaxxed vs. Unvaxxed, Reported Vaccinated Kids Had 453% More Neurodevelopmental Disorders — 57% Rendered Chronically IllEtienne Note: Because this issue is so incredibly important, I am going to rerun this video/story from last week’s Five Meme Friday. I hope you will make time to check it out and read my article exposing how the organized crime “government” has known that their “vaccines” have been causing neurological issues in kids since at least 2000.A new documentary, An Inconvenient Study, which just won Best Film at the Malibu Film Festival, is shaking the vaccine industry to its very core.The film centers on what may be the largest vaccinated vs. unvaccinated study ever conducted, tracking 18,468 children over a ten-year period within the Henry Ford Health System. According to the data, unvaccinated children were found to be significantly healthier than their vaccinated counterparts — a finding that challenges mainstream assumptions about vaccine safety and public health.Here’s what the study revealed:• Vaccinated children were 4.29 times more likely to have asthma.• Three times higher risk for atopic diseases (like eczema).• Nearly six times higher risk for autoimmune disorders — a category that includes over 80 different diseases.• 5.5 times higher risk for neurodevelopmental disorders.• 2.9 times more motor disabilities.• 4.5 times more speech disorders.• Three times more developmental delays.• Six times more acute and chronic ear infections.• In nearly 2,000 unvaccinated children, there were ZERO cases of ADHD, diabetes, behavioral problems, learning disabilities, intellectual disabilities, tics, or other psychological disorders.• The study’s conclusion is devastating. It states: “[I]n contrast to our expectations, we found that exposure to vaccination was independently associated with an overall 2.5-fold INCREASE in the likelihood of developing a chronic health condition when compared to children unexposed to vaccination.”BUT… the study was never published.Why?Continue Reading…“Government”, Media and AcademiaCriminality ExposedThese articles also appears in “Government”, Media and Academia Criminality Exposed, A digest of HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS of articles exposing and suggesting inter-generational organized crime’s control of the “Government,” Media and Academia by the Art of Liberty Foundation. You can view the other articles or subscribe on Telegram: https://t.me/Government_ScamsFrom The Grave: Virginia Giuffre Names Former Israeli Prime Minister As Her Epstein AbuserEtienne Note: This article also appears in “Government”, Media and Academia Criminality Exposed, A digest of HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS of articles exposing and suggesting inter-generational organized crime’s control of the “Government,” Media and Academia by the Art of Liberty Foundation. You can view the other articles or subscribe on Telegram: https://t.me/Government_Scamsby Kim Iversen and UK SunVirginia Giuffre, a Jeffrey Epstein victim, reportedly committed suicide in April 2025 at the age of 41 following a car accident. Critics are skeptical that she took her own life. Her book, Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice, was published posthumously. Giuffre was recruited from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club by Epstein. Americans want to know who in our government has been compromised in the massive blackmail scheme.Continue readingThe REAL Political Spectrum… Around the WorldI am adding a new recurring feature to Five Meme Friday: The REAL Political Spectrum… Around the World! A couple of weeks ago I did an article: The Fake Left-Right Paradigm – What is the REAL Political Spectrum the Monopoly Media is Hiding? where I broke down WHY the monopoly media misrepresents the REAL political spectrum and what the actual political spectrum looks like in the US. That meme went viral so now I am duplicating it for other countries. Can you help? Please e-mail me at Etienne(at)ArtOfLiberty.org to help create a version for YOUR country OR suggest changes for a version we already have circulating.“Daily News of The Week”As national debt accelerates to $38 trillion, watchdog warns it’s ‘no way for a great nation like America to run its finances’Etienne Note: We are being robbed, the country looted and the value stolen out of the currency. It smells like an engineered collapse where they are setting the country up for “The Great Taking” where they have changed the laws in all 50 states where the financial custodians (stockbrokers, pension managers, etc.) can KEEP your assets in a financial calamity. Are the organized crime bankers setting up a great collapse where they are going to try to hang on to both what they stole with fractional reserve dollars AND what they steal in a collapse?by Nick LichtenbergThe U.S. national debt has surged past $38 trillion, according to the U.S. Treasury Department, just two months after surpassing previous forecasts to reach $37 trillion in August. This means the federal debt rose by $1 trillion in a little over two months, which the Peter G. Peterson Foundation calculates is the fastest rate of growth outside the pandemic.Continue readingFlorida Bill Would Require Medical Examiners to Include Recent Vaccination History When Investigating Sudden Deaths of Infants, Childrenby Brenda Baletti, Ph.D.This article was originally published by The Defender — Children’s Health Defense’s News & Views Website.A Florida lawmaker wants to legally require medical examiners to report recent vaccinations in all cases involving the sudden death of an infant, child or young adult.Florida Sen. Ileana Garcia on Tuesday introduced Senate Bill 188, which would amend existing Florida law by expanding the responsibilities of medical examiners when completing autopsies for sudden deaths, particularly in young people.If passed, the bill will require examiners to review and document the deceased child’s immunization and medical records and report all vaccines or “emergency countermeasures” administered 90 days before death to the national Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) and Sudden Death in the Young (SDY) Case Registry, following protocols established by national health agencies.Continue reading38 Percent of Home Builders Cutting Prices, 68 Percent Offer Incentivesby mishtalk.comThe Freddie Mac average 30-year mortgage rate peaked at 7.62 percent in October of 2023. The NAHB traffic index was 26.The traffic index is now 25 despite builder incentives and a 1.32 percentage point drop in mortgage rates.NAHB Wells Fargo Housing Market IndexPlease consider the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) for October 2025.Each month, the HMI depicts overall builder sentiment toward housing market conditions on a scale ranging between 0 and 100. A higher reading ( >50) is an indication that the majority of builders feel confident about the current and near-term outlook for housing. Lower readings signify less optimism among builders.HMI Key Findings: October 2025Current sales conditions increased four points to 38.Sales expectations in the next six months jumped nine points to 54.Continue readingUS Deploying 1700 Mile Range Hypersonic Missilesby Brian WangThe Dark Eagle, Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW), is a road-mobile system capable of striking targets up to 1,700 miles away. Each battery has eight missiles on mobile trucks. This setup allows for quick deployment and fast strikes. The US Military is deploying the first missile battery.The LRHW is a road-mobile and air-transportable weapon system, armed with missiles that can travel at speeds in excess of 3,800 miles per hour, with a reported range of 1,725 miles. It communicates with the Army’s command and control networks via the Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System.The LRHW system consists of Army ground support equipment—one battery operations center (BOC), four transporter erector launchers, a BOC support vehicle and up to eight All-Up Rounds plus Canister. The LRHW leverages a Navy-designed missile (a two-stage booster and the Common Hypersonic Glide Body (CHGB)) packaged in an Army canister.The real difference with today’s hypersonic weapons is that they combine multiple features that in the aggregate make them very hard to shoot down. Speed, maneuverability (unpredictability) and flight at relatively low altitudes (as compared to ballistic missiles) make modern hypersonic weapons survivable and more likely to reach the intended target. Existing missile defenses have a very low chance of intercepting.Continue readingInflation: Slowly the Middle-Class Diesby Mises Wire•Dann E. KroegerThat is where we are today. The Federal Reserve has used its tools to lock inflation into our lives for some time to come. For most citizens, our major challenge today is to fight the rise in prices for consumables that matter most to us: food, housing, clothing, and transportation.Over the past 5 years, the government’s official measurement—the Consumer Price Index (CPI)—shows a cumulative increase of about 20 percent. A visit to the store by any consumer, however, tells a much different story. We see price jumps much more than the 20 percent CPI. It is common to see some items jump 30 percent or more, and that continues in 2025.Frank Shostak, in his article “Inflation Is Not Price Increases. Inflation Causes Price Increases,” states, “Despite its popularity, the idea of a consumer price index (CPI) is flawed. It is based on the view that it is possible to establish an average of prices of goods and services, which is not possible.” The article continues, “Inflation is not caused by the actions of private citizens, but by the government: by an artificial expansion of the money supply required to support deficit spending.”Continue readingUnfettered and Unaccountable: How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Forceby J. David McSwane and Hannah AllamProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published.Aggression: Under President Donald Trump’s deportation mission, ICE officers are using force to detain and jail immigrants.Impunity: The administration gutted guardrails and offices meant to rein in abusive actions.Disappeared: Some families say they have no idea where their loved ones were jailed after immigration raids.These highlights were written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story. Were they helpful?When Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers stormed through Santa Ana, California, in June, panicked calls flooded into the city’s emergency response system.Recordings of those calls, obtained by ProPublica, captured some of the terror residents felt as they watched masked men ambush people and force them into unmarked cars. In some cases, the men wore plain clothes and refused to identify themselves. There was no way to confirm whether they were immigration agents or imposters. In six of the calls to Santa Ana police, residents described what they were seeing as kidnappings.Continue readingHuman Respect in One Lessonby harmonyandprosperity.orgTheft and violence always reduce happiness, harmony, and prosperity. Always.That’s a principle. Whenever we can repeatedly observe a cause and effect relationship in nature and state it as a testable formula, we have a principle. It’s like gravity. You can threaten to drop a bowling ball from the 20th story of a building, and before you do it, we can not only predict that it will fall to the ground but also tell you how fast the ball will fall.Theft and violence always reduce happiness, harmony, and prosperity. Always.Everyone is always pursuing happiness. Our actions are designed to make us happier.Some actions are for immediate gratification, such as enjoying an ice cream cone, and some acts are for long-term gains, like going to college. Happier now or happier later, either way, we’re pursuing happiness.Continue readingVery Soon, ICE Will Know Exactly Where You Are All the Timeby Ellie Quinlan HoughtalingImmigration and Customs Enforcement will soon be tracking cell phone data.The immigration law enforcement agency has bought access to an “all-in-one” surveillance tool that gives it updated location data from hundreds of millions of phones, according to ICE documents obtained by 404 Media. ICE reportedly prefers the service because it also peels information from social media accounts.Redacted documents make reference to two products, both produced by the contractor Penlink. They are known as Tangles and WebLoc. Both were created by an Israeli company called Cobwebs, which merged into Penlink in 2023. ICE has reportedly spent upwards of $5 million for access to the software, Forbes reported last month.Previous attempts to monitor consumers’ location data for immigration enforcement were found to be illegal. A sweeping records request by the ACLU in 2022 found that DHS had obtained more than 336,000 location data points across North America by scraping app user data on hundreds of millions of phones during Donald Trump’s first term.Continue readingThe Apha-Gal Syndrome Is Unproven and Is a Globalist Tool in the War on Meatby Dr. Sam BaileyAlpha-gal syndrome is said to be a food allergy that develops after a tick bite, causing allergic reactions to red meat and other mammalian products. Dr. Sam Bailey explains the history and story behind this new ‘disease’ is really a tool for globalist agendas. According to experts, the ticks causing the disease have changed their patterns due to climate change. The World Economic Forum has been gaslighting us that consuming meat is endangering the planet due to climate change and claimed that beef alone was responsible for 25% of greenhouse emissions in 2010.The disease started when some people reacted negatively to the cancer drug Cetuximab. Researcher Thomas Platts-Mills was researching why Cetuximab caused allergies in some when he was bitten by a tick and developed alpha-gal allergies himself. Dr. Sam commented that it was a remarkable coincidence that a researcher who was being paid by a pharmaceutical company would come up with this idea and then he himself was bitten by a tick.Continue readingHe Co-Founded Wikipedia, Now He Says The Site Needs A Radical Changeby Tyler DurdenAuthored by Jan Jekielek and Lawrence Wilson via The Epoch Times,Wikipedia, a popular online encyclopedia millions of people treat as an authoritative source of information, is systemically biased against conservative, religious, and other points of view, according to the site’s co-founder, Larry Sanger.Larry Sanger, co-founder of Wikipedia and former philosophy professor, among stacks of reference books at a library in Columbus, Ohio, on March 26, 2007. Kiichiro Sato/AP PhotoSanger, 57, who now heads the Knowledge Standards Foundation, believes Wikipedia can be salvaged either by a renewed emphasis on free speech within the organization or by a grassroots campaign to make diverse viewpoints heard.Failing that, Sanger said, government intervention may be required to pierce the shell of anonymity that now protects Wikipedia’s editors from defamation lawsuits by public figures who believe the site portrays them unfairly.Continue readingCh 6: Statistical Coding System Designed To Measure Eugenicsby ZoweCHAPTER 6THE CODE FOR COVID-19 was announced as U07.1. 1 Code instructions for its use are an exception to the coding guidelines. U07.1 is a virus identifier code. Virus identifier codes are not permitted to be reported as a primary diagnosis. The intention for the U07.1 was as a primary diagnosis. The only other virus codes with that exception were those Dr. Fauci had been working on at the NIH: Zika and HIV.2 I found this anomaly suspicious. U07.1 also didn’t require any diagnostic testing, only the physician’s written statement. Reporting other diseases requires clinical documentation in addition to the physician’s statement.When this code came out, hospitals had just been forcibly bankrupted. Bonuses were available for using the diagnosis code. All healthcare institutions enforced the same mandates and protocols, without exception. The public health officials that controlled the coding system were all working together, and it was clear to me that the coding system was designed to enable the manipulation of health statistics at the expense of patients’ lives.Continue readingAI Not A Reliable Source Of News, EU Media Study SaysBy AFP – Agence France PresseArtificial intelligence assistants such as ChatGPT made errors about half the time when asked about news events, according to a vast study by European public broadcasters released Wednesday.The mistakes included confusing news with parody, getting dates wrong or simply inventing events.The report by the European Broadcasting Union looked at four widely used assistants: OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Microsoft’s Copilot, Google’s Gemini, and Perplexity.Overall, 45 percent of all AI answers had “at least one significant issue”, regardless of language or country of origin, the report said.One out of every five answers “contained major accuracy issues, including hallucinated details and outdated information.”Of the four assistants, “Gemini performed worst with significant issues in 76 percent of responses, more than double the other assistants, largely due to its poor sourcing performance”.Continue readingOpenAI launches AI browser Atlas in latest challenge to GoogleBy Juby Babu and Krystal HuAtlas browser challenges Google’s Chrome dominanceAtlas offers AI features like content summarization and task automationAnalysts see ad competition riskOct 21 (Reuters) – OpenAI on Tuesday unveiled ChatGPT Atlas, a long-anticipated artificial intelligence-powered web browser built around its popular chatbot, in a direct challenge to Google Chrome’s dominance.The launch marks OpenAI’s latest move to capitalize on 800 million weekly active ChatGPT users, as it expands into more aspects of users’ online lives by collecting data about consumers’ browser behavior. It could accelerate a broader shift toward AI-driven search, as users increasingly turn to conversational tools that synthesize information instead of relying on traditional keyword-based results from Google — intensifying competition between OpenAI and Google.Continue readingAcetaminophen: Not So Safe After Allby Anthony Colpo“Acetaminophen is one of the safest drugs around,” claims a September 25 Nature article, one of many written in the wake of the recent White House announcement linking the drug to autism1.The Nature claim is nonsense. Far from being one of the safest drugs, acetaminophen is a leading cause of poisoning hospitalizations.Also known as paracetamol, it is sold under numerous brand names, including Tylenol, Panadol, Excedrin, and, to the displeasure of yours truly, Calpol.I just typed “acetaminophen toxicity” into PubMed; it returned 6,927 results.By way of comparison, I also typed “ephedra toxicity” into the PubMed search field; it returned only 148 results.Those of you whose squatted and benched your way through the 1990s will remember ephedra, a herb that contains ephedrine. Ephedra has a long history of use in traditional Chinese medicine, where it is known as Ma Huang. Ephedra has thermogenic and anorectic (appetite suppressant) properties, and its thermogenicity is enhanced when taken along with caffeine. Unlike most fat loss supplements, the ephedra+caffeine combo has proven itself effective in clinical trials2345.Continue readingRethinking Cardiovascular Disease Treatment Methodsby Dr. Joseph MercolaCurrent treatments for heart disease fail to address root causes. Stents and bypass surgery only restore blood flow temporarily without tackling underlying endothelial dysfunction and inflammation driving heart diseaseDespite their ability to lower cholesterol, statins have limitations. While these drugs lower LDL cholesterol by 25% to 35%, they don’t address oxidative damage or rebuild vessel health, leaving underlying inflammatory processes unchangedExcess linoleic acid (LA) from vegetable oils fuels heart disease. Modern diets contain 7.2% LA, as opposed to 2.8% a century ago. This creates mitochondrial dysfunction and dangerous oxidized LDL cholesterol formationReducing LA intake shows measurable cardiovascular benefits. Limiting LA to under 5 grams daily reduces inflammatory markers like hsCRP by 15% and IL-6 by 10% within weeksContinue readingBig Food’s new front group exposed: Americans For Ingredient TransparencyBy Food BabeThere is something you urgently need to know. All of the progress we’ve made in in the last few months–with states passing laws that will soon ban and label harmful chemicals from our food–is now in serious jeopardy.Big Food & Chemical corporations have been quietly orchestrating their next move behind the scenes…And now they’ve made a big play.They just launched a new group posing as a consumer-advocacy campaign for ingredient transparency, but its real goal is to block states from banning food additives. (1)This name sure sounds nice on paper, which was very clever on their part – and goes hand in hand with their mission to pull the wool over the eyes of the American public and undo all of the grassroots work that we have been doing.The goal of this group is to undermine all of the Governors who have bravely enacted state legislation to get chemicals out of our food.Continue readingLow Interest Rates Don’t Have the Stimulus the Economy Cravesby Thomas EddlemIn the 2006 Mike Judge movie Idiocracy, the dumbed-down human population five-hundred years into the future have replaced water in drinking fountains with the salty sports drink “Brawndo,” and have even begun to water farm crops with Brawndo. Facing a nationwide famine as a result of repeatedly salting the crop fields, time-traveling twenty-first century slacker Joe Bauers suggests that the future-world dimwits use water for the crops rather than Brawndo. “But Brawndo’s got what plants crave,” the dimwitted White House advisors reply, echoing the official corporate marketing line repeatedly, “It’s got electrolytes.”The movie is a warning about the dangers of blindly accepting the official propaganda line, not thinking critically, and not doing any of your own research. And I can’t help but see this movie scene every time someone tells me that lower interest rates stimulate the economy. “But lower interest rates have got what the economy craves,” they say. “It’s got stimulus.”Continue readingDigital Prison Break: 100 Tactics to Escape the Surveillance StateBy Reinette SenumIt has finally arrived: The dreaded Digital ID. It has already been rolled out in various forms throughout 140 countries and is fast approaching U.S. shores.On October 13th, 2025, our very own California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a law dubbed the Digital Age Assurance Act, AB 1043.If Newsom and California lawmakers have their way, the law will take effect on January 1, 2027, requiring people setting up new smartphones, tablets, and computers to provide their age or birthdate. Device and app makers must sort users into age brackets and provide these details to app developers, who will be held responsible for compliance. For older devices and software set up before 2027, there’s a grace period until July 1, 2027, for compliance to fully ramp up.CALIFORNIA PUSHBACKAlthough this law drew full support from tech giants like Google, Meta, OpenAI, and Snap — who I’m sure are smacking their digital lips over this one — it has spurred significant pushback from other arenas. Major Hollywood studios, including Amazon and Netflix, lobbied against AB 1043, arguing that device-based age verification could cause confusion when multiple family members share profiles, thus potentially undermining user experience and privacy.Continue readingNEW STUDY: 91% of Moderna mRNA Shot Recipients Develop Cardiovascular Side Effects with Measurable Arterial DysfunctionBy Nicolas Hulscher, MPHA new peer-reviewed paper from Taipei Medical University has reported that 91% of Moderna mRNA-1273 recipients developed cardiovascular side effects during the observation period—within one week of receiving the Moderna mRNA-1273 vaccine.Using advanced spectral pulse-wave analysis, the researchers detected statistically significant post-vaccine changes in arterial pulse amplitude and phase — patterns consistent with arterial dysfunction and increased vascular stiffness.These were objective, quantifiable changes in how the arteries function — the same alterations seen in hypertension, reduced vascular elasticity, and early endothelial stress.The study measured the radial pulse wave — the tiny pressure wave your heartbeat sends through your arteries — in 203 adults before and after Moderna vaccination.Continue readingExclusive: California Medicaid Provider Pays Parents Hundreds of Dollars to Vaccinate Their Kidsby Suzanne Burdick, Ph.D.This article was originally published by The Defender — Children’s Health Defense’s News & Views Website.One of the largest Medicaid health plans in the U.S. is paying low-income parents hundreds of dollars in gift cards to vaccinate their children, an investigation by The Defender found.Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP) — which serves about 1.6 million people in Southern California — gives parents a $200 gift card when their baby receives a flu shot and the rotavirus series of shots by age 1, according to its 2025 Medi-Cal Member Incentive FAQs sent to all of IEHP’s general practitioners, family practitioners and pediatricians.IEHP also gives a $50 gift card when a 12- or 13-year-old receives the first dose of the HPV vaccine, and an additional $150 gift card if the pre-teen completes the two- or three-dose series by age 13.Continue readingAutism Symptoms Could Be Added to U.S. Vaccine Injury Programby Amber BakerOn July 28, 2025, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. said he planned to overhaul the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP. In September, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) announced it may add certain symptoms of autism to the official list of vaccine side effects eligible for compensation.1The VICP was established by Congress under the 1986 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (NCVIA) as an alternative to bringing a lawsuit against DPT, MMR and polio vaccine manufacturers to protect the childhood vaccine supply in the U.S. after manufacturers threatened to leave the country with no childhood vaccines unless they were shielded for all vaccine injury lawsuits. Although in 1986 Congress gave the vaccine companies partial liability protection for failure to warn (a legal responsibility taken over by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) through publication of Vaccine Information Statements (VIS), Congress did not give vaccine companies a liability shield for product design defect—failure to make a vaccine less reactive. In 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that vaccine manufacturers should not be held liable for product design defect in the manufacture of vaccines licensed by the government.Continue readingHow To Make Coconut Milk Ice Cream (3 Flavors!)By Food BabeAs you probably know by now, I don’t have any diet related dogmas (except avoiding industrial chemicals, pesticides, toxins and other additives in food), but I do follow my body’s intuition and listen to it very closely when deciding what to eat. I have noticed not eating dairy products on a daily basis has improved the way my body looks and feels tremendously. I used to be one of those gals that SWORE by greek yogurt for snack time… and now I can’t even think of having that stuff. My skin is brighter and less sensitive, my stomach feels flatter and my general energy soars when I pay attention to the amount of dairy products in my diet. But, if there’s one thing that gets me off my routine – it’s ice cream! I love it! And that’s why I’m always looking for ways to enjoy dairy free desserts and it’s why I created this recipe so I can enjoy ice cream all the time without sacrificing how I feel, the way I look or my energy level.Continue readingOzempic Literally Came From a Monster – And It’s Not AloneBy Jess CockerillThe toxic bite of a Gila monster can kill a human, but a specific ingredient in the cocktail of the lizard’s venom is the reason we have glucagon-like peptide (GLP-1) agonists like Ozempic and Wegovy.At the end of the 20th century, endocrinologist Daniel Drucker was looking for a hormone similar enough to the human gut’s GLP-1, which would have similar appetite-suppressing and blood sugar-regulating qualities, without being broken down by the human body so quickly.Drucker had read about the work of endocrinologist John Eng, gastroenterologist Jean-Pierre Raufman and biochemist John Pisano, who had sequenced the proteins in Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum) venom and found two that looked like human GLP-1.Drucker and his team from the University of Toronto acquired a Gila monster from the Utah Zoo’s breeding program to dissect for further research. This work confirmed that the lizard species’ unique genes produce a protein, Exendin-4, that fit the bill, mimicking GLP-1 while hanging round in the human body for far longer.Continue readingPivotal Research On Creatine Finds Foundational Applications Way Beyond The Gym – Including Brain, Bone, And Healthy Agingby Tyler DurdenThere’s new science out on creatine monohydrate that reveals it’s way more than just a performance enhancer for athletes. In fact, it’s pretty amazing for a wide variety of applications throughout all stages of life. If you already take creatine, you know it’s great for increasing muscle strength, size and performance. But did you know it even helps maintain lean tissue strength without exercise? It’s also powerful when it comes to cognition and memory – including early-stage Alzheimer’s and sleep-deprived college students.The new studies (linked directly below) found Creatine to:Support muscle and function even without exercise. In studies of older adults and immobilized limbs, creatine users maintained more lean tissue and strength than non-users. One trial found older adults taking creatine for 32 weeks preserved leg-press and chest-press strength despite periods of reduced activity.Continue readingEU Declares War On Its Own Membersby NextBigFutureEXEC SummarySpaceX’s $17 billion acquisition of EchoStar’s AWS-4 and H-block spectrum enables broadband DTC (direct to cellphone) with 20x throughput over prior low-band spectrum from T-mobile.This mid-band S-spectrum offers excellent propagation characteristics but phones will need new chips to work with the spectrum band.The phones will have new chips to support the specific bands, antenna changes and better power management.DTC is an emerging service and we are going from it barely works in 2025 to a mature mostly 4G service in 2028. In 2025, SpaceX Starlink is the only continuous coverage service with basic texting, voice and low speed data service. All providers will build out coverage and reliability in 2026. I am projecting the DTC transition to 4G speed and services as satellites and satellite optimized phones are deployed in 2026-2028.Continue readingUpcoming Liberty EventsFree Cities Conference: Returning to Prague – October 31st to November 2nd, 2025 – EventCHD 2025 Conference – November 7th-9th – Austin, TXFreedom Under Natural Law Conference – February 21st & 22nd 2026, On-lineBitchill is a week-long retreat in Próspera, Roatán, taking place November 18–25, designed for Bitcoiners, entrepreneurs, and free spirits who value freedom and community. Instead of formal talks, it focuses on networking, collaboration, and recreation in a relaxed Caribbean setting. Organized by Tomek K., who will also speak at this year’s Free Cities Conference, attendees can enjoy a 12% discount using the code FREECITIES when booking. 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It will blow your mind!!!!Texas is also the State with the largest number of Hispanics, particularly of Mexican origin, Latino and Latino men and women who have made the State transcendAlso remember that before it was Mexican territory of brave men and women as until this time and moment… Blessings to all our Brothers and Sisters of Texas Baylor is the only university, in existence today that was founded when we were the republic of Texas!🐄🐄🐄 The triangular region framed in by the cities of Austin, Dallas–Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio is experiencing a wave of growth of historic proportions more than anywhere in the world.⚡️ In 2020, the population of the Texas Triangle reached nearly 21 million.💥 the Texas Triangle contains five of the 20 largest cities in the U.S., and was home to more than 70% of all Texans: City of Dallas, City of Fort Worth, City of Austin, City of Houston and City of San Antonio🛫The Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) is bigger than all of Manhattan.🏞️The The University of Texas at Austin is the third largest land owner in the United States.🌮San Antonio is bigger than New York City and Detroit combined.👨👩👧👦👩👩👧👦Houston has a bigger population than Colorado and 34 other states.🏢Four of the top ten metro statistical areas are in Texas.🔥 The Texas economy is on fire. The state added 660,000 new jobs last year – more jobs than any other, and twice the number of new jobs compared to its historical average. With Dallas by far leading the growth.📆 50,000 jobs a month, I mean, that’s almost 2,000 jobs a day every day of the week for an entire year.❌No state income tax✅The Tex-a-plex is home to over 50 Fortune 500 companies. And has more Fortune 1000 companies than any other state.💰 At 2.4 TRILLION, Texas is ranked as the 9th largest economy among nations of the world by GDP, ahead of Canada, South Korea, Russia, and Australia.🚢Texas is the largest exporter of goods in the United States💵Dallas is home to the fourth most BILLIONAIRES in the world.💡Houston has more than 5,000 energy related firms and is the energy capital of the world.🩻The Texas Medical Center is the largest in the world located in Houston.🎁25% of ALL retail space in the United States is in Texas.🎼🎹Austin is the live music capital of the world. South By Southwest Austin City Limits Live at The Moody Theater (ACL Live)🤽♀️⛹️♀️🏌🏻The are 12 professional sports teams in the Tex-A-Plex.📘📗📕 You can further your education in the great state of Texas at any one of the 159 universities and colleges in order to prepare yourself for a successful and prosperous career. Including 6 medical schools.Texas A&M University has an enrollment of 74,829 the largeststudent body in the United StatesTruth Music of the WeekEarly Bird Blood – Live at the Porcupine Freedom FestivalThis week’s truth music is a freedom artist but the song isn’t truth related… just amazing… My fiancée Julie and I stumbled across Brendan playing around a small campfire for less than 8 people at PorcFest… We stayed and hung out after hearing him play this song… Brenden Daniel also wrote an AMAZING Song about my book: “Government” – The Biggest Scam in History… Exposed! You can check it out HERE. Wait for it.. Wait for it…libertarian Intentional Community RoundupEtienne Note: We have rebranded our Free State Project Corner section in Five Meme Friday to: libertarian Intentional Community Roundup to cover other projects including Prospera (Honduras), The Free State Project (New Hampshire), Liberstad (Norway), Montelibero (Montenegro), Los Propietarios, (Argentina), Liberland (Croatia/Serbia border), Network States in general and Sea Steading (The Oceans). I am also covering secession movements including Greater Idaho,Please send details of any new happenings, projects or projects I am missing!Eric Brakey, the executive director of the Free State Project, got to speak at the Hollis, NH Town Republican Committee Meeting to a packed house of 50ish. I think this is important because FREEDOM is building a political coalition in New Hampshire. I think Eric should alternate between Republican and Democrat events to keep it non-partisan!Another positive sign… the FSP’s Political Leadership Workshop is SOLD OUT! Missed out on tickets? Email pe***@*sp.org to join the waiting list—if enough of you are interested, they will secure a larger venue to make room for more!https://freecitiesconference.comThe LiberatorThe Liberator– Our archive of “government” and media criminalityImportant Note: New additions are added to the authoritative Liberator Dropboxes regularly but will not appear in the physical credit card-sized flash drive until we launch the next version. Anyone can download the current contents of the Liberator FOR FREE including all the primary sources and evidence from our investigation into “The Covid”.Liberator #1 – Companion media to “Government” – The Biggest Scam in History. 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