Links for 11-16-23

Why the ‘monster' isn't the drug

🎯 The ‘monster' isn't the drug, it's the prohibition. From: Reason. Intoxicating drugs never do as much damage as the laws that attempt to eradicate them.

We the exploited: The U.S. government buys and sells its citizens for profit and power. From: Rutherford Institute. But don’t be fooled into thinking the government is protecting you.

👉 The barbarians are inside the gates. From: Ben Shapiro/Creators. The idea is that the Jews are the ultimate white people: They are unduly successful, and thus must be stopped.

Why are people in denial that urban America Is a dystopian hellscape? From: The Federalist. The first step to fixing a problem is admitting you have one, and a certain species of smug urban progressive won’t admit America’s cities are falling apart.

🤥 John Stossel: Rand Paul casts light on government deceit during COVID pandemic. From: Daily Caller News. “Experts” were confident that they knew what America should do about Covid. They were wrong about so much.

Misguided environmentalists have made our cities filthy. From: Chris Talgo/American Thinker. Gavin Newsom’s superficial, last-minute attempt to sanitize San Francisco symbolizes the superficiality of the modern environmental movement.

🔥 Firefighting in the EV era is a whole new game. "We might need to let It burn.” From: Zero Hedge. EV fires typically originate in the car's lithium-ion batteries, which hold vast energy.

Customers surprised to discover their rental is an electric vehicle. From: Washington Examiner. Rental car customers say they are receiving electric vehicles that they did not sign up for.

⭐️ If EVs are wanted by enough people to make them worth making, why is it necessary to force the not-making of alternatives to them? From: Eric Peters Autos. A simple question.

Learn from past successes on gun violence. From: City-Journal. Policing, prosecuting, and punishing criminal activity makes a difference.

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