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03 Jul 2013

Subsidize Silly Walks

Prof. Art Carden has developed some silly walks and is seeking payment for his work. Since he cannot find anyone to pay him voluntarily, perhaps he should apply for a government subsidy for producing silly walks. But while silly walks may benefit society, the fact that people will not pay for their development voluntarily indicates that people do not value silly walks as much as other things people would pay Prof. Carden to do. Are some subsidies valid, though? What about for food? Or for education? How about subsidies for clean energy? Is government assistance definitely better for society?

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02 Jul 2013

Inventor Whisked Off to Jail

 

Krister Evertson, a scientist who researched alternative fuels, was driving near his mother’s home when his car was run off the road by a SWAT team with automatic weapons. They arrested him because, in a transaction related to his alternative fuel cell experiments, he forgot to place a federally mandated safety sticker on the box when it was shipped. Although the sodium was properly secured, Evertson spent two years in prison — a shocking miscarriage of justice. H/T Heritage Foundation

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02 Jul 2013

The Naked Communist

Joe Dan Gorman is hopping into the fray again, exposing stealth Communism, in the Fourth of July edition of Intellectual Froglegs.

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23 Jun 2013

FDA’s Cheesy Mimolette Ban

With immigration reform in the news, here’s another tale of the federal government telling foreigners that they’re not welcome in the United States: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is holding thousands of pounds of mimolette cheese captive in a New Jersey compound because the regulators say the orange-hued, gouda-like fromage has too many mites on its rind.

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23 Jun 2013

Absolute Power

“Our biggest enemy is our government,” says Joe Dan Gorman, ripping into new taxes, new regulations and new indications that the Feds are so busy spying they’ll never get around to protecting our rights and our well-being. Join Gorman as he hops onto the lily pad for the first episode of season two of his Vblog, Intellectual Froglegs.

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16 Jun 2013

Government Bullies At It Again

Washington’s Public Disclosure Commission, which works to shut down political debate, is now seeking to drastically restrict free civil rights advocacy—advocacy that has guided our nation to live up to its ideals of freedom and justice. A first-of-its-kind legal battle over the agency’s actions is now raging in Washington state and will answer important questions about the limits of government power, the right of free speech and political participation, and the ability of civil rights advocates to represent their clients against a government agency when that agency is violating constitutionally enshrined rights.

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05 Jun 2013

The Bigoted Bully-crats

AlfonZo Rachel explains why the Democrats are the party of bullies, and reminds viewers of the long history of racism by the Democrats. Hear more as Zo tells you the story of the Democratic Party’s long association with the KKK, on this ZoNation.

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29 May 2013

Feds Turning Smoking Mad

Just about every federal agency these days — not just the IRS, but also the Department of Justice, FBI and Department of Homeland Security — seems engaged in some brazen form of seizing and abusing power. Now add the Food and Drug Aministration to the list. It not only wants to regulate cigarette sales, but also a broad range of products containing nicotine, going beyond tobacco products to encompass electronic cigarettes. Is there any phase of our lives these bureaucrats don’t want to control?

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17 May 2013

Why You Can’t Find a Job

Are you a college graduate fed up with the uncertainty and stress of the job hunt? Have you been sitting in Starbucks for days, sipping lattes and hopelessly sending out job application after job application? You’re certainly not alone. There are 11.7 million unemployed people struggling to find a job in America. Prof. Carrie Kerekes presents three reasons finding a job in today’s market is so difficult: a mismatch of skills, government regulations and uncertainty in the market.

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17 May 2013

The Pitfalls of Obamacare

Under arbitrary and capricious rules designed to save money, hospitals stand to be penalized under Obamacare if they administer quality medical care. Pundit Dick Morris explains.

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