Or so says John Coleman, founder of the Weather Channel. He calls it what it is – a political agenda and a scam. Here’s an older video of Mr. Coleman on Glenn Beck.

The Carbon Trust, a government-funded firm, is working with food and drink companies to calculate the “carbon footprints” of products – sometimes with surprising results. We are headed for this in the U.S. All items we consume, both durable consumer goods and food, will have to be approved by a government agency headed by a [...]

A rap song I can like.

These people snapping up everything from water purification tablets to thermal blankets shatter the survivalist stereotype: they are mostly urban professionals with mortgages, SUVs, solid jobs and a twinge of embarrassment about their newfound hobby. I’m a suburban “survivalist” of sorts – though I don’t like that term – but it’s hardly a “hobby.” It’s [...]

Tobermory, Northern Bruce Peninsula, Ontario, Canada.

Paul O. alerted me to this funny gimmick: the Visa black card. It is not plastic but a “patent pending carbon card.” 13.24% APR, a 24-hour concierge, and a $495 annual fee. No worries – that fee is just charged to the card.

Like most of these stories about a bubble-addicted America, this story is both tragic and hilarious. I followed this story as the house was being built, and, at the time, the local media described this as the American Dream. How about the American Nightmare?

My patriot friends in Tennessee sent me this one. Motorists stopped for traffic violations in Tennessee could be fingerprinted if state lawmakers approve a bill pending in the legislature.Advertisement Currently, when drivers are cited during traffic stops, police officers ask for the driver’s signature on the ticket, but the proposed bill would allow police departments [...]

The news is just in – the government is planning a coup of GMAC. See my article on Government Motors and its Hitlerian tactics at the Euro Pacific Capital website. A much longer, reworked Mises.org article on the topic to come soon.

The tyrants in ObamaLand must be gritting their collective teeth right about now. A bill to allow college students and employees to carry their concealed handguns on campus won final passage today on a 19-12 vote in the Senate. Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio, said he introduced the bill because of the 2007 massacre at [...]