November 2013 – Tranquility Policy Institute

Sheldon Richmond on Representation

http://fff.org/explore-freedom/article/government-is-the-problem-2/

We didn’t intervene in Libya, setting the stage for the attack on the CIA post in Benghazi. We didn’t use a political double standard in ruling on tax-exemption requests from nonprofit organizations. We didn’t try to frighten government whistle-blowers by subpoenaing reporters’ phone records, reading their email, and even naming one journalist (Fox’s James Rosen) as a co-conspirator under the Espionage Act. We didn’t ask the NSA to gather data on us.

We did none these things. They did. Who are they? The wielders of power and the interests for whom they front.

Jacob Hornberger Comments on US Flyover

http://fff.org/2013/11/27/the-national-security-states-childishly-dangerous-taunt-against-china/

…why should an island dispute between China and Japan be any business of the U.S. government? Would you be willing to give up your life to help Japan win its fight for those islands? Are you willing to sacrifice your spouse or your children for the sake of those islands?

Vinay Kolhatkar – Importance of Art

watch on YouTube

Thanks to:
Galt’s Gulch for the tip.

Lilyan Bachrach Watercolors

Bob Bachrach posted some greeting cards painted by my mother

More Paintings

Sheldon Richmond – PREVENTING WAR WITH IRAN IS TOP PRIORITY

Worth reading:
http://fff.org/explore-freedom/article/preventing-war-with-iran-is-top-priority/

The best way to keep Iran from building a nuclear bomb is for the Obama administration and its nuclear client Israel to stop threatening the Islamic Republic.

Look at recent history. In 2003 Iraq’s government had no nuclear weapons (or other WMD). The U.S. government invaded, and before long Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was hanging from a rope. In 2011 Libya’s government had no nuclear weapons. The U.S. government led NATO on a bombing campaign to help a group of rebels, and before long Libyan Col. Muammar Qaddafi lay dead on a roadside. Today Syria has no nuclear weapons. The U.S. government and NATO are currently aiding rebels seeking to overthrow (and likely kill) President Bashar al-Assad.

On the other hand, North Korea has nuclear weapons, and Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un appears safe from any regime change sponsored by the U.S. government and NATO.

Lesson for foreign leaders who are in the doghouse with the U.S. government: Get a nuke.