The Humble Libertarian original

By: Wes Messamore The Humble Libertarian

"But I can't, but it's cool for CNN to spread fake news?"

By: Wes Messamore

A libertarian discussion about rule of law. And how to change the world...

Getting the police involved seems a bit much.

Much has been made of the absence of President Donald Trump from John McCain's funeral, to which the sitting POTUS was not invited, as well as the absence of Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, even though she was McCain's vice presidential candidate in 2008. But no one has seemed to notice the absence of former POTUS Jimmy Carter from the highly attended event for the upper crust elite of United States politics. Maybe it's for speaking the truth – which is never welcome or helpful to politicians.

I'm not a member of the Libertarian Party. I'm an independent voter. But I am a small "L" libertarian. I think our political institutions are vastly corrupt and tyrannical. I've seen all the ways over the years in which the government in Washington violates its own charter, the U.S. Constitution, and hardly even tries to keep up appearances anymore that it is even trying to follow its own laws. I've seen all the ways in which state and local governments steal money from their states' economies and waste resources. And I've seen how both parties actively participate in this corruption, and how the two main parties are far more alike than they are different, how they are both privileged participants in a system controlled by entrenched special interests, how taken together, their activities closely resemble the one party rule of repressive foreign governments, and how fierce, bitter partisanship disguises this reality behind a loud facade ...

Some thoughts on Rand Paul's endorsement of Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson for Senate in New Mexico in 2018.

I'm amazed, but not surprised at the American people's entirely misplaced sense of decorum at this hour. When Charles Manson died no one had a word to say against any one who celebrated as they pointed out the obvious about him– that he was a menace to the world, who ordered people under his spell to carry out murders in cold blood. The only difference between Charles Manson and John McCain is the sheer scale of the mayhem and murder orchestrated by the U.S. Senator from Arizona, who just like Manson, ordered people under his spell to carry out murders in cold blood. The unambiguous agenda of the United States is perpetual violent conflict and war, with a staggering human cost. And John McCain has made a career out of being one of its most extreme advocates for that agenda, at the vanguard of the most extreme militant wing of an extremely militant regime. In the West we have a superstition against speaking ill of the dead– De mortuis nihil nisi bonum – Of the dead sa...

"Could start a revolution, polluting the airwaves..." Cody's raising funds to fight the multiple lawsuits filed against him by several powerful state attorneys general for exercising his First Amendment rights and helping you exercise your Second Amendment rights. Alex Jones: "Sometimes I want to get on YouTube and just let loose..." Gary Johnson: "If it were up to me, these lobbyists would stop coming up to me..."

Did you know that in America you are 8 times more likely to be killed by a police officer than by a terrorist? Seriously. That bizarre and unsettling fact is based on statistics from a 2004 National Safety Council report, the National Center for Health Statistics, the U.S. Census Bureau, and 2003 mortality data from the Center for Disease Control. Completely unwarranted, unjustified, and often deadly police violence against the American people is an epidemic of absurd proportions. It's an absolute scandal how bad it is. I probably follow a lot more political groups and pages than the average person, and I almost can't scroll through my streams without seeing video of another obvious act of flagrant police abuse on a weekly basis. If any other organization, or even broad group of similar organizations as in the case of police, had so many, such violent scandals so often, we would not tolerate it. No private industry could get away with this much scandal without being s...

If it were up to Gary Johnson, the Libertarian Party's 2018 Senate Candidate in New Mexico, lobbyists would stop coming up to him with their hands out like they want something free. If you liked this, check out Alex Jones: "Sometimes I want to get on YouTube and just let loose..."

And he's asking for your help. DefCad.com

By: Wes Messamore The Humble Libertarian

So this judge in Tennessee got in big trouble last year for offering inmates in his county a 30 day reduction in their jail sentence if they volunteered for a sterilization procedure: "When Judge Sam Benningfield of White County, Tenn., offered to shave off jail time for inmates who volunteered for sterilization, a chorus of attorneys, advocates and public officials reacted with horror." Horror? Why? "Benningfield said his goal was to break a 'vicious cycle' of repeat drug offenders with children. But many argued that the proposal, outlined in a May order, was nothing short of eugenics." Don't get me wrong, I am not supporting forced sterilization of anyone, which would be an intolerable violation of their life and liberty, but this program was completely voluntary. No one was being threatened with 30 additional days in confinement if they didn't comply. They were already sentenced to those 30 days for a crime they had committed. These ...

We're all billionaires in Zimbabwe Dollars Donald Trump complained Monday that he was "not thrilled," with the Federal Reserve raising interest rates: "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he was 'not thrilled' with the Federal Reserve under his own appointee, Chairman Jerome Powell, for raising interest rates and said the U.S. central bank should do more to help him to boost the economy." Trump also pined for cheaper money in private remarks to rich mega donors at a fundraiser on Long Island this past Friday. Fed chairman Jerome Powell and the Federal Open Market Committee has raised interest rates five times so far during Trump’s administration, including two times this year. At best it's yet more proof– on top of tariffs that have driven up raw steel prices 25 percent and touched off a trade war that has cost American farmers billions in lost business– that the self-styled champion of American labor, the...

Gary Johnson supporters are putting together a Labor Day "Money Bomb," an online campaign fundraiser that collects donations in one day en masse to support Johnson's 2018 Senate campaign in New Mexico and draw earned media attention. The hope is ostensibly to make Gary Johnson a very real contender for the U.S. Senate this November and make a strong showing of national support for the Libertarian Party's most credible ever candidate for the most winnable federal office in the LP's history, in what the Money Bomb website calls "The Best Opportunity The Libertarian Party Has Ever Had," noting : "Gary Johnson still enjoys very high name recognition, credibility, and popularity in New Mexico. This 2018 U.S. Senate race with Gary Johnson as the Libertarian candidate is the most winnable federal election opportunity the Libertarian Party has ever had! If there was ever a time to give money to a Libertarian Party cause, if there was ever a chance ...

President Donald Trump and Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) played another round of golf this Sunday in New Jersey before Paul was seen boarding Air Force One with the president for a flight back to Washington. It is another sign of a strengthening Trump-Paul alliance as the two meet to strategize over policy and politics. The White House said in a statement: "The President played a quick round of golf with Senator Rand Paul who the president really likes and enjoys spending time with. He also spent the weekend working on economic growth and making calls on the economy and national security." Say what you want about Donald Trump, but though the New York real estate and reality television billionaire is commonly portrayed by his enemies as a thin-skinned, narcissist with a myopic, inflexible view of the world, he does not, in fact, prefer to only surround himself with sycophants and "yes men." For proof of that, look no further than his close relationship with U.S....

1. Richard Branson, Virgin Group Founder and Chair "[Bitcoin] is working. There may be other currencies like it that may be even better. But in the meantime, there’s a big industry around Bitcoin. People have made fortunes off Bitcoin; some have lost money. It is volatile, but people make money off of volatility, too." ( source ) 2. Bill Gates, Microsoft Founder Bill Gates told Entrepreneur , "Bitcoin is exciting because it shows how cheap it can be. Bitcoin is better than currency in that you don’t have to be physically in the same place and, of course, for large transactions, currency can get pretty inconvenient." 3. Jack Dorsey, Founder and CEO of Twitter and Square Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Twitter and Square, expects bitcoin to become the single global currency within the next decade , he told the Sunday Times newspaper . Dorsey, who invests in Bitcoin, expects the currency to be used for every day purchases like coffee and said its ascenda...