Bretigne Shaffer's Blog, page 37
April 18, 2019
The Most Awesome Smackdown You Will Ever Read: Children’s Health Defense Letter to Jeff Bezos
This is quite possibly the most awesome smackdown ever in the history of smackdowns. And you need to read every delicious word of it. I'm actually beginning to feel pity for Congressman Adam Schiff, who must be looking for a...







An Honest Government Ad About Julian Assange
It's about time...







April 11, 2019
Thoughts on a Failed Revolution
I arrived in Hong Kong for the second time, after a year there as a student, in the spring of 1989. I got there about a week before the death of Hu Yaobang, the event that – thirty years ago...







CBS Censors Brady Bunch Measles Episode
You remember - Season 1, Episode 13, the episode where the whole family comes down with measles and it's NO BIG DEAL. Well, now CBS doesn't want you to see that episode. They've removed it from their list of "full...







December 25, 2016
Christmas in the Darkness
It feels hard to get into the Christmas spirit this year. It did last year too. In fact I’m starting to think that unless you are a small child, getting into the Christmas spirit is not an easy thing to...







December 13, 2016
Remembering Ralph Raico
I met Ralph Raico at an Institute for Humane Studies conference in 1985. He took me and another student, Annie, out to lunch on the first day of the conference, before everyone else had arrived. Annie was a nurse, working...







November 28, 2016
Area Man Ordered to Stop Using Word
June 20, 2007 – Jason Morandi A federal court today ordered Buford Snatter, professor of law at Southwestern University and longtime Burbank resident, to immediately cease using the word “spontaneous” in any and all written or spoken communication. Justice Benjamin...







October 24, 2016
In Case Anyone Doubted that Governments Wage War to Preserve Currency Dominion:
From the Hillary email trove over at Wikileaks: According to sensitive information available to this these individuals, Qaddafi's government holds 143 tons of gold, and a similar amount in silver. During late March, 2011 these stocks were moved to SABHA...







October 19, 2016
All You Need to Know About the Elections is Right Here...
...in the Adventures of Urban Yogini: A Superhero Who Can't Use Violence.







October 16, 2016
The Real Reason Libertarians Don't Matter
A FaceBook friend recently asked principled non-voting libertarians to explain their reasoning to her, to explain why - in this year of all years, when the Libertarian candidate actually has a shot at winning - why they are withholding their...






