Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.'s Blog, page 525

Jesus, Gaza, and the Murder of Useless People

Jesus was a Palestinian Jew born in Bethlehem.  He grew up in Nazareth and was executed as a criminal in Jerusalem. It is because of him that we celebrate Christmas.  But it is in spite of him that what we celebrate is the opposite of what he stood for.

The different stories of his birth, told by Mathew and Luke in the New Testament, which are the bases for Christmas, are not filled with sugar plum fairies and sleighs filled with useless, unnecessary consumer goods.  There’s nothing about a Joll...

To What End? To What Good?

There has been an avalanche of informative articles written in the off-ramp press and broadcasted on non-establishment outlets since the Hamas attack of October 7th. They provide context and history. The question arrises: to what good? Does it matter?

It has not stopped the genocidal response of Tel Aviv. Nor changed in any meaningful way the material and propaganda support from Washington, or from Washington’s European puppet states, for Bibi Netanyahu. Then there is England, whence this expand...

Not Offended by Christmas

The thing is, I remember Christmas.

I mean, real Christmas.

I was born in 1962. Which means that by 1966 or 1967 or so…I was aware that something magical happened to the world, at least to our world in America, in the middle of Winter.

By the time I was in kindergarten, I had some names for what was happening all around me at these wonderful times, and I grasped the basic story outline.

All at once, it seemed, drab interiors — the grocery store, with its beige linoleum flooring and its sad walls...

Anarchy and Voluntaryism

You’re likely aware that I’m a libertarian. But I’m actually more than a libertarian. I don’t believe in the right of the State to exist. The reason is that anything that has a monopoly of force is extremely dangerous. As Mao Tse-tung, lately one of the world’s leading experts on government, said: “The power of the state comes out of a barrel of a gun.”

There are two possible ways for people to relate to each other, either voluntarily or coercively. And the State is pure institutionalized coerci...

Popular Heartburn Meds Linked to Osteoporosis

Americans spend a whopping $13 billion a year on over-the-counter (OTC) antacids (acid neutralizers) and OTC and prescription proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), which are the most popular heartburn medications on the market.1 It’s estimated that more than 15% of the population are on PPIs.2,3

Prescription PPIs like Nexium, Dexilant, Prilosec, Zegerid, Prevacid, Protonix, Aciphex and Vimovo inhibit acid production in your stomach and are routinely used to treat gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)...

They Can Wait at Leisure, Whilst Netanyahu Labours – and Errs

Netanyahu is in the midst of ‘a campaign’. It’s not an election campaign, because he has no real chance of surviving an election.

In a small dimly lit room in Gaza, it was possible to discern first the museum-piece wheel chair, and then the crumpled, blanketed figure of the paraplegic figure who occupied it. Suddenly a high-pitched squeal seemed to emit from the wheelchair; it’s occupant’s hearing aid had gone wild, and was to continue to shriek at regular intervals during my visit. I wondered h...

Going Mask-Off About the Two-State Solution Lie

There’s been a surprising number of recent Israeli government admissions that not only is a two-state solution not on the table, but that it never was.

Benjamin Netanyahu boasted at a recent press conference in Tel Aviv that he’s spent decades thwarting the formation of a Palestinian state, and that he is “proud” of doing so.

Netanyahu’s senior advisor Mark Regev told Piers Morgan that a true Palestinian state with its own military and true sovereignty was never an option for Israel, calling it ...

USA Boxing Shamefully Pushes Covid-19 Vax

On Monday, December 11, 2023, I attended a webinar hosted by USA Boxing—the national governing body for Olympic style boxing — titled Our Best Shot for a Happy AND Healthy Holiday Season.

USA Boxing provides guidance for approximately 2,400 clubs in the United States. According to its Mission Statement, its purpose is:

To promote and grow Olympic-style amateur boxing in the United States and to inspire the tireless pursuit of Olympic gold and enable athletes and coaches to achieve sustained comp...

Bidenomics Is Putting Lipstick on a Pig

Peter Schiff recently appeared on Real America with Dan Ball to talk about the state of the US economy. He described it as a disaster and said Bidenomics consists of putting lipstick on a pig.

The administration and its mainstream support network insist the economy is strong. They often point to the “resilient” American consumer as proof that the economy is plugging along. After all, how can the economy be bad if people keep spending money?

But how have Americans managed to keep up with rising p...

The Terror Watchlist Prepared the Way to Tyranny

Did you know that there are 2,000,000 names on the Federal government’s terror watchlist?  The National Security Council claims most are not Americans, but the Department of Homeland Security admits that there have been tens of thousands of Americans who have been treated like terrorists.  It does not occur to the National Security council that there are no terrorist events corresponding to two million terrorists.  If there truly were two million terrorists, the US would be in chaos.

So what is ...