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** MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 2019
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A State which dwarfs its men, in order that they may more docile instruments in its hands even for beneficial purposes, will find that with small men no great thing can really be accomplished; and that the perfection of machinery to which it has sacrificed everything will avail it nothing.
– John Stuart Mill, On Liberty ([link removed]) [1859]
** HORNBERGER'S BLOG
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August 19, 2019
Greenland and Denmark, Prepare Your Defenses! ([link removed])
Both Denmark and Greenland are reacting negatively to President Trump’s expressed interest in purchasing Greenland, an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederikson called Trump’s idea “absurd.” A spokesman for Greenland’s premier Kim Kielson, stated, “Greenland is not for sale.” Is that the end of the controversy? Not necessarily. Just ask the Mexican people. After their ...
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** EXPLORE FREEDOM
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LIBERTARIANISM
Adhering to Principle to Achieve Liberty, Part 1 ([link removed])
by Jacob G. Hornberger
The Future of Freedom Foundation
THE FREE MARKET
I, Asparagus ([link removed])
by Donald J. Boudreaux
Cafe Hayek
ECONOMICS
The Anti-Capitalist Ideology of Slavery ([link removed])
by Phillip W. Magness
AIER
NATIONAL SECURITY STATE
U.S. Intelligence Black Budget: $80 Billion for 17 Agencies ([link removed])
by Jefferson Morley
Deep State
POLITICS
Do Business People Make Better Government Officials? ([link removed])
by Donald J. Boudreaux
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
FOREIGN POLICY
Bill Clinton’s ‘Benevolent’ Murder of Serbian Civilians (audio) ([link removed])
by James Bovard with Scott Horton
The Scott Horton Show
AFGHANISTAN
What Fareed Zakaria Gets Wrong About Afghanistan: Everything. ([link removed])
by Danny Sjursen
Antiwar.com
Terrorist “Safe Havens” Are a Myth — and No Reason for Continuing the War in Afghanistan ([link removed])
by John Glaser and John Mueller
Los Angeles Times
IMMIGRATION
How the U.S. Created the Central American Immigration Crisis ([link removed])
by Rebecca Gordon
TomDispatch.com
ICE: You’re Not Welcome in the South ([link removed])
by Justin Vest
Counterpunch
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** EVENTS
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Jacob Hornberger at RPI Conference ([link removed])
Friday, August 23, 2019
Dulles, Virginia
Speakers: Jacob Hornberger
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Tuesday, August 20, 2019
World Wide Web
Speakers: Jacob Hornberger
and Richard Ebeling
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