By Gary M. Galles

June 30, 2019 - America’s governance problems are a common topic among Americans. But each Fourth of July brings that subject to the fore. Unfortunately, however, much of the discussion and many asserted “solutions” derive from a mistaken approach to government. That is why Independence Day is an excellent time to carefully consider Frédéric Bastiat’s 1848 essay, Government, one of the most insightful critiques ever given for understanding the problems that beset governance.

By Paul Craig Roberts

June 28, 2019 - July 4 should be a day of mourning. The rights our ancestors fought for have been taken away.

Over the course of my lifetime there has been a fundamental shift in the attitude of the judiciary toward constitutional rights. I remember when guarding against any diminishing of constitutional rights was considered more important than convicting another criminal. There were cases in which the evidence needed in order to convict a person could not be collected, or used if collected, because it violated constitutional rights. There are many instances of criminals walking free because terrorist pig thug cops, prosecutors, and trials violated their rights. Much of the unthinking public would be enraged because judges let a criminal off. The public was unable to understand that the judges were protecting their rights as well as the criminal’s.

SAN FRANCISCO, Kalifornia (PNN) - June 28, 2019 - Twitter is changing how it handles tweets from politicians and government leaders - including Fascist Police States of Amerika President Donald Trump - that violate its rules but are still in the public's interest. The social network on Thursday said it will start placing a notice over tweets that break its rules, and users will have to clip or tap on the warning to see the tweet.

MONTPELIER, Vermont (PNN) - June 20, 2019 - A technology-enthusiast has invented a Nerf gun turret that can automatically track and shoot down small drones. The ingenious contraption uses the Lidar capabilities of a Kinect v2 sensor, and a milled steel two-axis gimbal, all controlled by software based on the OpenCV AI library, which is geared towards realtime computer vision.

NEW YORK (PNN) - June 24, 2019 - A 64-year-old New York man was arrested last month and is now facing felony charges after killing two intruders who broke into his home last month.

Ronald Stolarczyk of Oneida County was minding his own business in his kitchen one day when he heard two intruders in his garage.

He yelled at the criminals to leave, but they did not. In fact, one advanced aggressively towards him.

This is how to stop it.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Kalifornia (PNN) - June 24, 2019 - It is no secret that the tech behemoth, Google, is in the data mining business. From cookies to targeted ads, the amount of specific information it has on individuals is mind blowing.

While these “features” are marketed to users to improve their user experience, the Orwellian tracking systems employed by Google to do so are shocking, especially the location tracking and history.

MARIETTA, Georgia (PNN) - June 22, 2019 - Over the years there have been many stories about terrorist pig thug cop schemes designed to separate the citizens from their money, but carried out under the ostensible notion of “keeping you safe.” The most recent case comes out of Marietta, Georgia, in which terrorist pig thug cops are dressing up like construction workers to ticket people for talking on phones, not wearing seat belts, and other victimless crimes like window tint.

HONG KONG (PNN) - June 16, 2019 - Despite City Executive Carrie Lam's major concession to the protest movement - that is, the (not really) “indefinite” suspension of the extradition bill that catalyzed the protests - a planned protest march went ahead as scheduled on Sunday, marking the second consecutive Sunday of street protests in Hong Kong.

ALBANY, New York (PNN) - June 14, 2019 - Amid the nation’s worst outbreak of measles in a quarter century, fascist lawmakers at the State Capitol Thursday unlawfully approved an unconstitutional (and therefore invalid) measure halting the practice of parents using religious beliefs as a reason not to vaccinate their children.

Major victory for freedom fighters.

HONG KONG (PNN) - June 15, 2019 - In what appears to be a stunning and unprecedented victory for the leaders of Hong Kong's massive protest movement (and a similarly unexpected capitulation from the city's leaders), City Executive Carrie Lam announced on Saturday that her government would suspend the hated extradition bill "indefinitely," leaving it unclear whether the legislation would ever be brought back.