Tag Archives: Regulation

Gun News Roundup for January 15, 2019

Been a while since I did one of these, so let’s have at it: The Trump Administration’s bump-stock ban is a legal abomination: The new rule represents the most sweeping federal gun control effort since the so-called assault weapons ban, … Continue reading →

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Borepatch on the Failure of the War on Drugs

Borepatch and co-blogger ASM826 have been trading off talking about the massive pile of failure that is the War on Drugs. Start with Borepatch’s piece on the similarities between gun control and the war on drugs: Let me take a … Continue reading →

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Why No New Housing Gets Built in San Francisco

A property owner spent nearly 5 years and $1.4 million trying to convert his laundromat into new housing in San Francisco’s Mission district, only to find that city’s far left political establishment hates letting new housing be built. And they … Continue reading →

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Federal Judge Rules ObamaCare Unconstitutional

The budget busting, premium-hiking monster that is ObamaCare may finally be slain: A judge ruled Friday evening that Obamacare is unconstitutional, putting the future of the federal healthcare law in jeopardy. The decision, issued by U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor … Continue reading →

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Sid Miller Messes With Texas BBQ

What the hell, Sid Miller? On August 7, Michael Hernandez was fed up. That morning, the pitmaster glanced through the window as two inspectors from the Texas Department of Agriculture pulled up to his restaurant, Hays Co. Bar-B-Que, in San … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for August 3, 2018

I’m hoping that this week is Peak Busy for me. Enjoy a Friday LinkSwarm: Rasmussen: “Today’s [President Donald Trump] approval ratings among black voters: 29% This time last year: 15%.” Overall Trump approval rating at 50%. Related: “President Donald Trump … Continue reading →

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EU Votes To Censor the Internet

This isn’t going to end well: This morning, the EU’s Legal Affairs Committee (JURI) voted in favor of the legislation, called the Copyright Directive. Although most of the directive simply updates technical language for copyright law in the age of … Continue reading →

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My Hovercraft Is Full Of Moose

When you see a phrase like “Moose vs. Hovercraft,” you think it’s probably about some ironic iPhone game you can back on Kickstarter. (That, or a SyFy movie, in which case it would be Giant Moose vs. Megahovercraft.) But today … Continue reading →

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The Night Before Christmas: Air Cargo Deregulation Edition

This year’s lazy holiday blogging theme: Silly Capitalist Christmas videos! This one is from the Mercatus Center. And there’s more on that theme coming tomorrow!

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Winning

If you’re still not feeling the Christmas spirit yet, the New York Times offers up this brimming chalice of Winning: More than 700 people have left the Environmental Protection Agency since President Trump took office, a wave of departures that … Continue reading →

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