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By Elizabeth Nolan Brown, Reason, April 29, 2024.
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This prosecution is premised on a false rationale (authority) from the beginning. Yammer About Sex Trafficking Although no defendants have been charged with sex trafficking), the U.S. It violates the First Amendment and is unforgivable. Trying to handicap the defense. So it's fun to see a judge take prosecutors down a notch, even if it happens very late in the game (after two trials and one defendant) . take one's own life) and although it may not make much of a practical difference for Lacey, Brunst, and Spear (who could be imprisoned for life even if acquitted).
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In this case, Backpage banned explicit offers of sex for money (which is illegal in most countries, including the U.S.), but because many forms of sex work are legal, Backpage banned adult ads. Allowed more generally. Of course, providing a platform for protected speech should itself be protected. But in true Orwellian fashion, the government's very actions prohibit Blatant prostitution advertisements encourage Advertises prostitution and promotes prostitution in violation of federal travel law.
Written by Jeffrey A. Singer, Cato at Liberty, April 29, 2024.
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Apart from criminal justice concerns, there is a lack of scientific evidence to support banning menthol cigarettes.2022 research papers in National Cancer Institute Journal Menthol smokers were found to have less difficulty quitting smoking than non-menthol smokers. Furthermore, according to an FDA study, report inside Journal of Nicotine and Tobacco Research, „There is evidence that menthol smokers have a lower risk of lung cancer mortality compared to non-menthol smokers in the U.S. population aged 50 and older.“ According to Vanderbilt University, that's probably because menthol smokers tend to smoke fewer cigarettes a day. study „Menthol cigarettes are no longer more harmful than non-menthol cigarettes, and are probably no more harmful than non-menthol cigarettes.“
A disproportionately high percentage of black smokers smoke menthol. My guess is that Biden is becoming increasingly nervous about losing a significant portion of the black vote.
I Posted We will inform you about this in November 2022.
Written by Roger Kopple sink marketMarch 26, 2013.
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Income inequality is important. Let me say it again so you understand what I meant. Income inequality is important. This may come as a surprise coming from a self-proclaimed „Austrian“ economist who is a „liberal“ in the good old market-oriented sense of the word. That can't be true.It must be one of the following our problem. What is surprising is that this issue is almost exclusively associated with more or less „progressive“ views, since we pro-market people have not said more about this central issue.
Pro-market thinkers generally support a political theory that calls for being careful about how the state is used to create unfair privileges for some at the expense of others, and therefore This indifference is even more puzzling. We should expect the distribution of income to be tilted towards the politically powerful and away from the poor and politically weak. In a representative democracy, “special interests” are “Looking for an apartment” and receive special benefits. These special favors enrich some people and sacrifice others. That's their real purpose!
Roger makes a good point, but he overstates it. The excerpt above makes it sound as if he thinks the government is to blame for most of America's inequality. I don't think that's likely, but it's true in many cases. Think about middle-class homeowners in California. Because their homes are worth more than $1 million because of strict government restrictions on home construction.
But it also creates huge inequalities because people have really good ideas and are using them. Take Jeff Bezos and Amazon, for example. That inequality is important, but that's not what Roger focuses on.
If Roger were discussing the inequality of the world, he would be absolutely right. The biggest cause of global inequality is immigration restrictions.
Speech by Ben Powell, Hillsdale College, November 6, 2023.
I will be posting about this speech on my blog in the next few days Substack, “I blog to differentiate myself”We will introduce the highlights of „. This is very nice.