Live in the #SanFrancisco area? Care about #freedom? Not happy with the local Democratic establishment but don't think Republicans are any better? We want to hear from you! We meet in person and via JitSi the 2nd Saturday each month. Visitors welcome too. meetup.com/the-lpsf/events/

Good intentions don't guarantee good results. But individuals are ultimately responsible for all human action (as #LudwigVonMises observed), so war does begin in people's minds. Respect for the #NonAggressionPrinciple seems a good mental peace defense. morungexpress.com/peace-with…

"San Francisco is officially enforcing new limits on RVs and trailers in a push to clear encampments." Are they lying, or stupid? Siezing #RVs and other #vehicles used as #shelter will leave owners with nowhere to sleep, and *more* likely to wind up in #homeless #encampments.

Too many of you have forgotten the Fifth of November.

There are so many parking restrictions in San Francisco, that it is easy to forget one and end up getting an expensive ticket. SFMTA has a very long guide, but a local engineer has a better solution: an app that tells you when you're illegally parked. sfchronicle.com/sf/article/p…

🚨 ICE agents caught violating a federal judge’s order, yet again, in Chicago. This morning, around 9:43 AM, at 2134 N. Western Ave, ICE agents were filmed making a warrantless arrest in a parking lot. When a woman on scene asked if they had a warrant, one of the agents admitted they did not. She told them, “Then you can’t take him out of his car and arrest him.” They ignored her, and still took the man. That’s not a gray area. It’s a direct violation of a federal court order and the Fourth Amendment, which protects every person from unlawful seizure. Just last month, Judge Jeffrey Cummings ruled that ICE cannot make arrests in Illinois without a judicial warrant or a clear probable-cause determination. The agency was ordered to retrain its officers, document every warrantless arrest, and report them publicly. How are agents protecting communities when they are blatantly violating the constitution?

Perhaps #Mamdani's planned #government #GroceryStores could be called "UnSafeway" or "Wasteway"? But #NewYorkers might not get the reference to the mostly western-based #supermarket chain...

It appears House speaker @MikeJohnson has been provided with a classified new defensive weapon system, the Strategic Awareness Inhibitor, that prevents officials for whom it's deployed becoming aware of any information or events that could be #embarrassing for them to comment on.

The more unjust power #government has to sieze people and violate their #rights, because they're a #migrant or whatever reason they come up with, the greater the chance they may end up doing it to YOU.

#Police #abuse is a worldwide problem. #Police too often behave like uniformed #gangs of thugs, knowing they probably won't be held accountable for violating people's #rights, such as by taking their #money or possessions, or as in this case in #Mexico, endangering their #lives.

A #Tennessee man spent 37 days in jail and lost his job as a result, for an innocuous #SocialMedia post. This is the kind of thing that happens when #government #officials are allowed to have too much power, and too little #accountability. Defend #FreeSpeech!

𝗥𝗢𝗡 𝗣𝗔𝗨𝗟 𝗢𝗡 𝗦𝗨𝗥𝗩𝗘𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘 Each of us is caught on a camera quite a few times every day. Most of the time, we don’t worry about it. We are taped getting money from a cash machine, buying things at the convenience store, shopping at the grocery, or just driving around a parking lot. Our data are collected even as we browse online. I don’t see this as an inherent problem, since most of us agree to this kind of surveillance. When it is done by the private sector, it serves a social function and leads to more security and better service. Private security cameras on private property can be quite useful in performing a task that government can’t and shouldn’t be responsible for. Protecting individual plants, businesses, homes, apartments, or condos with cameras should be the prerogative of the property owner. We would all rather not deal with this, but we can also appreciate the benefits. Such surveillance enhances security and deters theft. The private use of video cameras is not my concern. In fact, they can be used to promote freedom. They allow people to film law enforcement personnel when they get out of line. More police brutality has been caught on film than ever before, which serves the interest of all of us. I also note that most government agencies are now barring citizens in government offices from carrying cell phones, and there can be no doubt about the reason. Government doesn’t want to be watched and filmed. Meanwhile, the government’s own use of surveillance cameras is out of control. Cameras at traffic lights are pervasive throughout the country. Many cities have been sold on the idea, supposedly for safety reasons, but the reality is that the cameras are installed with the goal of raising revenue. The companies that put these cameras in are motivated because they share in the profits. Challenging the charges in court is frequently not even permitted. All public places now are subject to government cameras: roads, streets, buildings, and who knows where else. The excuse is always the same: They are providing safety for us. But unlike in the private sector, this is not really believable. Government much too often violates our privacy and at the same time is fanatical in protecting its own secrecy. Not only are the government’s cameras proliferating, the government itself is turning even the private camera into a threat it otherwise would not be. Under the Patriot Act, private cameras, as well as cell phones and the Internet, are vulnerable to an aggressive federal government. Everyone theoretically can be a potential threat, a possible friend of an “enemy combatant,” and therefore can be under surveillance one way or the other. We’re constantly reminded we live in a dangerous time and we’re at war, so be ready and willing to sacrifice your liberty so we can all be safe and secure. Whether surveillance is good or bad really depends on the institutions that use it and what the film is used for. Nothing good can come out of permitting government to film our every move. It strikes me like a scene out of Orwell’s 1984. What I would like to see is the very opposite: citizens who film ever more government activity, a live camera in every government bureaucracy that can be seen by all citizens, a monitor on every bureaucrat that can be watched by every person who pays the bills. This would be a great way for the citizens to take back control. We need to protect citizens against government intrusions even as we curb the ability of the government to operate in total secrecy. – @RonPaul, Liberty Defined

It's not only that #government #schools are doing a poor job #educating #kids. We need #SeparationOfSchoolAndState for the same reason as #SeparationOfChurchAndState – it's dangerous to involve government in telling people (especially impressionable young people) what to #think.

"In the age of slop and insincerity, everything now exists with the disposable short term intent of entertainment... to make money." We reject this. It's not all about getting attention or making money. #Freedom matters. #Nihilism is a dead end. libertarianinstitute.org/blo…

A #tech leader speaks out against #government efforts to destroy the #freedom that made the #Internet great:

#SFPD officers and members of other #LawEnforcement agencies need to be required to carry individual #liability #insurance so that #police #misconduct will stop costing #taxpayers big money in #lawsuit payouts.

Yesterday we reposted a comparison of #Venezuela and #Poland: x.com/SanFranciscoLP/status/… Here's another graphic illustrating Venezuela's decline under #StateSocialism – it now lags far behind a once much poorer #SouthAmerican country, #Chile, that embraced relatively free markets:

This chart shows an oft-repeated lesson in why #EconomicFreedom matters: #Venezuela went from parity with #Poland in per capita wealth in 1931, to shoot ahead while Poland was in the #Soviet bloc, then fall precipitously under the #StateSocialist regimes of #Chavez and #Maduro.

Lord Acton. 👀

Anyone still in denial about #DonaldTrump being a wannabe #dictator? He openly admits hungering to remain in office longer than the #Constitution permits. We wonder how many traitors besides #SteveBannon are conspiring to make this happen? bbc.com/news/articles/c797q5…