Lagniappe!

A couple ‘extra’s’ from your appreciative host

(Here’s a link for anyone [not from Louisiana] with the meaning and a short etymology)

What do we have for you today? Some news items you’re not likely gonna see/read/hear from the MSM but have an important thread in the fabric of our lives during these “interesting times”.

#1

Ya know when a newspaper screws up and has to print a retraction or correction? Ya know how the embarrassing mea culpa never makes the screaming front page headlines the screw-up enjoyed? No , it’s always tucked away in a small box with smaller print on a back page near the “Used Underwear” ads.

Such are the rarely and barely seen revelations of truth regarding the George Floyd story that spawned death, destruction – and began the revelation of a media bankrupt of journalism’s principles and wide open confirmation of liberal politicians’ criminal hypocrisy.

Here is a brief but comprehensive gem from The Free Press, one of the little-known sources for news and facts you should add to the list (referenced in my Talk Show Host piece). This has been unsurprisingly ignored by the MSM. Considering its wide-reaching effects to this day, the information is both instructive and useful.

#2

This story you may actually see covered by some MSM outlets; FOX News is the only source I’ve seen so far. The story’s low profile belies the impact of government’s massive regulatory overreach. In this case, fishing companies are challenging a rule that required them to pay the salaries of the federal observers required on some boats to prevent overfishing. Beyond the original insult to Freedom, what if that ‘practice’ spread to every ‘small business’ in America? That will affect everyone: owner, customer, you, and me. And not in a good way. How could it? It’s ‘from government.” Jonathan Turley explains it better than anyone.

#3

Next Tuesday, a fellow Substack scribbler will be in court in Germany on Free Speech issues. Germany has its own way of doing things, of course, but CJ Hopkins case is as appalling as it is instructive. Americans have the example of Douglass Mackey. How many citizens in other countries are facing the same war against free speech? Despite logic, reason and facts, the German courts’ propensity for aggressive authoritarianism doesn’t bode well for Mr. Hopkins. Most important will be the Court’s “reasoning” in its verdict. I’ll be watching. You should, too.

“The reason speaking out is so important is it lowers the perceived risk for those who remain silent and have something to say. Your courage matters. Your words matter. Every voice is a key to unlocking another.”

BW

For “Two and Only” followers…Mr. Bovard is currently scribbling a scathing commentary for the NY Post on the Davos/WEF (“Indulgence of the Self-Anointed” - my title). Look for it this evening (Wed-1/17). We will be discussing it and the implications tomorrow. Should be loitering in your InBox around Happy Hour!