Living Freedom

Ouches and grouches

Published October 2, 2018 7:40 am by Claire

I walked into the eye doc’s office yesterday morning without an appointment and walked out with blessed relief. Or at least a prescription for blessed relief. As I’d begun to suspect, the doc said the little villain in my eye was gone, but it had left behind a sore spot. Anti-inflammatory eye drops should do the trick. At first they did. I expected them to take a couple of days for full effect, but surprisingly I felt better after the first dose. My eye felt better, anyhow. The rest of me felt “rode hard and put up wet” after too…

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Monday-Tuesday links

Published October 1, 2018 5:54 pm by Claire

A teenage girl uses a bow and arrow to save her little brother from a cougar. Naturally, the Internet hates her. (H/T LA)

Bryan Caplan’s convincing case against education. (Amazon link to Caplan’s book here)

Given the biased source (the NYT), I don’t know if this is accurate. If true, it’s barbaric. Undocumented immigrant kids are being rounded up in the middle of the night and transferred from private homes, shelters, and relatively normal lives to an isolated tent city in Texas.

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Basics of Resistance Kindle sale

Published October 1, 2018 1:43 am by Claire

The Kindle version of Basics of Resistance is on sale. Right now. Three days only: Today — $0.99 Tomorrow — $1.99 Wednesday — $2.99 Late Wednesday night it returns to its regular price of $3.99. Enjoy. Share. Learn. Subvert. (And thank you all for your wonderful reviews!)

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While it’s still preparedness month, how’s your med kit?

Published September 30, 2018 2:04 pm by Claire

Yeah, it’s preparedness month for people like us all year long. But September is official. The government say so, so I believe it. 😉 Yes, I’m late to mention it. Saturday at 2:00 a.m. I got a reminder of the one weakness in my prep kits. I woke up feeling as if I had something in my eye, way back in the outside corner where it wasn’t easy to get at. Hours later, it was still there, despite doing expedient things like sticking my head underwater and wiggling my eyeballs around. (I’m so glad nobody was around with a camera.…

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Weekend links

Published September 29, 2018 6:45 pm by Claire

Tim Berners-Lee unveils his radical new plan to decentralize the ‘Net and take it back from the corporate privacy snatchers.

How bail reform trapped a cannabis activist in jail.

Your social media notifications are lying to you about what’s important.

A long-term follow-up study confirms the growing body of evidence. Most people with appendicitis don’t need surgery, just antibiotics.

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Friday links

Published September 28, 2018 5:49 am by Claire

Well, that’s a different view on Ford-Kavanaugh: “I believe her — and him.” (H/T DT)

Do laws requiring mandatory reporting of supposed crimes violate the First Amendment?

Terry Bressi is at it again — challenging constitution-free border checkpoints after being stopped over 400 times.

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Thursday links

Published September 27, 2018 2:15 am by Claire

Cody Wilson is out at Defense Distributed. A woman, long time vice president Paloma Heindorff, is in.

Ten “poor man’s habits” that could save anybody a buck.

Stephen Moore observes that liberals are no fun anymore.

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Midweek musings

Published September 26, 2018 9:47 am by Claire

I got up early this morning and the quality of the moonlight slanting in from the west was so striking it reminded me of that old barbershop quartet song. Orion appeared above the trees, fully visible for the first time this season. Through a trick of the light, it stood alone. While moonlight and mist obscured most stars, Orion was clear and strong. Even the fuzzy “stars” of his sword were visible. Although generally when it comes to the sky I couldn’t tell Cassiopeia from the Perseid meteor shower, I learned to love this constellation when I was a kid…

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Tuesday links

Published September 25, 2018 11:37 am by Claire

J.D. Tuccille on Google and privatized authoritarianism.

If there’s a hell, a very low ring should be reserved for petty bureaucrats who use the law against good, kind, brave people. The charges against Tammie Hedges for administering medicine to rescued pets and “soliciting a controlled substance” are barbaric. Good thing her legal fundraiser is surpassing all expectations.

The U.S. is about to get its first “robot brothel.” Don’t expect this to be The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. (H/T DB)

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