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Coronavirus Reminds the Planet that Borders Are a Great Idea

As the coronavirus spreads around the world, we should notice how the openness of travel has been facilitated the spread of the illness. Borders are our friends when contagion is on the loose — even though the current panic is largely an overblown media concoction, according to Dr. Drew Pinsky.

But the next communicable disease […]

Millions of Californians Are De-Powered As Utility Safeguards Bottom Line

California’s mass electricity shut-down has not gone well. Millions of state residents got little warning that their power would be switched off for up to a week while Pacific Gas & Electric checked its lines for any technical problems.

But as I wrote a couple days ago, it’s likely PG&E’s biggest concern was losing another […]

California Power Company Unplugs Customers to Protect Its Profits

Here in northern California on Wednesday morning, Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) has turned off power to hundreds of thousands of customers because of weather forecasts showing wildfire-producing high winds. Its spokes-minions have been appearing on media, portraying the company as sympathetic to rate-payers and concerned about their safety.

Plus, the power outage could last […]

Bollards: Public Fixtures in the Age of Jihad

Many governments are loathe to protect their nations by traditional border defense, so they have instead gone small and fortified city streets against jihad vehicle attacks. As a result, “bollard” is a new vocabulary word in the discussion about public safety when enemy immigrants are common in Europe and beyond.

Last August, the New […]

Providence Police Show How Crowd Control Is Done

On Saturday morning, a group of pro-Trump patriots marched in the capital of Rhode Island to display their appreciation for the sovereignty-defending president. Naturally, a gaggle of anti-Trump marxists gathered to harass and jabber.

What I noticed was how effective the local police were at preventing antagonistic sides from getting out of control: they formed […]

Obama Last Year Countdown: Say Goodbye to Public Safety!

How low can the President go in endangering the American people in his final months? It’s frightening to think. There’s no question that he despises the people he governs, demonstrated by the years of disparaging remarks, from Americans as bitter clingers of guns to disparaging the religion of Americans because of bad behavior during the […]