"By Any Means Necessary" -Malcolm X

Today would be the 90th birthday of the great American progressive Malcolm X.

A few weeks before his death Malcolm appeared on Canadian television to discuss his proposed solution for human beings who are offered no protection by their government.

  

*Clip from the CBC (1965)

TSA Agent Caught on Camera Stealing iPad

Beware the thieving TSA agent at your local airport this travel season.

Brian Ross at ABC News reports 381 TSA employees have been fired for stealing the property of airline passengers.  One in Orlando was caught on tape stealing an iPad and lying on camera about the crime.  

Video below...

Property Rights on The Rocks in Texas

Eloisa Tamez and fence on neighboring property.
  
(Photography by Jeff Wilson)

Because the state just enjoys dividing people...a tragic story from Texas:

Following two years of courtroom battles with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the agency got the go-ahead in 2009 to extend its controversial border fence across her land.  Since then, roughly 75 percent of her formerly three-acre lot has been behind a steel barrier, land that's now the property of the federal government.* 

This is an example proving that property rights are not enforced in Texas.

You may think you own land but how is that possible if someone else can come along and take it from you in exchange for payment they deem appropriate?


*From The Texas Tribune

Property Rights On The Rocks

Criminal syndicate boss Anne Hidalgo

Would you like to rent out a room in your Paris apartment?

Good luck!

The enforcement class in France has taken to invading the homes of people suspected of renting space in their private residences.  Twenty police officers and a handful of politicians are conspiring to shake down local property owners.  At least 15 landlords have already been victimized to the tune of 25,000 euros each ($33,000 US).

Merriam-Webster defines property ownership as:

the exclusive right to possess, enjoy, and dispose of a thing 

Any infringement upon the above property rights without the consent of the owner is simply theft.

These few dozen police and politicians in Paris should properly be referred to as a criminal syndicate.    

Bloomberg reports.

What Is the Internet?

Gautham Nagesh of the Wall Street Journal explains what the internet is (hint: private property).

The video clip is 3 minutes:

From C-SPAN's Washington Journal