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Chapter 15 – The Stay

by Ozymandias | Nov 12, 2019 | Big Government, Congress, Constitution, DoD Anthrax Vaccine, Executive Branch, Federal Power, History, Liberty, Military, National Security, Regulation, Rule of Law, Science

From the beginning I’ve had the sense that they have mischarged the offense, perhaps intentionally.

Chapter 14 – Secretary Cohen’s “Four Points”

by Ozymandias | Nov 5, 2019 | Big Government, Congress, Constitution, DoD Anthrax Vaccine, Drugs, Executive Branch, Federal Power, History, Liberty, Licensing, Military, National Security, Politics, Regulation, Rule of Law, Science

In December of 1997, the anthrax vaccine manufacturer was shut down and could not manufacture anything related to the AVA.

Chapter 12: The DoD “Evolves” on the Anthrax Vaccine

by Ozymandias | Oct 22, 2019 | DoD Anthrax Vaccine, Federal Power, Health Care, History, Liberty, Military, National Security, Regulation

During the hearings on the Nixon impeachment, Senator Howard Baker (R-TN) asked the now famous question: “What did the President know and when did he know it?”

Chapter 11: United States v. Stonewall, July 2000

by Ozymandias | Oct 15, 2019 | Congress, Constitution, DoD Anthrax Vaccine, Executive Branch, Federal Power, Fourth Amendment, Liberty, Military, National Security, Regulation, Rule of Law, Science

I had defended Marines and sailors facing a lot more time or charged with much more serious crimes, yet I was more nervous than I had ever been before walking into court.

Chapter 9 – The History of the Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed (AVA)

by Ozymandias | Oct 1, 2019 | Big Government, DoD Anthrax Vaccine, Executive Branch, Federal Power, History, Liberty, Military, National Security, Regulation, Rule of Law, Science

The first use of a human anthrax vaccine took place in 1954.

Chapter 5 – The FDA, DHHS, & Vaccines: Anthrax Slides By

by Ozymandias | Sep 3, 2019 | DoD Anthrax Vaccine, Military, Regulation

Before 1962, vaccines, drugs, and other such products did not undergo nearly the kind of scrutiny that they do today in order to become licensed. It wasn’t until the thalidomide disaster of the 1960’s that federal regulation of drugs came to be what it is today.

Scrot…. SCOTUS summary 2018-2019 session

by SUPREME OVERLORD trshmnstr | Aug 2, 2019 | Constitution, Regulation, Supreme Court

I tried to work in some snark into what is a really dry topic, but there’s only so much snark you can work into some devastatingly boring subject matter.

A day at the park

by blackjack | Jul 25, 2019 | Cops, Crime, Drugs, Education, Family, History, LifeSkills, Musings, Opinion, Rant, Regulation, Travel, Yoots

In the summer of ’81, I was 15 years old. I wasn’t your average teen.

Free to Ask Permission

by A Leap at the Wheel | Jul 4, 2019 | Guns, Liberty, Regulation

A Leap at the Wheel is back again to demonstrate that personal liberty only helps out the most privileged members of society at the expense of people with neurological disorders.

Standard Libertarian Disclaimer Episode 2: EPA

by SUPREME OVERLORD trshmnstr | Jun 6, 2019 | Environment, Liberty, Markets, Opinion, Regulation

I think that environmental law is the single biggest issue I “struggle” with when I do thought experiments about the philosophy of libertarianism. How does self- and property ownership interact with the externalities caused by the things that you do pursuant with your ownership of yourself and your property? There are many answers, but the currently implemented one is the EPA.