It is stunning how wise Bastiat was. A beaming light of impeccable reasoning that delivered to the world the blueprint for a just society. We deviate from that blueprint at our own peril, which has been proven throughout history.
Ron Paul carried the torch of liberty better than any Fed pol of the modern era. Thomas Massie gives me hope among the current elected officials but I fear too many deviations have been committed and the damage is piling up. The tyrants have taken pounds of flesh. The road back is blocked by a multi-car pile up (and a few trains).
In the chemical based company I ran for over 40 years we never patented any of the technology we developed. We kept it as a trade secret. This was far more effective than disclosing to the world what we had discovered. However, we documented everything so that if another company came along and also discovered the same thing and did obtain a patent we could defeat it through the concept of “prior art”.
“this is past monopoly. it’s full license to steal with a guarantee that if caught, someone else has to do the time”.
You mean like the bank bailouts? Where you can take all the risk you want and do all the woke stuff you want and donate 70 million to BLM and have 185 to 1 leverage and cash in your chips and jet off to Hawaii while your bank fails. Cause you know it’s all a scam and the corrupt and treasonous regime is gonna bail you out with middle class money?
The first question as always, cui bono? Not surprising the “big guy” stepped in. He’s already allowed the CCP to steal IP for decades, why not allow US based companies to do so? As long as there is money in it for him or his family, it’s all good.
For those who missed it, please take four minutes to watch Dr. Tess Lawrie’s devastatingly poignant reading of my poem—and then share it to help us viralize the message that #MistakesWereNOTMade:
That this is even being thought a plausible defense by the government would formerly have been considered incredible, until you recall the recent move out of the same playbook that produced the Pfizer defense against accusations of fraud, i.e., “we aren’t guilty because we produced the fraud the government asked for…”
Also Bastiat: “When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it."
That Kelo case was an atrocious ruling by the SCOTUS - still have no idea how that falls under any reasonable interpretation of the Constitution. To then extend that to all IP if it's done for the government would be even more egregious. Hoping at least the current SCOTUS would shoot that down, and maybe take down Kelo with it.
Clearly, arbutus and genevant failed to pay the proper "tribute" when the gangsters came calling. Moderna paid theirs. "gee, that's some mighty nice ip you got there, it would be a shame if something happened to it"
I have totally given up on this country and feel that “we the people “ have been misled our entire lives by both our government and our media. We have been told that the communist governments used propaganda and brainwashing to shape the minds of their citizens when it was happening to us the entire time.
I try to drill this home to everyone I meet. The government will steal your land, your money, your life if it can. I used to work for a for profit environmental firm. We assessed impacts of projects for developments, a requirement for the California Environmental Quality Act and, if we were working on Fed projects, the Environmental Protection Agency. We often worked for Indigenous tribes, so this story falls within the EPA, as well as local Gov. I was sitting in a meeting in Northern CA with the Tribe's representative, and a very excited local government. The tribe was working on opening a Casino, a cash cow for not only the Tribe, but also the community. But not as you'd think. The County was super excited because not only would it get revenue from the casino (tourists etc), but as part of the deal, the Tribe had to make improvements to the roads leading to the new Casino. Okay, not unheard of.
I'll never forget the LAUGHING the County reps had at the idea of eminent domain. To build out the road, the County would have to take over several feet of a country road, and they stated right in front of me and the Tribe rep that they were going to lowball the owners for payment. "Its in our General Plan" they said. "They should have known better than to buy there." I was shocked. As someone who had to do hydrological surveys in the area, I'd met these people. They were all farmers who had lived along that road for decades. The area wasn't developed- it was rural. The Tribe member put a hand on my arm (he could sense my anger) and calmly asked. "When was that General Plan decided on again?" Their response was the previous year. They changed the designations because of this project! The Tribe member then looked the laughing Gov dude in the eye and said, "No. WE'LL pay them their rightful value for the land. The Tribe will do it. It's only fair."
And might I say? There are already some very fine responses posted early this day. I love that substack draws keener minds than my own ,that I might sharpen my steel on theirs.
So, like, why does this "federal insertion" feel just like the federal reserve stepping in to cover all the depositors and all their deposits at svb? The concept of a government that rewards its cronies and intimidates / punishes its political competition means the constitution has been completely trampled upon. Wash, rinse, repeat.
It is stunning how wise Bastiat was. A beaming light of impeccable reasoning that delivered to the world the blueprint for a just society. We deviate from that blueprint at our own peril, which has been proven throughout history.
Ron Paul carried the torch of liberty better than any Fed pol of the modern era. Thomas Massie gives me hope among the current elected officials but I fear too many deviations have been committed and the damage is piling up. The tyrants have taken pounds of flesh. The road back is blocked by a multi-car pile up (and a few trains).
In the chemical based company I ran for over 40 years we never patented any of the technology we developed. We kept it as a trade secret. This was far more effective than disclosing to the world what we had discovered. However, we documented everything so that if another company came along and also discovered the same thing and did obtain a patent we could defeat it through the concept of “prior art”.
“this is past monopoly. it’s full license to steal with a guarantee that if caught, someone else has to do the time”.
You mean like the bank bailouts? Where you can take all the risk you want and do all the woke stuff you want and donate 70 million to BLM and have 185 to 1 leverage and cash in your chips and jet off to Hawaii while your bank fails. Cause you know it’s all a scam and the corrupt and treasonous regime is gonna bail you out with middle class money?
Like that?
I’m just a feral cat. But I smell a pattern.
The first question as always, cui bono? Not surprising the “big guy” stepped in. He’s already allowed the CCP to steal IP for decades, why not allow US based companies to do so? As long as there is money in it for him or his family, it’s all good.
“The power to tax is the power to destroy.”
—John Marshall
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Unrelated but important PSA:
For those who missed it, please take four minutes to watch Dr. Tess Lawrie’s devastatingly poignant reading of my poem—and then share it to help us viralize the message that #MistakesWereNOTMade:
• “Mistakes Were NOT Made: An Anthem for Justice (Video)” (https://margaretannaalice.substack.com/p/mistakes-were-not-made-an-anthem-57a)
This was masterfully directed by Mark Lawrie, whose “A Letter to Dr Andrew Hill” is my number-one red-pilling video and a must-watch as well:
• “A Letter to Dr Andrew Hill” (https://rumble.com/vwfia3-a-letter-to-andrew-hill-dr-tess-lawrie-oracle-films.html)
That this is even being thought a plausible defense by the government would formerly have been considered incredible, until you recall the recent move out of the same playbook that produced the Pfizer defense against accusations of fraud, i.e., “we aren’t guilty because we produced the fraud the government asked for…”
Also Bastiat: “When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it."
That Kelo case was an atrocious ruling by the SCOTUS - still have no idea how that falls under any reasonable interpretation of the Constitution. To then extend that to all IP if it's done for the government would be even more egregious. Hoping at least the current SCOTUS would shoot that down, and maybe take down Kelo with it.
Clearly, arbutus and genevant failed to pay the proper "tribute" when the gangsters came calling. Moderna paid theirs. "gee, that's some mighty nice ip you got there, it would be a shame if something happened to it"
"...their patents on a set of lipid nano-particle tech to encapsulate mRNA and protect it when it’s administered to the bloodstream."
Whoa! The covid shot is IM, not IV. It stays in the muscle, right? It doesn't go into the bloodstream, right? Right?
apparently Moderna believes that you cannot commit IP theft when you are contracted by the DOD to make a bioweapon
America and most every ‘Bill of Rights’ died under the slogan ‘15 Days to Slow the Spread’ - March 16, 2020.
I have totally given up on this country and feel that “we the people “ have been misled our entire lives by both our government and our media. We have been told that the communist governments used propaganda and brainwashing to shape the minds of their citizens when it was happening to us the entire time.
Bastiat should be taught in schools in a curriculum for Logic.
I try to drill this home to everyone I meet. The government will steal your land, your money, your life if it can. I used to work for a for profit environmental firm. We assessed impacts of projects for developments, a requirement for the California Environmental Quality Act and, if we were working on Fed projects, the Environmental Protection Agency. We often worked for Indigenous tribes, so this story falls within the EPA, as well as local Gov. I was sitting in a meeting in Northern CA with the Tribe's representative, and a very excited local government. The tribe was working on opening a Casino, a cash cow for not only the Tribe, but also the community. But not as you'd think. The County was super excited because not only would it get revenue from the casino (tourists etc), but as part of the deal, the Tribe had to make improvements to the roads leading to the new Casino. Okay, not unheard of.
I'll never forget the LAUGHING the County reps had at the idea of eminent domain. To build out the road, the County would have to take over several feet of a country road, and they stated right in front of me and the Tribe rep that they were going to lowball the owners for payment. "Its in our General Plan" they said. "They should have known better than to buy there." I was shocked. As someone who had to do hydrological surveys in the area, I'd met these people. They were all farmers who had lived along that road for decades. The area wasn't developed- it was rural. The Tribe member put a hand on my arm (he could sense my anger) and calmly asked. "When was that General Plan decided on again?" Their response was the previous year. They changed the designations because of this project! The Tribe member then looked the laughing Gov dude in the eye and said, "No. WE'LL pay them their rightful value for the land. The Tribe will do it. It's only fair."
That shut them up.
And might I say? There are already some very fine responses posted early this day. I love that substack draws keener minds than my own ,that I might sharpen my steel on theirs.
So, like, why does this "federal insertion" feel just like the federal reserve stepping in to cover all the depositors and all their deposits at svb? The concept of a government that rewards its cronies and intimidates / punishes its political competition means the constitution has been completely trampled upon. Wash, rinse, repeat.