Category: video

Simply put:

A satellite link-up allows Edward Snowden to appear before a New Zealand conference. And receive a standing ovation. And deliver a message.

http://youtu.be/PWAZ8fr4MUE

The most dishonest ballot measure in America is one from my former home state of Arkansas. Watch this short video featuring Bob Porto, co-chair of Arkansas Term Limits, explaining why this 22-page-long amendment to the state constitution is a “Trojan Horse.” His group has been touring the state with a rather large symbolic horse to dramatize the danger of Issue 3.

http://youtu.be/KcoN9rA8t44

The mobile horse symbol was donated to Arkansas Term Limits by Liberty Initiative Fund. I warn about Issue 3 in more detail here.

A conversation with the candidate for governor of Florida who doesn’t sport an R or a D after his name:

Who gets the A’s, who gets the F’s:

A 17-year-old activist explains the protests in Hong Kong, making the case for basic democratic rights.

MEMO to politicians: You can only kick the can so far down the road.

Over the years, Montreal politicians have promised cushy pensions and more to the city’s firefighters. Now the city is over a billion bucks in the red, so city politicians figure that firefighters must contribute more to their own pensions.

For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Last month, the firefighters disrupted a city council meeting, causing chaos. It is basically a riot, though without pitchforks.

Here is a long video on the riot:

Or go to the Common Sense with Paul Jacob Facebook page for a less confusing, edited clip.

Rundown of the week’s big stories, including the new space deal.

This is surely not full privatization, but it is better than NASA monopolizing the space effort.

Plus: Peter Thiel on good and bad monopolies.