In this week's podcast, our quote of the day will be from author Robert Heinlen on the issue of taxation and tyranny.

We'll give you some advice on why you should try and avoid booking airline travel the last week of any month.

We'll talk about the Richter scale that measures earthquake severity and why a 6.4 magnitude earthquake is twice as powerful as a 6.2 earthquake. 

See and use the earthquake severity calculator tool here:
https://www.omnicalculator.com/other/earthquake

We'll talk about the Scoville scale that measures the heat intensity of Chile peppers, how hot the world's hottest pepper and where it is being grown. 

We will review the new IRS tax brackets and standard deductions for 2023 and why you will likely be paying lower Federal Income taxes in 2023. 

We will play a 5-minute speech by Texas Congressman Chip Roy on the floor of the US House of Representatives on December 23 to an almost empty House chamber. He berates his colleagues for leaving town without bothering to read the 4,000-page, $1.7 Trillion spending bill that they will be voting on remotely using a pandemic-era rule exception to the in-person voting requirement. See a video of that powerful speech here: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtKo9EEalwI.

Our taxpayer relief shot will continue last week's "Women & guns" theme, where a woman uses a gun to shoot and kill a man who violates an active restraining order when he kicks down the door of her home and threatens her with a knife. See a video of that incident here: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yCAjMgXm-s.

Our quote of the day describes why you should consider teaching your daughter to shoot. 

Women buying guns: How many women are buying guns, who are those women, and why are they buying them?

Why an Ohio College had to pay a local business $36 million for claiming the owners were racist.

We will describe how the US Bureau of labor statistics overstated 2nd quarter new job creation figures by more than 10,000% and why you never heard the corrected data reported on the evening news.

We describe how the exodus of high-income taxpayers from New York City is blowing a huge hole in the New York City budget and why they are leaving.

Because of our "Women buying guns" segment, we do two taxpayer relief shots involving women home alone shooting and killing home invaders.
 

Our quote of the day is from Mike Rowe, host of the "Dirty Jobs" show, on why work ethic should be admired more than natural talent

The upcoming winter solstice

The nationwide Christmas tree shortage

The Mushroom capital of the world and mushrooms that glow in the dark

The $450 donation that you didn't know that you made to the Teamsters' pension fund last week

Why the Social Security system is heading towards bankruptcy, simple, cheap ways to fix it, and why politicians won't do it.

Our taxpayer relief shot from Las Vegas: A woman shoots & kills thug with his gun. 
 

Our quote of the day comes from the Founder of Italy's Communist party from 100 years ago, explaining why defeating Christianity and gaining control of the educational system is critical for Socialism to succeed. 

How the Starbucks coffee chain got its name

Why you don't need a parachute to skydive

California proposes a bill to award $223,000 to every black adult in the state who is a descendant of enslaved people.

Stupid criminal of the week: Robbing a store hosting a "Shop with a Cop" event.

Difference between the annual budget deficit & National debt and why rising bond interest rates are bad news for both.

Tesla's new Electric powered 18-wheeler and why it won't/can't replace traditional diesel-powered trucks.

Taxpayer relief shot from Bethel Park, PA. A man tries to rob an elderly couple who runs a music store, and why he wound up dead. 
 

Our quote of the day on the logic of banning guns by Lysander Spooner from the 1800s

A lawsuit over how long it takes to cook macaroni & cheese in a microwave

How you're helping to pay for the New York City subway system even though you don't use it

Where the Federal government is removing four hydro-electric generating stations so that salmon can have an easier time swimming upstream 

Why Vladimir Putin is benefiting from Biden's Decision to allow Chevron to pump Venezuelan oil

Where 33 tons of cocaine seized this week, and what does 33 tons of cocaine look like

How Check washing fraud works and on-line shopping scams

The new Oregon gun law that makes it impossible to buy a gun in Oregon after next Thursday

Our taxpayer relief shot: California store clerk shoots and kills the armed robber. 
 

Quote of the day: Admiral Hyman Rickover on the importance of learning from the mistakes made by others

Science minute: Why cheaper ethanol blend gasoline might not be the bargain you think they are

The brain benefits of physical and mental exercise

What happens if you work for the City of San Francisco for 20 years, do a good job but are unfortunate enough to be a straight white male

The "606 mass shootings so far this year" lie you will hear on TV this week

Why do blue states not want poor people to be able to get concealed carry permits 

Our Taxpayer relief shot story: Man in an LA Target store picks up a knife and starts stabbing customers. He encounters a good guy with a gun with a predictable outcome (Hint: You never bring a knife to a gunfight)

Quote of the day by George Carlin about stupid people

How stupid people acting in large groups affect the outcomes of elections

Health & Science minutes: Why owning a pet is good for your health

Why: "Record corporate profits" are the RESULT of inflation, not the cause of inflation

How not to smuggle a gun onto a commercial airliner - inside a raw chicken

Why returning to a 90% top tax rate would REDUCE tax revenues, not increase them.

Good guy with a gun story from Katy, TX. One armed thug accidentally shoots his thug buddy. The resident picks up the wounded thug's gun and shoots & kills the second thug.  

Our quote of the day comes from Milton Friedman, who points out the flaw in judging programs by their intention vs. their results.

The US has created more than 200 "Poverty Programs" and spent $20 Trillion over the last 50 years on those programs without reducing poverty in the United States.

How Amtrak lost a billion dollars last year but still awarded $1.3 Billion in bonuses to six top executives.

President Biden's memory is slipping: He makes 6 false statements in a two-and-a-half-minute speech.

The difference between Fusion & Fission nuclear reactions and why fusion reactors are the world's best bet for a limitless supply of clean, radioactive-free energy.

How you and thieves can break into your garage in 10 seconds with a coat hanger and what you can do to prevent thieves from getting into your house when you aren't home.

Taxpayer relief shot: A woman who is 8 months pregnant grabs her husband's AR-15 and shoots two thugs that are holding him at gunpoint and beating him 

Our quote of the day is about what causes inflation

A diamond that is bigger than the moon

Germany is tearing down wind turbines so they can mine for coal

Biden lying about gas being $5.00 per gallon on the day he was inaugurated, and people applauding that lie

Why the price of natural gas went negative in Texas last week

Our taxpayer relief shot includes an incompetent 9-11 operator who asks what the dead man was wearing.

Quote of the day from playwright George Bernard Shaw: Why common sense is a curse

300,000 cell phones being issued to illegal immigrants by ICE at a daily cost to taxpayers of $360,000 per day

Powering Electric vehicles with hydrogen

Why there will never be another refinery built in the US

What it would take to transition the US to a fossil fuel-free economy and why it won't happen in your lifetime

The Trump tax plan yielded record tax revenues

Weekly good guy with a gun story from North Carolina: Armed customer shoots & kills armed thug holding store customers hostage at gunpoint.

In this week's podcast, our quote of the day is from Plato and how it relates to our upcoming November election.

We talk about how the Russians are forcibly conscripting young men into the Russian military.

Are record profits truly an indication of "Price gouging"?

What is a "Living wage"?

Gun insurance proposals.

Our weekly Taxpayer relief shot: In Houston, a female security guard shoots & kills her assailant

Quote of the day: JFK on cutting taxes

400 Mobile phone apps that steal your password

A fire burning in a Pennsylvania town for 60 years

New Zealand taxing cow burps

Difference between illegal aliens & "Asylum seekers"

What is "Qualified immunity" and why are police departments struggling to fill vacancies

Taxpayer Relief Shot - Madison Wisconsin homeowner shoots & kills home invader

Pumpkin spice-scented trash bags - one of the signs of the Apocalypse?

The mass shooting in Thailand this week and why banning so-called "Assault weapons" won't prevent them

Climate change and frequency & intensity of hurricanes:  Increasing, decreasing, or staying the same?

Fracking:  What is it and what is fracking fluid?  Is Hoss drinking some of those nasty chemicals?

Shoplifting losses and how they affect you

Good guy with a gun:  Dollar General store clerk shoots and kills the armed robber.

The difference between "Fair" and "Good" and why they are not synonymous.

The difference between a Democracy and a Constitutional Republic and why you wouldn't want to live in a Democracy.

Where do your rights as a Citizen come from (Hint: They do not come from the US Constitution).

Why Ford can't ship the 30,000 vehicles they have produced.

Why the FBI found it necessary to send 25 FBI agents armed with AR-15 rifles to arrest one non-violent Pro-life advocate.

The impact that rising interest rates will have on our annual budget deficit and the national debt.

Our "Good guy" (Woman) with a gun story (2).

The September 22 issue includes a discussion of Milton Friedman's' "The Fallacy of Good Intentions" and how it relates to Government programs.

Why the Wegman's supermarket chain had to discontinue its self-check-out mobile phone app that relied on the honor system.

Why the State of NY is spending more than $2 million to dispose of surplus & expired hand sanitizer.

Why you should never take one of those online quizzes that pop up on your Facebook page.

The surprising results of the new Georgetown University study on gun ownership in America.

How many times guns are used defensively in this country each year.

The September 15th issue covers The 5 Universal laws of stupidity.

The looming beer shortage.

Why transitioning to a fossil fuel-free economy in your lifetime (or your children's lifetime) will not be possible without a huge investment in the construction of dozens of new nuclear power plants.

Why Amtrak is a money-losing dinosaur.

Visa tracking & monitoring purchases anybody makes at a "Gun store".

The weekly Good Guy with a gun story.

​Quote of the day - Milton Friedman on inflation

The consequences of Biden's student loan forgiveness executive order

Climate change, mass shootings, and school shooting myths​

Quote of the day - George Carlin

The falling water levels in Lake Mead and the power problems it will create for California

My trip to the socialist paradise of Bernieville

Taxpayer relief shot - Good guy with a gun story

Who is Jerzee Joe: Background & Experiences