IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO BEGIN TO LEARN THAT WHICH ONE THINKS ONE ALREADY KNOWS

If there was ever a time to keep a healthy skepticism of government, it's right now. If there was ever an example of why that skepticism is necessary, it's the story of Uri Rafaeli whose home was stolen from him over an $8.41 tax debt. David Deerson has some good news about how that wrong is being corrected.

Two friends have spoken to me in the last 24 hours about how difficult it's becoming to maintain friendships in a time when partisan madness is everywhere. John Tuttle has some very workable ideas for how to stay friends, even when you don't see eye to eye.

As if 2020 hasn't been bizarre enough, there are individuals strenuously defending looting as an acceptable form of protest. For those of us who need a refresher course on why stealing or destroying what doesn't belong to you is wrong, Ryan McMacken is kind enough to walk us through the basics.

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* Guest: Bryan Rust – Over the past 50 years, Rust Coins has been  working to educate customers about precious metals –  RustCoinAndGift.com.

* Honest Money Report: Gold: $1934.09 Silver: $27.12.

* Pelosi claims she was ‘set up’ by hairdresser – Demands ‘apology’  amid backlash from illegal salon appointment – Salon owner Erica Kious,  said in an interview with Tucker Carlson, Pelosi’s claim is “absolutely  false.”

* Budget deficit to hit record $3.3T – The spike in the deficit means  that federal debt will exceed annual gross domestic product next year.

* Study: Children fare better with married parents – By age 5, half  of kids with cohabiting mom and dad experience family separation.

* Half of U.S. Christians: Casual sex between consenting adults is  acceptable – Many OK with unmarried relations ‘sometimes or always’.

* There is actually a law! By an 1866 Act of Congress, no living person can be portrayed on US coins.

* No grace for Grace: Teenager incarcerated for not doing homework – Chuck Norris.

* Stop sexting: New software zaps nudity in young people’s  social-media traffic – In test stage it already eliminates 92% of  explicit images.

Hour 2

* JK Rowling returns human-rights award to group that denounces her  trans views – Author ‘follows my conscience’ after head of organization  says her views are transphobic.

* Christian Walker: If Kindergartners Can Obey Teachers, Grown Men  Can Obey Police Officers There is a well-crafted establishment media  narrative that police officers routinely shoot suspects as a way to wipe  out black and brown folks, and that poisonous lie is currently serving  as fuel for violent civil unrest throughout the nation.

* Massachusetts orders all students to receive flu vaccine by end of year – Sets requirement for entering school in January!

* Catholic priest closes DNC by praying for ‘the unborn child in the womb’!

* Planned Parenthood explains how abortionists harvest ‘intact human  fetuses’ – Video reveals sworn statements about procedure that results  in ‘more usable fetal tissues’.

* 7 reasons Trump will win in a mega-landslide – Scott Lively.

* Lauren Nelson, Age 11 Girl Buys and Renovates Her Own Tiny Home.

* “She has three envelopes that she puts her money in — ‘give,’  ‘save’ and ‘spend’ — and I think she made a really good choice,” her mom  said. “She now says she’s part of the tiny home nation.”

* Actress attends illegal church service: ‘It’s my God-given right to  be able to worship God freely’ – Sam Sorbo speaks out for religious  freedom: ‘Be more afraid of compliance’.

One of the biggest challenges we face is allowing our love of liberty to outweigh our hatred of our foes. It's especially tough when people are treating you hatefully. Jeff Minnick has a great take on how even our most strident opponents are worthy of pity for darkness in their hearts.

The current face mask controversy is revealing just how difficult it can be to establish and maintain your personal boundaries. Allen Stevo has solid advice on how to stand your ground when someone is trying to bully you. This advice applies to a lot more than just the wearing of face masks.

If you like to post your thoughts on Facebook, you'll want to pay attention to their new "terms of service" update that kicks in on October 1. Joe Martino explains how the tech giant is doubling down on its soft censorship in order to stamp out what it deems WrongThink.

Given the recent revelation that deaths caused solely by Covid-19 were far lower than originally thought, it's curious that there's still a major push for a mandatory vaccine. Barry Brownstein takes a closer look at how government sells us fear and sickness. This is powerful intellectual ammo for anyone who isn't waiting for Dr. Fauci to tell them what to do.

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Tom Cotton, U.S. Senator from Arkansas, on the call for an investigation into a possible criminal conspiracy surrounding the rioting.

Ken Blackwell, FRC’s Senior Fellow for Human Rights and Constitutional Governance, on the Associated Press’s analysis that, like Trump’s call to build the Wall in 2016, the call for law and order is a racist message. Scott Carpenter, family business owner of B&L Office Furniture, on his perspective on law and order after having his business destroyed by rioters.

David Closson, FRC’s Director of Christian Ethics and Biblical Worldview, on what Joe Biden’s endorsements from LGBT groups and Planned Parenthood reveal about his campaign.

While we're focused on more attention-grabbing headlines, the fed has announced that it will be making policy changes to allow higher rates of inflation. Economics professor and Young Voices contributer Alex Salter joins me to talk about what this means and why we should be paying attention.

Why does it bug me so much when a "fact-checker" feature pops up over something I've shared on Facebook? James D. Agresti does a marvelous job of showing exactly how these so-called independent fact checkers are hired spinmeisters who mangle the truth to fit their particular political agenda.

One of the better back-to-school memes is the picture of a dejected-looking guy with a briefcase and the caption "Me on my 5,322 day of back-to -work." Jon Miltimore has a great essay on how fewer young people are entering the job market and why that's a problem.

The average America is finally seeing the light. When it comes to protecting you and and what's dearest to you, the state will be too busy protecting itself to come and help. Ryan McMacken explains why millions of Americans are buying guns as they watch their cities burn.

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Hour 1

* The brother of Seth Rich, Aaron Rich has asked a D. C. federal  judge overseeing his defamation suit for full access to five recorded  phone calls involving a conservative activist, a former Fox Business  guest commentator and a private investigator hired by the Rich family to  probe the murder.

* Facebook Fact Checkers Bought and Paid for By Gates Foundation? – Ben Swann.

* Did Michelle Obama claim that black women are ‘invisible’ to white Americans? – ‘When we do exist, we exist as a threat’.

* Star Parker: Black Lives Matter Got ‘Success Sequence’ Billboards  Pulled Down in MilwaukeeStar Parker’s organization, UrbanCURE — or  Center for Urban Renewal and Education — recently posted billboards with  several points anyone could follow to live a better life, only for them  to be pulled down prematurely.

* Sam Bushman Kindly Offers To Host a Debate Between Star Parker And Michelle Obama at His Own Expense!

Hour 2

* An Open Letter to the Pastors of the United States!

* Bringing Back the Spirit of the Black Robed Regiment – God Bless The Black Robed Regiment!

* Hillary and Obama want Trump defeated – It’s payback for 2016 –  David Horowitz says they will fail – Trump’s BLITZ. Will Happen Soon.  Trump has a secret plan – Trump will not only win this November, he’ll  win in a landslide.

* Is The Federal Reserve About To Be Shut Down By Trump?

* 90% who test positive for COVID-19 are NOT contagious – A NYT  report found that as many as 90% of the people who have tested positive  for COVID-19 have such insignificant amounts of the virus that they  don’t need to be isolated or traced. Essentially, “overtesting” is  causing the “bottlenecks,” CDC now says 94% of COVID deaths had an  underlying condition, only 6% were COVID alone!

* Delivery won’t save our restaurants – Heather May Utah Business.

* Trump, Biden differ on economy – USA Today.

* Tech Firm Pays $89.5M to Cancel Office Lease Pinterest cites shift  toward working at home – Other Bay Area tech companies have said working  from home is likely to remain the norm after the pandemic, with Twitter  telling employees they never have to return to the office.

* A recent Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research found that  42% of the US labor force now works remotely and around a third are out  of work, leaving only around 26% working from offices and other sites,  the Sacramento Bee reports.

It's not just the fact that 2020 has been an exceptionally challenging year. Many of us find ourselves working harder than we ever have before. Isaac Morehouse has a great explanation of why we're never really done working hard and why that's a good thing.

If you've listened to this program for any length of time, you'll know that I'm keeping a close eye on our food supply. Most of us believe famine is something that can only happen in poor, far away countries. J.W. Rich has some historical perspective to remind us that we can't afford to take our prosperity for granted.

As hard as I try to steer clear of the general election circus, it still manages to pull me in from time to time. Right now pollsters are in shock at what appears to be a tectonic shift in support towards Donald Trump. Steve Sailer says Biden's message is making him sound too much like a mob boss and less like a presidential candidate.

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