Space Farce - TLF100

Trump is gearing up for his new Space Force, which I like to call his Space Farce. Let's break this down a bit. What's in the News with stories on wrestler Kane wins again, your vote is useless, MDMA studies, TSA still sucks, and a fine for trash in a car. Finally, Statists Gonna State talking about Defense Distributed and their continuing battle against statists. This episode is brought to you by ZenCash, a cryptocurrency that infuses privacy, anonymity, and security done right. Also brought to you by Free Talk Live, providing you with fresh, pro-liberty content 7 days a week on more than 180 radio stations across the country.    WHAT’S RUSTLING MY JIMMIES Do you want to talk about something beyond ridiculous? Fine. Let's talk about Trump's new Space Force. Now that is ridiculous.   The U.S. Defense Department this week will take the first steps to create the Space Force, a new branch of the military ordered up by President Trump but not yet fully backed by Congress. In coming months, Defense Department leaders plan to stand up three of the four components of the new Space Force: a new combatant command for space, a new joint agency to buy satellites for the military, and a new warfighting community that draws space operators from all service branches. These sweeping changes — on par with the past decade’s establishment of cyber forces — are the part the Pentagon can do without lawmakers’ approval.   WHAT'S IN THE NEWS In some interesting news,libertarian-leaning former World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) world champion, Glenn Jacobs, known as “Kane” to pro-wrestling fans worldwide, won the mayoral race in Knox County, Tenn. running as a Republican. He secured the victory against Democratic nominee Linda Haney by a 2-to-1 margin.   In your vote counts news, Hackers from around the world had the rare opportunity to crack election-style voting machines this weekend in Las Vegas -- and they didn't disappoint. After nearly an hour and a half, Carsten Schürmann, an associate professor with IT-University of Copenhagen, successfully cracked into a voting machine at Las Vegas' Defcon convention.   In some good news, MDMA, which was banned by the Drug Enforcement Administration in 1985, could be available by prescription as soon as 2021. The rehabilitation of MDMA, a.k.a. "ecstasy" or "molly," is directly related to the rehabilitation of veterans who participated in a study that confirmed the drug's potential as a catalyst for catharsis.   In TSA news, The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is facing criticism for secretly tracking Americans on flights. The "Quiet Skies" program reportedly uses an unknown algorithm to flag flyers without any criminal record for surveillance on domestic flights.   In across the pond rubbish news, Roofer Stewart Gosling, 43,  has been hit with a £300 fine after sandwich wrappers and crisp packets were found inside his work van. Waltham Forest Council workers told Mr. Gosling he was breaking the law for carrying the rubbish without permission when they carried out spot checks in east London.     STATISTS GONNA STATE Statists all over the country are going nuts over Defense Distributed's downloadable digital blueprints for guns. Last week, Defense Distributed, the Texas nonprofit providing online schematics for producing firearms with a 3-D printer, agreed to temporarily block Pennsylvania Internet users from its website in an emergency hearing Sunday. The move followed threats of legal action from Pennsylvania’s attorney general, Josh Shapiro. “These downloadable firearms were just about to be widely available online,” Shapiro said on Twitter. “It’s an existential threat to our state and we stepped in to stop it. The site is — and will remain — dark throughout” Pennsylvania.