I'm going to warn you this is not the best show I've ever done. It's probably my worst. We had a host of Monday issues starting with audio problems. It threw off my game, and I never recovered. It's one of the downsides to doing a live show.

The good new is, tomorrow's a new day so we'll write this one off as a loss and move one. (I'm sure you're dying to listen now. )

Today on the show we talk the lottery and gambling in general. I did a poor job of explaining it, but the point I was attempting to make is that although gambling is fun and, lotteries are a viable way to pay for necessary and constitutional functions of government it doesn't change the fact that I find the act of preying on the emotional desire of the poorest among us toe be a less than honorable way to raise revenue.

Then it's on the Clinton email scandal. The FBI just released new emails and said they contain 66 new violations of the law. Will this woman ever see the inside of a prison? Not unless she's visiting a pen pal.

Finally, we talk a little about the economics behind low oil prices. In economics, there are no good or bad choices. There are just choices.

Thanks for listening,

Jason

It's been my great pleasure to have the opportunity to sit down with Austin Petersen and Steve Kerbel, both of whom are currently running for president of the United States under the Libertarian flag.

I don't want to give too much of my opinion way as it relates to Steve, but I can say that if you've never heard him speak or worse yet don't know who he is, this is an interview you don't want to miss.

Over the course of about 45 minutes, we discussed everything from the Oregon standoff to what's holding the libertarian party back from achieving greater notoriety as a politically viable alternative to the status quo.

I found Steve to have an excellent command of the issues and a set of political ideas based soundly on Libertarian principles.

I know Gary Johnson just announced his candidacy, and many libertarian minded people will default to him simply because of his notoriety and instant name recognition. But I think it's worth your time to spend a few minutes to hear from some of the other candidates. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised to find we have a lot of great people offering alternatives to the Republican and Democrat monopoly.

I know some of you don't follow the stock market but today I've got an important economic lesson and warning to all of you who follow this show.

Over the past week, China's stock market has triggered its circuit breakers twice. What that means is, in the past week, twice they have had a 7% decline in prices. The tripping of theses circuit breakers has triggered a stop in trading in an attempt hold back a crash scenario. The U.S. has circuit breakers like this, but they are set at 20% giving U.S. markets much greater latitude to correct themselves.

What does all of this mean? Is China really in bad shape? How is this going to affect your life and your savings? These are all questions I want to try and answer in this episode.

For many years, the Chinese government would have us believe their economy has been humming along at 8-10% growth per year. This type of growth is rare especially in a post-housing bubble global economy. But as long as things remained calm and stock prices continued to rise, everyone was content to believe what China told them.

What we see now is that the Chinese government, (in an attempt to prop up its own failing companies) has built an economy on a bed of lies, lies that will have global repercussions.

Today I'll explain everything and leave you better informed about the recent economic turmoil than many Wall Street investors.

From there I'll give you a prelude to tomorrow when you'll get to hear my interview with Steve Kerbel, libertarian presidential hopeful. I also announce that I've booked KrisAnne Hall in the studio show next week to discuss the constitution. Her recent video on the Oregon standoff has made some waves. Here's the video if you haven't seen it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T424sWq1SkE

It's a great show today. Listen Now!

Jason

After I initially covered the Oregon militia standoff, I had a host of comments from regular listeners of this show as well as drive by listeners who don't know me from Adam.

I was surprised at the number of people who were offended I didn't instantly throw my support behind the militiamen. Well, yesterday I got an email from someone who was at the Oregon refuge, and I invited him on the show today to talk about his first-hand account with the standoff.

What I heard was shocking, but not for the reason you think. My guest (I'll just call him Clint so as to protect his family who is ranchers in Oregon) and I talked through everything from how the standoff started to what the militias demands are. Then I asked him about his experiences with the BLM, and his response was perhaps the most shocking thing of all.

Listen to today's show to hear the whole story.

We then move on to the 1.5 billion dollars Nesky fund that just closed up shop. Why, you ask? They say they can't make money in this economic environment. What we discuss in the back half of today's show should give anyone with a retirement account pause. It's a must listen to show. Listen now.

Obama is set to announce his new executive order on firearms today. There's been a lot of hype around the release driven by the White House, but the outline of the order has left many asking "What's the big deal?"

If you were watching the mainstream news this morning, you'd think there's not much to the order. It says that if you're selling guns as a business, you need a license. Don't you already need a license to do that? Why create a separate executive order?

The truth is much more nefarious. It's part of an overall plan by the government to deliberately cloud the law making it difficult to understand and interpret.

Why would someone what to do that? Listen to today's show and find out.

Then it's on to Bernie Sanders grand plan to turn Post offices into banks. Right off the bat, I think that sounds like a killer plan. Let's take an organization that has managed to rack up billions in debt, who can't manage their affairs correctly and let's give them banking power. Nothing could go wrong with this plan.

It's the latest in a series of terrible ideas based on gross misunderstanding of economics and no desire to learn the truth.

All that plus witty banter, free of charge!

Jason

So, it would appear we've got a little libertarian standoff going on in the Oregon Wildlife Refuge. On its face, it would seem this is a case of patriots standing up to an oppressive and tyrannical government. Is it?

I've doing quite a bit of reading on the history of this conflict, and it goes way back. I've done my best to separate fact from fiction and share what I know. On the show today, I will attempt to give you the truth.

Then it's on to a discussion about Austin Petersen. He's been making waves in libertarian circles by arguing that we should abandon the Non-aggression principle. The idea is ridiculous, and I'm going to explain why.

We're knocking the rust off today after about two weeks of hiatus.

Jason

I'm leaving you.

No not forever, but this is the last live episode I'm doing until after the new year. All the details are on today's show. I plan to release two other episodes over the holiday so at least you won't be totally deprived of content but unless there's some massive news event that requires my attention I'm going to spend the holiday with family and friends.

That gives you some time to catch up on old episodes and take my 10 episode challenge.

Today on the show we take a look at the spending bill passed this morning by Congress. I spoke about the death of the Republican party recently, and this spending bill is further evidence that if you're a small government conservative, you have no voice in Washington anymore.

But this recent attempt by the Congress to pass themselves off as responsible is just the latest in a long list of broken promises. And what I'm going to share with you today is deeply disturbing.

But there's hope. Tomorrow has yet to be written, and you have a chance to prepare. The questions is, will you? Only you can answer that question.

Happy holidays everyone,

Jason

So, what happens when you send a group of female UN inspectors to Alabama to assess gender equality? You guessed it! They were "appalled" at what they found.

Among other things, the women were heckled while walking into an Alabama abortion clinic. One of the women said it was a form of "terrorism" which brought back up the issue of free speech.

Where, exactly, is the line on free speech? Who has the right to tell you what you can and can't say and where do they have the right to do that? A lot of you, liberty lovers, will react instantly by saying "NOWHERE!! No one has the right to tell me what I can and can't say." Fortunately, (that is not a misprint) that is not true. There are many places where your speech can be curtailed.

Today on the show I'll talk about what "Freedom of Speech" really means in case there's some confusion.

Then it's on to the minimum wage. Now I know we've talked about this a lot but I had another question about it in the private FB group and I thought I try to explain it from the perspective of the business owner, showing you all the different actions he/she could take when faced with rising prices.

It's a great episode today. Give it a listen.

Jason

If I took one thing away from the debate last night it's this; The days of the Republican party being the party of limited, constitutional government are over. It probably died long ago, if it ever existed. But last night it became clear that the Republican party cares no more for liberty and the rule of law than do the Democrats.

Darren summed up the debate with one word, "terrifying". I would have to agree. It would seem that any one of these men (save one) would commit us to a course that most certainly would end in a third world war.

I'm not going t write much today. I think the show speaks for itself. But I want you to know there is a ray of hope. Liberty is making advances all around the world and today I'm going to highlight one small victory. I hope it helps to fuel your fire. It certainly did mine.

Jason

One of the things I've been harping on for the last year is the notion that if ISIS is as big a threat as the government makes them out to be Middle Eastern countries would be mounting a campaign to defeat them. They are most certainly the ones with the most to lose if ISIS becomes a major power player in the region.

Well, Saudi Arabia just announced a coalition of more than 30 Arab nations that are now working together to defeat ISIS. But don't get to excited. If you think it's going to be any easier to distinguish the good guys from the bad guys, you've got another thing coming.

Among the list of coalition members are Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Yemen, Somalia, Egypt and Pakistan. These are not exactly strongholds for freedom and security.

It reinforces in my mind that America needs to leave the Middle East. Let the blood fall on someone else's hands. Don't give ISIS and other radical Muslim groups any ammunition to use against the U.S. in the propaganda war.

Which brings me to another point; Did you know that the U.S. government knows precisely where ISIS is creating and distributing is propaganda? It begs the question, Why not destroy them? I mean, if Obama doesn't want to listen to me and pull out and is committed to armed conflict to defeat ISIS don't you think destroying their propaganda arm would be a good start? Especially when there has been so much talk about restricting liberty here at home to try and combat the threat.

Well, it turns out the Obama administration doesn't want to bomb the propaganda factories because they might kill innocent civilians.

In reality, Obama doesn't want to do what's necessary to win a war. He wants to talk about doing "Whatever it takes" to defeat ISIS without actually doing it.

Finally, on the show today, I'll showcase two incidents where our government admitted it broke the law yet no one is being charged with a crime. It's an abuse of power that should anger every Amercian regardless of your political leanings.

All that and more on the show today. Don't miss it.